Three HKIA Awards Cement Ronald Lu & Partners' Position as an Architectural Powerhouse

9 November, Hong Kong: Multiple award-winning Hong Kong-based architecture practice Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia), known for their life-centric, future-ready designs, won three prestigious honours at the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) 2022/23 awards presentation ceremony on 8 November.

AIRSIDE won in the Commercial Building category, Garden Crescent was awarded in the Residential Building category and the Siu Lam Integrated Rehabilitation Services Complex received a Merit Award in the Institutional Building category. These bring the firm’s total to 16 HKIA awards over the years.

RLP Asia also celebrates their Chief Architect Nam Wu’s win of an Honourable Mention for the HKIA Young Architect Award.

The award given to Garden Crescent is particularly significant, as it means that this building has now won multiple awards for architectural excellence and sustainability – a rare achievement for a single-tower residential building.

Bryant Lu, RLP Asia's Vice-Chairman, commented that “The firm is delighted to have received this recognition from HKIA. Winning these awards demonstrates our capabilities in sustainable architecture, acknowledges our commitment to sustainability and wellbeing, and recognises our dedication to ‘Designing Better Life’ for the people and communities that use these spaces.”

The HKIA awards are significant and highly-prized in Hong Kong, and are an important part of the 67-year-old HKIA’s annual calendar. They encourage industry players to compete, innovate and continuously improve design standards. Projects that are awarded by the HKIA are recognised globally as outstanding architectural achievements that set high standards for the entire industry.

RLP Asia’s HKIA Awards 2022/23:

HKIA Award Hong Kong – Commercial Building
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​AIRSIDE – A sustainable 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.

HKIA Award Hong Kong – Residential Building
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​Garden Crescent – a “real forest building” that brings nature back into a high-density urban environment through biophilic design and a design philosophy of “nature on every doorstep”. 

HKIA Merit Award Hong Kong – Institutional Building

Siu Lam Integrated Rehabilitation Services Complex – A human-centric, two-block complex that maximises natural light and ventilation and prioritises residents’ dignity and well-being while offering residential care, day training and vocational rehabilitation services.

HKIA Young Architect Award Honourable Mention

Nam Wu ­­– A Chief Architect at RLP Asia, Nam Wu graduated from the University of Hong Kong and has been the firm since 2016. Nam actively contributes to industry exhibitions and competitions where he showcases his talent and dedication to designing better life for Hong Kong.

About Ronald Lu & Partners

Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia) is an award-winning architecture practice focused on life-centric, future-ready design. Founded in 1976, RLP Asia is known throughout Asia as being a trailblazer in sustainable architecture. For more than 47 years, its deep roots in China and its international perspective has allowed it to build a global portfolio spanning green architecture, master planning, transit-oriented development, and interior design. Working in partnership with many of the world's leading developers, government bodies and institutions, RLP Asia brings the values of its clients to life in high-density urban environments to "Design Better Life" for the people and communities that use these spaces.
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