About Tow Francis Architecture + Urban Design

TOW FRANCIS ARCHITECTURE + URBAN DESIGN  and  TOW FRANCIS PTE LTD  together offer a wide range of design consultancy services: architecture, interior design, space planning, furniture design and illustration. Our completed project types include residential, office, showroom, retail, restaurant, hotel, healthcare, research/ development and conservation. Our portfolio also features theatre and entertainment facilities, as well as institutional projects. While the majority of our work has been realized in Singapore, the firm has also completed projects in Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia, as well as designs for projects in the United States, China and the Maldives. Depending on a client's needs, we provide one or more of the following: concept, design, tender documents, contract administration and coordination. We tailor each project's services to meet individual clients and their budgets.  We have an ongoing commitment to provide creative solutions of enduring quality . TOW FRANCIS  was founded in 1992. Prior to setting up the firm, Thomas Tow and Melanie Francis worked on the retail and convention centre interior components of Suntec City while engaged at Tsao & McKown Pte Ltd. Their backgrounds include extensive work overseas in the UK and USA on a variety of architectural and interior project types.  TOW FRANCIS  has been featured in the  Business Times ,  Singapore Architect ,  Interiors Quarterly ,  d+a ,  Trends ,  Home and Decor ,  Space ,  Home & Design ,  Zenith ,  Female ,  Living ,  The Straits Times ,  Singapore Interior Designers' Showcase  and the  Interior Design Confederation Annual . Melanie Francis , an American, has been in full-time practice since 1980, after graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in 1978 and a Master of Architecture in 1980. Prior to relocating to Singapore in 1990, she worked in Boston on projects such as the Asian Export Art Wing of the Peabody Museum of Salem and the Hynes Convention Centre while at Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood, Architects. She also designed and managed projects for clients such as IBM, United States Trust Company and Bank of Boston. Ms. Francis, who draws and paints, taught drawing at the Boston Architectural Center and other institutions. From 2013 to 2019, she has taught design part-time in the Department of Architecture at NUS and at Temasek Polytechnic School of Design. Her work has been exhibited in Boston and Saint Louis and has been featured in US, Singapore and New Zealand publications. She received a Merit Award in the IDCS/ Nippon "Colour My World" Design Excellence Awards competition for ACTS Lifestyle at China Square Central. Ms. Francis is a registered architect in the United States and Singapore. Thomas Tow  trained in architecture and urban design at Oxford School of Architecture and began his professional career in London where he helped design the interiors of the House of Commons and worked for Fitch & Company on a variety of commercial projects. Prior to returning to Singapore in 1989, he worked in New York City for Frank Williams and Associates and I.M. Pei and Partners. Tow has developed and exhibited urban design proposals for Times Square in New York City, the London Wall area of London and the town of Treviso. Italy. His work has been exhibited in London and New York and has been featured in UK, US, Singapore and New Zealand publications. Since 2008, Tow has focused his energies on preparing the next generation of architects and designers, both as a senior lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic School of Design and later teaching part-time in the Department of Architcture at NUS and at Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. Tow is a qualified architect in Singapore, as well as the United States and Great Britain.