Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre

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Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre (CMC)
邵逸夫創意媒體中心
Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Exterior.jpg
Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Mar, 2014
General information
StatusComplete
TypeEducational Buildings
Location18 Tat Hong Avenue
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
OpeningOct 2011
OwnerCity University of Hong Kong
ManagementCity University of Hong Kong
Technical details
Floor count9
Floor area13,400 m2 (144,236 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators4+1
Design and construction
ArchitectStudio Daniel Libeskind & Leigh and Orange Ltd
Main contractorCR Construction Co. Ltd.
Website
www.scm.cityu.edu.hk

Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre is an academic building on the campus of the City University of Hong Kong, which was completed in 2011. It was designed by Daniel Libeskind cooperating with Leigh and Orange Ltd., and received several awards on its design.[1] It was funded with a donation of HK$100 million from the Shaw Foundation and is named after Run Run Shaw.[2] The building houses the university's School of Creative Media, the Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media and the computer science, media and communication, and English departments.[3]

  • Front gate of the building

  • Roof top garden

  • Corridor wall showing "SCMural" by Tjebbe van Tijen[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre". Libeskind. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong". Designbuild. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ Lee, Ashley (11 November 2011). "ArtAsiaPacific: Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre". ArtAsiaPacific Magazine.
  4. ^ van Tijen, Tjebbe. "CityU/SCMural project work in progress web page". Imaginary Museum. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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Coordinates: 22°20′25″N 114°10′06″E / 22.340172°N 114.168461°E / 22.340172; 114.168461

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