Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption
ISBN-13:
9780824855413
ISBN-10:
0824855418
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Stefan Al
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press
Format:
Paperback
246 pages
Category:
Urban & Land Use Planning
,
Architecture
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ISBN-13:
9780824855413
ISBN-10:
0824855418
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Stefan Al
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press
Format:
Paperback
246 pages
Category:
Urban & Land Use Planning
,
Architecture
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Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption (ISBN-13: 9780824855413 and ISBN-10: 0824855418), written by authors
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A deep dive into the density of Hong Kong - from megastructures to mall skyscrapers to "expresscalators" - and how it points to a new way of urban living
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.
Contributors include Carolyn Cartier, Cecilia Chu, Stan Lai, Gordon Matthews, Adam Nowek, David Grahame Shane, Barrie Shelton, and Jonathan Solomon.
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.
Contributors include Carolyn Cartier, Cecilia Chu, Stan Lai, Gordon Matthews, Adam Nowek, David Grahame Shane, Barrie Shelton, and Jonathan Solomon.
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