About Shiya Creative Studio

Kevin Siyuan, founder, is an architectural photographer and film director formerly trained as an urban planner. His personal series Corridors of Diversity, documenting HDB block façades, was featured on ArchDaily in 2019, and a photograph of CapitaSpring was shortlisted in CNN's coverage of the Architectural Photography Awards 2021. His work has been published on ArchDaily, BBC, The Guardian, The Irish Times and National Geographic. He is the Singapore Ambassador for Accidentally Wes Anderson, Singapore Cinematographer for Never Too Small, and a recurring speaker at Sony Singapore digital workshops. Early personal and editorial work, including his photo series and short films, was published under his own name; commissioned architectural and film work is credited to Shiya Creative Studio, the practice he founded in 2016.

Leon Zhang, Executive Photographer, is a landscape designer and photographer specialising in building façade and landscape photography, and 1st Place Winner of the Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore 2024.

Selected recognition

Shortlisted, Architectural Photography Awards / CNN coverage, 2021 (CapitaSpring) — Exhibitor, Rotterdam Photo Festival 2019: City Limits — Featured on ArchDaily, Corridors of Diversity photo series, 2019, with further coverage from The Architectural Review, Mothership.sg, and an exhibition at Mt Rokko International Photo Festival 2019 — Featured on ArchDaily, ST Engineering Jurong East Hub with Kyoob Architects, 2023 — Featured on ArchDaily, Archinect, De51gn, Wonderwall, Coconuts, Tatler Homes and NOWNESS for A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore Vol. 1 (2021) and Vol. 2 (2023), with official selection at World Urban Forum 2022, the Singapore International Architecture Film Festival, Archifest 2021, and a special screening at World Architecture Festival 2024 — Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore, 1st Place, 2024 (Leon Zhang)