About
Named after a puzzle. Run like one.
A tangram is seven fixed pieces that can form thousands of shapes. Every project we take on starts from the same fixed pieces — site, budget, structure — assembled into something built specifically for you.
Why Tangram
The name isn’t decoration. A tangram is a 4,000-year-old puzzle: seven flat pieces, endlessly rearranged into new silhouettes, but always the same seven pieces.
Every design-build project runs on the same logic. Your site, your budget, and Singapore’s building code are fixed — the pieces you bring to the table. Our job is arranging them with as much clarity as the puzzle demands, not adding pieces you didn’t ask for.
We started in 2013 as a two-person team doing HDB renovations out of a Toa Payoh workshop. A decade on, the projects have gotten larger — offices, F&B fit-outs, landed extensions — but the discipline hasn’t changed: draw it properly, price it honestly, and stay on site until it’s done.
12
Years in business
180+
Projects delivered
2
Tracks — residential & commercial
1
Team, start to finish
How we work
Four principles that don’t bend per project
Drawings before decisions
We draw before we quote, and quote before we build. If a decision isn't on the drawing, it isn't in the price.
One contract, one team
Design and construction sit under a single contract, so there's no second firm to blame when something's unclear.
Site time, not just design time
Our designers stay involved through construction — the person who drew your kitchen checks it gets built right.
Say no early
If a brief and a budget don't match, we say so at the first meeting, not after drawings are billed.
The team
Three people your project will actually talk to
Jonathan Teo
Founder & Principal
Started the company in a Toa Payoh workshop in 2013. Still reviews every drawing before it goes to site.
Priya Nathan
Head of Design
Leads concept and design development across both residential and commercial work.
Farhan Ismail
Head of Projects
Runs site operations — the single point of contact from groundbreaking to handover.
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