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Puay-peng Ho is currently Chair Professor of Architectural Heritage Conservation and Head of Department of Architecture at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He also holds the UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management in Asia and is adjunct professor, Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining NUS, Ho was Professor of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. During the 25 years at the University, he served as University Dean of Students, Chair of Department of Architecture and Founding Director of School of Architecture.

The main research and publication focus of Puay-peng Ho is in the areas of Buddhist art and architecture, Chinese architectural history, vernacular architecture and history of modern architecture in China and Hong Kong. Sustaining his research is the quest to understand religious culture and its artistic and architectural forms. While his main focus is Buddhist art, architecture and ritual of medieval China, his research has been located at the intersection of art, architecture and the wider societal context. In other domains of research, Puay-peng is interested in everyday urbanism and architecture, both in history and presently. His extensive publications reflect these research directions.

Over the last 25 years, Puay-peng Ho directed more than 100 conservation and heritage projects in Hong Kong, China and Singapore as the conservation consultant, some receiving local and international conservation awards. Currently, Professor Ho is appointed as a member of Heritage and Identity Partnership (URA), Chairman of Heritage Advisory Panel (NHB), a Patron of International Dunhuang Project, British Library and an editorial board member of several international academic journals.

• Diploma, University of Edinburgh
• MA (Hons), University of Edinburgh
• PhD, University of London