PMQ (Hong Kong)

PMQ
PMQ in October 2015
Map
Former namesPolice Married Quarters
General information
StatusGrade 3 Historic Building
Address35 Aberdeen Street
Town or cityCentral
CountryHong Kong
Completed1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Renovated2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Renovation costHK$577 million
Technical details
Floor areaApprox 6,013 sqm.
Renovating team
Architect(s)Architectural Services Department
Awards and prizesHKIE Structural Excellence Grand Award, QBA Quality Excellence Award, HKIA Special Architectural Award, RICS Hong Kong Award, HKILA Merit Design Award
Website
pmq.org.hk
PMQ
Traditional Chinese元創方
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYùhn chong fōng
JyutpingJyun4 cong3 fong3
Police Married Quarters
Traditional Chinese已婚警察宿舍
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYíh fān gíng chaat sūk se
JyutpingJi5 fan1 ging2 caat3 suk1 se3
Block Stauton (view from block Hollywood)
Restaurant (former Central Junior Police Call Clubhouse)
The Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters before renovation, in 2007

PMQ (formerly, Police Married Quarters) is the historic site of the old Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters, which is now a mixed-use arts and design venue in Hong Kong, between Aberdeen Street, Staunton Street, Hollywood Road, and Shing Wong Street.[1]

The site occupies what was originally the grounds of Queen's College, which was built on the site in 1889. After damage during World War II, it was repurposed as quarters for married junior policemen.[2] The compound has been listed as a Grade III historic building since 2010.[3] In 2014, after nearly 15 years of disuse, it was renamed PMQ and opened to the public. Its residential units were turned into exhibitions spaces, studios, shops and offices for creative enterprises.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference former was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "History of PMQ." Retrieved 2017-06-21
  3. ^ List of new items and new categories with assessment results Archived 15 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine (as at 4 March 2014)