For decades, Hong Kong seemed mostly to be a portal for Western designers wanting to boost their Asian presence, especially in burgeoning China. After all, the city, on China’s southeastern coast, was easy to reach, centrally located, and English-speaking.
Today, though, 15 years after China absorbed the longtime British colony, Hong Kong, which has seven million people across 426 square miles, is attracting U.S. architects in its own right, including Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Frank Gehry, and Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), among others. They are drawn in part by a more supportive environment for new construction and cutting-edge design.
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