The west apartments will have large living and dining rooms separated by curtains when necessary, a breakfast room, kitchen and three bedrooms.
In all the apartments each bed- room will have an attached bath- room and, in addition, there will be a guest lavatory. Bathrooms to mas- ter bedrooms will be fitted with the best quality coloured sanitary fix- tures. Ample closet space will be provided together with a box room. There will be balconies to each apartment on the front of the build- ing, and utility balconies at the back from which will open the servants' quarters.
The large apartments on the four upper floors will have real fireplaces In their living rooms, while the others will have electric fireplaces.
BATH
UTILITY
SVT. BOX KIT
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SVT.
BATH
SVT.
BALCONY
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DINING KIT BOX
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MASTER BED ROOM
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LIVING £
LIVING ROOM
BED ROOM
DINING ROOM
BATH
MASTER BED ROOM
BALCONY
BALCONY
Plan of the first floor
year.
hangers. Alternate bays on the bal- the ground floor, space is provided Projecting out from the service contes contain plant boxes and these for a central air-conditioning system balconies will be the laundry drying have been staggered on the different and the necessary ducts installed so racks. These will be concealed by floors to avoid monotony.
that the entire building may be air- concrete screen walls to avoid an
conditioned conveniently at some Construction differs from conven- future date. The building is expected unsightly appearance from the road above.
tional methods in that the building to be completed by March of next is cantilevered out on all four sides, and all
columns being well within the on the upper roof, the lift machine building. Some of the columns room and water tanks.
the ground floor are surrounded by The front elevation of the building grilles formed by galvanized iron Construction Co. is symmetrical, but the plan is not pipes. Not only do these achieve because there is one large apartment their primary purpose of hiding the down pipes, but they also protect the columns from damage by cars.
On the
roof are store rooms
on
Architect: Eric Cumine, F.R.I.B.A. General Contractors: Hsin Heng
Plumbing Installation: Dodwell & Co. Ltd.
Electrical Installation: Wah Tung
Co.
on each floor and one small one. Consequently, the lift is to one side of centre; in addition it was a re-
Internal finishes include: coloured quirement of the owners that the lift
Schindler Lift & Hope Windows: should go up to the roof, so that the mosaic tile floors to the entrance
hall, main stairs, lift machine room is one floor higher bathrooms and balconies; teak par-
landings. The Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd.
than usual. This would have resulted
Roofing: William Jacks & Co., Ltd. quet floors in all principal rooms: in a tall asymmetrical projection
and generally lime plaster walls and Sanitary Fittings: Universal Run- above the roof which would have spoilt the entire facade. An archi- ceilings. Most rooms, including those die (Lee Yu Kee), Eljer (Hochang & on the ground floor, will have false Co.) & Shanks (Engineering Equip- tectural feature has, therefore, been made at this level with a screen con- ceilings to hide beams and conceal ment Co., Ltd.) sisting of R.C.C. fins, which gives a
wiring. balanced appearance.
Provision has been made for the Sun breaks, consisting of reinforc- installation of individual air-condi- Hardware: Schlage (Shewan, ed concrete louvres, are fitted above tioning units in the master bedrooms Tomes & Co., Ltd.) & Union (WII- each balcony with decorative steel without spoiling the elevations. On liam Jacks &
OP C
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3:07
TEAK
Naco Louvre Windows: John D. Hutchison & Co., Ltd.
Co., Ltd.).
ET
(Above) Photograph of the model from the south (Right) Details of master bedroom airconditioning duct and part section through the building.
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PLAN
DETAILS
SERVICE
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FALSE CEILING
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PLANT
BOL
COLOURED TILE DADOL
COLOURED TILE
JASHER GRANO
DRIVE WAY
4" STONE
CURS
(1640)
SECTION OF ENTRANCE HALL & BALCONIES, ETC.
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