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Justyna Karakiewicz & Thomas Kvan
Making of Hong Kong [EPUB ebook]
From Vertical to Volumetric

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Portrayed as the ‘accidental pioneer of a new kind of urbanism’, Hong Kong’s evolution is traced from its pre-colonial and colonial origins to the contemporary vertical and volumetric metropolis of towers, podia-and-towers, decks, bridges, escalators and other components of multi-level city living.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780203835609 ● Publisher Taylor & Francis ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2295731 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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