Builders with a yen for art
For some Hong Kong architects, with successful careers, art is providing a great personal outlet for their flair, writes Rebecca Lo.
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A year of dealing with the pandemic's repercussions - including the loss of his mother and eldest brother - pushed Lim toward taking up the paintbrush. "I took art lessons in high school but art as a career was never an option in a Chinese family. My father, a developer, instead encouraged me to pursue architecture. He would ask me to draw door jambs and that sort of thing," he recalls.