Hong Kong Public Housing

Hong Kong Public Housing provides the first comprehensive history of one of the most dramatic episodes in the global history of the modern built environment: the vast public housing programme sponsored by successive Hong Kong governments from the 1950s, in a quest to build up the territory into a lasting ¿people¿s home¿. And unlike many of its counterparts elsewhere, this is a programme still ongoing today - a case of ¿history in progress¿ - as Hong Kong now boasts one of the world¿s longest-lasting public housing programmes. During that time, it has been not just a mirror of the cultural and economic values of Hong Kong society but also a reflection of more nebulous, fast-changing perceptions of identity ¿ and a testament to the community-building achievements of Hongkongers over these years.

This authoritative study combines architectural history with the broader social, political, and cultural aspects of housing production ¿ particularly the geo-political issues of s