Cheng, Tsaiher, author.

Red light city / Tsaiher Cheng ; with contributions by Manuel B. Aalbers, Roel Backaert (photos), Jung-Che Chang, Tanyi Huang (illustrations), Hans Ibelings, Maarten Loopmans, and Magdalena Sabat.

Montreal/Amsterdam : The Architecture Observer, [2016]
©2016

136 pages ; 20 cm

What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a deep impact on the city's urban form, its buildings, rooms, streets, squares, and alleys, even in places where sex work is officially illegal.

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Red-light districts China Hong Kong.
Red-light districts Taiwan Taipei.
Red-light districts Québec (Province) Montréal.
Red-light districts Netherlands Amsterdam.
Red-light districts Belgium Antwerp.
Architecture and society.
Quartiers réservés à la prostitution Chine Hongkong.
Quartiers réservés à la prostitution Taiwan Taibei.
Quartiers réservés à la prostitution Québec (Province) Montréal.
Quartiers réservés à la prostitution Pays-Bas Amsterdam.
Quartiers réservés à la prostitution Belgique Anvers.
Architecture et société.
Red-light districts.
Belgium Antwerp.
China Hong Kong.
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Québec Montréal.
Taiwan Taipei.

Aalbers, Manuel B., photographer.
Backaert, Roel, photographer.
Chang, Jung-Che, illustrator.
Huang, Tanyi, illustrator.
Ibelings, Hans, contributor.
Loopmans, Maarten, contributor.
Sabat, Magdalena, contributor.

Location: Library main 293076
Call No.: BIB 237700
Status: Available