Posts Tagged: Hong Kong
Book Review: Bumbling Through Hong Kong
I met architect, author and illustrator Tom Schmidt a few weeks ago while he was visiting Singapore on a book tour. Our mutual friend introduced his book to me as “a travel guide of Hong Kong designed for kids.” Although
Book Review: Bumbling Through Hong Kong
I met architect, author and illustrator Tom Schmidt a few weeks ago while he was visiting Singapore on a book tour. Our mutual friend introduced his book to me as “a travel guide of Hong Kong designed for kids.” Although
Urbanization News: July 29
Pop Up to Permanent: The Globe and Mail features cities in North America and Europe that have embraced the idea of pop-up projects as a planning tool to rethink public spaces. The image above is from Times Square in New
Urbanization News: July 29
Pop Up to Permanent: The Globe and Mail features cities in North America and Europe that have embraced the idea of pop-up projects as a planning tool to rethink public spaces. The image above is from Times Square in New
Urbanization News: July 24
“1 Million Dead in 30 Seconds”: That’s the appropriately jarring title of an article by Claire Berlinski in the Summer volume of City Journal, about the increasing risk of earthquakes for massive destruction as cities grow larger. It’s really an
Urbanization News: July 24
“1 Million Dead in 30 Seconds”: That’s the appropriately jarring title of an article by Claire Berlinski in the Summer volume of City Journal, about the increasing risk of earthquakes for massive destruction as cities grow larger. It’s really an
Urbanization News April 29
This week the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy released a New Report on Housing in China from Here is an excerpt: “While many analysts are familiar with the remarkable growth of China’s economy, its market-oriented reforms, and the large investments
Urbanization News April 29
This week the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy released a New Report on Housing in China from Here is an excerpt: “While many analysts are familiar with the remarkable growth of China’s economy, its market-oriented reforms, and the large investments
City Beautiful: Pop-Up Cities
This week’s City Beautiful starts from a post on BLDG Blog about a forthcoming book, Short Stories: London in Two-and-a-Half Dimensions. Authors CJ Lim and Ed Liu create a new genre of “architectural fiction” where fantastical environments built in paper
City Beautiful: Pop-Up Cities
This week’s City Beautiful starts from a post on BLDG Blog about a forthcoming book, Short Stories: London in Two-and-a-Half Dimensions. Authors CJ Lim and Ed Liu create a new genre of “architectural fiction” where fantastical environments built in paper
Urbanization News April 8
This weeks featured story is the release of The 2011 Knight Frank Global Cities Survey. This survey compares cities based on economic activity, political power, quality of life and knowledge and influence to rank cities. What are the top cities
Urbanization News April 8
This weeks featured story is the release of The 2011 Knight Frank Global Cities Survey. This survey compares cities based on economic activity, political power, quality of life and knowledge and influence to rank cities. What are the top cities
Ranking the World’s Mass Transit Systems
Have you ever wondered what the best mass transit systems in the world are? Most New Yorkers would agree that we do not have the cleanest system in the world, nor the most efficient system given recent MTA service cuts
Ranking the World’s Mass Transit Systems
Have you ever wondered what the best mass transit systems in the world are? Most New Yorkers would agree that we do not have the cleanest system in the world, nor the most efficient system given recent MTA service cuts
Hong Kong 68
I found this film of Hong Kong in 1968 on polis yesterday and it inspired to me to explore how Hong Kong has changed over the last forty three years. Hong Kong 68 is a short video by Impactist that
Hong Kong 68
I found this film of Hong Kong in 1968 on polis yesterday and it inspired to me to explore how Hong Kong has changed over the last forty three years. Hong Kong 68 is a short video by Impactist that
City Beautiful: Resisting Demolition
This week’s City Beautiful was inspired by photographs from Urbanphoto.net’s story of a village in Hong Kong that had protested relocation to make way for high-speed rail infrastructure. With new buildings and infrastructure for expanding cities come human costs, which
City Beautiful: Resisting Demolition
This week’s City Beautiful was inspired by photographs from Urbanphoto.net’s story of a village in Hong Kong that had protested relocation to make way for high-speed rail infrastructure. With new buildings and infrastructure for expanding cities come human costs, which
Hong Kong Housing Infographic
I love infographics. Especially visually stunning infographics from Information is Beautiful and Good. So as I was working this morning I was very excited to find an online book on public housing typologies in Hong Kong. Celia Ho presents clear
Hong Kong Housing Infographic
I love infographics. Especially visually stunning infographics from Information is Beautiful and Good. So as I was working this morning I was very excited to find an online book on public housing typologies in Hong Kong. Celia Ho presents clear
Encountering Urbanization 