How Digital Transformation in The Multi-Family Sector can Facilitate a Green Transition
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Flowcrete Car Park at Victoria Dockside, K11 Musea, TST
Flowcrete Hong Kong supplied flooring solutions for several areas of the Victoria Docklands development. The Deckshield range was chosen for the anticipated high level of traffic in the car park.
Meng Du Hui: In Search of Dreams, Savoring the Flavors of Huizhou
Ripples of homestead courtyards and flavors spread across the lake of memory.
The vastness of nature and serene interiors mirror one another, extending into the distance. People sit down and behold a tranquil sea of dark slate.
DESIRE TO FLY : IDEA CLOUD
Spatialising the ‘Desire’ (to fly) into comical idea clouds, the atrium exhibition pavilion is composed of multiple intersecting (idea) bubbles. Each of them corresponds to a theme extended from the progressive curatorial storyline about flying, ranging from desiring, learning, taking off to up in the air.
Architectural Intelligence 2024: AIA International Conference Concludes in Hong Kong
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Interior Designer, More Than Just A Decorator
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IKEA for Business’s Vision for the Evolving Workspaces: Redefining Post-Pandemic Office Design and the Future of Work
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Organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation (HKIABF) in partnership with The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), with Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) as the Lead Sponsor. The Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing-Hong Kong Roving Architecture Exhibition (the Roving Architecture Exhibition) with the theme “Harmony in Diversity - Connecting the Metropolis by In-Between” held the official opening of its final stop at the Kai Tak AIRSIDE on 23rd February 2024. The exhibition is one of the “HKIA Roving Architecture Exhibitions” series, which was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur and Nanjing last year, and the Hong Kong stop to be held at Kai Tak AIRSIDE from 23rd February to 11th March. The exhibition is open to the public for free admission.
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