Eric Cumine Pokfulam Road 1973 The Knowles Building is home to the Architecture Department at the University of Hong Kong and there are several stories surrounding its disorienting nature. Myths tell horror stories about how visitors often fail to find their way out...
Hong Kong Chung Wah Nan Architects Ltd (Fitch & Chung) Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay 1963 Smacked in the heart of Causeway Bay, the circular footbridge at Yee Wo Street is an iconic landmark that appeared in many movies including “Ghost In The Shell”. Completed in...
Architectural Office, Public Works Department (Szeto Wai, Alan Fitch) Between Des Voeux Road and Connaught Road, Central Originally established in 1897; redesigned in 1965 Statue Square was created in 1897 on land initially reclaimed by the city in the early 1890s. ...
Hong Kong Chung Wah Nan Architects Ltd (Fitch & Chung) 128 Peak Road, The Peak 1967-1972 Over the recent centuries, the Peak has witnessed the drastic changes in the landscape and skyline of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Originally a retreat destination for...
Szeto Wai San Tin Village, Yuen Long 1953 Operating as a primary school in San Tin, New Territories today, Tun Yu School was built using government subsidies and generous donations by the San Tin village people. After World War II, many Mainland Chinese residents fled...
Andrew Lee King-Fun 10 Lai Yin Lane, Causeway Bay 1968 The building of the Wanchai Synod of the Chinese Rhenish Church, completed in December 1968 in nine months, is an example of the formal and structural ingenuity that characterize modern-era constructions in...
Leigh & Orange 9-13 Kennedy Road 1958 The St. Francis’ Canossian School is one of the few aided comprehensive secondary schools in Hong Kong. It has a long history dating back to 1869 when the Canossian Sisters from Italy established the school and became one of...
Luke Him Sau 119A Repulse Bay Road, Repulse Bay 1964 Designed by architect H.S. Luke and built by Paul Y. Construction Co. Ltd., the Repulse Bay Towers finished construction in November of 1963. It stands at 200 feet elevation on the hillside overlooking the Repulse...
Eric Cumine, William Ling and Michael Teoh (project manager) 50 Waterloo Road, Kowloon 1963 The Truth Lutheran Church located in Waterloo Road, Kowloon, is one of the last surviving architectural works in Hong Kong by prominent late 20th-century architect Eric Cumine....
Mauger & May (Arthur John May), Szeto Wai 40 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon 1951 The Chinese Methodist Church School and Welfare Centre was built as a structure to serve various functions: as a Christian church, school, and residence. Though located within the busy...
Chau & Lee (Chau Iu Nin, Richard Lee) Chung Chi College Chaplaincy Road, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1960 Chung Chi College is the only religious constituent college of the nine different faculties of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). It initially...
