START-UP FIRMS

VISIONARCH Principals [1]

Daniel Terrence Yu
Visionarch or Visionary Architecture is an ASEAN architecture President and CEO with expertise
firm based in the Philippines. Having established long-term in mixed-use integrated designs, and
partnerships with top developers driving the economy forward, we life-centric designs.
have completed more than 1000 projects in the region. [2] Kenneth Uy
Vice president, He specializes
Visionarch specializes project type from commercial districts, project planning and managing.
shopping centers, and vertical residences up to township Richard Garcia
developments and works all throughout Asia. In their own Vice president, He has 25 years
words, Visionarch expertise covers Project development of experience in and specializes in
consultancy, building information modeling, and Envision, which commercial mixed-use projects.
is Visionarch’s visualization studio.

CASAS + ARCHITECTS Principals [3]

Arch. Carmelo Casas
Casas+architects works with various projects such as The founder and CEO
Institutional, mixed-use, residential, offices, commercial, and 9 Directors
hospitality. Their expertise covers Architectural design, interior 5 Associates
design, master planning, and research & development.

TIER ONE ARCHITECTS Principals

Ar. Cenon Cesar Lumor
In their own words, Tier One Architects is a group of young and The CEO
passionate professionals of different expertise gathered to
deliver quality architecture, engineering and project
management services. Guided by experience on both design and
construction through its wide array of projects including
residential units, commercial establishments, interior fit-outs
and master plans, Tier One Architects ensures a hassle free client
experience and world class results. [4]

Tier one architects has created a huge clientele, they have

work on small to medium scale projects such as residential,
commercial, wellness, and institutional.
Comparison of each firms
I've noticed that Casas+Architects and Visionarch are ASEAN firms with corporation business type, whereas
Tier One Architects is a local firm with partnership business type (this is based on brief history of the firm). This
distinction demonstrates that if a company wants to work on large-scale projects, it must have a large team
with diverse expertise to meet the needs of designing and managing a large-scale project.
Another factor that can be noticed is that the professional work experience of the list of principals of
Visionarch and CASAS+archtiects is always more than 10 years and they are multi-awarded, indicating that the
team has a vast knowledge given that they work on large scale projects, making them an Experienced-based
firm, whereas Tier one is full of young professionals given that they work on small to medium scale projects,
making them an Efficiency-based firm.

References

[1] Visionarch, "Copy of principals," Visionarch, [Online]. Available: https://www.visionarch-architects.com/copy-of-

principals. [Accessed 10 2 2023].

[2] Visionarch, "Our story," Visionarch, [Online]. Available: https://www.visionarch-architects.com/our-story.

[3] CASAS+ARCHITECTS, "About us: People," [Online]. Available: http://www.casasarchitects.com/index.php/about-

us/people/management#.

[4] Tier One Architects, "About us," [Online]. Available: https://www.tieronearchitects.com/.