Builder
Far East
A. G. Barnett, editor
Cover: The new Bank of Canton Building in Hong Kong consists of a two-storey bank podium from which rises 18 floors of offices. This terrace garden is laid out on the roof of the podium at the second floor level of the building.
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Contents
New Review
MAY 1968
HK$33m. to be spent on university buildings 11 Toshiba-IHI pavilion at Expo will be 300-ton
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globe Further stage of Garden Road complex starting 13 Yamasaki to design S$30m. Singapore hote! 13 Bid to improve architectural training in Malaysia 14 Kowloon fire station will cost HK$7.6m.
Singapore Housing Board place S$5m. contracts
World News
Design
Beacon Hill Primary School, Hong Kong Bank of Canton Building, Hong Kong
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Far East BUILDER, May 1968.
The Nile Theatre-Restaurant, Manila
New Methods
The small digital computer
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R. A. Callow and A. A. Bunting
Civil Engineering
Models Used to test flyover design
H. W. Chung and N. J. Gardner
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New Products
Materials and equipment
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New Projects
Building plans approved Contracts awarded
Index to advertisers
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