Aedas Hong Kong was recently awarded ‘Practice of The Year’ in the A&D Awards 2025 winning 10 Awards. Perspective spoke with Aedas Founder and Chairman Keith Griffiths. Prospective: This was an outstanding performance in the A&D Awards, can you tell us what this mens to Aedas? It is a deep honour for Aedas to be […]

RIBA Hong Kong Chapter announces new committee members led by Celia Lai (Hon. Chair), Christopher Lye (Hon. Secretary) and Angeliki Koliomichou (Hon. Treasurer).

Supported by committee members:
Sarah Lee, Mig Lau, Adeline Chan, Eric Chan, Dennis Ho, Adrian Lo, Gregory Kovacs, and student representative Janice Chau.

The HKIUD Urban Design Conference 2025 held on 19th March 2026 invited a number of internationally renowned urban design experts and academicians from China, Finland, Canada and Japan and attracted more than 600 delegates from the Mainland, Macau, overseas and local professions.

A ground-breaking design guide championing a human-centric approach to reimagining public housing as friendly, healthy, community-oriented spaces has won the top innovation award. Launched last year by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Bureau, with the support of local practice Architecture Commons, it’s already having an impact on estates across the territory.

An incredible array of world-class projects across the Asia Pacific region wowed the judges in A&D Awards 2025. Check out just some of the Gold Award winners…. from stunning mountain resorts in Japan (pictured above) and Australia, and an iconic office tower in Hong Kong, to a quirky hotel fitout in Singapore and a contemplative museum below a giant statue in in India! All reflect the undoubted quality and creativity of architects and designers in our part of the world.

Global architecture and design practice, Aedas, has blitzed the A&D Awards 2025, collecting 10 awards, including three Gold, and the ultimate accolade of Practice of the Year. A delighted Aedas Chairman Keith Griffiths described the win as “an incredible honour….. reflecting the creativity, commitment, and passion that our entire team brought to every project over the past year.” One of the Gold Award-winning projects, Yohoo Museum, pictured above, has quickly become a much-loved landmark and community space for the residents of Hangzhou.

Susanna Minotti, head of Interior Decoration of the Italian furniture company Minotti, recently visited Hong Kong to celebrate Minotti’s 20th anniversary in the market through their exclusive relationship with retailer Andante. PERSPECTIVE caught up with Susanna (photographed below) during her business trip to get a deeper insight into the company’s heritage, presence across Asia and thoughts on the future.

Designer Samantha Drummond hoped her installation at the luxurious Solaire Resort in the Philippines – a remarkable glass sculpture called Mangrove – would inspire people. Today the towering monument is not only a breathtakingly beautiful artwork, it has also been officially recognised as the world’s largest glass tube installation.

Highly regarded landscape architect Bernd Michael Schernau uses evidence-based research to show clients that sustainable design solutions are not only good for the planet and its inhabitants, but also for the corporate bottom line. The Singapore-based global leader in Integrated Sustainable Design spoke to PERSPECTIVE about the critical relationship between the natural and built environments, especially in densely populated Asian cities.

While Hong Kong is globally renowned for its spectacular skyscrapers and modern design, it’s lesser-known architectural achievements – including innovative public infrastructure such as the multi-purpose municipal services building – are the focus of the city’s contribution to this year’s Venice Biennale design show.