HK22: Bryant Lu – Multi-Award-winning architect known for humanistic style of design

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“Every failure is an opportunity to learn. If you learn from it, you become a better person. Only when you expose yourself to failures you have stories. And stories are essential in how you grow and learn.”

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦.”

“𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠.”

“𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦.”

“𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒… 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦”.

“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝐻𝐾 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑦, 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡”.

“𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.”

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞:

Bryant is Vice Chairman of Ronald Lu & Partners, an architectural practice housing over 600 staff across 5 offices in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Bryant joined RLP in 2000 after graduating from Cornell and led firm’s expansion in HK & Mainland China.  Under his leadership, RLP has helped shape HK skyline through participation in several landmark projects.  Bryant and RLP have won many awards over the years for their distinguished work.

Bryant is a triathlete, an avid skier, a wakesurfer and a big promoter of Hong Kong art and culture scene.  One can see Bryant’s humane side in his support for many charities and NGOs.