HUI Cheuk-kuen, Desmond 許焯權
BArch (Cornell), MPhil & PhD (Cantab)

Deputy Head, Department of Architecture
Director, Centre for Cultural Policy Research
The University of Hong Kong

Tel: 2249 1818 / 9184 0124
Fax: 2249 1307
Email: hui@arch.hku.hk

Brief Biography:
Desmond Hui is now Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Master of Graduate House at the University of Hong Kong, and advisor to the UNESCO on cultural industries in Asia and the Pacific.  He obtained his Bahelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University, Master and Doctor of Philosophy from University of Cambridge.  Presently member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and registered architect of Ontario, Canada (Ontario Association of Architects) and Hong Kong (Hong Kong Institute of Architects), he has held appointment as Research Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, Guest Scholar at the Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal and now holds Associate Professorship at the Department of Architecture, HKU.  He has been awarded the Institute of International Education Scholarship, American Institute of Architects Student Certificate and Commonwealth Scholarship.
Hui has served as Adjudicator for the 2004 HK Interior Design Association Annual Awards and 2003 HK Art Biennial, Art Advisor for the HK Arts Development Council and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Accreditation Panel Member of the HK Council for Academic Accreditation and Member of the Antiquities Advisory Board of the HKSAR Government.  He has directed the Baseline Study on HK’s Creative Industries (for the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR Government), Public Art Research and Academic and Financial Study on West Kowloon Cultural District (for the HK Arts Development Council), Heritage and Architectural Walk Study (for the HK Tourism Association) and the Territory-wide Survey of Pre-1950 Buildings in Urban HK (for the Antiquities and Monuments Office).  His work includes The Culture of Space (published in 1999).  His current research includes Study on the Relationship between the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong’s Creative Industries (for the Central Policy Unit of the HKSAR Government) and A Study on Hong Kong Creativity Index (for the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR Government).

Research Interests:
History and Theory of Architecture, Creative Industries, Culture and City

Recent/ Representative Publications:
空間的文化 (The Culture of Space) (1999)
Baseline Study on Hong Kong's Creative Industries (2003)