A flâneur is an urban explorer — a connoisseur of the street. In our rotating column, guests share their musings, observations and critiques of the urban environment in cities around the world. John Batten, art critic, curator and activist, is this issue’s flâneur

Inside the Zaha Hadid-designed Innovation Tower for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design

Lauded architecture writer and critic Alastair Gordon looks at the Orongo Station project in New Zealand

A flâneur is an urban explorer — a connoisseur of the street. In our rotating column, guests share their musings, observations and critiques of the urban environment in cities around the world. Paul Zimmerman, CEO of Designing Hong Kong and a District Councillor, is this issue’s flâneur.