Barrie Shelton: 2 books
The Making of Hong Kong
From Vertical to Volumetric
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book investigates what the history of Hong Kong’s urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic change and the need for new models of dense urbanism.
The authors describe how the high-rise intensity of Hong Kong came about;...
Learning from the Japanese City
Looking East in Urban Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Japanese cities are amongst the most intriguing and confounding anywhere. Their structures, patterns of building and broader visual characteristics defy conventional urban design theories, and the book explores why this is so. Like its cities, Japan’s written language is recognized as one of the...