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Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates". Local folklore claims that such holes are for dragons to pass through, though some such holes are created to fulfil air ventilation requirements. [9] [10] [11] Hong Kong's best-known building is probably I. M. Pei's Bank of China Tower. The building attracted heated ...
Green Island, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Observatory: 1883 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui: Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound: 1884 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui: Lei Yue Mun Fort: 1887 Lei Yue Mun: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) 1888 Crawley and Company Gothic Revival Mid-Levels: Old Dairy Farm Depot: 1892 Danby & Leigh Eclectic ...
Example of tong lau in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong The osteopathy clinic in the Blue House, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Tong lau built after World War II were simpler in design: Iron balconies were replaced with concrete ones and later sealed with windows. Roofs were often flat with an open terrace and later renovated to allow for additional ...
The Tung Wah Coffin Home started in 1899 from the humble beginnings of a temporary shed, and transformed into the complex buildings that represent some of the best and archetypal Hong Kong architecture through the ages, including Vernacular Architecture, Colonial Architecture, a traditional Chinese Gateway and Pagoda. It comprises various ...
Kat Hing Wai (Chinese: 吉慶圍) is a Punti walled village in the Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. The village is popularly known as Kam Tin , from the name of the local area. Kat Hing Wai is home to about 400 descendants of the Tang Clan , one of the " Five Great Clans " of the territory who settled here from China during the Song dynasty . [ 1 ]
The Tin Hau Temple Complex is a temple in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises a row of five adjacent buildings: a Tin Hau Temple, a Shing Wong Temple, a Kwun Yum temple, Shea Tan and Hsu Yuen. The nearby Temple Street is named after it.
Flagstaff House, built in 1846, is the oldest example of Western-style architecture remaining in Hong Kong. [1] It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central – within the Hong Kong Park. [2] It has been a longtime residence of the Commander of the British forces in Hong Kong during colonial times.
Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong are those selected as those "outstanding merits of which every effort should be made to preserve if possible". [1]These buildings may be protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance; after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, with the approval of the Chief Executive and the publication of the notice in government gazette, the Antiquities ...