about
eightsixthree
who we are
eightsixthree is an award winning design studio based in Hong Kong. we are a small but flexible team of architects and interior designers, who work alongside project managers and urban planners, tackling projects as big as 600,000sqm or as small as 45sqm. we appreciate and encourage our clients to be demanding, as you play a fundamental role in enriching our designs, goals, thoughts and working process. our design approach is simple, we have no house style, we are sensitive to each project situation, and create designs that are tailored to suit your needs and aspirations.
what we do
design
project manage
master plan
our team
Tracey Stoute
managing director
Tracey Stoute (b. 1963) is the founding member of eightsixthree. Tracey obtained his bachelor of arts (honours) in architecture, followed by his diploma in architecture and his professional practice certificate in 1991 from the Polytechnic of Central London (University of Westminster).
Tracey has worked with the architectural practices of Zaha Hadid in London, and Sir Norman Foster & Partners in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong where he came in 1993 as part of a team responsible for the setting up of the Foster Asia office, a small satellite office that ran parallel to the airport consortium team. Later, Tracey joined Liang Peddle Thorp (now known as Aedas) as a senior project architect for the MTRC Siu Ho Wan depot building, responsible for the production of design development and documentation.
In 1997, Tracey joined Wong Tung & Partners as a Senior Project Architect where he worked for over 5 years, graduating to Chief Project Architect responsible for design development and documentation on a variety of projects. Tracey joined Atelier Pacific in the summer of 2003 where he acted as the Project Architect on a number of Louis Vuitton stores in both the PRC and Seoul South Korea.
In June 2006 Tracey left Atelier Pacific to found eightsixthree Ltd.
TJ Zhu
director
TJ Zhu obtained his Bachelor of Architectural in Hunan University (PRC) in 2005 and master of urban design at University of Hong Kong in 2008. TJ worked as an Assistant Architect at Zhubo (Shenzhen) Architecture Design Ltd. (2005 – 2007) for the residential projects in mainland China and Assistant Architect in L&O (2008-2010), P&T (2010-2013), Senior Architectural Designer in PH Alpha Ltd.(2014) for mix-use projects in Hong Kong and mainland China. TJ also obtained his class I registered architect (PRC) in 2014.
In August 2014, TJ joined eightsixthree Limited as an Senior Architect and is currently working for architectural and interior design development of the luxury retail projects in PRC.
the team
our capabilities are architecture, interior design, CAD modeling and project management and our team are intentionally cross-disciplinary, a mixture that encourages fresh ways of exploring old problems. we believe a clearly defined problem declares its own solution. only after we are fully conversant with your needs do we commence the design.