Brian Chung

Director

With deep experience designing projects in China and Korea, Brian has played a key role in establishing KPF as a major force in Asia. As a Director, he has worked on both master plans and individual buildings in historic districts as well as newly emerging areas. Taken together, his projects express a narrative about the modern urban experience and how people live and work in an ever-changing environment.

Designing Spaces for the Future of Technology

Many of Brian’s endeavors explore the interface of technology, learning, and work, featuring an architectural language that helps varied clients communicate their unique values and identities. For the new Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) campus, he created a central hub that brings together research, teaching, and office functions and connects indoor and outdoor spaces. For technology client OPPO, Brian played a key role in designing a large-scale R&D campus and a tech hub in Dongguan, both of which employ a refined curvilinear geometry that renders the client’s streamlined aesthetic into the built environment. Brian’s design for the Bundang Doosan Tower in Seoul, meanwhile, connects two office towers via a 100-meter skybridge, creating a unique silhouette for a client that is a leader in heavy industry.

HKUST(GZ)

Guangzhou, China

OPPO Chang An R&D Center

Dongguan, China

Bundang Doosan Tower

Seoul, South Korea

Executing Complexity and Large-Scale Vision

Much of Brian’s work addresses issues of scale and complexity. Brian was instrumental in designing the Dongdaegu Transportation Hub in Korea, a multi-modal transit facility, which seamlessly combines retail overbuild atop a vital bus station. An interest for architectural expression and human scale underpin large architectural projects such as the Jing An Kerry Centre and high-rises such as the China Resources Tower in Shenzhen and SOHO Gubei in Shanghai, which combine sculptural form with concern for craft to create buildings that are both striking on the skyline and inviting on the street. The same concerns underpin Brian’s important contributions to master plans for New Songdo City in South Korea, Meixi Lake in China, and the CRL Center Dongguan in China, which create new urban fabrics that encourage pedestrian activity and engage the individual.

Dongdaegu Transportation Hub

Dongdaegu, South Korea

China Resources Tower

Shenzhen, China

CRL Center Dongguan

Dongguan, China

Industry Leadership

Brian’s architectural work has been recognized with a number of international accolades. The Jing An Kerry Center won the Urban Land Institute’s Global Awards for Excellence, the Dongdaegu Transportation Hub won the Korean Architecture Culture Prize, and the China Resources Tower was awarded the CTBUH Award of Excellence as well as the Architecture MasterPrize. HKUST(GZ), meanwhile, received the MIPIM Award, the AIA Hong Kong Merit Award, and several other accolades.