If you visit Venice, Italy, this year and stumble upon a courtyard wrapped in a lattice of bamboo poles, you might think you’ve been transported to the streets of Hong Kong. But it isn’t a mirage – it’s the SAR’s official contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture. The installation stands out for its utilitarian…
In the concrete and steel jungle of Hong Kong, bamboo remains a widely used building material. The organic material is shaped into rapidly constructed scaffolding that covers new developments or supports workers doing building renovations. Bamboo scaffolding even forms entire venues for pop-up Cantonese opera theatres and cultural events. Hong Kong is one of the…
Two men have been injured by a piece of bamboo that fell from scaffolding outside an industrial building in Hong Kong, with one left bleeding from the incident. Police said they were alerted shortly before 10am on Saturday about a man being hit on the forehead by a piece of bamboo that fell from scaffolding…
Two men have been injured by a bamboo stick that fell from scaffolding outside an industrial building in Hong Kong, with one left bleeding from the incident. Hong Kong police said they were alerted shortly before 10am on Saturday about a man being hit on the forehead by a bamboo stick that fell from scaffolding…
Hong Kong’s government watchdog has urged the authorities to step up random checks on construction sites after its largest investigation in years found staff signing off on safety documents without carrying out actual inspections. The Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday also called on authorities to speed up investigation procedures and take more rigorous disciplinary…
Hong Kong bamboo scaffolding specialist Ho Ping-tak brimmed with pride as he recalled the many landmarks he had worked on since arriving from mainland China in 2000. Among them were the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon – the city’s tallest building – the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai and Kai…
Hong Kong bamboo scaffolding specialist Ho Ping-tak brimmed with pride as he recalled the many landmarks he had worked on since arriving from mainland China in 2000. Among them were the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon – the city’s tallest building – the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai and the…
A worker has fallen to his death from a building while dismantling bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. The man, 44, was found unconscious on a concrete canopy at the 11-storey Tung Nam Factory Building in To Kwa Wan at around 2pm on Tuesday. His colleagues called emergency services. Firefighters used a hydraulic platform to get…
A worker has fallen to his death from a building while dismantling bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. The man, 44, was found unconscious on a concrete canopy at the 11-storey Tung Nam Factory Building in To Kwa Wan at about 2pm on Tuesday. His colleagues called emergency services. Firefighters used a hydraulic platform to get…