spatial practice partners Erik Amir and Dora Chi. All images courtesy of spatial practice.
spatial practice is a small Hong Kong-and-soon-to-be-Los Angeles-based collaborative partnership established by Dora Chi and Erik Amir. Initially founded in Beijing, the young firm very quickly gained exposure to projects of a scale that often remains reserved for more established offices.
In our latest Studio Snapshot, we had the pleasure of chatting with Chi and Amir about their journey so far, if and how the pandemic has impacted their operations throughout the past year, and what they look forward to with the opening of their new California studio (psst, they re hiring).
Covid 19 coronavirus: Covid? What Covid? Taiwan thrives as a bubble of normality
14 Mar, 2021 09:32 PM
7 minutes to read
Masks, temperature checks and hand sanitising are common in Taipei and the rest of Taiwan. Otherwise, life has been startlingly normal. Photo / Ashley Pon, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Amy Qin and Amy Chang Chien
The island has used its pandemic success to sell something scarce: life without fear of the coronavirus. Citizens have flocked home from abroad, helping to fuel an economic boom. As the coronavirus has upended lives and economies around the world, Taiwan has been an oasis.
Amy Qin and Amy Chang Chien, The New York Times
Published: 14 Mar 2021 10:50 AM BdST
Updated: 14 Mar 2021 10:50 AM BdST A crowded bar in downtown Taipei, Taiwan on March 12, 2021. Taiwan has been an oasis during the coronavirus pandemic as the relatively few people who are allowed to enter the country have been coming in droves, and have helped to fuel an economic boom. (Ashley Pon/The New York Times)
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Every day, droplets fly with abandon in packed restaurants, bars and cafes. Office buildings hum, and schools resound with the shrieks and laughter of maskless children. In October, a Pride parade drew an estimated 130,000 people to the streets of this capital city. Rainbow masks were abundant; social distancing, not so much.
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The Michelin Guide
Taiwan ventured outside of Taipei for the first time in 2020 and explored Taichung. Four restaurants earned Michelin stars – JL Studio, Fleur de Sel, Forchetta, and Oretachi No Nikuya – and the choices revealed the stark differences between the Taipei and Taichung culinary scenes.
By Sunny Wu,
CommonWealth Magazine
Founded in 2004 and now one of Taiwan’s best established Western restaurants, French restaurant Fleur de Sel was one of the first restaurants in Taichung to earn a coveted Michelin star.
Its owner and head chef Justine Li, known as “Central Taiwan’s godmother of Western food,” pioneered the use of seasonal local ingredients in her French cuisine long before it was fashionable to inject Taiwanese ingredients into fine dining.