The Hong Kong professional publication of the architecture and design field

As a Professional-whether an architect, designer or advertiser-YOU know how important it is to be well-informed, have the winning edge and know your competitors business movements and artistic direction. What Hinge brings you is a well-balanced dialogue of entertaining, quirky yet useful regular features as wel as the serious stuff. The essential read to keep you updated on architectural and design developments. Knowing who's who in the design world, and judging what's just around the corner is vital. Get yourself     

唱还是念?

<正>Have you ever found yourself in this situation:When you hear a song you used to sing as a child,you can’t help looking back on your childhood.But it is not a distant childhood memory.The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago.你是否遇到过这样的情况:当你听到你小时候经常听的歌时,你就会情不自禁地回忆起你的童年。但这并不是遥远的童年记忆,而是你对这些歌词记忆犹新。     

停止攀比,并开始欣赏自己

<正>"Comparison is the death of joy."比较是快乐的终结者。"When you are content1to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete,everybody will respect you."—Mark Twain"当你愿意做真实的自己,不和他人比较或竞争时,人人都会敬重你。"——马克·吐温You compare cars,houses,shoes,money,social popularity and so on.And at the end of the day you pummel2your self-esteem to the ground and you create a lot of negative feelings with-     

坐飞机要远离这些人

<正>When you are traveling by plane,there are some passengers you just don’t want to have next to you.当你乘飞机旅行的时候,有一些乘客是你不想坐在他们身边的。Small Children Perhaps you normally~2 like them,but when you are sitting next to them on a plane,it is a     

给猫咪拍照的小窍门

<正>以下是他分享给我们的关于给猫咪拍照的经验之谈。If you want to become a successful photographer,you must always teach yourself new skills,and search for new ideas.It's okay to look up to other photographers'works,but at the end it's very important to develop your own style.Just do what you love and love what you do.     

In Search for a Healthy,Civilized and Sustainable Development

World development always come to crossroads.Atpresent,people find the need for a sustainableaffordable and livable environment for developmentfrom the setbacks they have suffered in nature,this is on-ly too correct.But,due to the different stages of develop-ment reached by individual countries,there should bemore definite goals and more reliable measures for eachcountry.I shall emphasize two basic ideas:     

如何提高学习成绩

<正>Are you feeling down about your grades?It is easy to get the blues when you receive low scores on a big test or small quizzes,but you can’t let poor performance get you down.There is always time to make things better.你对自己的成绩感到沮丧吗?当你在大考或小测验中得低分时,很容易闷闷不乐,但不能因为糟糕的表现就变得沮丧。你还有时间把事情做得更好。And there are always reasons to improve.If you fail a few tests,you can do better next time.Just don’t get down on yourself!     

旅游业缩小城乡差距

UN-Habitat is embarking on an exciting programme to implement an often-overlooked part of its mandate-to promote city tourism around the world. The idea is that visitors to famous and not so famous towns and cities see how other people live, especially the poorest of the poor so that they can benefit from tourism as a source of income and enable them to meet their shelter needs. The Istanbul Declaration and Habitat Agenda gives UN-Habitat a mandate that takes in not just cities and towns per se, but the peri-urban zones that skirt them, and urban-rural linkages that can be of considerable benefit to countries proud to draw on the development potentials of tourism. Well-managed tourism can certainly help strengthen the positive links between urban and rural areas. This article gives some examples of traditional and newly developed tourism.     

Refurbishing Faestningens Materialgard： A Heritage Complex

F estningens Materialgard is a listed complex located in downtown Copenhagen. The refurbishment of the listed complex was studied to provide knowledge on how a process for refurbishing heritage buildings can be carried out successfully, as refurbishment of heritage buildings is often a complicated process. The process shows how to choose, evaluate and implement measures creating synergy between the interests of preserving heritage values and to develop affordable refurbishment that meets the requirements for the future use of the building. The refurbishment followed included restoration, energy upgrading and refurbishment of the individual buildings that make up the listed complex. The process focuses on the cooperation and dialogue between the parties involved. F estningens Materialgard is a case study where the Heritage Agency, the Danish Working Environment Authority and the owner as a team cooperated in identifying feasible refurbishment measures. Through the process the owner was supported by architects and engineers. Focus is put on how, to identify potential energy savings and, to decide on energy upgrading measures when refurbishing and restoring listed buildings. The refurbished Faestningens Materialgard is visualized in photos.