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Architecture Tour

  1. Audio description for the M+ Building
    The M+ building, which consists of a square-shaped horizontal podium with roof gardens and a tower stretching across the podium's centre, is pictured overlooking Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour during sunset.
    Audio description for the M+ Building
  2. Welcome
    A view of the M+ building, which consists of a square-shaped horizontal podium and a tower stretching across the podium’s centre. From the front, the building looks similar to an upside-down T. It is covered by dark green ceramic panels.
    Ground Floor Welcome
  3. Main Hall
    View of the M+ interior showing multiple levels through a central opening in the floor. The ceilings and floors are made out of grey concrete. The level that we are on has a visitors’ desk to the right and an escalator at the back.
    Ground Floor Main Hall
  4. Main Hall In Focus—Light & Lamps
    Close-up of nine identical lamps hanging from the ceiling. Each lamp is made out of thick glass resembling an upside-down bowl.
    Ground Floor Main Hall In Focus—Light & Lamps
  5. Main Hall In Focus—Glazed Terracotta Tiles
    A corner where two walls of dark green ceramic pillars meet. The pillars are narrow and close together. On the left wall, the spaces in between the pillars contain windows.
    Ground Floor Main Hall In Focus—Glazed Terracotta Tiles
  6. The Found Space
    View from the bottom floor looking up through an opening in the floors above. Two concrete pillars hold up the ceiling on our right. On our left, part of an installation artwork consisting of wooden chairs attached to a round table is visible on the level above.
    Basement 2 The Found Space
  7. The Found Space In Focus—Wood-Grained Concrete
    A corner of a concrete wall. The concrete has the texture of wooden planks, as if the wood has been imprinted on the concrete.
    Basement 2 The Found Space In Focus—Wood-Grained Concrete
  8. Atrium
    View of a space with wooden floors framed by diagonal concrete pillars in a truss structure. We look towards a spiral staircase at the far end. Railings outline openings in the floors on either side and large images of artworks are on the back walls.
    Level 2 Atrium
  9. Atrium In Focus—Mega-Trusses
    View of a large space with wooden floors. Diagonal concrete pillars in a truss structure line the centre of the space on either side of a spiral staircase. Railings outline an opening in the floor in front of us.
    Level 2 Atrium In Focus—Mega-Trusses
  10. Atrium In Focus—The West Window
    A corridor with a wooden floor and wooden walls. Glass lamps hang from the ceiling in a row. Benches line the wall next to a floor-to-ceiling window with four wooden grilles.
    Level 2 Atrium In Focus—The West Window
  11. Head to the Roof Garden
    A set of escalators leading to an upper level in the M+ building. They are accessible from an outdoor water promenade. An entrance to the building is visible in the background.
    Head to the Roof Garden
  12. South Roof Garden and Facade
    A roof garden with a wooden promenade next to groupings of bushes and plants. A rectangular tower covered in dark green ceramic panels is visible in the background.
    South Rooftop Garden South Roof Garden and Facade