Benta Claire Wiley, B.Arch., Ph.D.

Architect · Design Researcher

Australian-born and Milan-trained, Benta Claire Wiley is an architect and design researcher with three decades of professional experience across Europe and Asia.

She graduated in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1998 and completed the European Doctorate in Quality of Design (QUOD) in 2004. Her doctoral research, Quality of Strategic Design, investigated the role of communication in architectural and urban design.

Her career developed through major international architecture and design practices in Italy and Singapore before she established Benta Wiley Architects in 2009. Her portfolio has since expanded across architecture, interiors and hospitality, as well as airports, infrastructure and complex public environments.

Alongside her professional practice, Benta has maintained an active role in design research and education. She has taught at Politecnico di Milano and UNILUNA Bologna, and led cross-cultural design research in Taiwan examining Italian and Asian approaches to interior architecture, hospitality and commercial environments.

Her work has been published internationally and recognised with awards including the Singapore Interior Design Confederation Bronze Award for Best Residential Project, Southeast Asia/Pacific in 2015.

Benta is Founder and Principal of Benta Wiley Architects and Director of CREA Pte. Ltd. Singapore.