Much has been made of the similarities in the built environments of Hong Kong and Manhattan, both high-density coastal cities whose constrained footprints have encouraged remarkable vertical growth. So appropriately, though for the first time, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) is sending a traveling exhibition to New York City for Archtober: Beyond Territories: Made, Make, Making. Showing at Ideal Glass Studios at 9 West 8th Street from October 10–25, the exhibit explores the past 25 years of urban development in Hong Kong, which is precisely the amount of time that has elapsed since the British handed over control of the region to the People’s Republic
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