Bread-And-Butter Architecture
Perspective|October2017

Sham Shui Po’s Garden Bakery building has a special resonance with the people of Hong Kong. It should be cherished

John Batten
Bread-And-Butter Architecture

Every great city possesses architecture or engineering that marks its place to the rest of the world. In Hong Kong it is IM Pei’s Bank of China Tower and Norman Foster’s HSBC Main Building. However, the city’s best outward image is the all-embracing view from The Peak of Hong Kong’s high-rise buildings fringing Victoria Harbour. It is instantly recognisable on the world stage.

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