Making of Hong Kong : from vertical to volumetric

By:

Shelton, Barrie

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Planning, history and environment seriesPublication details: Routledge, 2011. London;Description: viii,: 184pISBN:

9780415487016

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DDC classification:

307.76095125 SHE-M

Contents:

1. A state of Inten City-- 2. Precedents 3. Long, Low and Intense : From possession Point to world War II - 4. Massing and Riding: The Post - War Decades 5.Vertical and Volumetric : Post 1980 6. Podium and Tower 7. Emerging Volumetric : Components 8.Conclusion : Vertical and Volumetric

Summary: Investigating what the history of Hong Kong's urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic change and the need for new models of dense urbanism, this book offers a study of the high-rise intensity of Hong Kong.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	307.76095125 SHE-M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004541

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1. A state of Inten City--
2. Precedents
3. Long, Low and Intense : From possession Point to world War II -
4. Massing and Riding: The Post - War Decades
5.Vertical and Volumetric : Post 1980
6. Podium and Tower
7. Emerging Volumetric : Components
8.Conclusion : Vertical and Volumetric

Investigating what the history of Hong Kong's urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic change and the need for new models of dense urbanism, this book offers a study of the high-rise intensity of Hong Kong.

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