Cocooning at Home in Hong Kong

Like Christo meets “This Old House,” buildings in Hong Kong are sheathed in colored nets and bamboo while undergoing renovations. Peter Steinhauer tracks these cocoons on the urban skyline.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/hong-kong-cocoons/?gwh=4ABAF12413C085FBBAE9E7ECBD6B24BA&gwt=pay

A short flight to Vietnam from Hong Kong to renew his visa in 1994 turned into almost a decade of work for Peter Steinhauer.