Grantham Hospital

Chau & Lee (Chau Iu Nin, Richard Lee) 125 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen 1957 The Grantham Hospital opened in 1957 and was formerly operated by the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest, and Heart Diseases Association. It was established as an extension of the Ruttonjee...

St. Louis School

A.H. Basto 179 Third St, Shek Tong Tsui 1952 St. Louis Industrial School is also one of the many schools in Hong Kong with a religious background. It was initially founded in 1864 as a trade and technical school with a Catholic Mission, but the Central and West Wings...

Kwai Shing West Estate

Public Works Department (Colin Bramwell) Kwai Shing, New Territories 1975 The Kwai Shing Estate is a low cost, government-subsidized public housing estate managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA). Though finished in 1975 as Kwai Shing Estate, it was renamed...

Northcote Training College of Education (demolished)

Public Works Department 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam 1962 The Northcote Teachers’ Training College between Sassoon Road and Victoria Road was built in 1962 to relocate and expand training facilities for teachers based on broader efforts to increase available school...

Ping Shek Estate

Palmer & Turner Kwun Tong 1970 The Ping Shek Estate was also one of the Hong Kong government’s efforts to expand public housing for low-income residents in the 1970s. Located next to the Choi Hung Estates, the 4,570 flats in the housing complex can accommodate up...

Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Polyclinic

Leigh & Orange 145 Battery Street, Yau Ma Tei 1967 With the financial resources provided primarily by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and additionally by the Hong Kong Government, the Jockey Club Polyclinic opened in Yau Ma Tei in 1967 in order to serve the Yau Ma Tei...

Peak School

Public Works Department (P. Y. Y. Lam) 20 Plunkett’s Road 1953 Peak School, which is also known as English Schools Foundation Peak School, is an English junior school. It was built in 1953 in light of a growing concern about inadequate educational facilities on...

Eastern Hospital Road Primary School (now Hotung Secondary School)

T.C. Yuen 5 Eastern Hospital Road, Causeway Bay 1956 Though a Government project, the project assigned private architects for the designing process. It follows the convention pattern laid down by the Education Department at the time, which required schools to have a...

Chung Chi College (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Robert Fan (Fan Wenzhao) Tai Po Road, Ma Liu Shui 1956 Chung Chi College is the only religious constituent college of the nine different faculties of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). It initially established itself as a modest college with only evening...

Tang Lung Chau Market

Wong Cho Tong 59 Jardine’s Bazaar, Causeway Bay 1963 Still operating as a frequently-visited wet market today, the two-tone Tang Lung Chau is another classic example of functionalist architecture in Hong Kong, built in the 1960s as one of the new generation of...
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