Yim, Rocco S.K.
BAAS(Hons); BArch(Dist); DSocSc(Hon)(HK); BBS; JP; FHKIA; RIBA; HonAIA(HK)
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Rocco Yim was born and educated in Hong Kong, and is currently Executive Director of?Rocco Design Architects.
Since winning a First Prize Award for the L’Opéra de la Bastille international competition?in 1983, his works have consistently been awarded both in Hong Kong and overseas.?Recent accolades include ARCASIA Gold Medals in 1994 & 2003, World Architecture?Festival category winner in 2010, Chicago Athenaeum Architectural Awards in 2006, 2011?and 2013, German Design Council Iconic Award and ULI Global Award in 2014.
Rocco is a regular invited speaker in local and international symposia. His works have?been published in various regional and global journals, and have been exhibited four?times in the Venice Biennale over the last decade.
He is currently Honorary Professor at CUHK Department of Architecture, Advisory Council?member for HKU Department of Architecture, Adjunct Professor at HKU SPACE, Museum?Adviser to LCSD and a member of the IAF Council of International Advisors for the University?of Southern California. He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by the?University of Hong Kong in 2013.
Rocco’s work was published in?The City in Architecture in 2003, Being Chinese in?Architecture in 2004 and Presence?2012. A new monograph Reconnecting Cultures was?released in mid- 2013.
