KL-born Yong, who also lives in Surry Hills, says he never contemplated the opportunity of reimagining the former convent into something so special. Photos: Terence Yong Architecture
As a young child, Terence Yong was exposed to building sites and professionals as his father ran a family-owned property development and building business in Bentong, Pahang.
Then as a teen in the 1990s, he witnessed the country’s rapid urbanisation – and, with it, the construction of skyscrapers – that took place under the then prime minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad’s Vision 2020.
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