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MANY UNIQUE FEATURES

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Four Lifts

There are four

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three passenger lifts at the trout

Although The Hong Kong Land Investment & Agency Co. Ltd. has not yet is ended tepon the mediate rebuilding of Nos 11. 11 & 174 Queen's Routt Contral, draterngs are being prepared to enable the work sa be put a hand wi hout delay as soon as the scheme IN considered adriable

Messrs Laph & Orange have been entrusted with the mark and The cler₫ 10! reproduced shoes the edifice tha it is hoped, will seplace ultimately St Francis Hotel and up to the anthatest corner

1 Tee tause Street

This building will be joinert to the back of Windsor House form- ny one farge "1" shaped block

The present, ide a is o lay out the prooid flour in either a series of three bank premises or one large bank at the corner with a smaller one to the terat

til

Laft

hift The Gestenger and excite

messenger-and-coo it

tha: at the back, with entraire to the is unique in the Colony in latter from the ane udpating the cach stop serves two Bours, she Exchange Building.

sobby lift amaving at a special half-way between the floors

First and Second," "Second and Third" and so on.

Brainchild

The parengre bfperat at The rate of 350 fre, a minute and erve all floors Futally enjuz.ed. Ty are equipped with up-to-

sedelave titl Matr

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'COLORCRETE'

IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

COLORCRETE FACING SLABS AS USED IN WINDSOR HOUSE

SNOWCRETE, COLORCRETE, STIPPLECRETE

&

"IMPERMO" CEMENT WATERPROOFING COMPOUND

PRODUCTS OF

THE ASSOCIATED PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURES, ⠀

ENGLAND.

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.

Exchange Bldg.

Tel. 21463.

The latter suggests itself as the more attractive provided one of the local financial institutions can take up such an extensive area us trud comer the corner site

U'purards from the first to the syrth floors, office accommodation will be provided amf grea, planning care is being exercised in the directum of light, also ventilation

The general principles of Windsor House will be continurd as regards method of construction

Under existing conditions of high constructional costs which may be expected to obtain several years af er the war is over, a large re- balding scheme of this nature calls for much thought and no decision. as likely to be reached un'il the cost of such has been carefully m pestigated This is being done

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It

Des Voeux Road Rond.

and

tally. and no other building Hong Kong is so equipped. is intended to afford an economy in stops and is also designed keep imessengers and coolies off landings the main corridor and while waiting for the lift.

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Time alone will show the value or otherwise of this idea, but, to date anyway, the sche.ne appears to be operating very satisfactory.

The main entrance hall is led

with marble, with bronze skirt- ings. Cuppings and linings to openings.

The hatt lobbies

were to have been lined with traverting marble with bronze trim, but owing to War interference with supplies, pre-cast terrazzo skabs have been substituted for the travertino,

Teak parque", laat m bitumen, is used for a floor envering in all offices and corridors.

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Lavalory accommodation grouped together on the western side of the building, affording economy in pipes and drains. The lavatory blocks have mosaic tile floors and wall linings.

The flushing water supply is secured from two wells sunk be- low the basement flour. Another special feature here:-The wells also serve to relieve the ground pressure-on the water- proofing membrane of the base- ment floor.

wa'cr

Facing Slabs

To return to the outside

the building.

of

The structure is faced with pre-cast reinforced slabs two inches thick, the front face con- sisting of half an inch (in thick- ness) "Stipplecrete" coloured ce- ment and crushed limeston» hip- pings, on a backing of fine con- crete reinforced with a mat of galvanised wire mesh.

Queen's

Height Of Floors

Sanic

The height of the ground floor was ruled by the height of the floors in the future continuation of the building in Queen's Road and Ice House Street. It was obviously necessary to keep the upper floors at the

level throughout the building, and when allowance was made for the cor- reet heights in Queen's Road it) was found that an extra seven feet was added to the height ofi the ground floor IN Des Votuz Road.

This enabled a mezzanine floor to be inser ed in the present half of the boulding, giving accomme- daton for a seda fountain-cafe| operated by the Dairy Farm.

The ground floor, mezzanine and sixth floors are air-condition - ed by the tenants, arrangements for this having been incorp rated in the original plans for the build- Ing. The machinery for the air- and conditioning of the ground mezzanine floors is situated in th water-proof basement.

The Constructors

Contractors for Windsor House!

were; -

General Contract - Sung Kee Company.

Piling. Vitro Piling Company. Sanitary and Pirs Installation- --Dodwell & Company.

Electrical Installation--Wm. C Jack & Company.

Plas ering Simplex Gypsum Products, Ltd.

Water-Proofing of Basement- Reiss Bradley & Co.

Patent Roofing-"Certainteed" --Shewan Tomes & Co., Ltd.

Teak Flooring-Kwang Hsin Where the slabs are on con- Company. crete columns und beams they

were used as shuttering when Pre-Cast Facing Slabs-Cathay pouring concrete, with the wires Ceramics (H.K.), Ltd.

from the reinforcing mattress

drapped round the s'eet rein- Marble and Bronze Work-R. forcement of the building. On Bigazzi.

the other hand, where the slabs

are on the brick backing they Steel Windows-"Hope"--Jar- were bedded in three-quarters of dine Engineering Corp.

an inch of water-proofed cement mortar.

Lifts "Schindler".. Engineering Corp.

Jardine

One Anal "unique feature,” which was brought about owing Door Furniture - "Corbin" to the difference in the levels of John D. Hutchinson,