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Living in the Modern Past // A Classical Obsession
Living in the Modern Past // A Classical Obsession

I have always believed that Hong Kong is a city which prides itself in being at the forefront of technology, innovation and development. This towering concrete jungle in which I grew up has however seen a dramatic shift in its approach to style and in the marketing of high-density apartments. A string of advertisements for upscale high-density apartments has popped up recently and it isn’t difficult to tell why these would seem hard to swallow for any architect who believes in architecture of innovation and meaning.

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CommentaryHugo Chanarchitecture, new classicism, postmodernism, commercial, residential, classicism, hong kong
Reducio Ad Facadism
Reducio Ad Facadism

It is perhaps Freddie Mercury’s vision of flying through the Metropolis of 1927 lamenting our love of ‘the new’ and disregard for ‘the old’, which sets the appropriate melancholic and cynical tone for this piece. The beloved city of Sydney is once again standing over a precipice and facing another architectural crisis, with the impending doom of selling three iconic sandstone structures along the all too historic Bridge Street – The Colonial Chief’s Secretary Building, the Department of Education and Training Building and the iconic Lands Department Building. 

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CommentaryHugo Chanarchitecture, classicism, revolution, James Barnet, heritage, public space, policy