wimberly allison tong & goo type privately owned industry architecture founded 1945 headquarters irvine website www.watg.com wimberly allison tong & goo also known as watg is an award winning architectural firm with offices in london singapore istanbul honolulu irvine los angeles new york seattle and chicago . 1 2 they have designed projects in 160 countries across six continents . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 recognition 3 notable projects 4 references 5 external links history edit george pete wimberly and howard l. cook started renovations on the royal hawaiian in 1945 and formed wimberly and cook in honolulu hawaii . 5 in 1971 george whisenand jerry allison greg tong and don goo joined pete wimberly ; in 1988 the firm became wimberly allison tong and goo also known as watg . 6 7 as of 2014 watg is owned by an employee benefit trust . recognition edit watg was awarded the aga khan award for architecture for its tanjong jara beach hotel and rantau abang visitor center in terengganu malaysia . 8 notable projects edit atlantis paradise island paradise island the bahamas encore las vegas las vegas strip in paradise nevada emirates palace abu dhabi united arab emirates grand hyatt kuala lumpur kuala lumpur malaysia leed platinum bardessono hotel yountville california 9 royal opera house muscat rohm muscat oman 10 lisboa palace cotai in macau 11 references edit wimberly allison tong & goo watg at design intelligence s almanac of architecture & design 2014 retrieved march 13 2014 1 project watg wimberly allison tong & goo at swarmx ; retrieved march 13 2014 construction begins feb 13 on the watg designed majestic lisboa palace in macau at digital journal published february 17 2014 ; retrieved march 13 2014 creating hawai i tourism a memoir by robert c. allen p. 127 130 ; published 2004 by bess press via google books http archives.starbulletin.com 2007 02 17 news story05.html goo leaves architectural firm but keeps designing ; by kristen consillio at the honolulu star bulletin ; published february 17 2007 ; retrieved march 13 2014 the rebranding of wimberly allison tong & goo ; by amanda hurley ; at architect ; published march 14 2008 ; retrieved march 13 2014 tanjong jara beach hotel at the aga khan development network bardessono hotel attains leed platinum status at hospitality design published february 9 2010 ; retrieved march 13 2014 royal opera house muscat puts oman on the cultural world map at the middle east ; retrieved march 13 2014 construction began feb. 13 on lisboa palace in macau at buildings.com ; published february 17 2014 ; retrieved march 14 2014 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wimberly allison tong % 26 goo & oldid 705809431 categories architecture firms of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 february 2016 at 18 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view