During our recent trip to Macau, saw that there was a photographic exhibition at the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Building and paid a visit. The exhibition itself was good but what was more remarkable was the building itself. Walls to the entrance hall are tiled with the unmistakable blue and white Portugese tiles. only had time to browse around quickly that day, the metal arch above the archway was particularly interesting and worth to pay a further visit in the future.
the exposed fluorescent tubes, however, was definitely a mismatch, was expecting to see wall lights or hanging pendants.
Apparently they have a public library on the 1/F. expecting to see a fine example of traditional Portugese Interior, have to find out in our next visit.
2 comments:
Looks great. Wonderful Portugese tiles with mismatched fluorescent light? They said there's a price to pay, for each conservation, preservation.
I wonder if you could spot any street name picked out in traditional blue and white azulejos wall tiles? One of the many things I would look out for, if I have time when I'm there :p
will try to locate these spots.
the thing with Macau is, the area around the casino is really quite sleazy, hopefully the newer ones will be better. but the governement managed to preserve some of the old Macau surprisingly well. maybe part of the proceeds from the gambling business are ploughed back into the preservation works.
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