British Military for the Jubilee Battery; Revery Architecture (formerly Bing Thom Architects) for the adaptive reuse and new campus 168 Victoria Road, Mount Davis, Hong Kong Jubilee Battery: originally built in 1938/39; Adaptive reuse project and new campus: completed...
Lau Sun-fo (劉新科) & George.W. Grey 23-47 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan Blocks 4-6 originally built in 1961-1970; adaptive reuse project 2014-2018 Between 2014 and 2018, Nan Fung Group undertook an Adaptive Reuse Project to bring new life to the its mid 20th-century...
Address: 92 Blue Pool Road (alias “But Lo” 弼廬) (IL 3685 & IL 3686) Status: Grade 2 since 2018 Date:1950 Architects: Chau & Lee Architects and Engineers (周李建築師工程師事務所) The site: The site of this house was originally part of a larger development. In 1933,...
Address: 118 & 120 Blue Pool Road & 5-7 Broom Road (IL 5042 and IL 5082) Status: Grade 3 since 2010 and 2018 respectively. Date: 1938 Architect: Unknown The site In 1937, all the lots between 126 Blue Pool Road and 9 Broom Road were acquired by Eu Tong-sen...
Address: 2-8 Holly Road (IL 5043) Status: demolished in 1957 Date: 1938 Architect: Alfred James Lane The site where Blue Pool Court now stands was acquired by Lung Ping Po in 1937. An early example of modernist residential house was built in the following year. The...
Address: 58 and 60 Blue Pool Road Completion date: 1955 Architect: S. E. Faber Owner/Developer: Hong Kong Jockey Club Following the considerable financial success of the Jockey Club in the 1950s and the subsequent increase in staff, it became necessary for the...
Address: 18 Ventris Road Completion date: September 1960 Architect: Eric Cumine Owner/Developer: Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres When St. Paul’s Secondary School first opened in September 1960, it was described as an “ultra-modern secondary school” by a South...
Address: 123 Blue Pool Road Completion date: 1957 Architect: W. Szeto (司徒惠) Owner/Developer: Maryknoll Sisters Founded by the Maryknoll Sisters in 1927, the Maryknoll Sisters’ School moved into the present building in 1957, and was renamed Marymount Secondary School...
Lau Sun-fo (劉新科) & George.W. Grey King’s Road, North Point 1952 The State Theatre, originally established as the Empire Theatre in 1952, was a pioneer in bringing international musical and cultural performances to town, paving way for the opening of Hong...
Donald Liao Poon-huai Waterfall Bay, Pokfulam 1967 The construction of Wah Fu Estate signifies many firsts for Hong Kong’s public housing estates. Donald Liao Poon-huai, or the “father of public housings” in Hong Kong, was the architect behind the project. A new home...
Tao Ho 22 Heng Lam Street, Lok Fu 2000 An outlandish structure in the residential district of Lok Fu, Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church is a relatively new architecture compared to other buildings from the ‘Architecture We Love to Hate’ public engagement...
Chu Pin (Kwan, Chu & Yang Architects) Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po 1962 Founded in 1926, The Garden Company, the city’s first bakery and confectionery maker, has played a significant role in leading Hong Kong’s food manufacturing industry. It later moved its...
