Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption by Al, Stefan

Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780824855413)

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Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption by Al, Stefan

Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption

$35.00
Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption by Al, Stefan

Mall City: Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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Hong Kong is the twenty-first-century paradigmatic capital of consumerism. Of all places, it has the densest and tallest concentration of malls, reaching tens of stories. Hong Kong's malls are also the most visited, sandwiched between subways and skyscrapers. These mall complexes have become cities in and of themselves, accommodating tens of thousands of people who live, work, and play within a single structure. Mall City features Hong Kong as a unique rendering of an advanced consumer society. Retail space has come a long way since the nineteenth-century covered passages of Paris, which once awed the bourgeoisie with glass roofs and gaslights. It has morphed from the arcade to the department store, and from the mall into the "mall city"--where "expresscalators" crisscross mesmerizing atriums. Highlighting the effects of this development in Hong Kong, this book raises questions about architecture, city planning, culture, and urban life.

Author: Stefan Al
ISBN-10: 0824855418
ISBN-13: 9780824855413
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2016
Pages: 246
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Stefan Al
By Stefan Al
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Stefan Al is a Dutch architect and associate professor of Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Al has worked as a practicing architect on renowned projects such as the 600-meter-high Canton Tower in Guangzhou and the preservation of world heritage in Latin America at the World Heritage Center of UNESCO. While in Hong Kong, he served as a founding member of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design and an advisor to the Harbourfront Commission and Environment Bureau of Hong Kong government. He is the editor of Factory Towns of South China: An Illustrated Guidebook and Villages in the City: A Guide to South China's Informal Settlements.

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