Hong Kong Corner Houses

ISBN13：9789888028726
替代書名：街頭街尾
出版社：香港大學出版社
作者：MICHAEL WOLF
裝訂／頁數：精裝／136頁
規格：31.1cm*25.4cm*2.5cm (高/寬/厚)
出版日：2010/10/01
關鍵字： Hong Kong Corner Houses、 Hong、 Kong、 Corner、 Houses、街頭、街尾、香港、香港大學出版社、 MICHAEL WOLF、社會人文、史地、中國地理、中國地方志、華南地區、大學出版品、香港大學、香港出版品、歷史地理、中國史地、

大學出版社：大學出版品香港大學

香港出版品：歷史地理中國史地

中文圖書分類：香港

定價：NT$ 1332 元

優惠價：79 折 1052 元

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What makes Michael Wolf stand above other photographers is his knack for capturing things that appear mundane and inconsequential within the chaos of the urban environment, and turning them into thought-provoking discoveries… Wolf makes us look at and appreciate the surprising multitude of delightful urban phenomena that we tend to overlook or under appreciate. By this means, he challenges the assumptions we have about the city we think we know.

In Hong Kong Corner Houses, the internationally renowned German photographer Michael Wolf continues with his visual quest for the overlooked and underappreciated urban phenomena that give a city its special character. This time, he draws our attention to Hong Kong's urban corners and buildings that are often inconspicuous amid the high-rise, high-density urban clutter of Hong Kong. These ordinary residential-commercial buildings of 1950s and 1960s vintage represent the expression of local Chinese pragmatism and expediency in the economic austerity of early postwar decades. The photographic presentation captures the inherent paradoxes of their architectural character: the quiet prominence, attractive banality, and tectonic chaos that give urban Hong Kong its endearing quality. Complementing the superb photographs of Michael Wolf, Hong Kong Corner Houses features an essay and extended captions by two of Hong Kong's best-known academics in the field of architectural conservation, Drs. Lynne DiStefano and Lee Ho Yin.