Everyday Architecture in Context : Public Markets in Hong Kong (1842–1981)

Carmen C. M. TSUI

Everyday Architecture in Context : Public Markets in Hong Kong (1842–1981)

Carmen C. M. TSUI^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of History

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Abstract

How do public markets, as ordinary as they seem, carry the weight of a city’s history? How do such everyday buildings reflect a city’s changing political, social, and economic needs, through their yearslong transformations in forms, functions, and management? Integrating architecture and history, this book invites readers to go through the growth and governance of colonial Hong Kong by tracing the past and present of public markets as a study of extensive firsthand historical materials. As the readers witness the changes in Hong Kong markets from hawker pitches to classical market halls to clean modernist municipal complexes, the book offers a new perspective of understanding the familiar everyday markets with historical contexts possibly unfamiliar to most, studying markets as a microcosm of the city and a capsule of its history.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Publisher	The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Number of pages	304
ISBN (Print)	9789882372740
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

Bibliographical note

This book is part of a larger research project on the architectural works of the Public Works Department (PWD), the agency responsible for the design and construction of public building in colonial Hong Kong.

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Everyday Architecture in Context : Public Markets in Hong Kong (1842–1981)

Abstract

Bibliographical note

UN SDGs

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Shaping Architectural Modernism in Colonial Hong Kong: The Building Works of the Public Works Department from the 1930s to the 1970s 香港政府工務司署與現代主義建築

(Non-LU) The Modernist Public Markets in Hong Kong

香港街市 : 日常建築裏的城市脈絡 (1842–1981)

大隱於市: 藏於公眾街市內的香港史與建築設計

The Architectural Evolution of Public Markets in Hong Kong 香港公眾街市的建築變奏

From Hawker Pitches to Modernist Complexes: A Journey Through Hong Kong’s Public Markets

Cite this

Everyday Architecture in Context : Public Markets in Hong Kong (1842–1981)

Abstract

Bibliographical note

UN SDGs

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Shaping Architectural Modernism in Colonial Hong Kong: The Building Works of the Public Works Department from the 1930s to the 1970s 香港政府工務司署與現代主義建築

(Non-LU) The Modernist Public Markets in Hong Kong

Research output

香港街市 : 日常建築裏的城市脈絡 (1842–1981)

Activities

大隱於市: 藏於公眾街市內的香港史與建築設計

The Architectural Evolution of Public Markets in Hong Kong 香港公眾街市的建築變奏

From Hawker Pitches to Modernist Complexes: A Journey Through Hong Kong’s Public Markets

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