Shing and Josh have been working together since meeting in architecture school. The pair founded Lekker in 2002 as a platform to pursue design research projects.The office was established to investigate topics in the design of buildings and landscape, and in the interface between the two. Lekker does not produce work according to a certain style, but rather approach the production of design ideas through certain pre-occupations: geometry, the communication of architectural meanings, the persistence of typologies, and the possibilities of the interior. These do not result in a consistent style so much as a way of thinking about how the elements of a building might go together. In 2007, Lekker were selected by Herzog & deMeuron to build a villa in the new city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia. In 2008, their work was included in a group of young designers exhibited at the VeniceArchitecture Biennale.