Home Page
Complete Art Index
Bio
Info
Artist's
statement
Courses
Taught
Genealogy
My Travels
France
Sketches
Next Travel page |
Hong
Kong,
China
"Hong Kong at Night" ©2001
Elroy Christenson
This is one of the best views in town and we had it each
evening from our pier near the Star Ferry in Kowloon. The 70
stories tall triangular building on the left is the Bank of
China building designed by the American architect I. M. Pei
and engineer Leslie Robertson. It used about 40 percent less
steel than comparable skyscrapers. Nearby is the 43 storied
external framed Hong Kong Bank by Norman Foster and the
engineering firm of Ove Arup and Partners. This is truely an
architect's paradise where anything is possible and money is
no problem. Transportation from here was easy with subways
and ferries only a short block away. Many miles were logged
walking the miles of the multistoried shopping center that
the ship unloaded into. Most of the ships passengers went
further from home with several different tours to inland
China's Guilin River, as well as, Xian and Beijing.
|
