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Professor Bolchover, Joshua Paul

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Professor Bolchover, Joshua Paul

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Professor

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Bolchover, Joshua
Bolchover, J

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
University of CambridgeMA
University College LondonDipArch
Biography

Joshua Bolchover is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he is researching and designing buildings in rural China. Recent exhibitions include Utopia Now: Opening the Closed Area, a research project on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen border at the Venice Biennale 2008. He has curated, designed and contributed to several international exhibitions including Get it Louder, a touring exhibition in China; Airspace: What Skyline does London want; Hydan; Can Buildings Curate and has exhibited at the HK-SZ Biennale. Joshua was a local curator for the Manchester-Liverpool section of Shrinking Cities between 2003 and 2005. He has collaborated with Raoul Bunschoten, Chora researching strategic urban projects and has worked with Diller + Scofidio in New York. Previously he has taught architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, London Metropolitan University, Cambridge University and the Architectural Association. He was educated at Cambridge University and at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2010-12-01Honorable mention, Qinmo Village Project: Urbaninform International Competition 2010, The Architecture of Social Investment
Research Achievement
2012-12-01Highly Commended: Tongjiang Primary School: Recycled Brick School: Architectural Review
ISSN: 0003-861X
Research Achievement
2013-02-01Winner: WAN 21 for 21 Award 2013: World Architecture News
Research Achievement
2014-02-01The Ralph Erskine 100 Years Anniversary Award: The Ralph Erskine Stipend Fund elected by Swedish Institute of Architects
Research Achievement
2013-11-01Icon Awards 2013, Emerging Architectural Practice of the Year Award: Icon magazine
Research Achievement
2013-12-01Architectural Record, Design Vanguard Winner 2013: Architectural Record
Research Achievement
2015-03-01Architizer A+ Awards, Finalist Healthcare and Wellness Category 2015: Architizer A+ Awards
Others
2015-11-01CURRY STONE DESIGN PRIZE: Curry Stone Foundation
Research Achievement
2015-10-01Architectural Review School Awards 2015, Commended: Architectural Review
Research Achievement
2016-11-01The RIBA International Prize for Emerging Architect 2016: The Royal Institute of British Architects
Research Achievement
2016-10-01AR Healthcare 2016, Commended: The Architectural Review
Research Achievement
2021-10-01TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021, Winner, TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform for "Split Lives": TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform
Research Achievement
Hasdell, P
2009-11-01Best Paper Award In The Category The Transformation Of Urban Form: International Forum On Urbanism
Research Achievement
Hasdell, P
2011-02-01Best Paper Award in the category The Asian City for Metabolic Urbanism: City as Process: Global Visions: Risks and Opportunities for the Urban PlanetThe 5th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU), 2011 National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture
Research Achievement
2019-08-01Honorable Mention for the Ger Plug-In in the category Special Projects., The Plan Award 2019: “THE PLAN - Architecture & Technologies in Detail”
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
01/2016MemberArchitects Registration Board
Media Contact Directory
Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Urban transformation
Shrinking cities
Rural sustainability
Border ecologies
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English英語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English英文
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