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General Contractor Hsin Heng

Construction Co.

Electrical Installation, including "Belling & Lee" communal aerial system: Jardine Engineering Corp., Ltd.

Block 'A' is located at the north- Opening off the living rooms in all concrete with the parquet wood blocks west end of the lot. The nullah near the apartments are verandahs at the on top. Not only does this provide Garden Road was culverted and filled front of the building. At the back sound-proofing but a high degree of in to enable an approach road to be there are utility balconies for the dry- thermal insulation as well. constructed wide enough to give access ing of laundry etc. Garbage chutes in both directions. This driveway runs are located in these balconies for the along the back of the building, while disposal of rubbish to collection points at the front there will be a garden. on the ground floor. Service stair- Great care was taken in the plan- cases lead up to these balconies. In ning to provide good through ventila- addition there are two main staircases tion. The first block, which differs and two lifts in each block. somewhat from the other two, contains The new block of apartments is a two small apartments on the ground very attractive one, modern in ap- floor with four apartments on each of pearance with regularly spaced win- the upper floors, making a total of 42. dows of

generous proportions and Also on the ground floor are garages, almost circular balconies projecting at the main lift lobbies, porters' rooms

both corners of the north elevation and a covered children's playground as principal architectural features. Al- having access to the garden.

though the block is very large the monotony, which could easily have occurred in the main symmetrical elevations, has been avoided by break- ing these up into sections by the vertical staircase windows and by the covered verandahs to the central apartments.

On the upper floors, the two end apartments contain three bed-rooms while the two central apartments con- tain two bedrooms. Other accom- modation include adjoining living and dining rooms, kitchen and servant quarters. In the two-bedroom flats there is one bathroom, while the larger People who have lived in modern flats contain a second bathroom at- reinforced concrete frame buildings tached to the additional bedroom. will have noticed how sounds travel All bedrooms have ample closet space. from one part of the building to In the large apartments with three another. Even hollow tile floor slabs bedrooms, the smallest bedroom is transmit sound as the noise travels 12'-6" by 12'-0", the largest bed along the solid framing. In Estoril room 16'-0" x 14'-0", the dining Court, about 35,000 square feet of room is 14'-0" by 12'-0" and the "Cellocrete" lightweight slabs

slabs were irregular shaped living room has an used to insulate the floors, the slabs area of about 315 sq.ft.

being laid in bitumen on top of the

D.

"Durocrete" Waterproof Cement paint & Rooftex synthetic emul- sion paint: Duro Mfg. Co., Ltd. Insulating Floor Slabs: Cellocrete

Building Service Ltd. Gas supply pipes:

Installed by

Hong Kong & China Gas Co.,

Ltd. Plumbing Work -- bing Co., Ltd. Sanitary Fittings

Tung On Plum-

Demig Trading

Demig

Co. (F.E.) Ltd. Exterior Venetian Mosaic

Trading Co. (F.E.) Ltd. "Crittall" Steel Windows

well & Co., Ltd. "Schindler" Lifts Jardine En-

ja

Dod-

gineering Corporation Ltd.

Roofing Dreyer & Co., Ltd. Bronze Work Shing Fat Terrazzo Work

Vannini Con-

struction Co., Ltd. Teak Parquet Flooring

Shing Timber Co. Hardware

Co., Ltd.

Hip

Shewan. Tomes &

Simplex Suspended Gypsum Ceil-

ings Kan Tat & Co.

KAN TAT &

No. 3, Taiwo St.,

TELEPHONE: 73629

CO.,

Wanchai.

SPECIALISTS IN GYPSUM

Contractors and Suppliers of:—

"SIMPLEX” SUSPENDED CEILINGS

Fire and Sound Proof No Cracking

“SIMPLEX" 1-3/4" LIGHT PARTITIONS

Saves Space Saves Weight

GYPSUM PLASTERING

Durable, Smooth, Paintable

SPECIAL GYPSUM PRODUCTS

Slow Set Plaster Plaster Boards, Etc.

ACOUSTIC PLASTER

Rear view of the building, showing car port and car entrance.

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Absorbs Sound

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Prevents Echo

PRECAST & SCULPTURE WORK