The most startling fixture in the Causeway Bay shopping area is the beige blockbuster of a building that is Times Square, at the corner of Matheson and Russell streets. Spearing skywards from a comparatively small space at ground level, it exemplifies Hong Kong’s modern architecture, where space can only be gained by building upwards and distinction attained by unexpected design - in this case, a vertical shopping mall supported by great marble trunks and featuring a cathedral window and giant video advertising screen. From the massive open-plan lobby, silver bullet elevators whiz up to the shopping floors. At ground level there’s a cinema and access to Causeway Bay MTR station.