Chom Tawan Design Team & Developer
The full team at a glance
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CONSULTANTS:
Cornerstone Management Co.


Napawan Asia is in the business of developing prestigious residential and resort communities, situated in the very best Phuket locations and featuring designs, quality and lifestyle features that appeal to the property and investment needs of the demanding international property buyer.

Renowned for creative designs, delivering exceptional quality and providing true value for money, Napawan Asia has an absolute commitment to professionalism, integrity and transparency in all its dealings with clients, suppliers and contractors. More than just words, the application of these principals form the cornerstone of the company’s ability to deliver international quality within a local Thai context.

Napawan Asia’s founding members are the power behind Napawan, the developer for the highly acclaimed Maan Tawan development adjacent to Chom Tawan. Consisting of 29 luxurious villas and apartments, Maan Tawan is widely regarded as one of the most recent premier developments in Phuket, with top marks for designs, quality, lifestyle and investment return.

Wider afield the founders have individual experience of designing and implementing multi-million US dollar luxury residential and commercial development projects, working to the highest international standards and accepted best practices. Experience spans Australasia, including Phuket, the US, Middle East and Europe. Creativity and the development of quality-lifestyle homes is the specialty, enhanced by years of practical experience at the top of their industry with a true understanding of client needs.

Our successful approach is based on maintaining an exceptionally strong in-house team, supplemented on a per-project basis by appropriate specialist consulting firms with experience relevant to a particular development project. We use only consulting firms that can demonstrate sufficient track-record of achievement and whose prior work passes both our own high standards and those of our buyers.
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Meet the Napawan Asia In-house Team


Andy Street heads the developer’s team, having performed a similar role for Maan Tawan in conjunction with his partner Tony Henthorne. Andy is responsible for the overall commercial, operational, financial and marketing control and direction of the company from initial concept designs through to project completion. Andy has extensive business experience with the international communities in Asia and a special aptitude for assembling and driving teams of specialists to achieve spectacular results. Tony has a close involvement with sales and marketing.

Andrew Morrison heads the master planning, design and design development process, having previously completed many similar roles developments in Asian countries such as Hong Kong, China and Indonesia as well as other locations in Thailand. Further afield he has completed luxury residential developments for prominent clients across the world. He has an ongoing responsibility throughout the project to supervise, provide solutions and assist the implementation team on issues or new requirements as they arise. His most recent testament in Phuket is Maan Tawan.

The growing in-house engineering team consists of a highly experienced specialists covering architecture, specialist engineering, M+E and computer aided draftsmen. Headed by our own project director they work with the documentation provided by the Consultant team to implement, oversee and provide guidance through the actual construction process, working closely with the contractor and clients to implement client variations.

Working closely with Napawan Asia is the international sales and marketing company Tawan Lead by Ian Spurdle and Tony Henthorne, both with extensive experience in working with the international communities in Asia and Europe, Ian and Tony have exceptional knowledge of buyers requirements, the properties being marketed and practical knowledge of living in Phuket.
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Meet the Napawan Asia Consultant Team

Architecture
Civil & Structural Engineering


With the master planning and design executed in-house, the design development and documentation has been developed in conjunction with Sindhu Group, an established Bangkok-based multidisciplinary architectural practice with extensive experience in luxury developments, 5 star hotels and public area projects. Working to international standards and with specific responsibility for the overall architecture documentation, structural and civil engineering, and co-ordination of M+E engineering, interior architecture design and landscape architecture, their involvement ensures that our designs are fully worked out and that they comply with the required Thai building, planning and zoning regulations. Sindhu Group’s previous experience includes the Regent Hotel in Bangkok, Royal Arcadia and Metropol Hotels in Phuket, Royal Chiangmai golf club, the InterCon in Phnom Penh, the Palace Hotel in Beijing and the Hotel Nikko in Hong Kong. In addition it has designed and performed architectural services work to the newly opened Bangkok underground mass transit project, Bank of America and new luxury developments in Samui.
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Interior Architecture

Interior architecture is a critical part in the definition of a luxury property and we are working with Chaba A Design Co, an established firm of interior specialists based in Bangkok. Their work is concerned with refining the architectural character of the inside spaces, encompassing selection of materials, lighting design, ceiling designs, floor pattern designs and fitted furniture. Chaba A have experience of high profile work and clients including the recent renovation of Thai Airways First and Executive lounges in Bangkok, the Sun resort in Krabi and Vijitha Thani villas in Bang-Na.
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Landscape Architecture

Recognising that landscaping is an integral part of designing a quality luxury residence, Napawan Asia has included international experts as a separate discipline.

Archscape are an established Bangkok firm who have carried out such developments as PP Island Village Swimming Pool and Villa Zone which is the prestigious five star hotel development in Phi Phi Island, and Many High-end Residential Development such as Golden Nakara and Baan Rajpreuk Sukhumvit in Bangkok.

The design director responsible for Chom Tawan has fifteen years of specific and relevant experience, gained across projects with high profile clients in the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand.

In Hong Kong where she had stayed for four year, she personally lead works with many up-scale residential and commercial developments, including Discovery Bay North Development, Tung Chung Station Package II development, Award Winning Cheung Kong Center Public Park, The Centrium @ Wyndham St./ Arbuthnot Rd., Disney Deluxe hotels in HK, plus many luxurious private residences especially the Private Pool and Garden @ 70th Floor Cheung Kong building for Li Ka Shing, Chairman and Owner of Hutchison Group.

In Thailand her work includes hotel and resort developments in Krabi and Sumui. Other notable work includes the Banyan Tree Resort Phuket, Mumbai Renaissance Resort at Powai Lake, Mumbai, India and Huang Gang Hang Long Building, in Shenzhen and The Forum, Beijing, both in China.
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Mechanical and Electrical (M+E)

Working under the overall co-ordination of Sindhu, we have appointed EEC Group, an established large engineering based consulting firm from Bangkok for all M+E work. Providing international level consultant engineering services combined with an extensive knowledge of local practices, codes, regulations and practices, EEC’s clients are the leading companies across many business sectors including residential condominiums, resorts, hospitals, factories and commercial complexes. Their previous work includes luxury resorts such as the Alamanda and Holiday Inn in Phuket, Ao Nang and Peach Laguna in Krabi, condominiums such as The Height in Bangkok and a number of commercial projects including the Union Mall and the Future park Plaza Rangsit in Bangkok.
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Construction Management

Cornerstone Management Co. are providing expert construction management consulting services to the project. With over 10 years of construction in Thailand, the key individuals have experience that spans 5 star hotels, luxury residential developments and commercial buildings. They work for the developer and provide advice and active hands-on management, QS services and supervisory work, liaising between the developer and the main building contractor.
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Lawyers

Finding a dream property is half the battle, ensuring that the purchase is secure and transferable should be equally important. Our team has taken advice from leading international law firms and Thai property law specialists to create an enduring, secure and safe scheme for purchasing and selling our properties. Intel Law have prepared our standard contracts and are our ongoing advisors on legal matters. With significant experience in working with both developers and clients, Intel Law provide Napawan with sound, practical and up to the minute legal advice.

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