Tag Archives: Architecture

SPIRIT OF THE CITY 城市精神

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Kennie Ting

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It’s been some time since I posted on DREAM OF THE CITY. The main reason for this was a sudden urge to get back to my novel. After a first round of rejections by literary agents, and some very useful … Continue reading →

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MOVED TO GASP – Art, Design, Architecture & Affect

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Kennie Ting

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For the longest time, I’ve been preoccupied with how buildings and architecture make us FEEL. That’s the reason I’ve spent months and years wandering the streets of cosmopolitan port cities. I would stalk these streets with my camera, in search … Continue reading →

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THE HE(ART) ❤️ OF STORY-TELLING

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Kennie Ting

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In my various lines of work as cultural historian, museum director, policy-maker and even strategic planner, I essentially play the role of a story-teller. I tell stories – about history and culture, about works of art in museums, about people … Continue reading →

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ME = CULTURAL HISTORIAN | The Great Port Cities of Asia: In History

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Kennie Ting

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It’s been a busy month and a bit. Short spurts of travel. Loads of things happening that have import on my future. Plus, I was also ill for a couple of weeks. So I had to pause on my journey … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Moving in Slow Motion

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Kennie Ting

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This past week, I succumbed to a spurt of anxious activity, only to be reminded that I should be taking it easy. The goal (of blogging and reflection) is to slake off old skin, so a new and refreshed ME … Continue reading →

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A Season of Anniversaries

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Kennie Ting

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Autumn is the season of anniversaries, and I’ve got a trio of them stacked up – well, technically, a quartet… Yes, I haven’t written anything here in six months. I’ve been busy – with a new book, a burgeoning relationship, … Continue reading →

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CLOSURE & DISCLOSURE – Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020!

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Kennie Ting

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These past two weeks I’ve been hiding away in my own personal, private, solitary retreat in Bali, thinking through all that has happened in 2019 (and before). To tell the truth, I needed to go away. The work had become … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour III – Epilogue, and Journey’s End

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Kennie Ting

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So this is it.  Two and a half years later, I’m finally here posting my Epilogue to THE GRAND TOUR III – PORT AND PRINCELY CITIES OF THE SUBCONTINENT. Unlike the first two Grand Tours, which took a year and … Continue reading →

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Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Kennie Ting

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Faletti’s Hotel is one of the oldest hotels on this Grand Tour; one that has remained more or less in its original form, and with its original name since its inception, and more than 100 years. The hotel was established … Continue reading →

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Colonial Lahore – Mall Road

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Kennie Ting

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The British ruled Lahore for just under a hundred years from 1849 to 1947. Capitalising on a crisis of succession following the death of Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, the British would oust the Sikhs and annex the Punjab. … Continue reading →

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