Keith Griffiths (architect)
architect
Keith Griffiths FRIBA FHKIA (born October 1954) is a Welsh architect who founded and chairs Aedas.
Since 1983 and for most of his career he has resided in Hong Kong.
Early life and education
Griffiths was born to Emrys and Jane Griffiths in October 1954 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He was brought up in the small cathedral city of St Davids, in Wales. He attended Ysgol Dewi Sant, St Davids School and read architecture at St John's College, Cambridge, where he received a Masters in Architecture in 1976 and a Diploma in Architecture in 1979. In 1979 he registered as an architect (ARB) and became a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Career
From 1978 to 1980 Griffiths worked for Arup Associates before joining Foster and Partners in London as a member of the design team for the new Hongkong and Shanghai Bank headquarters (HSBC) in Hong Kong. In 1985, Keith Griffiths and Anthony Hackett set up Hackett and Griffiths in Hong Kong. Hackett and Griffiths first commission was the new Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club sailing Centre at Middle Island. Further commissions included Gaysorn Shopping Centre, Bangkok in 1988 for Gaysorn Property Company Ltd.
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