
Architect, Principle
RAZIN ARCHITECTS SDN BHD, JOHOR BAHRU
Born in Johor Bahru in 1965, Razin earned
his Bachelor of Architecture from Louisina State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA.
After graduation in 1988, Razin was attached as an Intern Architect with Clovis Heimsath Architects
in Austin Texas, USA.
Upon
returning to Malaysia in 1989, Razin started his career an an architect with
Hajeedar and Associates, Kuala Lumpur and later in 1992 moved to A Karim Akitek
Johor Bahru. In 1995, Razin was appointed as Project Architect for AF
Consultant Architect, the lead consultant for a mega development in Kuala
Lumpur. Razin started his own practice in 1996 under the name of Razin
Architect in Kuala Lumpur and relocated
his practice back to his hometown Johor Bahru early 1997. In 2014 Razin Architect growth to become
one of renowned in Johor as Razin Architects Sdn Bhd.
Since then, his
practice has won numerous design awards and his works were widely published in
local media as well as online international design news. Today, Razin is
actively involved in Iskandar development where he is commissioned to design
high profile projects such as Condominium in Puteri Harbour and Twin Office
Tower in Medini. Nonetheless, Razin has always been well‐known for his high-end
bungalows and small‐scale projects. Simple and straight forward, yet
well‐thought of, is perhaps the best way to describe his works.
Razin has been active in academic where
he was invited as external panel at local Universities i.e: UTM,Uitm to name a few
since year 2000. In 2007, he was appointed as Guest Associate Professor UTM for 2 years.
Until
today, Razin had given many design talks at UTM, UiTM as well as at other local
design institutions. He was invited to be a Guest Speaker at UN Habitat Week,
Shanghai World Expo 2010, where he spoke about Johor Bahru as fast 5 world
emerging cities. The talk was based on a photo survey project, done in 2009 in
collaboration with Alessandro Scotti, former UN Goodwill
Ambassador. Razin was also a speaker at
Datum 2013 and Sarawak Design Forum 2014. Razin
had also received 3 international awards namely 100 architects of the year in
2013 by Korean Institute of Architects, ARCASIA
gold medal for Sustainable Architecture and Golden Emerging Architect Malaysia from Indias
Architecture + Design & CERA Awards.
Razin also has been a
Jury for several Nationals design award competition i.e: PAM Award 2015,
MGBC‐PAM Architectural Design Competition and a few others.
1. Architecture
Malaysia Vol. 26 Issue 4. Emmelyn Pei,
Taylor’s University, :
2. http://habitat-my.com/ (Beautiful
Denai House by Razin Architect)
3.
http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/ (City & Country:
Recognising innovation in design) Written by E Jacqui Chan. A Mention under special category
4.
By PAM Award Jury 2011 – Gold Award for Surau Nusa Idaman
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