DOTY 2026 Tri-star Achievement Award: Metrics Global Sdn Bhd

Established in 2013, Metrics Global Sdn Bhd combines project planning, concept creation and construction to create purposeful, responsible and meaningful spaces for property and hospitality developments. The design firm won of Asia’s Most Prestigious Design Award (AMPDA) at the Designer of the Year Awards (DOTY) 2022, as well as the Deca-Laurel Award at DOTY 2023. Its creative director, IDr Leong Wei Theng was a recipient of the Women Empowering Designer Award (WEDA) at DOTY 2022.

Project: Eco Botanic, Johor Bahru (DOTY 2022 Merit Residential Design – Landed)

This project in Eco Botanic, Johor Bahru is a dream home inside and out. Here, Metrics Global blends classical and minimalist elements to craft a classy, comfortable and timeless residence.

Photo courtesy of Metrics Global Sdn Bhd

Project: Genting Highlands (DOTY 2022 Best Commercial Design)

Metrics Global brings urbanity and tranquility into SCAPES Hotel, Genting Highlands. Harnessing the beauty of the hotel’s natural surroundings, elements of top-quality materials, and its own meticulous spatial planning, the design firm ensures consistency in design quality across the hotel, including the reception, dining halls, function rooms and guestrooms.

Project: Hipster (DOTY 2023 Best Commercial Design)

For the facilities and amenities at The Hipster, Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, Metrics Global merges contemporary and industrial aesthetics, resonating with lifestyle preferences of the new generation. Through thoughful design components, contrasting colour schemes and innovative material use, the commercial space offers residents and visitors an environment suited for modern urban living.

Project: Uroko (DOTY 2023 Merit Commercial Design)

Elements of Brutalist design meet the nuances of Japanese cuisine in this restaurant in Subang, especially through a coordinated amalgamation of diverse materials. Here, Metrics Global gives concrete a primary role in creating a refined setting, complemented with soft materials such as wood to elevate Uroko’s sense of sophistication and respect towards tradition and craftsmanship.

Project: Beauty of Bold (DOTY 2025 Merit Residential Design – Landed)

Metrics Global offers an interpretation of a modern contemporary home with this avant-garde villa in Kiara Hill. Filled with bespoke accent pieces and stately design elements that celebrates natural lighting, the home is an ideal retreat from the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur.

Project: OSKAR Show House (DOTY 2025 Merit Showhouse Design)

For this showhouse in Seremban, Metrics Global provides a visualisation of a home that is tailored to the dynamic needs of modern small families. With functionality, style and comfort in mind, the showhouse also offers ideas of how everyday living can be remarkably warm and welcoming.

About the Designer of the Year Awards and the Tri-star Achievement Award

The Designer of the Year Awards (DOTY) aspires to discover and honour the exceptional works of talented local and international designers. It sets the benchmark of excellence in design and is committed to championing them in architecture and interior.

The theme of DOTY 2026, “Celebrating Design Intelligence”, highlights how design has evolved beyond mere aesthetics to encompass functionality and sustainability, where user experience, environmentally-friendly materials and technology integration are essential to well-being and efficiency.

Introduced in 2019, the Tri-star Achievement Award celebrates the achievements of design firms who have been awarded DOTY for three consecutive years. Recipients of this accolade this year have previously won DOTY in the 2022, 2023 and 2025 editions.

Visit doty.com.my for more information.