Archasia Hong Kong Limited is a Hong Kong based global architectural practice offering distinctive architecture, interior, and master planning design services for the luxury residential, corporate, and hospitality markets in the international arena.  Archasia’s twenty-four year history encompasses a unique combination of clientele, programs, and designed environments.  The firm’s commissions include over two hundred projects in twenty-one countries, with current projects in Moscow, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Dalian, Wuxi, and Hainan Island.  

As founding principal of Archasia, Grover C. Dear, Jr. FAIA, HKIA, ARB, and LEED AP, possesses over forty-one years of practical experience as a licensed professional.  Dear is a Registered Architect and Authorized Person in Hong Kong, and also maintains his architectural registrations in the United Kingdom and the US states of California, Florida, and Georgia.  After studying at L’Universite de Dijon (France) and receiving his architectural degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), he apprenticed with I.M. Pei & Partners in New York and worked in Atlanta, Hong Kong, and Shanghai with John Portman & Associates, before establishing Archasia in 1987.  Dear is a member of The American Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, and The Architects Registration Board of the United Kingdom.  In 2009, he obtained US Green Building Council Institute accreditation as LEED AP, and in 2010 he was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

As Projects Director of Archasia, Suzanne Wong, possesses over sixteen years of creative experience in luxury design markets.  Attending the University of Oregon, Ms. Wong received her Honors Degree in Psychology and Business in 1996 and directed brand development and image management for Escada, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Cerruti before joining Archasia in 2008.

Under their leadership, Archasia has obtained its global reputation by providing image, style, and quality for an extensive variety of projects worldwide.  The firm’s work is published in numerous international design publications including Architectural Digest, Perspective, Elle Decoration, Better Homes & Gardens, and House Beautiful.  Archasia has also gained international recognition in the field of architectural restoration and renovation, with historic restorations including Villa La Residence in Hanoi…..the featured cover of Architectural Digest…..and the master planning of Villa Feltrinelli on Italy’s Lake Garda.