Jimmy Doctor

Jimmy F. Doctor is an architect and interior designer. Having qualified from the Department of Architecture at the J. J. School of Art Bombay, India, he was awarded a Government Diploma in Architecture (G. D. Arch.). He also qualified from the Department of Interior Design, University of Manitoba, Canada, and was awarded a Bachelor's degree in interior design (B.I.D.). He further studied at Pratt Institute, New York, US, where he completed a special design course in interior design, with...See more

Jimmy F. Doctor is an architect and interior designer. Having qualified from the Department of Architecture at the J. J. School of Art Bombay, India, he was awarded a Government Diploma in Architecture (G. D. Arch.). He also qualified from the Department of Interior Design, University of Manitoba, Canada, and was awarded a Bachelor's degree in interior design (B.I.D.). He further studied at Pratt Institute, New York, US, where he completed a special design course in interior design, with electives in jewelry design, exhibition design, and architectural rendering. He has been an associate of two of the leading interior design firms in the US and England. He has also been a senior associate of two of the leading interior design firms in Asia. During his association with various design firms, he has given interior design direction on various international five-star hotel projects, including: Hyatt Hotels in Brussels, the Caspian Sea, Tehran and Mashhad; Sheraton Hotels in Bahrain, Brussels, Doha and Dubai; Inter-Continental Hotel in Athens; Regent Hotel in Kuala Lumpur; and Banyan Tree Hotel, in Phuket. He was awarded scholarships to study interior design in Canada from: The Bombay Parsi Punchayat Trust, Bombay-India; the RD Sethna scholarship fund, Bombay-India; and for his design and execution of the centeer for the Dyslexia Association of Singapore, he was honoured with a plaque, awarded to him, by Mrs Goh Chok Tong (wife of the former Prime Minister of Singapore). He established JFD Designs Pte Ltd in May 1997 in Singapore and is the present owner and director of the firm. His focus has been on the designing of a number of large residential homes, apartments, restaurants, clinics, offices, and more throughout Southeast Asia. See less