Tai Kwun (known as Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts) has been on quite a journey, from colonial-era relic to 21st-century hub for art and culture. Perspective takes a closer look at Hong Kong’s largest revitalisation project For more than a decade, the site occupied by the Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison …
Architect Rocco Yim is on a mission to change the way the public interacts with cultural institutions. He speaks to Perspective about the new Hong Kong Palace Museum and the initial controversy associated with the project “I think of architecture as the art of problem-solving. There are always problems that need addressing, not just in …
Rocco Design Architects has become the first Hong Kong-based firm to participate in the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin Hong Kong-based architectural firm Rocco Design Architects (RDA) was invited by Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin to exhibit works in its gallery. Titled Intensity: The Work of Rocco Design Architects, Hong Kong, the exhibition showcased RDA’s current major projects and was opened to the …
Perspective investigates the architecture scenes in five Asian cities with the help of sought-after local architects with deep-rooted associations and affection for the urban settings which they call home DATELINE: Hong Kong There is a Chinese saying which goes, “The sparrow may be small, but all its vital organs are there.” It is also a …