CAA architects Information

Founded by architect Haowei Liu in 2006, CAA has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Liu initially proposed the vision of 'Design for Tomorrow', which has evolved into CAA's architectural philosophy of 'Oriental Futurism'. CAA's practice spans across urban planning, architecture, product design, spatial installations, transportation design and interdisciplinary research. We are committed to integrating architecture with art, imagination with technology, while practice and explore the influence of sustainability and digital technologies on the future of cities and environments. Some of the significant completed design and construction projects include ''West Mountain Innovation Valley'', a large-scale sci-tech campus from 2020 to 2025; ''CAFA Qingdao Campus'' - the education complex for China's best art academy in 2019; ''Maldives Airport Economic Zone'' in Hulhumalé, the new economic district on the capital of Maldives in 2018; ''Yisabu Doko Memorial Park'' in South Korea in 2017; 2012's charity work for Smile Angel Children's Hospital; the research, development, and design of the carriages for China's Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway from 2009 to 2012. Meanwhile, there are also cross-disciplinary research and practices: ''Crystal Space City''— a conceptual vision for human settlement beyond Earth; creation of various virtual buildings in Metaverse Platform Decentraland, etc. With worldwide attention and recognition, CAA’s works have won many international honors and awards including: 2026 IAA Awards; 2025,2022 Architecture MasterPrize; 2025, 2023, 2020 Global Future Design Awards Gold Award; 2024 Architizer A+Awards; 2024 AR Future Projects Awards; 2024 Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards Gold Award; 2024, 2023, 2020 World Design Awards; 2023 FRAME Awards; 2023, 2022 MUSE Design Awards Platinum Award; 2020 Prix Versailles (presented by UNESCO); 2019 German Design Award, etc.