Archinect - News 2024-05-04T08:30:21-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/58137688/giant-architectural-golden-moon-lantern-lights-up-hong-kong-s-mid-autumn-festival Giant Architectural 'Golden Moon' Lantern Lights Up Hong Kong's Mid-Autumn Festival Archinect 2012-09-27T11:39:00-04:00 >2012-10-16T04:24:54-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/12/122yvr6usv5wwd46.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Surrounded by a reflecting pool dotted with floating lanterns, the six-story &ldquo;Golden Moon&rdquo; is the creation of Hong Kong-based architects Kristof Crolla and Adam Fingrut, who won a design contest to build the work. Constructed from bamboo and steel, it incorporates golden yellow and flame red fabric as well as 10,000 LED lights that illuminate it from within. The structure took 11 days to complete.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>