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The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric

By Barrie Shelton , Justyna Karakiewicz , Thomas Kvan

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2013
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9254972 bytes)
Series
Planning, History and Environment Series
Pages
0\0
Time added
2017-01-01 04:19:15

Description

Portrayed as the ‘accidental pioneer of a new kind of urbanism’, Hong Kong’s evolution is traced from its pre-colonial and colonial origins to the contemporary vertical and volumetric metropolis of towers, podia-and-towers, decks, bridges, escalators and other components of multi-level city living.

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