Eric ho | AIA, LEED AP

Chapter Representative - AIA Hong Kong

2026 Immediate Past President, AIA Hong Kong  

Co-founder and Director , Architecture Commons 

Adjunct Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong  

Architect, entrepreneur, and urban thinker, Eric Ho is passionate about architecture and urban environments that have a lasting impact on society. Eric is the Co-founder and Director of Architecture Commons, a design agency for urban innovation, and also the 2025 President of the American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he received the Faculty Design Award. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in urban design at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

To broaden the architectural practice, he has been leading the strategy team at Architecture Commons and launched the “Neighbourhood Innovation Lab” to explore human-centred design for cities and neighbourhoods, winning the Good Design Award in 2022 and 2025. Eric spearheaded the team as the leading consultant for the “Well-being Design Guide” that became a policy across Hong Kong Public Housing Estates development under the directive of the Hong Kong Housing Bureau and Hong Kong Housing Authority, winning numerous awards including the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards 2024 and Hong Kong Institue of Planner Silver Award.