- Member of M+ Board
Ms Joan Leung is an immediate past Vice Chair of the Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and in past years has been the external reviewer / examiner for the architectural degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and studio critic at the University of Hong Kong. With her international background and perspective, Ms Leung was at the forefront of Hong Kong architecture in the 1980s and partnered with Professor Eric Lye in Lotus Architects Limited, winning the design competitions for the Third University (now the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and for the revitalisation of Western Market. She designed the clubhouse in the Arch, which won the Quality Building Award 2008. Her design for the Green Oasis for the revitalisation of the Central Market was longlisted for the World Architecture Award. Several of her interior design projects have been nominated for awards. She is deeply engaged with architecture and design in practice, community work, and academia.
Ms Leung is actively engaged in several committees in the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), with a particular focus on heritage and conservation and on the environment and sustainable development. She was the senior member of the international jury for the HKIA annual awards for 2019.
Ms Leung received a BA in Architecture from Manchester University and an MArch from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
