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.

By Rebecca Lo | HK EDITION | Updated: 2021-08-27 16:16
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CL3 architecture firm's managing director William Lim took to painting his surroundings at home and work throughout the most challenging phases of the pandemic in Hong Kong. [PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY]

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.

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