Another point of interest is the com- passengers and one for service. The flat the sky. parison of construction costs between the roofs of the blocks are partly covered by The flats themselves are of two sizes. old and new buildings. It is very sel- pierced concrete sunshades, and provide dom that one has the opportunity of com large open areas for sun bathing and as One block provides for ten larger flats each with living and dining room, three paring construction costs of exactly playing areas for the children.
bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and similar buildings erected after an intervai
room, The architectural design of the build- servants'
and ten smaller flats. of six years, and it may be of interest
ings is most pleasing. to note that the cost of building today is symmetrical about the centre stair and couples with small families, each having The main elevation designed to accommodate young married in Hong Kong is approximately 15% low lift hall which, in alternating glazed and er than it was in 1949/50. Extensive
living/dining room, two bedrooms and site formation work was required in both plastered areas, rises the full height of the one bathroom with the usual kitchen and
building, flanked by the open verandahs servant's
The other two blocks projects and there is little difference in
on either side. the cost of this item, but the total
The horizontal lines are contain the smaller type of flats with two costs of the three ten-storeyed buildings in
emphasized by the colouring of the inside bedrooms in each. walls of the verandahs which is of deep 1955/56 was just under $3,000,000 compared to their former costs of just over $3,500,000.
as
warm orange, a.
room.
with the silver grey finish of the external on the principle of providing the maxi- most pleasing contrast The planning of the flats has been based
walls. The underside of the concrete roof mum amount of usable floor space with Each block is served by two first class cover is in terracotta red which stands the minimum of waste area. For that automatic lifts of latest design, one for out remarkably well against the blue of reason, there are no wide entrance lobbies
Illustrating the positioning of the three buildings so as to provide maximum privacy.
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The Army Married Quarters and the Hongkong Bank Fials have changed the entire aspect of the northern end of Kowloon Tong.
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nor are there long passages connecting isolated rooms. The main apartment area has been divided by a single glass parti- tion, by means of which the living room. entrance hall and dining room areas are separated yet remain one unit. Each apartment has a generously proportioned wide covered verandah, to which the principal bedroom also has access,
All flats are equipped with gas ap- pliances. Each kitchen has a Regulo Controlled No. 75 New World gas cooker and an Ascot sink water heater. Bath- rooms are fitted with the No. 713 Ascot multipoint water heater, which supplies hot water to bath, washbasin and shower.
In order to eliminate the unsightliness that would have been caused by having twenty independent aerials on each roof, it was decided to use the Belling & Lee communal aerial system, which provides aerial connections to each apartment con- cealed in the fabric of the building.
The architects responsible for the de- sign and supervision of this work were Messrs. Palmer & Turner.
General Contractors:
Co.
Ngo Kee Const.
Electrical Installation: The China
Engineers, Ltd.
Felt Membrane Roofing Asphalt:
Dreyer & Co., Ltd.
Gas Installation and Gas Cookers:
H. K. & China Gas Co., Ltd.
"Ascot" Water Heaters: Humphreys
Boyle & Co. Ltd.
"Schlage" Locks, "Tonks"' Hardware and "New Champion" Door Checks: Shewan, Tomes & Co., Ltd.
"Crittall" Metal Windows: Dodwell &
Co., Ltd.
Plumbing Installation: Dodwell & Co.
Ltd.
Lifts: Otis Elevator Company
Belling & Lee Aerials: Gilman & Co.,
Ltd.
"Snowcem": Green Island Cement Co..
Ltd.
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