Created by the UIA in 1985, World Architecture Day (WAD) is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October in parallel with UN World Habitat Day. The theme for WAD 2022 (3 October 2022) will be “Architecture for well-being”.
To celebrate WAD in Hong Kong together with HKIA 65th Anniversary, HKIA is co-organising a series of events with Hong Kong Architecture Centre (HKAC) in early October 2022:
1-2 October 2022 (Sat-Sun): Guided Architecture Tours 3 October 2022 (Mon), WAD: Open House Guided Visit to Local Architectural Practices (please refer to separate announcement)
Members of HKIA and public are welcome to join the Guided Architecture Tours on 1-2 Oct 2022:
Tours Available on 1 October 2022 (Saturday)
9:15am-1:30pm - Hoi Ha Visitor Centre
10:00am-11:30am - 11 SKIES
3:00pm-4:00pm - Tai Po Lung Mei Beach Building
Tours Available on 2 October 2022 (Sunday)
9:00am-10:30am - M+ Museum
10:45am-3:15pm - Mui Tsz Lam*
2:00pm-3:00pm - Central Market
2:00pm-4:00pm - On Tai Estate
*ferry ticket and lunch at participants' own arrangement
Guided tours will be lead by the respective project architect/design architect
Admission Fee: HK$50 per head per tour (non-refundable)
Age of participants: 10 years old or above
Event details and registration: https://bit.ly/3St2Egw
Registration deadline: (updated) 30 September 2022 12noon
All participants are required to have vaild vaccine pass for entering public premise, please refer to Government announcement (https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/vaccine-pass.html) and are required to have proof of negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) completed within 24 hours before the event.
All architecture tours have limited quotas and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Confirmation to successful registrants would be issued on or before 30 September 2022 6pm. In case the registration of any tour was less than 15 participants, that particular tour will be cancelled and registered participants will be informed by email and arrange for admission fee refund.
Participants should complete both registration form (Google form) AND online payment to HKIA (with transaction proof uploaded) for a complete registration.
No refund would be applicable unless the tour was cancelled due to unforseeable force majeure factors.
For enquiries, please contact HKIA Secretariat at 2511 6323 or by email to bexa@hkia.org.hk .
The English version shall always prevail in case of any discrepancy or inconsistency between English version and its Chinese translation.