1.0AIA Seattlehttps://aiaseattle.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="C4vNV527M4"><a href="https://aiaseattle.org/event/siaf-a-river-of-ideas-how-my-childhood-helped-shape-my-design-thinking/">SIAF: A River of Ideas-How My Childhood Helped Shape My Design Thinking</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://aiaseattle.org/event/siaf-a-river-of-ideas-how-my-childhood-helped-shape-my-design-thinking/embed/#?secret=C4vNV527M4" width="600" height="338" title="“SIAF: A River of Ideas-How My Childhood Helped Shape My Design Thinking” — AIA Seattle" data-secret="C4vNV527M4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://aiaseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/A-River-of-Ideas-Cover-Page.jpg1408996Kun Lim draws inspiration growing up at a bio-climatic inspired house in a farming village in Malaysia built by his father. Those experiences, together with the design principles he acquired as an architecture student at the University of Houston, influenced how he tackled all his architecture, urban design, and town planning work in places as far ranging as the United States, China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.