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/// DESIGN TROTTER / Hong Kong — China















                                                     Breathing


                                    GROUND



                                                           TAI KWUN
                                                           HONG KONG (CHINA)
                                                           HERZOG & DE MEURON














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                                                                                                        HK BY H&deM
                                                                                Right in the heart of Hong Kong, squeezed in
                                                                               between buildings, the new cultural center Tai
                                                                              Kwun (which means “grand station” in Chinese)
                                                                                   is like an oasis in the middle of the desert.
                                                                                           Refurbished by Swiss architects
                                                                                        Herzog and de Meuron from Basel,
                                                                                       it is a breathing space at the heart of
                                                                                          one of the world’s densest cities.
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