History & Heroes - Heritage Revealed
VIEW EVENT DETAILSDrinks Reception & Dialogue in Celebration of the Launch of the Asia Society Hong Kong Center Book
Drinks reception at 6pm
Remarks and dialogues at 6.30pm
Close at 8pm
Join us in celebrating the official launch of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s book, Heritage Revealed. A joint effort by Hong Kong architectural conservationists, historians, generations of the Asia Society team and our long-standing supporters – Heritage Revealed explores the history of the Former Explosives Magazine Compound in the context of the military – both the army and the navy – and the shaping of the northern edge of Hong Kong Island. It explores, too, the fallow years of the Compound after WWII, its rediscovery and ultimate transformation into an exemplary effort in built-heritage conservation and architectural design. With the opening of Asia Society Hong Kong Center at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine in spring 2012, the broken ends of the historical thread has been picked up, and new stories are written as the future unfolds in these heritage buildings now exploding with ideas and creativity.
Learn about the history, heritage, and revitalization of the Compound through dialogues with the behind-the-scene Heroes who made it all possible. Heritage Revealed will be on sale at the event.
Publication of Heritage Revealed is sponsored by