Our Founder Betty Ng presented at "PechaKucha Night x DESIGNART Tokyo Special" at THE CORE KITCHEN/SPACE on Thursday, November 6, 2025. This special PechaKucha Night Tokyo takes place once a year to coincide with the city-wide art and design festival DESIGNART TOKYO, which began in 2017 and transforms the entire city into a living design and art museum. COLLECTIVE also designs this year’s Design Art Tokyo Official Exhibition Space at Shibuya Media Department.
Read MoreOur Founder Betty Ng shared an ‘appraisal’ of COLLECTIVE’s 10 year journey, highlighting COLLECTIVE’s completion of the studio’s first large scale architecture project at 83 King Lam Street in Hong Kong and the studio’s various “manifestos” . The lecture is a sharing on how COLLECTIVE started, what COLLECTIVE has gone through, where COLLECTIVE is now, step by step.
Read MoreOur Founder Betty Ng and Parkour Athlete Zen Shimada discussed their careers, their mutual interests in the city, architecture and design. COLLECTIVE also designs this year’s Design Art Tokyo Official Exhibition Space at Shibuya Media Department.
Read MoreOur Director Chi Yan Chan led a tour at Tai Kwun - “Retracing the history and architectural transformation of a historical heritage site into a new cultural destination” for ETH Zurich Department of Architecture’s Seminar Week in Hong Kong led by Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung.
Read MoreWhat does it take to build a cultural ecosystem? How is it defined – and how can it be nurtured? Betty Ng, the founder and director of international architecture practice COLLECTIVE, and curator Angelika Li, the cofounder and director of Basel-based nonprofit organization PF25 cultural projects, reflect on the fast-evolving art landscape of Hong Kong, shedding light on its lesser-known aspects and reverberations across the region and globally. From their distinct vantage points – as an architect designing spaces and a curator activating them – they explore how physical environments and cultural narratives shape one another, and how art and architecture together can foster dialogue, understanding, and a sense of place between Hong Kong, Basel, and beyond.
Read MoreCOLLECTIVE’s founder, Betty Ng, is to speak at Today at Apple event, Spotlight: Building Narratives in Architecture with Betty Ng, on 11 December 2024, from 19:00 to 20:30 at Apple ifc mall, Hong Kong. This public session features a dialogue exploring how research and collaboration shape COLLECTIVE’s concept-driven architecture, creating spaces that emphasize clarity, beauty, and function. Attendees can join the conversation and connect with others.
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