Hong Kong by night

The Hong Kong skyline is ever changing as new skyscrapers go up each year. In Hong Kong Central, which is the financial district, there are some impressive modern buildings designed by the world's famous architects. Yesterday I photographed them by day, but here are a few of them by night.

The building with the red 'coathangers' is the HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters designed by Sir Norman Foster. It is built on a coathanger frame and the floors hang rather than ascend. From inside one can see the mechanical workings of the building, and two bronze lions guard the entrance enhancing the bank's feng shui.

The tall building with the radio masts sticking up like an insect's antennae is the Bank of China Tower by I.M Pei (the architect of the glass prism at The Louvre fame). This building is not loved by the people of Hong Kong as it's triangular prisms and sharp angles violate the principles of feng shui.

The tall building in between is the Cheung Kong Centre designed by Cesar Pelli (the architect who designed the Petronas Twin Towers). The top floor is a private residence of Li Ka-Shing, the richest man in Hong Kong and chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings and is the only residential part of the building. At night the building is illuminated by a computer-controlled fibre optic lighting system.

In front of these buildings the view is spoilt by cranes and a busy construction site...the ever changing face of Hong Kong.