Upon receiving his Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) from Chulalongkorn University in 1993, he was awarded the scholarship from the Royal Thai government to pursue his Master of Science (M.S.) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and later, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Texas A&M University in 2003. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded the King Medal for Excellence in Architectural and Environmental Design Research by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), USA in 2004 and also by the National Research Council of Thailand later in 2006.