The Hong Kong-born, Europe-based multidisciplinary designer behind the newly reopened Regent Hong Kong reflects on his creative path and design philosophy.In 2017,Lo was approached to redesign Hong Kong’s storied Regent hotel,which first opened in 1980.The ambitious project involved working on the property’s architecture,interior design and furniture and art curationThe Regent marks Lo’s first hotel project, and he appreciated the client’s bold vision and open-mindedness. 

Lo was involved in the selection of the facade's material and the introduction of stone gardens and semi-reflective ceilings on the water-facing sides of the building, as well as the updated porte cochere and entrance.The hotel’s reimagined interiors are understated yet decidedly modern.Lo subtly weaved in references to Beijing’s Forbidden City (as requested by the client), reinterpreted through a contemporary lens with elements such as cast glass brick walls in the lobby and stone gardens in the guest rooms’outer windowsills.

The design stands out for its rhythm and knots that, as Lo says,‘are waiting to be discovered’— an intention he upholds as a guiding design philosophy.‘When you design to impress, it tends to fade away very quickly,’he says.‘Lo believe the most important value design can give to things is elevating ordinary materials with the way you compose them, and with the care you put into making them.’