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The goal of the Architecture Library is to achieve coverage in all of the basic architectural areas of design, technology, construction, architectural practice, history and theory, as well as the related fields such as housing, interior decoration, environmental design, landscape architecture, computer-aided design, and city planning. One of the major focuses is to develop an in-depth coverage of Chinese and Asian architectural and planning topics.
Book/Periodical Collections
Library HoldingsThe holdings of Architecture Library as of June 2008 are:
Books 47,298
Bound Journals 6,400
Non-print materials 6,608
Reference BooksThe reference books are mainly on Architecture and Architectural related subjects.
For general reference books and references of other classes, please see the Reference Services of the University Library System.
PeriodicalsThe Library houses about 210 titles of Western Language Periodicals and 100 titles of East Asian Language Periodicals.
Selected e-journals with full text
Hong Kong Government DocumentsOnly Government Documents related to Building and Architecture are collected.
Reserve BooksMaterials are put on reserve as requested by teaching staff. Items are circulated for various loan periods as recommended. Electronic reserve is also available. Please see the web site of Reserve Books Service.
NewspapersThe Library subscribes four Newspaper titles and keeps them for one week only. They are:
- "Hong Kong Economic Journal"
- "Hong Kong Economic Times"
- "Ming Pao"
- "South China Morning Post"
Bi-weekly New Additions List (updated on alternate Monday evening)
Multi-media Materials
Videocassettes, CD-ROMs, VCDs, and slides are kept in separate shelves in the library.
The library also houses a set of microfilms of the AIA Awards Program produced by the American Institute of Architects and the Zhongguo Wen Wu Bao (中國文物報) from 1998.
Equipment for viewing multi-media materials are available. A microform reader/printer is available for viewing and printing both microfilm and microfiche kept in the library.
Special Collections
Rare BooksSome examples are :
- Wendingen: maandblad voor bouwen en sieren
Imprint : Amsterdam : MHCHIJ De Hooge Brug, 1918-1931
A complete set of 12 volumes with original wraps.
- OGAWA, Kazumasa. Shinkoku Pekin kojo shashin.
(Photographs of Palace Buildings of Peking)
Imprint : Tokyo : K.Ogawa, 1906.
This two volumes set were compiled by the Imperial Museum of Tokyo, collotyped from the negatives taken by K. Ogawa.
Edition limited to 500 copies.
- Pekin kojo Kenchiku soshoku.
(Decoration of Palace Buildings of Peking)
Imprint : Tokyo : K.Ogawa, 1906.
A report of College of Engineering, Imperial University of Tokyo.
Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies.
Prip-Moller's ArchivesThis is a collection of photographs (positives in glass frames) and hand-written notes. Many photographs were re-printed in the book Chinese Buddhist monasteries : their plan and its function as a setting for Buddhist monastic life published in 1937.
The collection is believed to be the research on Chinese Temples carried out by the Danish architect, Dr. Johannes Prip-Moller (1889-1943). Dr. Prip-Moller studied Chinese temple architecture and incorporated Chinese forms into his designs. His works include the building for Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre in Hong Kong.
Kwok On CollectionThe collection was donated by the children of Mr. Kwok On who had particular interest in collecting books on Chinese Architecture. A lot of them are out of print and very rare.
Architecture in Hong Kong/ChinaThis is a collection of publications produced by Architect firms, professional Associations as well as Government Departments in Hong Kong. It includes brochures, reports, standards and codes, guidelines and working drawings of building projects in Hong Kong and China.
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