Dara Huang - Building Trust in the World of Commerce and Culture

In this podcast Yoko Choy catches up with architect Dara Huang, who runs Design Haus Liberty, with studios in London and Hong Kong; in January 2021, she is adding a furniture collection to the mix. The child of Taiwanese immigrants to the United States, Dara was born in America, where if not exactly picked on, she was made aware of her ethnic minority origins. Her father, a NASA scientist, was a positive, yet unobtrusive influence in her life, wanting only that she studied (she went to Harvard) in order to be independent and make her own choices. 

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That freedom took her to London, where she established her practise seven years ago, and she now works with international clients around the world, where she relishes being a ‘global citizen’. Her consciously flexible approach has played a large part in her company’s success. Dara’s early work was “institutionally led” – offices, residential and retail properties, but she welcomes opportunities to diversify and gain skills and experience to add to her portfolio. Dara keeps a keen eye on the market for niche openings and she ensures that her clients trust her to understand and deliver what they want. Adding to her sharp business sense, she is as well a networking supremo – an encounter she had in a restaurant with a football club owner recently led to her not only redesigning his stadium but having a potential three more in the offing.

A recent project was the interior design of a tower with Knight Dragon in London’s Greenwich Peninsular while another has been the creation of yet another Chinese store for Cartier to cater for the country’s insatiable consumers. To find out more about Dara, check in with us now, and Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter so you don't miss out on our latest content.