Chinese New Year begins today and celebrations in Hong Kong include Cantonese operas performed at a pop-up bamboo theatre in the new West Kowloon Cultural District. More about West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre by William Lim
Two giant blue busts face each other across this Hong Kong boutique by Italian designer Fabio Novembre (+ slideshow). More about HITGallery Hong Kong by Fabio Novembre
News: six international teams, including Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA and Renzo Piano, have been shortlisted to design a new visual culture museum in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District, while two Hong Kong-born architects have been chosen to design a centre for Chinese opera (above) in the same area. More about Shortlisted architects announced for M+ museum in Hong Kong
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More about "For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
Foster + Partners has been shortlisted to design the Xiqu Chinese Opera Centre, the first in a series of new arts and cultural venues for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More about Foster + Partners shortlisted to design Hong Kong arts venue
Architects Stickyline have created a range of paper helmets shaped like iconic buildings from the Hong Kong skyline. More about Project001 Masked Creature by Stickyline
Concave walls at the centre of this Hong Kong boutique hide a stockroom and fitting rooms. More about Joyce by Case-Real
Translucent boxes propped up on a forest of steel rods display products by skincare brand Aesop at a Hong Kong fashion store. More about Aesop at I.T Hysan One by Cheungvogl
Waves of stone ripple around the corners of a Hong Kong shopping centre that was recently renovated by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More about Pacific Place by Thomas Heatherwick
If you liked the last monochrome boutique with a checkout in the changing rooms by architect Nelson Chow, here's another one. More about Shine at the Leighton Centre by Nelson Chow
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture have announced the programme for the fourth edition of the fair, which begins on 11 December. More about Programme for 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong architecture biennale announced
This Hong Kong boutique has an undulating ceiling of woven cables and a checkout inside the changing rooms. More about Shine by LEAD and Nelson Chow
Garments hidden behind semi-circular screens in a Hong Kong outlet can be glimpsed through jagged perforations. More about Max & Co by Duccio Grassi Architects
New York architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a media centre for the City University of Hong Kong. More about The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre by Daniel Libeskind
Hong Kong's new design institute by French architects Coldefy & Associés, Architectes Urbanistes features a glazed box raised seven storeys above the ground on four lattice-steel towers that rest on a sloping, grass-covered podium. More about Hong Kong Design Institute by CAAU
Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting growing high-rise cities in Asia. More about Natural by Manuel Alvarez Diestro
OMA have completed this office interior in Hong Kong for management consultancy McKinsey & Company. More about McKinsey & Company Hong Kong Office by OMA
Ceiling recesses lined with wood draw the eye upwards from the matching floor in this apartment designed by Davidclovers of Hong Kong. More about Tregunter by Davidclovers
Here are some photos of Studioilse's latest project, a five-storey apartment building in Hong Kong. More about TwoTwoSix Hollywood Road by Studioilse
Hong Kong studio Davidclovers have covered the interior of this house in aluminium strips to create patterns of light and shadow that change throughout the day. More about House DE by Davidclovers