Rocco Design Architects Associates Limited (), led by Rocco Yim, is a design architectural practice based in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It is responsible for the design of many iconic buildings in Hong Kong and

Guangdong province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, including the Hong Kong Government Headquarters,

iSQUARE iSQUARE () is a 31-storey shopping centre located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the site of the former Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by, and is now owned by, Associ ...

One Peking Road One Peking Road is a prominent 30-floor office building in Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. History The developer for the project was Glorious Sun Group who paid HK$1.24 billion for the site at a government auction in April 1998. T ...

, Yunnan Museum and

Guangdong Museum The Guangdong Museum () is a general museum of Cantonese art, nature, culture and history in Guangzhou. History Old building The Guangdong Provincial Museum was located on 215 Wenming Rd. (), in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, on which was the o ...

. It employs 160 staff in

and

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

. Rocco S.K. Yim founded its predecessor firm Rocco Design Architects Limited in March 1979. Patrick P.W. Lee joined Rocco Design Partners in June 1980. The firm exhibited four times at the Venice Biennale in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2012. In 2015, the practice was invited to showcase their work at Architecture Forum Berlin, in the dedicated Exhibition titled "Intensity: the works of Rocco Design Architects, Hong Kong".

Awards

The firm has received numerous awards, ARCASIA Gold Medals in 1994 and 2003, the Chicago Athenaeum Architectural Awards in 2006, 2011 and 2013, the Kenneth F. Brown Award in 2007, and the World Architecture Festival category winner in 2011. Within the latest projects, The Yunnan Museum, opened to the public in 2015, has received a "HKIA Hong Kong Medal of the Year", and two Honorable Mentions at the International Design Awards 14 and Architizer Awards 2016.

Notable works

* Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Campus * Bao'an Cultural Complex * Wesleyan House Methodist International Church *

*Yunnan Museum * HKSAR Government Headquarters *

* Citibank Plaza * Man Yee Building * China Online Centre *

Victoria Towers The Victoria Towers () are a high-rise residential development located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. The complex consists of three towers, each rising 62 floors and in height. The complex is located at No.188 Canton Road, at the inter ...

Hong Kong Palace Museum The Hong Kong Palace Museum is a public museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong, exhibiting artifacts from the national Palace Museum at the Forbidden City in Beijing. Construction began in April 2019 and the museum officially o ...

Gallery

File:One Peking Road.jpg, One Peking Road File:ISQUARE 200907.JPG, iSQUARE File:Guangdong Sheng Bowuguan 2012.11.18 09-35-49.jpg, Guangdong Museum

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