No_4_May_-_June__1958 — Page 59

LI PO CHUN

CHAMBERS

ARCHITECT:

W. SZETO.

B. Sc. (ENG.). M.I.C.E.

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Shopping Arcade

Imposing Facade Overlooks Waterfront

worth about $5,000,000 and the build- dows, which on the seaward side ing itself cost a little under $6,000,000. command a magnificent view of the It was this greatly increased value harbour and Kowloon. Between the of the land which induced Li Po Chun tenth and eleventh floors a setback Li Po Chun Chambers is the first Estates, Ltd. to undertake its first provides a terrace, and there is a tall, modern building to arise in the project since the War the develop roofgarden protected by a concrete western district of the city of Victoria ment of this valuable property with a cover. and a conspicuous new landmark on modern structure in place of the old, the changing waterfront, its fourteen uneconomic buildings previously oc- office accommodation (total rentable The first to ninth floors provide storeys dwarfing the older buildings cupying the site. alongside it.

area is about 72,000 square feet. The Li Po Chun Chambers presents tenth (below the setback) is entirely It brings a touch of nostalgia to similar external elevations to both Des occupied by a recall that less than a quarter of a Voeux and Connaught Roads. The comprising two large rooms facing century ago a building like the Sun ground floor is occupied by shops north and south, divided by the kit- Department Store next door (left hand which line both frontages and a cen- chen and food preparation rooms in side of photograph above) was hailed tral arcade traversing the building. the centre. The upper floors, above as a "skyscraper". Sic transit gloria! Beneath the canopies the facade is the setback, contain apartments for This structure has two main front- marble-faced while above them the single men, each being fully-furnished ages one on Des Voeux Road and elevation comprises large glazed areas with its own washbasin and built-in the other on Connaught Road, each set off by vertical columns and fascia wardrobe. On each floor there is a more than 100 feet wide, with 160 in washed granolithic. Terrazzo finish- big common-room and foot depth between them. The site is ed fins separate the deep, wide win- bathrooms and toilets.

restaurant,

communal

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