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Rags-to-success story of Hong Kong architect Chi Wing Lo, lead designer of the Regent Hong Kong hotel’s ‘rebirth’
- Chi Wing Lo, who grew up a fisherman’s son in Shau Kei Wan, is a key speaker at the Business of Design Week 2022 Summit
- He talks about being called ‘The Chinese’ in Italy’s design circles, avoiding cultural clichés, and how his family life is like ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’
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It seems almost rude to interrupt Chi Wing Lo in mid-reverie just outside Hong Kong’s Tai Koo Shing MTR station.
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Easy to spot in his uniform of loose white linen, the Hong Kong-born architect is standing, head cocked, scanning the high-rises that have given the area form.
His wide-eyed expression is not surprising. It has been more than four decades since Lo last visited the neighbourhood, even though he grew up just a short ride away, in Shau Kei Wan.
A fisherman’s son with an impressive haul of work, the founder of furniture brand Dimensione Chi Wing Lo embodies a Hong Kong rags-to-success tale few can resist.
But on this day, as we pore through images of old and new examples of his multidisciplinary accomplishments, its telling feels late – as though the 67-year-old, one of this year’s key speakers at the Business of Design Week (BODW) 2022 Summit, has been kept waiting in the wings for the lights to blaze.
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