Kowloon Tong Garden City Estate

Adams, Little and Woods Architects; E.D. Shanks Kowloon Tong 1922-1932 The Kowloon Tong Garden City Estate is one of the few remaining examples of “garden city” development in Hong Kong in the early 20th century.  The project was initiated in 1921 by Montague Ede, a...

Mei Ho House (Block 41), Shek Kip Mei Estate

  Architectural Office, Public Works Department Sham Shui Po, Kowloon 1954 One hundred forty-six Mark I Resettlement Blocks were constructed throughout Hong Kong beginning in 1954 until the mid-1960s.  Of these, Mei Ho House is the only surviving example,...

Apartment Houses, 190-220 Prince Edward Road

Crédit Foncier d’Extrême-Orient (C.F.E.O.) 190-220 Prince Edward Road, Mongkok, Kowloon 1930-1932 These apartment houses were designed and constructed by the Belgian-French land investment and architectural construction company Crédit Foncier d’Extrême-Orient...

City Hall

Alan Fitch and Ron Philips Edinburgh Place, Central 1962 In 1947, a local committee was organized to explore the possibility of building a new city hall for Hong Kong that would promote what many believed to be the city’s revitalized role as an economic and cultural...

Queen Elizabeth School

Architectural Office, Public Works Department 152 Sai Yee Street, Prince Edward, Kowloon 1955 The Queen Elizabeth School is the first English-Chinese co-educational secondary school founded by the Hong Kong Government.  A plan for the integrated educational program...

Central Government Offices

Architectural Office, Public Works Department Government Hill, Central 1954-1959 Following World War II, the Hong Kong Government sought new administrative offices to accommodate its expanding and increasingly complex bureaucracy.  More efficient facilities...

Bridges Street Market

The Bridges Street Market retains much of its original character and appearance, representing one of the very few surviving examples of the Bauhaus architectural style in Hong Kong. The building reveals a valuable history and story of the first and once vibrant public market places of the territory. Opened in 1953, the market housed 60 stalls selling fish, meats, fruits and vegetables. As the first post-war market of its kind, the building holds an important place in the architectural timeline of Hong Kong.

Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary

Chau & Lee Architects 137 Yee Kuk Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon 1936 The Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary was designed by Chau & Lee, a local Hong Kong architectural firm founded in 1933 by Chau Yiu Nin and Richard Lee. The building itself was...

Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market

Since the 1910s this place at the junction of Reclamation Street and Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, has started in the form of straw sheds as a market of vegetables, seafood and fruits. It is not until 1930s that the permanent buildings of 2-3 storeys were built. They were constructed in block and brickwork with external renderings and roof tiles. The Market with the original features could still be seen now among the later addition. Since then, it has gone through expansion and maintenance alterations, which results in the current combination of original building block, feature façade and patches of galvanized-iron & light gauge metal panels & framing. After the 60s, the Market has been used solely as Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market.

Ming Wah Dai Ha

Szeto Wai A Kung Ngam Road, Shau Kei Wan 1962-1978 The Ming Wah Dai Ha Estate is the oldest public housing project constructed by the Hong Kong Housing Society. Its name “Ming Wah”, or “bright splendor”, is based on the Chinese name of one of the Society’s founders,...
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