Hong Kong is a city in motion. Forever adapting and evolving, its identity is born of a complex history that sits — sometimes uneasily these days — at the confluence of East and West. The vibrant Asian hub blends business acumen and commerce with a manufacturing history and a creative can-do spirit, which together shape and define its design identity.
Architect Dennis Cheung of Studio RYTE believes that the city’s movement between extremes, from cultural to social to political, is helping to spark local innovation. ‘People are seeking new solutions, new perspectives and new environments. They have high expectations,’ he says. For Cheung, and