P&T Group: A History of Corporate Architectural Culture in Hong Kong and Asia

Professor Roskam, Cole   (Principal Investigator (PI))

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2022-06-29

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P&T Group: A History of Corporate Architectural Culture in Hong Kong and Asia

Architectural History, Asia, History of Corporations, Hong Kong, Urban History

History of ArtsHong Kong Studies

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

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General Research Fund (GRF)

2021

On-going

1 To provide the first critical, historical assessment of the P&T Group, one of the oldest, most prolific architectural practices in the world; 2 To use the firm as a case-study in an effort to expand the scope of existing literature on the history of architectural production in Hong Kong, which remains largely limited to stylistic analyses of a handful of prominent colonial-era landmarks; 3 To position the firm and its work within new and emerging architectural historical discourses regarding the history of practice, expertise, clientele, and corporate design activity around the world; 4 To contextualize P&T Group’s production within both colonial and post-colonial theoretical frameworks and the historical study of corporations to better understand the relationship between architectural services, capital, and imperial governance; 5 To utilize this research in introducing the public to a previously unexamined trove of archival material donated by P&T Group to The University of Hong Kong and M+, Hong Kong’s Museum of Visual Culture and Design.