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].

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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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      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
      • Elements.
      ISBN
      • 9780824855413 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 0824855418 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 9888208969
      • 9789888208968
      LCCN
      2015046965
      OCLC
      940790470
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