Titlebook: Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015; From Colonial to Glo Charlie Q. L. Xue Book 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 Hong Kong

干旱

凝乳

CLAY

Pursuing Excellence—Toward a Civic Architecture1997 was a watershed year for Hong Kong. The anxiety and expectations surrounding the sovereignty handover drained away with the heavy rain on the evening of June 30. Following the “one country two systems” and “no-change for fifty years” policies, economic and building activities were carried out as usual.

acquisition

NATAL

Modernism Coming to Town—Government Low-Cost Housing and Public Buildingsst, characterized by or using the most up-to-date techniques, ideas, or equipment… denoting a current or recent style or trend in art, architecture, or other cultural activity marked by a significant departure from traditional styles and values.”

乱砍

Design Forces and Their Strategiesfrom Britain and Europe undertook formal building design. Given the increasing infrastructural and new district development, qualified building designers and professionals did not always suffice. Demand for designers grew sharply after World War II.

modifier

先驱

biosphere

From Commercial to Globalntal or government subsidized ownership houses. Social problems were gradually ironed out and people envisaged a peaceful life and rosy tomorrow. At the beginning of the 1980s, Hong Kong took off economically due to its unique position in the open-door policy of the Chinese mainland.

Eulogy

“Being Chinese in Architecture”—The Growth of Local Architectscaped from China were cultivating in the colony. By the 1970s, HKU graduates had matured with years of practice. Students from overseas returned to Hong Kong and plunged into the increasingly booming construction industry. In 1990, there were around 1,000 registered architects; in 1997, this number