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May Hall, University of Hong Kong: 1915 Edwardian Mid-Levels: The Main Building, The Helena May: 1916 Central: Former French Mission Building: 1917 Neoclassical Central: Hung Hing Ying Building, the University of Hong Kong 1919 Neoclassical North Block of St. Joseph's College: 1920 Central: Old Kowloon Fire Station: 1920 Tsim Sha Tsui
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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
Streets of Hong Kong, 1865 Beaconsfield Arcade, Hong Kong, c.1890. The building on the left is the HSBC building (second design) China was the main supplier of its native tea to the British, whose annual domestic consumption reached 30,050,000 pounds (13,600,000 kg) in 1830, an average of 1.04 pounds (0.47 kg) per head of population.
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 ...
An Eastern Entrepot: A Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Hong Kong. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 293. ASIN B0007J07G6. OCLC 632495979. Tsang, Steve (1995). Government and Politics: A Documentary History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 312. ISBN 962-209-392-2.
20th-century religious buildings and structures in Hong Kong (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "20th-century architecture in Hong Kong" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.