Payal Uttam looks at Frank Gehry's Opus Hong Kong, which promises to stun with both its looks and its prices.
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- May 23, 2013
- Updated: 8:56am
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A British cancer network known for its centres' architecture has opened its first overseas branch in Hong Kong with a design fitted to the city's limited space and Chinese culture.
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After designing a luxury Hong Kong residential building that set a price record for Asia, celebrated Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry has embarked on another project with a difference....
A buyer has paid HK$68,083 per square foot for a luxury flat at Opus Hong Kong, the new Frank Gehry-designed residential building in Mid-Levels East, a record for an apartment in Hong Kong and...
When interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg were given carte blanche by Swire Properties to create a showroom "home" in Frank Gehry's Opus Hong Kong (completed in May), the Canadian...
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There is compelling evidence that the market wants residential developments that are rare, unique and exceptional, like the Opus, says Martin Cubbon, chief executive of Swire Properties.
Acclaimed architect Frank Gehry says his first residential building in Asia, completed in Hong Kong yesterday, was designed to be 'a good neighbour' to the rest of the city.
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