Adrian Lai Wen-Yang is a Singaporean architecture practitioner-educator, principal of MetaArchitecture and adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Department of Architecture. He graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture and returned to Singapore with two RIBA Lubetkin Awards, one World Architecture Festival Building of the Year and a President's Design Award for projects completed with WilkinsonEyre. With MetaArchitecture, he won the Singapore Institute of Architects' Design Award for Special Projects and the URA's Architectural Heritage Award for Innovation and Restoration for Khong Guan Building.
Adrian is a registered architect in the UK and Singapore, and sits on the Council of the Singapore Institute of Architects, co-chairing the Education Thrust. He was curator of the Singapore Exhibition at Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 and festival director of Singapore Archifest 2024.