WATG Wimberly Fact Sheet
WATG Wimberly Fact Sheet
OVERVIEW LOCATIONS
Founded in 1945 by George ‘Pete’ Wimberly in In addition to our primary hubs, WATG +
Honolulu, WATG is one of the world’s leading Wimberly Interiors have a robust network
multidisciplinary design firms specializing in of collaborators, consultants and satellite
hospitality, entertainment and gaming, urban studios strategically located around the
and mixed-use, and high-end residential design. globe.
Independent to this day and with a profound
Americas Asia
respect for heritage, our five studios – Strategy,
Honolulu Shanghai
Master Planning, Architecture, Landscape and
Irvine Singapore
Wimberly Interiors – stay true to their values,
Los Angeles New Delhi
designing spaces that respect, protect and
New York
enhance the natural magic of their surroundings
while delivering long-term value for clients and Europe/UK Middle East
communities. As of 2021, our global yet local London Cairo
team, representing more than 45 nationalities
and speaking 40 languages, has designed and
delivered over 400 built projects in 170
countries and territories.
EXPERTISE
WATG is known for its signature people- and Services Expertise
planet-first approach to design, applying a Strategy Hospitality
hospitality ethos to developments of all shapes, Master Planning Entertainment
sizes and uses. Offering everything from initial Architecture Gaming
feasibility studies through to the finishing Landscape Architecture Urban
touches, we are one of only a small number of Wimberly Interiors Mixed-Use
design firms globally that operates as an High-End Residential
integrated, multidisciplinary studio.
RECENT ACCOLADES
Dezeen 2020 Architect of the Year, Longlisted
Architizer A+ 2020 Firm Awards, Hospitality Finalist
Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards, Honorable Mention (3D House)
IFLA AAPME 2020, Honorable Award for Analysis + Master Planning (Mont Choisy Smart City)
World Architecture Festival 2019, Shortlisted, Hospitality and Leisure (Nobu Hotel Los Cabos)
2018 AHEAD Global, Best Suite + AHEAD Europe, Suite (Venice Simplon-Orient-Express)
OUR STORY
Fearless thinkers, pioneering dreamers, artist adventurers: inspired by our founders, and on
behalf of our clients, we are all these – holding to the idea that for design to be exceptional it must
redefine what is possible.
So we fuse, we orchestrate, we propel each other, inspiring brilliant individuals, imagination to
imagination, to exceed our own expectations.
Our reach is global yet our focus is detail.
Our energy is intellectual, yet our commitment is emotional – delivering, as we are bound to,
against all odds.
Challenged by the ever-changing needs of the planet, and the ambitions of our clients, we meet
each new day spurred by the belief that when design redefines what is possible nothing is beyond
us.
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