National Association:
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects
P.O. Box 90550, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+852 2896 2833
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Delegate: Mr. Bosco SO
During the 60's and 70's, “Landscape Architect” was not a well-known profession to Hong Kong citizens. There were not many landscape architects practicing in Hong Kong at that time. The earliest professionals in Hong Kong engaged in the landscape industry were mostly recruited from overseas or returned practitioners after training abroad. With the economic take-off, expansion of population and rapid development of real estate, the demand for the landscape architectural professionals had been greatly increased. Hence, landscape architects in Hong Kong had gradually developed to a comprehensive local professional body, together with the architects, engineers, planners and surveyors providing a range of professional design, planning and construction services in various development projects.
The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) was founded in April 1988. The organization of the landscape architectural profession was first established with the founding of the Hong Kong Landscape Group operating as a chapter of the Landscape Institute of United Kingdom. In the interests of maintaining and promoting local standards and services, the HKILA was inaugurated in 1988 as the professional body for those engaged in the practice of landscape architecture in Hong Kong, with the main aim of promoting the highest standard in the arts and sciences of landscape architecture and management throughout Hong Kong. A mutual professional recognition with Australia Institute of Landscape Architects and New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects was established in the next year. The legal status of the HKILA was confirmed and objectives of the HKILA were defined with the enactment of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects Incorporation Ordinance in 1996.