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ROBLEM

AND SITE

OPEN

BALCONY

T

•

STORE

CORRIDOR

CORRIDOR

F

CORRIDOR

3RD.

FLOOR

PLAN

OFFICE

four upper floors, seven with two bedrooms and six with three bed. rooms. Access is by lift and by open balconies for service and servants on the north side.

Construction is in reinforced con- crete with granite plaster facing on all walls with coloured panels in vitreous mosaic.

All windows have all-round hoods against the sun on sides which receive the full glare, and hoods are provided for the fixing of aircondi- tioners. Living room windows are full length opening to balconies.

A feature of Caroline Mansions is the 36-feet by 11-feet coloured mo. saic picture above the Pennington Street-Yunping Road apex. The de- sign is from a wall painting in the ancient Buddhist cave temples at Tun Huang in North China. It was reproduced in Muranglas Byzantine art mosaic in a studio in Italy and erected by local workmen here.

Area of the site in approximately 15.000 square feet and the building cost approximately $3,500,000, with a cubic foot cost of $2.80 completed with all fittings.

Owners of Caroline Mansions are the Lee Hysan Estate Co. Ltd. and the architect is Mr. Eric Cumine. General contractor

was Lam

and Co. Others included:

Woo

LIFTS: Jardine Engineering Corp.

Ltd. (Schindler)

SANITARY FITTINGS: Tung On

Plumbing Co. Ltd.

ELECTRICAL FITTINGS: Chuen

Tai Electrical Co.

ZIT

LIVING} AME. IED PA

*

Above

Below

PANTRY

OFFICE

S PRIVATE

CLUB

AREA

ROOF DECK

PRIVATE CLUB

4TH.

FLOOR

PLAN

S

C

A

16

32

48

64

E

BO

96 FT.

Typical floor plans in lower part of Caroline Mansions. Typical floor plan in residential tower.

SVT. SVT

OL

10

BED RM.

OBED RM

BED RM.

DINING RM. LIVING RM.

UT. BAL KIT. PANTRY

DN

ON

UP

MOSAICS: J. Wong and Co.

Engineers Ltd.

ALUMINIUM DOORS: The China

PAINTS: Duro Paint Co. Ltd.

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