Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo, also known as WATG, is an architectural firm with offices in London, Singapore, Shanghai, Honolulu, Tustin, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas and Atlantic City.Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) , at Design Intelligence's Almanac of Architecture & Design 2014 Retrieved March 13, 2014 They have designed projects in 170 countries across six continents.Project: WATG – Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo at SwarmX; retrieved March 13, 2014
History George ‘Pete’ Wimberly and Howard L. Cook started renovations on the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in 1945, and formed Wimberly and Cook in Honolulu, Hawaii.Creating Hawai'i Tourism: A Memoir, by Robert C. Allen (p. 127-130); published 2004 by Bess Press (via Google Books 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.Goo leaves architectural firm but keeps designing; by Kristen Consillio, at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin; published February 17, 2007; retrieved March 13, 2014The Rebranding of Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo; by Amanda Hurley; at Architect; published March 14, 2008; retrieved March 13, 2014
As of 2014, WATG is owned by an Employee Benefit Trust.
Recognition WATG was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for its Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel and Rantau Abang Visitor Center in Terengganu, Malaysia.Tanjong Jara Beach Hotel , at the Aga Khan Development Network
Notable projects Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island, the Bahamas Disneyland Hotel, Paris, France Encore Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ITC Royal Bengal Kolkata, West Bengal, India LEED Platinum Bardessono Hotel, Yountville, CaliforniaBardessono Hotel Attains LEED Platinum Status , at Hospitality Design, published February 9, 2010; retrieved March 13, 2014 Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM), Muscat, Oman", at The Middle East; retrieved March 13, 2014 Lisboa Palace, Cotai in MacauConstruction Began Feb. 13 on Lisboa Palace in Macau, at Buildings.com; published February 17, 2014; retrieved March 14, 2014 The Leela Palace Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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