# Event Details - **Event Name**: BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us in the book launch event with Miles Glendinning and Alistair Fair!About this EventDescriptionThis 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.About the AuthorsMiles Glendinning is Director of the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies and Professor of Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on modernist mass housing and modern architecture in a comparative global context: his books include the award-winning Tower Block (1994, with Stefan Muthesius); Mass Housing – Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History (2021), and Hong Kong Public Housing – an Architectural and Policy History (2025).Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. A historian of modern architecture in Britain who has written about subjects including theatres, universities and hospitals, his recent work includes the Open Access book Building Modern Scotland: a Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947-1997, co-written with Miles Glendinning and others (2025), as well as work on Milton Keynes in England. He is currently editing a book on the late-1940s generation of new towns across England, Scotland and Wales, which will be published in 2026, and is researching a book on the later (1960s/70s) new towns.Co-organizerSociety for Hong Kong StudiesDocomomo Hong Kong - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hong-kong/book-launch-mass-housing-and-new-towns-in-hong-kong-and-scotland/100001828441159729 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: HKD ## Event venue details - **city**: Hong Kong - **state**: HK - **country**: Hong Kong - **location**: WYNG Commons - **lat**: 22.2853517 - **long**: 114.1539631 - **full address**: WYNG Commons, 23-29 Wing Wo Street, Hong Kong, Hong Kong ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2d2143283546fc1764eca3745d1ea269d3109cd7cb4c0c334dc76d9ad8367f71-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1761876147 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland being held? - **A:** BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland takes place on Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm at WYNG Commons, 23-29 Wing Wo Street, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. - **Q**: Who is organizing BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland? - **A:** BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland is organized by Docomomo Hong Kong. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** BOOK LAUNCH – Mass Housing and New Towns in Hong Kong and Scotland is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Hong Kong, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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