Ronald Lu & Partners: Nine Green Building Awards Seal Green Architecture Leadership Role
RLP Asia’s unprecedented wins at the Green Building Award 2023 confirm the firm as undisputed leaders in sustainable architecture
6 November 2023
6 November, Hong Kong: Multiple award-winning Hong Kong-based architecture practice Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia), known for their life-centric, future-ready designs, took home an unprecedented nine awards at Hong Kong Green Building Council’s Green Building Award 2023 on 3 November.
The awards, including a special citation, three Grand and five Merit Awards, were given to the firm’s projects in the industrial, office, retail, healthcare, and residential sectors. Their Integral eco-industrial project also received a Special Citation on UN Sustainable Development Goals, in recognition of the development’s positive contributions to a sustainable built environment.
Bryant Lu, RLP Asia’s Vice-Chairman, was elated by the firm’s outstanding performance, saying “Winning these awards means that RLP Asia has achieved a total of 35 Hong Kong and World Green Building Awards since 2008. This extraordinary tally cements our position as an industry leader in sustainable architecture – in Hong Kong, greater China and Asia”.
Since RLP Asia began focusing on sustainable, future-focused architecture in 2000, the firm has been consistently recognised for its pioneering designs, high standards and deep expertise in all aspects of green building, including master planning, new buildings, interior design, urban regeneration, and architectural research. Today, RLP Asia has a substantial portfolio of green designs that spans most districts and sectors of Hong Kong, and is growing steadily in mainland China and across Asia.
Bryant Lu emphasised that, “These awards and the special citation prove that RLP Asia is an authentic leader in green architecture across Asia, with strengths in all architectural domains and typologies. I am incredibly proud of our hard-working team: We are setting the standard for sustainable building design and raising the bar for the entire architecture industry, designing better life for people, communities and the environment – today and for future generations.”
RLP Asia’s nine Green Building Awards were given to:
Grand Award
Integral – An “industrial eco-garden” and state-of-the-art garment factory in Guilin, China that seamlessly blends technical advancement and sustainability within a stunning natural backdrop. It prioritises the preservation of place and culture, promotes the wellness and dignity of people, takes decisive climate action for our planet, and fosters partnerships for common prosperity.
Integral also won a Special Citation on UN Sustainable Development Goals.
K11 ATELIER 11 SKIES – As an integral part of the comprehensive new retail, business and entertainment destination at Hong Kong International Airport, K11 ATELIER has embedded sustainability into the project’s life cycle – from design and construction to operations and management.
AIRSIDE – A truly green Grade-A office and retail development on the site of the former Kai Tak Airport in East Kowloon. Working as the Executive Architects in collaboration with Snøhetta, AIRSIDE fosters connections between corporates, the community and nature, and promotes environmental awareness through innovation and technology.
Merit Award
Inland Revenue Centre – A sustainable and accessible 18-storey office building in the Kai Tak New Development Area that prioritises human wellness in the workplace and has a host of energy and water-saving features.
Siu Lam Integrated Rehabilitation Services Complex – A human-centric complex designed to provide a restorative biophilic experience. Its embrace of nature, ample daylight and natural ventilation enhances liveability among its diverse user groups while addressing their specific rehabilitation needs.
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park – Batch 1A Development: Buildings 8 and 9 –These wet lab-enabled office buildings prioritise health and wellbeing through innovative features and a smart and biophilic “green living room” design concept. They also house the district cooling system plant and the automatic refuse collection system plant for all buildings in the complex.
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park – Batch 1A Development: Building 11 – An energy-saving, sustainability-focused co-living space that will foster innovation and creativity through its green accommodations, eco-friendly habitats and spaces that promote activity and vitality.
Treehouse: a trans-disciplinary building design framework for advancing net-zero – A research project that produced a design framework for Treehouse, a carbon-neutral office building for a high-density sub-tropical city. It emphasises adaptive design, microclimate-responsive planning, smart comfort strategies, and biophilic design strategies.
About Ronald Lu & Partners
Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia) is an award-winning architecture practice focused on human-centric, future-ready design. Founded in 1976, RLP is known throughout Asia as being a trailblazer in sustainable architecture. Headquartered in Hong Kong, with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Taipei, our team of 550+ trusted advisors work in partnership with many of the world’s leading developers, government bodies and institutions to bring the values of our clients to life in high-density urban environments. Together, we “Design Better Life” for the people and communities that use these spaces.
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