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The Death and Life of Hong Kong’s Illegal Façades

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research
Volume 5 (2020): Issue 1
By: Francisco García Moro  
Open Access
|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ajar.231 | Journal eISSN: 2397-0820
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Language: English
Published on: Jul 20, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Hong Kong,
street signs,
illegal construction,
informality,
cultural heritage,
neon lighting,
visual imagery

© 2020 Francisco García Moro, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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