Professor Robert Powell is Principal of Robert Powell Architect. He was formerly Project Director and Head of Ecomasterplanning with Llewelyn Davies Yeang, a post he held from 2007 to 2013. Prior to that he was Associate Professor (1984 – 2001) in the School of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. He is the author/editor of 30 books/monographs on architecture mainly on Southeast Asia.