Roskam, Cole
associate professor
Department of Architecture
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Cole Roskam has been an associate professor of architectural history and theory in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong since 2010. His research and teaching include topics in 20th century and contemporary architectural and urban history as well as theory.
Research Interest
Transnationalism, China’s architectural engagement in Africa, the problem of translation, architecture and dissent, and modern architecture in Hong Kong.
Publications
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“Envisioning Reform: The International Hotel in Post-Revolutionary China, 1974-1990
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“Practicing Reform: Experiments in Post-Revolutionary Chinese Architectural Production
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“Non-Aligned Architecture: China’s Designs on and in Ghana and Guinea, 1955-1992.†Architectural History
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An Improvised City: Architecture and Extraterritoriality in Shanghai, 1843-1936. Manuscript completed and under external review (University of Washington Press)
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Designing Reform: Post-Revolutionary Architectural Culture in the People’s Republic ofChina, 1973-1989. Manuscript in progress
