Architectural Services Department Explained

Agency Name:Architectural Services Department
Nativename:建築署
Preceding1:Architectural Office, Public Works Department
Jurisdiction:Hong Kong
Headquarters:Queensway Government Offices
Motto:Driving Development, Preserving Heritage
Employees:1,789 (March 2013)[1]
Chief1 Name:Mr. Tse Cheong Wo, Edward
Chief1 Position:Director of Architectural Services
Parent Agency:Development Bureau
T:建築署
S:建筑署
Y:Gin jūk chyúh
J:Gin3 zuk1 cyu5
P:Jiànzhùshǔ
Order:ts
W:Chien4 Chu4 Shu3

The Architectural Services Department is a department of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for the design and construction of many public facilities throughout the territory. It is subordinate to the Works Branch of the Development Bureau and the current director is Mr. Tse Cheong Wo, Edward.

History

The origins of the Architectural Services Department lie in the Architectural Office, one of the sub-departments of the former Public Works Department (PWD). The PWD was founded in 1891, but the structure of the department at that time is reportedly unclear. The Architectural Office existed by 1939, and following the disruption in operations during the Japanese occupation, the unit was kept busy in the postwar years by rebuilding work. The 1948 annual report of the Public Works Department reported that 274 government buildings were repaired that year. During the 1960s the Architectural Office was heavily involved in the resettlement housing programmes, but these duties were divested to the Hong Kong Housing Authority upon its 1973 establishment.

The modern Architectural Services Department (abbreviated ASD or ArchSD) was founded in 1986, reporting directly to the Secretary of Lands and Works. Some of the most prolific clients of the department have been the Urban Council and Regional Council, and their successors the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.

Significant projects (as architect)

Directors

Notes

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. Architectural Services Department. 5 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Roskam. Cole. Central Government Offices. Docomomo International. 5 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106033147/http://www.docomomo.hk/site/government-hill/. 6 January 2014. dead.
  3. Book: Kirk-Greene, Anthony. Anthony Kirk-Greene. Glimpses of Empire: A Corona Anthology. 2001. I.B. Tauris and Co.. London. 159.
  4. Book: Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates : the First 90 Years. 2002. Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong. 154.
  5. Web site: Queensway Government Office Building. https://web.archive.org/web/20070330054222/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=queenswaygovernmentofficebuilding-hongkong-china. dead. 30 March 2007. 2014-01-06. Emporis.com.
  6. Web site: The Hong Kong Cultural Centre. J. Roger Preston Limited.. 5 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Central resource. building.hk. Building Journal. 5 January 2014. July 2001.
  8. Web site: ArchSD Projects. building.hk. 5 January 2014.
  9. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200211/02/1102104.htm 高層官員任命
  10. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200906/25/P200906250144.htm 高層官員任命
  11. http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201109/27/P201109270173.htm 高層官員任命
  12. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201711/16/P2017111600343.htm 高層官員任命
  13. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202012/16/P2020121600274.htm?fontSize=1 高層官員任命

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