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The College congratulates our members on receiving the following awards for their outstanding achievements:

Outstanding Students Awards 2019

Six College students were selected by CUHK as recipients of the Awards under the category ‘Social Service (for the CUHK Community)’, the Seventh CWC Service Team under the category ‘Social Service (for the Community)’ and four College students under the category ‘Sports (CUHK Rowing Team)’.

For the full recipient lists of the Awards, please refer to Pages 24–25 of the Report of the Master 2019.

Cultus et Beneficentia Award 2019

Mr CHAN Yu Yan Ian from the Class of 2019, majoring in Economics, received the Award from the College.

For details about the Award, please refer to Page 25 of the Report of the Master 2019.

‘Completed Buildings — Civic and Community’ Category Award at World Architecture Festival 2019

Prof Peter W FERRETTO, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, and his team Condition_Lab received the Award for a rural architecture project — a library opened in December 2018 for children in a Dong minority village Gaobu in Hunan Province, namely The Gaobu Book House.

As a collaborative work with local villagers and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, the two-storey Book House has revitalised the local Dong community. It serves as an educational facility for local children to learn through reading, playing and interacting with peers. It also enhances the cohesion of the rural community as the children no longer spend most of their leisure time online. Apart from catering to local needs, the project is a creative combination of traditional Dong house building techniques and modern architectural concepts and skills, which greatly impresses the judges.

For more details about Prof FERRETTO and Condition_Lab's winning project, please refer to the Press Release by the Communications and Public Relations Office of CUHK.

About World Architecture Festival

The World Architecture Festival, commonly billed as ‘the Oscars of Architecture’, is the world's largest festival and competition dedicated to the architecture industry. Each of the awarded projects represents the best quality in its architectural field.

Photo credit: Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK