Recreating the modern villas that shaped Hong Kong from the 1930s to the 1980s, this book offers a glimpse into the architecture and lifestyles of high society, tracing how these homes helped shape the city’s neighbourhoods and urban history.
Hong Kong’s modern villas reveal a side of the city rarely seen in its skyline. From the 1930s onwards, they appeared on hillsides, beside coastal roads and in newly planned suburbs, reflecting changing ideas of what a modern home could be.
Some drew on Spanish architecture; others took their cues from English garden cities or Chinese gardens. By the late 1970s, estates in
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