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Peperoni Books, Berlin, 2008. paperback. fine. Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong's history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life., , This stunning book by Rufina Wu (architect, Vancouver) and Stefan Canham (photographer, Hamburg) is an in depth look at informal settlements built on top of other buildings in Hong Kong. It consists of 280 pages of photographs, drawings, and short interviews with the settlements' inhabitants. Wu and Canham spent three months in Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula exhaustively documenting five of these settlements. They did so without any organizational or personal contacts to people living in the settlements. They walked up the stairs of the first building and started talking to people. The result is the first book published on these communities., , For the book, Wu made…
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Portraits From Above (PB Edition) Paperback - 2010
by Rufina Wu, Stefan Canhem
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- Title Portraits From Above (PB Edition)
- Author Rufina Wu, Stefan Canhem
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Peperoni Books / Mccm, Berlin
- Date 2010-01
- ISBN 9783941825079
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Portraits From Above - Hong Kong's Informal Rooftop Communities
by Wu Rufina, Canham Stefan
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