11/10/2026
DESIGN TRUST COMMUNITY NEWS: We are delighted to share alumni grantee Bob Pang releases new publication “Brutalist Asia”, expanding on the foundational research previously supported by Design Trust from 2020 to 2023.
Following the Design Trust Seed Grant and Feature Grant research project “BRUTAL! – Unknown Brutalism Architecture in Hong Kong”, Bob Pang’s new publication “Brutalist Asia” edited with Derek Lamberton examines Brutalist architecture across 28 Asian countries. Bringing together 140 buildings, 8 regional essays, and over 150 photographs, the publication reframes Asian Brutalism as a network of parallel architectural experiments shaped by post-war reconstruction, rapid urbanisation, climate, and local traditions. Congratulations to Bob Pang on expanding this critical discourse from Hong Kong’s built heritage into a global architectural survey.
信言設計大使社群動態：往屆受助人彭展華（Bob Pang）推出全新著作《Brutalist Asia》，延續並信言設計大使在2020 - 2023年期間資助之研究成果。
繼由彭展華主持、獲信言設計大使種籽資助計劃及專題資助計劃支持的「BRUTAL! – 香港粗獷建築」研究項目後，這本與 Derek Lamberton 共同編輯的全新專著將視角拓展至亞洲28個國家。書中收錄140座建築、8篇原創論文及150多張照片，探討粗獷主義建築如何回應戰後重建、快速城市化、氣候與在地傳統，將亞洲粗獷主義重新定義為一系列平行發展的建築實踐。 恭喜彭展華將這項重要研究從香港在地建築遺產推向更廣闊的全球建築論述。
[1] Highlights of Brutalist Asia case studies: St. Stephen’s College Special Room Block and Tang Shiu Kin Hall (Ho Tao, 1981, Hong Kong), photograph by Kevin Mak.
[2-3] Publication of “Brutalist Asia”, photos courtesy of Bob Pang and Blue Crow Media.
[4] Hong Kong Book Launch event, courtesy of Bob Pang.
[5] Highlights of Brutalist Asia case studies: Interdesign Building (Khalil Khouri, 1973-76, Beirut, Lebanon), photograph by Walid Rashid.
[6] Highlights of Brutalist Asia case studies: Mill Owners’ Association Building (Le Corbusier, 1951-56, Ahmedabad, India), photograph by Manuel Bougot,
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