Hong Kong Cultural Centre

This guide to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre starts on the Kowloon waterfront on the eighth of November, nineteen eighty-nine, as Charles and Diana step out to open a striking new cultural complex facing one of the world's great harbour views. You'll learn why architect Jose Lei chose to seal that view behind an unbroken wall of pale ceramic tile, and how critics and the public reacted. Inside, the guide turns to the oval concert hall where the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the film awards take the stage. Stand at the tiled facade and consider the choice Lei was defending.