March 29th, 2007 No Chatterboxes »
One of the best thing after work in Shanghai is a walk down the small streets behind the main avenues where our
office towers stand.
If you happen to work near Huai Hai Middle Road, then you should visit Nanchang Road, formerly known as Rue Vallon. There you will find a lovely old building sitting quietly, […]
January 15th, 2007 No Chatterboxes »
Going down a few kilometers underground isn’t something new in places like South Africa and Australia; but these are all about mining.
When fierce competition between cities about the tallest buildings, highest hotels is what we’re focus on these days, real estate developers in Shanghai is doing the opposite now-they’re planning to build the lowest hotel. […]
December 26th, 2006 1 Chatterbox Speaks »
This is the first article in this blog that features buildings that really disappeared forever, and in our last article, we featured architect Chen Kun Pei (陈昆培), and briefly about his life. Most of his buildings are quite well-known in Macau, so let’s talk about some that have gone.
Nam King Theatre
The theatre was set up […]
December 26th, 2006 No Chatterboxes »
If one day a man who claimed he’s from Macau is is very familiar with all the town’s street names, then he might not be a local citizen but an expatriate who settled in Macau for some while.
Strange as it is, a local usually never knows the street he has been living for a couple […]
November 7th, 2006 No Chatterboxes »
One of the greatest thing I did in Macao this August was spending hours taking notes and searching the archives inside the Central Library.
My priority that day was to search more about Chen Kun Pei, an architect in Macao during the 20th century. With the help of the friendly Macanese librarian, Luis, we finally found […]
