Annette Rosina Kwok, nee Holmes Studied 1966-1967

Annette Rosina Kwok (nee Holmes) was born in Croydon, UK, in 1939, and gained a Diploma in the School of Architecture, Surveying and Town Planning at the Regents’ Street Polytechnic (now University of Westminster), London, in 1963. In July of the following year she married fellow alumni of the Polytechnic, Reginald Yin Wang Kwok, and then worked briefly for architectural practices in London and Hong Kong. In September 1966 both Annette and Reginald were back in London and enrolled at the Architectural Association’s (AA) Department of Development and Tropical Architecture - Annette studying on the postgraduate ‘Housing’ course and Reginald on the postgraduate ‘General Design’ course. Annette successfully completed her AA studies and graduated with an AA postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Studies in July 1967. She then moved to the US, undertaking a MSc at the Columbia University’s School of Architecture, from 1967-68. Upon graduation, she joined the New York firm of Gruzen & Partners (c1968-1976), where the major project she was involved in was the design of York College campus. By the early 1980s she had moved to Hong Kong and was working as an architectural consultant.

With grateful thanks to Professor Reginald Kwok and Zoe Kwok.

 Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register, 1945-71. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Council Minutes, 24th July, 1967. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1969. AA Archives
• General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5d; Page: 394
• General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 2a, Page 1485
• US Public Records Index: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.