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.
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.
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.
Architecture
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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'.