View of the board room.
The roof contains a large kitchen, on the other storeys are of teak. a utility room, a caretaker's room and Walls are teak panelled up to the a store, above which is placed the ceilings, except for the board room air-conditioning machinery room, and described above, and one small office a small machine room for the letter on the second floor finished in bird's- lift which runs between all the floors eye veneer. and has a capacity of 35 lbs.
Lavatories are provided on each
The ground floor front of the build- floor and these have mosaic tile floors ing is faced with Lunel marble with a with 4'6" glazed tile dadoes. 6-ft. wide canopy extending_along its
entire width. The ground floor win- All telephone and electrical wiring dows are protected by a bronze grille. is concealed with outlet sockets set in The upper part of the front of the the floors. building is finished in precast terrazzo slabs. The bronze panels are decorat- ed with an old Chinese coin design. The back of the building is finished with stucco.
The ground floor has a Travertino marble floor in the lobby and the public space with a Portero marble skirting, and the working space has a rubber tile floor and skirting. Walls are of Botticino marble up to the ceiling: there is a bronze grille over the counter dividing the public and working spaces.
The first flight of steps is finished in Travertino marble, with the re- mainder of precast terrazzo. Floors
YARD
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WORKING SPACE
PUBLIC
SPACE
Ceilings are of gypsum plaster throughout, as are the walls not otherwise mentioned.
In the offices, plenty of built-in cupboard and shelf space is provided. Carved teakwood or decorated panels
conceal meters and electrical switch- boards.
The building is air conditioned
throughout.
Architect: Mr. T. C. Yuen
General Contractors: Hsin Chong
& Co.
Marble Work:
MANAGER
LETTEL T
Raoul Bigazzi
ACCOUNTANTS
(Above) The ground floor plan. (Right) The mezzanine floor plan.
CANOPY
ON
One of the general offices.
The public space of the bank. Asphalt Roofing and Damp-proof Courses: Wm. Jacks & Co., Ltd. Wiring: Jardine Engineering Corp.,
Ltd.
Plumbing: Tung On Plumbing Co.,
Ltd.
Teak Floors: Jardine Matheson &
Co., Ltd.
Carrier Air-Conditioning: Interna-
tional Engineering Ltd.
Bronze Work:
Shing Fat.
Light Fittings: Gilman & Co., Ltd.
Kirsch Sun Aire Venetian Blinds:
Jones Wong & Co.
Chubb Vault Doors:
Engineering Corp., Ltd.
Jardine
Standard Sanitary Fittings: Inniss
& Riddle (China) Ltd.
Schlage Locks: Shewan, Tomes &
Co., Ltd.
Interior Decoration & Furniture:
Modern Arts,
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