The Laboratory for Explorative Architecture and Design Ltd. (LEAD) is an international, multiple award-winning architecture design and research practice based in Hong Kong. Founded in 2011 by Kristof Crolla 高仕棠, LEAD specialises in the production of highly innovative and bespoke design solutions for projects of a wide range of scale and programme. From Art Installation and Interior Design to Architecture and Urban Interventions, each project is given unique value and challenges convention through a combination of craftsmanship, materiality, and latest design and construction technologies.

LEAD’s portfolio highlights innovation as integral to our practice. We extend our clients’ ambitions to produce ground-breaking work by balancing the experimental and the visionary, the practical and the pragmatic. This is made possible through collaborations with world-leading specialists and consultants in engineering, construction, and fabrication with whom we transform constraints and preconceptions to opportunities to challenge the status quo.

LEAD’s design work is widely published and has gained recognition through numerous local and international awards and distinctions. Combined with honours received for research by Kristof Crolla at CUHK, these accolades include the G-Mark (Tokyo), Architizer Awards (New York), World Architectural Festival Award (Berlin), and the Golden Pin Design Award (Taiwan).

建築探索實驗室（LEAD）是一間享譽盛名的國際化建築設計研究事務所。我們為各種尺度、功能的產品提供卓越創新的定制化設計方案。在裝置藝術、室內、建築和城市設計實踐中，我們致力於通過結合手工藝、材料物質性以及先鋒設計與建造技術賦予每個項目獨特的價值。