About ACDO

As a lifestyle-driven design studio, ACDO has built a reputation for creating luxury bespoke interiors while leading the contemporary design conversation through a number of residential, hospitality, commercial and retail projects around the globe. Consisting of an intimate yet robust team of dreamers and tastemakers, our multidisciplinary designers and architects are dedicated to the highest levels of detail and creative expression. After a joint ten-year term at Yabu Pushelberg, Abe Chan and Sam Khouvongsavanh have reunited to bring together their expansive portfolio and international sensibility.

The collective experience of our principals enables ACDO to handle projects of all scopes – from contemporary private residential to international luxury hotel properties. By teaming together and blending their strengths, the design duo brings a diversity of thought, which ultimately leads to youthful, intentional, and contemporary environments.

From conceptualization to implementation, ACDO’s design ethos is grounded by a deep commitment to creating one-of-a-kind stories for every client. Each new collaboration offers an opportunity for reinvention and a distinct point of view, delivering borderless, emotive luxury from start to finish.

 
ACDO Studio

Abraham Chan
Founding Partner

Born in Calgary, raised in Hong Kong and educated at the Rhode Island School of Design with a Masters in Architecture, Abraham Chan is a Chinese-Canadian designer whose life and work finds roots across the world. His enduring ties to Asia and America inform his expansive background in creating unforgettable luxury projects. Among Abe’s celebrated projects are: Avenue Road Vancouver, Twitter Toronto, Forest Hill Residence, Siwilai Concept Store.

 
Abe Chan / ACDO

Sam Khouvongsavanh
Partner

As a design director for two successful firms, Sam has played a hands-on role in the conceptualization, documentation, and execution of celebrated site-specific design projects within Asia, Europe, and North America. He joins ACDO as Partner with a distinct vision for authentic cultural immersion within the field of hospitality. Notable projects include: Park Hyatt Phu Quoc, Conrad Shenzhen, and Kuala Lumpur, No. 1 Grosvenor Square.

 
Sam Khouvongsavanh / ACDO