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Ming Cheng

@architectming.bsky.social
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Architect | Town Planner | Urbanist | Photographer. Interested in #architecture #urbanism #placemaking #urbandesign I also take photos to capture cities and urban life. blog: substack.com/@quietaperture web: mingcheng.myportfolio.com

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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Shadows and reflection in the El Carmen neighbourhood, Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Cool neighbourhood in Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Golden morning glow in Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Golden morning glow in Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Morning sunrise at The city of Arts and Science, Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
May the Force, be with you. Happy Star Wars day! Watching Season 2 of Andor, The City of Arts & Science was featured as Coruscant. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia _________________________ Check out my blog quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Early morning at The city of Arts and Science, Valencia, designed by Calatrava #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _________________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Daniel Hannah blocked me on Twitter pre Elon Musk, once I pointed out his racist view towards Hong Kongers in the UK. He has been wrong about everything related to Brexit, I am surprised anyone still takes him seriously.
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A room with a view #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The Silk Exchange, València A UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the 15th Century. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #Valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _______________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Lovely light at Mercat Central de Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. Link in bio! quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
City life in Valencia #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #valencia ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _______________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Gorgeous golden light at The Barbican. I wish I can hold on to it forever. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #london ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ Please check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Golden hour at The Barbican tower #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #london ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Faces at The Barbican. Inspired by photographer Dawn Eagleton, I tried to capture this moment when the person look up. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #london ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
More golden light at The Barbican, London #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #london ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _______________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture.
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The last of the winter, glad it is finally spring. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #london ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _____________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Dan Hannan: I've always been at war with Felonia
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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 10/03/2025
Tonight!
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
😍
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
We sent NHS staff into a deadly pandemic wearing bin liners. Hundreds of them died. Separated from their families for months, they worked unimaginable hours, and saw thousands drown in their bed. And these worms DARE judge them for doing something silly for 5mins to boost morale and keep sane? WTAF

Laura Dodsworth
@BareReality
While people were too scared to go to A&E, while people died alone at home and cancer diagnoses were missed, this was happening.

#coviddayofreflection
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
quote of the day www.ft.com/content/4221...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Absolutely
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/02/2025
Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies
Senator Tina Smith said: This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

That was in response to Musk saying “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

Musk responded @SenTinaSmith “What did you get done last week?”
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"I, a professional political commentator, was so excited about Trump persecuting minorities and trashing the climate that I was completely oblivious to his obvious sympathy with Putin. Please pay me for my political analysis." I mean, rejoice over every sinner who repents and all that, but come on
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It is nice to know a section of society thinks I am not British. Born in colonial Hong Kong, sang God Save the Queen, studied and worked here for over 30 years. I suppose my skin colour and features are not white, so I must be a bloody foreigner.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Sounds like a plan
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I'd say the biggest forces "undermining our nation from within" are the fake patriots loudly cheering on these attacks on our country by a hostile foreign government
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Visiting an old friend. It is still magnificent as ever. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Paris footsteps in red. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Paris after dark #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder to not close your eyes and turn away from what is happening in the US right now. Fascism is an assault on scientific integrity, knowledge, and innovation. www.chron.com/news/space/a...
chron.com
NASA to wipe mentions of women, Indigenous people from websites
NASA employees told to remove mentions of women, indigenous people, and environmental justice from websites.
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Pompidou Centre, Paris #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _______________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Evening at the Samaritaine Department store. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Strike a pose #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/01/2025
Lib Dem MP Sarah Olney: We already have youth mobility schemes with 13 other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada. So why not with EU countries?
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Goodwin spreading misinformation over on the other place again. Same old debunked rubbish. Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups. Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson. But it makes a nice dog whistle.
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Finally finished reading Humanise by Thomas Heatherwick. It has some interesting tidbits, but all the talking points are at a very basic high level, without any in-depth research on the problems, nor does it propose any meaningful solutions. cc @willjennings.bsky.social
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Oh, so now OpenAI is *against* training AI models on other people's work without paying for it ... www.ft.com/content/a0df...
ft.com
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
More impressive ceilings, grand spaces and corridors at Palais Garnier, Paris #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️ ___________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Impressive ceiling, amazing main stage together with the famous box that is reserved for The Phantom. #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ _________________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quack like a duck.....
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 23/01/2025
Opinion | You have to perform contorted intellectual gymnastics to avoid the word "fascism" which explains the phenomenon we see in front of our eyes 🖋️ @iandunt.bsky.social 🔗 inews.co.uk/opinion/look...
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The Palais Garnier, the historic opera house for Napoleon III, also as the setting for the book Phantom of the Opera #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ Check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Paris #Architecture #urbandesign #urbanism #placemaking #photography #weareroamers #paris ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ ________________________ If you’re curious about the stories behind my photos, check out my blog, Quiet Aperture. quietaperture.substack.com
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Ah, I see. What she’s saying is if we had much more immigration then the wouldn’t have a problem with it anymore. Got it. 🙄🤦‍♀️🤪
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
We’ve always been at war with East Asia.
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Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is obviously tongue in cheek, I am sure Planners in the US understand limiting vehicular traffic is the main ingredient to have walkable & cureless street. It is how to change their policies, making other people to understand + buy in that is the hardest part. #urbanism #placemaking
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