2000 AIA Honor Awards from Hong Kong Chapter of The American Institute of Architects

HONG KONG, 30 November 2000--AIA Hong Kong was established in 1997 as an overseas chapter of The American Institute of Architects to serve the professional interests of over 125 U.S. trained architects practising in Hong Kong--more than in any other city outside the United States.

  Each year, AIA Hong Kong recognizes design excellence in architecture and interior design for works completed by AIA member architects in Hong Kong, China and the Asia Pacific Region.  For the 2000 Design Awards Program, one Honor Award and five Merit Awards will be presented to the following:

 This year�s design jury was assembled among the following distinguished architects:   Richard Frewer, RIBA, chair professor and head of the architecture department of the University of Hong Kong and the jury chair; Kenneth Maynard, FAIA, principal of UKSH, Inc. in Anchorage, Alaska, and Regional Director of the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region; and Anthony Ng, FHKIA RIBA Hon AIA/HK,  Managing Director of Anthony Ng Architects Ltd., in Hong Kong.  AIA member Alfred Yeung, RIBA Assoc.AIA, served as the professional advisor to the jury.

  The design jury commended the high overall quality of the 34 projects which were all submitted as unidentified entries.  The jury noted that �there will always be work of high competence, but if an award is to be given, it must be seen to be making a contribution to the art of architecture.  The awards are an opportunity for clients and the general public to see the quality of work being carried out in the profession.� A public exhibition of all AIA Hong Kong Design Award entries will be on view at the Rotunda in Exchange Square, Hong Kong, from 2 to 10 February 2001.

  For further information as well as photographs of the awarded entries, please contact Miss Veerjet Kaur at the AIA Hong Kong Chapter Office at Tel. 852-2882-6011 or Fax. 852-2862-5098, or via e-mail at [email protected].