13 May 2026
Philip F. Yuan
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Philip F. Yuan to present:: Mind and Matter: Physical AI for Engineering in Architecture
12 May 2026
Guy Nordenson
The 75th Anniversary Spring 2026 Lecture Series welcomes Guy Nordenson to present: Actors and Auterus: Construction and Interpretation in Architecture
14 May 2026
The Imagination of the Architect | Engineer: Exploration, Equilibrium, Evolution, Environment
The second session of The Imagination of the Architect | Engineer features Shuaizhong Wang, Ting Cao, Yige Liu, Yuchi Shen, and Kam-Ming Mark Tam in a discussion on emerging forms of architectural design, research, and practice that increasingly merge architectural creativity and engineering invention. Developed in connection with the three-day workshop The Education of the Architect | Engineer, initiated by Guy Nordenson and Yung Ho Chang, the two-part Imagination series is initiated by Mark Tam within the Discussion Series led by Davide Spina.
13 May 2026
The Imagination of the Architect | Engineer: Problem, Practice, Performance, Patterns
The first session of The Imagination of the Architect | Engineer features Zhun Zhang, Qingpeng Li, Heng Xia, and Jingxiang Zhu in a discussion on emerging forms of architectural design, research, and practice that increasingly merge architectural creativity and engineering invention. Developed in connection with the three-day workshop The Education of the Architect | Engineer, initiated by Guy Nordenson and Yung Ho Chang, the two-part Imagination series is initiated by Mark Tam within the Discussion Series led by Davide Spina.
12 - 14 May 2026
The Education of the Architect | Engineer
Hosted by the FoA and DoA at HKU, this 3-day workshop explores new models of integrated architecture–engineering education through teaching/curriculum talks, lectures, and a complementary design/research discussion series. The workshop was initiated through conversations between Yung Ho Chang and Guy Nordenson, and coordinated by Mark Tam with Xiaoxiao Wu, in collaboration with Cao Ting, Heng Xia, and Hongshan Guo, with generous support from Eunice Seng, Davide Spina and Chang Su.
09 May - 04 Jul 2026
Window into Design Thinking: Future Challenges of Living
In an ever-changing world, we are constantly redefining our relationship to the built environment and our collective future. Living examines the future challenges that architecture faces and addresses specific questions, including the role of design as a mediating platform between current research and pedagogical practice.
08 May 2026 | 09:30:00
JUPAS Info Session: Guided Department Tour by BA(AS) Students
Get to know more about our undergraduate program through guided tours and student sharings on 8 May 2026!
08 May 2026
Invitation for Saint-Gobain architecture student contest and seminar 2026
Supported by HKGBC, HKIA and AIA, , the competition offers a real-world architectural challenge for students, focused on creating solutions for better living and sustainable construction. The 2026 contest theme, "Sustainable Architecture: Designing Delight for Tourism & Recreational Projects" prompts students to reimagine spaces for a regenerative future. Join the seminar to learn more about the competition!
PSA wants you!
Power Station of Art (PSA), Shanghai’s leading contemporary art museum, invites applications for internships and other job openings. If interested, please send your CV to hr@powerstationofart.com
Urban Living Lab, Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
SU CHANG - Urban Living Lab is a public parasol that creates a respite from Hong Kong’s subtropical climate to activate an underused public plaza, providing communities with a space to gather, socialize, and relish in the public environment. Collaborating with local metalworkers from the ship manufacturing industry, the design explores techniques to revitalize traditional galvanized steel crafts, reviving the collective memory of the neighborhood's distinctive material cultures between sea and land. (Institutional & NGO Collaboration: Urban Renewal Fund, Hong Kong Arts Centre)
Nine-Terraces Gallery Bridge
ZHU XIAOFENG - The bridge revitalizes the double-pitched roof typology of traditional rural house with “half-house” bridgeheads and implanted folded truss plate arch, which suspends nine bridge platforms on the river. With the minimum structural height on the pedestrian level, it accommodates boat passage underneath and provides a cluster of intimate terraces for community gathering.
20 Apr 2026
Fontainebleau Schools Summer Programme 2026
Call for graduate students, outstanding undergraduates, and young professionals! Apply to Fontainebleau Schools Summer Programme 2026 to explore new ways of combining architectural traditions with contemporary experimental urbanism and landscape design.
08 May 2026
Michael Bell
The 75th Anniversary Spring 2026 Lecture Series welcomes Michael Bell to present: 8 Minutes, 20 Seconds Encrypting the Sun
14 Apr 2026
Zhu Xiaofeng
The 75th Anniversary Spring 2026 Lecture Series welcomes Zhu Xiaofeng to present: Iterating Towards Seeding
11 - 12 Apr 2026
Sustainable ArchiTexture: Garment Adaptive Reuse Workshop with Barney Cheng (Recycling, Recutting, Reconstructing)
Register now to join couturier Barney Cheng for Sustainable ArchiTexture, an immersive upcycling workshop where fashion meets architectural precision.
31 Mar 2026
Beilei Fan
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Beilei Fan to present: Revealing Latent Forces: architecture Between Site and System
30 Mar 2026
Dong Gong
The 75th Anniversary Spring 2026 Lecture Series welcomes Dong Gong to present: Seeing into the Site
30 Mar 2026
Wang Shu
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Wang Shu to present: Architectural Education Experiment Pointing to the Real Reality.
26 Mar 2026
ATC Forum 2026: Art, AI, and Cultural Ecologies in Transformation
The Spring 2026 Discussion Series presents
Open Call for Sound Compositions: Department of Architecture Podcast series
Join the architalks podcast series by submitting your original sound compositions. Selected compositions will be featured in our podcast episodes. If you are interested, please contact: arcevent@hku.hk
18 Mar 2026
Xu Bing
The 75th Anniversary Spring 2026 Lecture Series welcomes Xu Bing to present: How do we make art today?
14 Mar 2026
HKU Architecture Alumni Day 2026
We warmly invite you to join us for HKU Alumni Day 2026 on 14 Mar (Sat). We look forward to welcoming you back to our beloved alma mater!
27 Mar 2026
Marina Tabassum
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Marina Tabassum to present: Architecture of Transition
27 Feb 2026
Sensing Architecture | Exhibition @Window Study Space
Join us at the Window Study Space, an annex studio of the Department of Architecture (Kennedy Town Commercial Centre, 23 Belcher’s Street) to explore works from Sensing Architecture - Fall Semester of the Year 1 studio project, from the street view.
10 Feb 2026
Catherine Seavitt
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Catherine Seavitt to present: Plants as Inventors
29 Jan - 08 Feb 2026
Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive Past buildings of Hong Kong
HKU Faculty presents Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive in Bangkok Design Week 2026. This edition of the Roving Exhibitions continues the vision and aspiration of the highly regarded Hong Kong representation at the 2025 Biennale Architettura in Venice, through the re-presentation of the archive of future heritages.
The Architecture MasterPrize 2025 & Best of Best in "Green Architecture" category
MArch student Xie Weiqi won The Architecture MasterPrize 2025 & Best of Best in the "Green architecture" category for her 2024 Thesis project "Liquid Light Modulator" under Adjunct Assistant Professor Anneli Giencke.
19 - 26 Jan 2026
Human Intelligence: AA Workshop 2026
In January, the third floor of Knowles was taken over by an intensive workshop run by three visiting professors from the Architectural Association in London as part of the Human Intelligence, MArch Programme. This year we were joined by Georgia Hablutzel, Anna Font-Vacas, and Nassia Inglessis who worked on distinct techniques exploring: mapping and the colonial achive; site assemblages; and performative material structures.
21 Nov 2025
Winners of the Revamp of Sau Mau Ping Road Safety Town Design Competition
MArch and BAAS students received awards in the Revamp of Sau Mau Ping Road Safety Town Design Competition. They are TANG King-to, Anson (MArch 1) - Second Runner up HUI Rui-tian, Ronnie (BAAS Y3) - Merit HUI King-hei (BAAS Y3) - Merit KANG Ji-hoon (BAAS Y3) - Merit
30 Oct 2025
Record High in UGC Research Support Schemes
Profs. Emma Jones, Eunice Seng, Jze Yi Kuo and Mark Tam are among those from our different departments that have successfully secured such grants
Special Award - Heritage & Adaptive Re-use shortlist
Prof. Wang Weijen has been shortlisted for the HKIA 2025 Special Award, for his project Kuk Po Vision: Adaptive Reuse Kai Choi School, Kuk Po Common, School Plaza, Eco Toilet
Merit Award (outside Hong Kong) - Institutional Building
HKIA has awarded Prof. Weijen Wang Merit Award (outside Hong Kong) - Institutional Building for the Phase II design of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
12 Jan 2026
Kumiko Inui
The Spring 2026 Public Lecture Series welcomes Kumiko Inui to present: Little Spaces and Architecure.
15 Dec 2025
Yiting Pan
The Fall 2025 Research Seminar Series welcomes YiTing Pan to present: Chinese-Canadian Architects in Metro Vancouver: Contributions, Legacy, and Social Transformation
12 Dec 2025
Jonas Janke
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Jonas Janke to present: Love me one time, two times... X times!
25 Nov 2025
Adam Jasper
The Fall 2025 Discussion Series welcomes Adam Jasper to present: Pin Up: The Crit as Theatre, Trial, and Teaching Method
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in Design+
To be eligible for admission to the BASc(Design+) programme, JUPAS candidates should meet the standard University Entrance Requirements and a level 5 Note or above in English Language in the Hong Kong Diploma in Secondary Education (HKDSE), or an equivalent qualification. The programme will consider admission based on any best 5 subjects in HKDSE among Category A or Category C, including Mathematics Extended Modules 1 and 2 (M1 and M2). For non-JUPAS candidates, admission will be based on the standard University Entrance Requirements and on the basis of individual merit.
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (BA(AS)) is an intensive four-year programme that introduces students to architecture as a cultural discipline. Admission to the programme is rigorous. The Department’s admission results have been exemplary in the past five years and the programme remains one of the most competitive in Hong Kong.
Master of Architecture
The Master of Architecture (MArch)* is a two-year full-time programme offered by the Department of Architecture (UGC-funded for local applicants and Self-funded mode for non-local applicants). The two-year MArch is offered to applicants who hold a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies degree at this University; or a qualification of equivalent standard from this University or another comparable institution accepted for this purpose.
Master of Architecture (Design)
The Master of Architecture (Design) [MArch (Design)] is a three-year full-time self-financed programme* offered by the Department of Architecture. Built on the existing two-year MArch, the three-year MArch (Design) offers a path for qualified students from undergraduate programmes outside of architecture to pursue an architectural education.
Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design
The MSc(AAD) curriculum comprises 3 research-based design studio courses (36 credits, including a capstone studio), 3 core courses (18 credits), and 3 elective courses (18 credits), leading to a 1-year full-time study (totaling 72 credits). It provides opportunities for students from different backgrounds
MPhil and PhD
Eligibility for admission to the programme is generally limited to students holding a Master of Architecture degree, or a Bachelor of Architecture degree with 1st class honours or 2nd upper class division and a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in the field of architecture. However, students who hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in another field may also be considered for admission.
Teaching
HKU Outstanding Teaching Award
Prof. Eunice Seng and Prof. Thomas Tsang have received an HKU Outstanding Teaching Award and the prestigious title of Presidential Teaching Fellow.
29 Oct 2025
MArch & MArch(Design) Admissions Talk in London
Join us for Admissions Talks for the MArch and MArch(Design) programmes at 18 Bedford Square, London
28 Oct 2025
HKU Architecture Admissions Talk in Liverpool
Join us for Architecture Admissions Talks at 21 Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool
25 Oct 2025
HKU Information Day 2025
Join us for HKU Information Day to explore the Faculty of Architecture
24 Oct 2025 | Episode 37
Yi Sun
Yi Sun, Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, and co-founder of Wo-men Work, speaks about stories told by women.
21 Nov 2025
Billie Tsien
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Billie Tsien to present: What Now
Japan Good Design Award 2025
Prof. Chang Su & Frankie Au have won a Japan Good Design Award 2025, for their project 'Urban Living Lab'.
24 Oct 2025
Benedetta Tagliabue
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Benedetta Tagliabue to present: Making the World as Our Home
04 Nov 2025
Wenjing Huang
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Wenjing Huang to present: Poetic of the Radical
17 Oct 2025 | Episode 36
Jane Mah Hutton
Jane Mah Hutton, landscape architect and Associate Prof. at School of Architecture in the University of Waterloo, speaks about her new book project.
HKIA Special Award - Human and Social Inclusion & Sustainable Architecture (Shortlist, award announcement: Oct 31)
HKIA has announced its shortlist for the Special Award, which has included Prof. Chang Su & Frankie Au in two different categories for their project 'Urban Living Lab'.
04 Dec 2025
William Shivers
The Fall 2025 Research Seminar Series welcomes William Shivers to present: Stretch and Pull: Design Research Methods in a Time of Disciplinary Kitbashing
20 Nov 2025
Yuchu Cui
Beautifying Our City from Within: Self-help Domestic Improvement, Civic Engagement, and Urban Governance in Early Reform-era Guangzhou, 1985-1988
ACC Hong Kong Arts Circle Fellowship 2025
Prof. Donn Holohan & Elspeth Lee are awarded the ACC Hong Kong Arts Circle Fellowship 2025, and will spend two months in Japan focusing on stone and earth construction.
10 Oct 2025 | Episode 35
Rick Lam
Rick Lam, Co-founder and Director of Architecture Commons, part-time CUHK lecturer, and adjunct assistant prof. at Hong Kong Chu Hai College, speaks about “Commons” as attitude and method in driving the collaborative design processes and outcomes in his practice with architect Eric Ho.
Silver, IDA International Design Awards
Prof. Fai Au, with O Studio, has won silver at the IDA International Design Awards 2024 with the project ‘Snowland Airbase’.
Hong Kong exhibition at la Biennale Architettura 2025
Curators, Prof.s Fai Au, Ying Zhou & Sunnie Lau, have opened the exhibition ‘Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive’ on the 9th May 2025 as a collateral event of la Biennale Architettura in Venice
2025 AR Future Projects Awards
Prof. Guillaume Othenin-Girard has won an AR Future Projects Award 2025 in Cultural Regeneration for his project 'Glkhatun archaeological field laboratory in Armenia', which was also highly commended overall.
HKU Outstanding Teaching Award
Prof. Eunice Seng and Prof. Thomas Tsang have received an HKU Outstanding Teaching Award and the prestigious title of Presidential Teaching Fellow.
Curator of the 10th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen)
Prof. Zhu Tao has been appointed as a curator for the 10th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen), alongside Shen Shaomin, and Ding Ning.
Events | Public Lecture | Discussion Series
09 Oct 2025
Dagmar Schäfer
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Dagmar Schäfer to present: Moving Mountains, Making Masterpieces
23 Oct 2025
Philip Ursprung
The Fall 2025 Discussion Series welcomes Philip Urusprung to present: 17 Volcanoes: Reenacting Geology
Prof. Anderson Lee was honoured as a new Fellow of the AIA
Prof. Anderson Lee is awarded Fellowship by the American Institute of Architects in June 2024.
31 Oct 2025
John Tsang
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes John Tsang o to present: The Life and Journey of a Failed Architect
10 Oct 2025
Winnie Ho
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes Winnie Ho to present: Architecture of Hope: Making Dreams Come True
HKU Faculty & Students at the Hong Kong Pavilion at La Biennale Architettura 2025
The HKU Faculty, Alumni & Students present their work at the Hong Kong Pavillion at the 19th Biennale Architettura 2025
PERSPECTIVE A&D Awards 2024
Prof. Kristof Crolla & Dr Garvin Goepel, Prof. Fai Au, and Prof. Chang Su have each been recognised at the PERSPECTIVE A&D Awards 2024 with design awards for their respective projects.
Space for Attention
HAOTIAN ZHANG - The project “Space for Attention” studies Dongmen, a historic commercial area in Shenzhen undergoing transformation, and intervenes through curation, performance, and architectural practice. These events build networks with local stakeholders, generating synergy and friction that both serve as experiments to unfold the social mechanism behind the urban environment.
The Dual-Form Pavilion
CAO TING - The Dual-Form Pavilion, showcased at the 10th Bi-City Biennale, is a prototype for circular construction-informed structural design. It offers a sustainable design and fabrication method, allowing community and professionals to co-construct adaptable urban structures. This project promotes inclusivity and environmental sustainability by enabling components to be recycled for various seasonal configurations and activities.
WGO Social Innovation Inventor (SII) Design Competition
Calling all innovators! Join the 13th Social Innovation Invention Competition to design for a climate-resilient community at Aberdeen's waterfront. Winning and shortlisted teams will be awarded scholarships, expert workshops, public exhibition opportunities and more.
04 Feb 2025
Winners of P&T Travel Scholarship 2025
Our MArch students, Jasmine Chan and Nancy Chen, have been awarded with the P&T Travel scholarship 2025. They are invited to present their research—"Mapping American Skyscrapers: New York & Chicago" and "Exploring Cooperative Housing in Japan," respectively—at the P&T Hong Kong office.
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03 Oct 2025
Tiantian Xu
The Fall 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Xu Tiantian to present: The Unusual Resource
19 Sep 2025
Mathias Woo
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes Mathias Woo to present: Theatre as Architecture
Yung Ho Chang appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Yung Ho Chang as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture.
27 Jan - 21 Feb 2025
Designing the Architect | Exhibition @PMQ
HKU Faculty presents Designing the Architect, showcasing student work from BA(AS), MArch, and postgraduate programmes on particularities of architectural practice in Hong Kong and the nature of contemporary global architectural production.
28 Feb - 23 Mar 2025
Urban Air Cartography: Revealing the Hidden Airflow Paths That Connect Our Spaces and Cities | Exhibition @PMQ
HKU Faculty presents Urban Air Cartography: Revealing the Hidden Airflow Paths That Connect Our Spaces and Cities, unveiling invisible urban ventilation through sensor research and toolkit for sustainable high-density design.
SUPER PARTS: A Regenerative Future for Customizable + Reversible Furniture | Exhibition @PMQ
HKU Faculty presents Super Parts: Regenerative Modular Furniture, redefining adaptive, AI-enabled, reversible design for high-density cities through three core themes: 2D-to-3D, Chair-to-Table, and Waste-to-Wonder explorations.
02 - 07 Jun 2025
MArch Thesis Review & Public Forum 2025
From the 2nd - 7th of June, the Faculty of Architecture will open to the public for the MArch Thesis Review & Public Forum
04 Jun 2025
Bricking Up with Carbon: Investigating Local Artificial Geologies
Student group 'Whaterial' present: Bricking Up with Carbon: Investigating Local Artificial Geologies, at PMQ
05 Jun 2025
Wang Shu
The Spring 2025 Public Lecture Series welcomes Wang Shu to discuss: Construction as Critique
07 Jun 2025
HKU Architecture Degree Show 2025
The HKU Architecture Degree Show 2025 presents the culminating work of our graduating students
16 - 26 Jun 2025
Faculty Month Open House 2025
From the 16th - 26th June, the department invites the public to participate in our Faculty Month activities
02 Jul 2025
CAAD Futures Hong Kong 2025 – Catalytic Interfaces
CAAD Futures Hong Kong 2025 brings together architects, computation specialists and design researchers under the theme “Catalytic Interfaces”
05 Sep 2025
Prof. Yung Ho Chang
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes Yung Ho Chang to present: Architecture, More or Less
18 Sep 2025
Prof. Wu Shengbiao
The Fall 2025 Research Seminar Series welcomes Prof. Wu Shengbiao to present: The Interplay of Cloud cover and 3D urban structures:The effects of reducing human access to sunlight
23 Sep 2025
He Jingtang
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes He Jiangtang to present: Architectural Design as Testimony to an Epoch
29 Sep 2025
HKU Faculty of Architecture Fall 2025 Symposium
The HKU Faculty of Architecture presents the Fall 2025 Symposium - 'Unpacking the Contemporary'
21 - 24 Dec 2025
Harbin Trace 2025: Canyon City, Urban Cave | The 6th Harbin Snow Construction Festival
HKU Faculty & Students present “Canyon City Urban Cave” at the 6th Harbin Snow Construction Festival—a student-built snow sculpture fusing Hong Kong’s serene sea caves with towering urban canyons, creating immersive passageways that celebrate solitude and togetherness.
23 Jan 2026
Department of Architecture Community Social 6.0
Join us for our sixth edition of community social.
12 Feb 2026
From Heat Exposure to Heat Justice: Heat Equity and Nature-Based Cooling in High-Density Hong Kong
The Spring 2026 Research Seminar Series welcomes Sigi Jia to present From Heat Exposure to Heat Justice: Heat Equity and Nature-Based Cooling in High-Density Hong Kong
09 Oct 2025
Ziming Li
The Fall 2025 Research Seminar Series welcomes Li Ziming to present: AI & Urban Land Use
19 Dec 2025
Sir Peter Cook
The 75th Anniversary Lecture Series welcomes Sir Peter Cook to present: Piquant Motivations
Silver Award, HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2024
A multidisciplinary team led by Prof. Chang Su has won the Silver Award of the HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2024 for the project 'Community Center of Hanyang Memory Park'.