The Met was designed by Tandem Architects LLC in Association of WOHA. The design of the 66-storey tower is an innovative solution to the high-density tropical living in Asia.
The Met building in Bangkok won the prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize in 2011. The jury citation notes that the Met “enables a very pleasant tropical living in an economic structure that points the way forward for architects to look for innovative local responses to what a high-rise must deliver.”
Other awards include:
- Green Good Design Award 2011
- World’s Best Housing Development at World Architecture Festival Awards 2009
- International High-rise Award
- President’s Design Award Singapore 2009
- 2010 National Architectural Awards
- Mipim architectural review future project awards 2006
- Chicago’s Aqua selected the Met as 2009 Skyscraper of the Year
- The 2nd International Designing Competition on Asian City Housing & Environment
