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Routledge Research in Architecture Series, Jun 2025 | The book offers the first in-depth study of three major Hong Kong public cultural architecture works built in the late-colonial years – the Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Shatin Town Hall, and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. It traces the design and development of public cultural architecture in
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| forthcoming monograph publication in the Routledge Research in Architecture Series | Book Description Recent developments have attracted global attention to Hong Kong’s cultural and architectural scene, with the new iconic buildings at West Kowloon and the heritage regeneration projects such as Tai Kwun and the Asia Society, which have seen much publicity in both
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Abstract: The public space at museums, theatres, or cultural centres overlaps with everyday urban space, but it possesses a different quality than the nominal public streets or plazas. Through spatial design and operation, the exterior and interior public spaces associated with cultural buildings are carefully curated to manifest the cultural institution’s vision and value, which is
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Abstract: “Cultural center” is a new type of architecture and institution that has emerged since WWII and has become a model for many contemporary cultural institutions. It reflects the physical realization of the European welfare-state cultural policy, especially in Britain and France. With reference to the European cases, this paper examines three major cultural centers
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