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Mall city : Hong Kong's dreamworlds of consumption / edited by Stefan Al ; [contributing editors: Carolyn Cartier, Cecilia Chu, Stan Lai, Gordon Matthews, Adam Nowek, David Grahame Shane, Barrie Shelton, and Jonathan Solomon].
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
©2016
Description
xi, 233 pages : illustrations some color ; 23 cm
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Available Online
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Architecture Library - Stacks
HF5430.6.C6 M35 2016
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Subject(s)
Shopping malls
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China
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Hong Kong
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Consumption (Economics)
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China
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Hong Kong
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Editor
Al, Stefan
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 ESSARY
1. Predisposed Towards Mall Cities / Barrie Shelton
2. Short History Of Hong Kong Malls And Towers / David Crahame Shane
3. Rise Of Tall Podia And Vertical Malls / Tung-Yiu Stan Lai
4. Restructuring Urban Space: The Mall In Mixed-Use Developments / Carolyn Cartier
5. Mall Cities In Hong Kong: Chungking Mansions / Cordon Mathews
6. Narrating The Mall City / Cecilia L. Chu
7. It Makes A Village / Jonathan D. Solomon
pt. 2 CATALOG
Prescience Of Malls: A Glimpse Inside Of Hong Kong's Unique "Public Spaces / Adam Nowek
Footprints
Cross-Sections
312 Malls In Hong Kong
17 Mall City Case Studies
F.A.R. (Floor Area Ratio)
Blank Wall Ratio
Type 1 Residential / Commercial
Chungking Mansions
Type 2 Mall Residential
Golden Shopping Centre
Tuen Mun Town Plaza
Lok Fu Plaza
Citywalk
Type 3 Mall / Office
Sino Centre
Argyle Centre
Landmark
Shun Tak Centre
Times Square
Megabox
Type 4 Hybrid
Harbour City
Cityplaza
Pacific Place
IFC
Langham Place
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ISBN
9780824855413 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0824855418 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9888208969
9789888208968
LCCN
2015046965
OCLC
940790470
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