Docomomo Hong Kong and the Society for Hong Kong Studies are inviting you to a book launch “Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland”, an event with event with Miles Glendinning and Alistair Fair. The launch will take place on November 8, 2025, 5:30pm to 7pm GMT+8.

This event marks the recent publication of three books that consider aspects of 20th-century (and early 21st-century) housing and planning history, in Hong Kong and beyond. The first, Hong Kong Public Housing: an Architectural and Policy History, is a landmark study by Miles Glendinning, whose Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power sets developments in Hong Kong into wider contexts. The broader narrative of modern public housing is also a focus in the third title being launched, Building Modern Scotland: a Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947-1997, by Alistair Fair and co-authors. Alistair and Miles will discuss the books, showing how they offer new insights into the history of modern planning and architecture, and thinking about the lessons for the future.

More information and free registration here.