A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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A peninsula, lying 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the southwest of Hong Kong, Macau is the Las Vegas of the new China. As Manuel Vicente explains, when he was asked to create an important new public space for the city it provided the opportunity to create a plaza that was able to assimilate the past forms of the historic city without absorbing the symbolism of its colonial history. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
10.1002/ad.617.abs
A peninsula, lying 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the southwest of Hong Kong, Macau is the Las Vegas of the new China. As Manuel Vicente explains, when he was asked to create an important new public space for the city it provided the opportunity to create a plaza that was able to assimilate the past forms of the historic city without absorbing the symbolism of its colonial history. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Nam Van Square, Macau
Vicente, Manuel (author)
Architectural Design ; 78 ; 94-99
2008-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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