Melvin is the Immediate Past President of the Singapore Institute of Architects, having served the maximum of three terms since 2022, during which he has not only raised the visibility of the profession but also made significant improvements in fair fees and remuneration of architects in Singapore.

He is the Joint Managing Director and founding partner of LAUD Architects Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based practice established in 2004. LAUD Architects is an award-winning boutique practice, with project typologies ranging from churches to childcare centres that hold 1000 children; sports facilities to high-rise high density public and private housing and most recently, high rise commercial mixed-use developments. LAUD focuses their pen on creating spaces that serve the community as well as the community within each building eco-system and subscribe to the tagline, “Creating Joyful Space”.

The firm have received several awards including SIA Design Awards, HDB Design Awards, Finalists in World Architecture Festival and most notably President Design Awards for their projects, Sparkletots by PCF (2020) and DECK (2015).

In 2017, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore chose Melvin as one of the “20-under-45” recipients, selecting him as one of twenty prominent architects under the age of 45.

He has served on design panels and juries, notably, as World Architecture Festival Judge and with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (Singapore). He is currently on the Advisory board of Design Singapore as well as Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

Melvin is married and father of two daughters aged 18 and 21. His interests including both digital and analogue photography, playing the acoustic guitar and bass.