a much-delayed vacation to hong kong, with side trips to shenzhen, shanghai and suzhou... fun-packed excitement with great food... and with the Olympics on our new 40” HD flat screen, it’s a bliss..
hong kong diaries
hong kong diaries
eero saarinen’s jfk terminal
hong kong airport terminal 2/ SOM.. cool ceiling..
two cool arquitectonica office towers in my neighborhood...
walk in central: mom at the street market
wow, all this food is so fresh!
williams/tsien’s new asia society museum... still a long way to go
foster’s hongkong bank headquarters
trams on the island
the magnificent downtown of hong kong
a really good chinese dessert place near HKU
dad at the dessert place
yung-kee, probably the most famous cantonese restaurant in the city
daniel waiting for food
yung-kee is famous for its roast ducks (mmmm)
the to-fu is made to perfection.. amazing
light-fried shrimp... this is a masterpiece
fried in a thin crust of to-fu, with a hint of bamboo stuffed in its core
artwork at causeway bay... neat!
not a bad idea for reinforced concrete..
the new campus of my school
first time i’ve seen it...
it’s designed by hk architect rocco yim
the volumes are interesting, pretty good materials..
our new tv!!
room with a view... a beautiful day in hk
shenzhen... a park+gallery designed by urbanus
luohu art gallery by urbanus
a google ad in the shenzhen metro!
the office i worked in 2005-06
my first built project... wow
it looks nice from afar, but terrible detailing and workmanship
nice landscaping
the theater
theater interior
the shopping center
view of theater from shopping center
not a fan of the colored glass
wow, papa johns! (in chinese)
greatest chinese invention: stairs+bike/cargo ramp in a tunnel
some office building by urbanus
shenzhen’s civic center... looks cool from this angle
shenzhen library by arata isozaki
wow, this was really impressive
opera house by arata isozaki
library was really nice, lots of people reading inside
shenzhen book city, adjacent to the library. also nice.
shenzhen metro, in a race to get back to hk...
walking across the border... the hk side uses warmer CFLs
central, hong kong
daniel trying to look cool
the hustle and bustle of the city... something greatly missed.
amazing.
former police headquarters
along the mid-levels escalators
the mid-level escalator
beijing arch exhibition by arup at festival walk, hk
wow...
arup’s office is just above this mall...
the office in hk handled all of these projects
this model is amazing
wow. i love h&dem.
foster, as always, great.
view from neighborhood.
ICC... one of world’s tallest buildings, taking shape.
family photo time..
mom’s-side-of-family photo time!
mongkok... probably the world’s most crowded place.....
Eee PC sighting!
hk subway, the most efficient subway i’ve ever taken.
bracing a typhoon, day before leaving back to us....
that’s why i take cathay pacific... great food, great service!
