Hopewell Center Hong Kong, Wan Chai Building

Refreshing for Hong Kong skyscrapers this tower is circular and its main mass is quite attractive due to well-designed rhythmic fenestration. Echoing James Bond movies it has a swimming pool at the top and a revolving restaurant!

The Peak Hong Kong Building by Terry Farrell

Curious building shaped like a Wok on two legs, designed to look good on the skyline this is an early ‘icon building’. I felt that the place was a bit tacky and that the circulation was tight and confusing – and simply took in the magnificent view.

Hong Kong Architecture Guide, HK Buildings

Hong Kong guides tend to be by tourists, or inhabitants, but this is by neither. Written by a temporary worker – architect and writer – on a two month secondment from the UK, the guide takes an offbeat look at every day life in Hong Kong rather than the tourist sites.

Hong Kong Building: HK Architecture

Hong Kong building photos – guide to built environment in Southeast China, HK architecture pictures & Wan Chai property photos, Hong Kong skyscraper images

Lippo Center Hong Kong Building by Paul Rudolph

The octagonal buildings, clad with a dark blue refractive glass curtain wall, were designed by American architect Paul Rudolph who was working at the time as a design consultant for Wong & Ouyang. The buildings’ main construction contractor was Hip Hing Construction.

RIAS Scottish Awards: Architecture Prize Scotland

Stirling Tolbooth stair

RIAS Scottish Awards – shortlist from a selection of over 50 buildings across Scotland, 14 of which were visited – RIAS Scottish Architecture Award: Scottish building prizes by Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland.

RIAS Hub Conference, Edinburgh

Fraser Livingstone Architects in Edinburgh

The Hub Conference, Edinburgh – Big Debate, The Future of Scotland’s Architecture – RIAS Hub Conference: Conservation v Evolution, Scottish architecture convention