https://www.scmp.com/rss/518848/feed Adrian Lai Wen-Yang is a Singaporean architecture practitioner-educator, principal of MetaArchitecture and adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Department of Architecture. He graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture and returned to Singapore with two RIBA Lubetkin Awards, one World Architecture Festival Building of the Year and a President's Design Award for projects completed with WilkinsonEyre. With MetaArchitecture, he won the... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Singapore and Hong Kong suffer from the same problem – we’re just not lovable enough. We may be viewed as ultra-modern metropolises that are the gateways to Asia. Perhaps even glitzy and glamorous. But when it comes to our ethos, we’ve been seen less favourably. “Boring” has been used to describe both Hong Kong and Singapore – a travel vlog on how Singapore had “no vibe” recently went viral, with both Singaporeans and foreigners weighing in. But haven’t Hong Kong and Singapore earned enough cool... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3263514/singapore-hong-kong-can-try-go-beyond-liveable-become-lovable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3263514/singapore-hong-kong-can-try-go-beyond-liveable-become-lovable?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 May 2024 01:30:09 +0000