Archinect - News 2013-05-20T17:51:57-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/68530456/in-cramped-hong-kong-a-home-under-the-bridge In cramped Hong Kong, a home under the bridge Archinect 2013-02-28T16:12:00-05:00 >2013-02-28T16:36:05-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/8b/8baf5522e564f26425c219d1848f4dc3.jpg" width="514" height="342" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>It is in empty spaces like [under Hong Kong's overpasses] that a group is campaigning for the government to build youth hostels, arts performance venues, offices for small- to mid-sized businesses and, most intriguingly, temporary housing. The group sees this unused land as an opportunity to alleviate Hong Kong&rsquo;s problem of young people not being able to afford to rent in the world&rsquo;s most expensive property market.</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> http://archinect.com/news/article/59424517/endeavour-s-voyage-into-los-angeles-public-space Endeavour's voyage into Los Angeles' public space Archinect 2012-10-16T12:46:00-04:00 >2012-10-18T13:00:06-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/zz/zzjyju4dkbifk37d.jpg" width="514" height="342" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>In a city whose residents are accused of disdaining public space, the orbiter's tour led Angelenos to crowd sidewalks 10 or 12 deep as well as drawing thousands of people who live north of the 10 Freeway to boulevards south of it. It packed gas stations and strip-mall parking lots with crowds.</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>