Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015 From Colonial to Global /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Xue, Charlie Q. L. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Architecture.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Human geography.; Architecture / Design.; Architectural History and Theory.; Human Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book focuses on the transformation from colonial to global – the formation, mechanism, events, works and people related to urban architecture. The book reveals hardships the city encountered in the 1950s and the glamour enjoyed in the 1980s. It depicts the public and private developments, and e...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Government-led modernity
• Chapter 1: Reconstruction and resettlement after the War
• Chapter 2: Modernism coming to town – government low-cost housing and public buildings
• Chapter 3: Design forces and their strategies
• Chapter 4: Government control, building regulations and their implications
• Part II Private forces command
• Chapter 5: Serving the middle class – private housing and shopping mall
• Chapter 6: Rail village and mega-structure. - Chapter 7: Commercial to Global
• Chapter 8: “Being Chinese in architecture” – growth of local architects
• Part III Backward and forward vision
• Chapter 9: Finding the roots and preserving our well-being
• Chapter 10: Pursuing excellence – towards a civic architecture.