No_6_1956 — Page 53

ASTOR

HOTEL

DE LUXE KOWLOON HOTEL

WORK IN PROGRESS

Architect:-

Seto Yu, B.Sc. (Eng), M.Sc. (Eng)

Architect's perspective of

the new building.

In order to satisfy the requirements of the growing tourist traffic, more first-class hotel accommodation will have to be provided. The new Astor Hotel, now in course of erection, and expected to be completed by the end of the year, has been designed with that end in view. Situated at the corner of Carnarvon Road and Corn- wall Avenue, Kowloon, the hotel will be readily accessible to the principal shopping districts, theatres, and trans- portation centres.

It will be eleven storeys in height, the ground floor being reserved for a large hotel reception lobby, and a bar and grill room. There will also be space for a number of shops, and at

the rear а boiler room for the hot water central system.

directly up to the first floor.

through a small lobby, from the main corridor, formed by the bathroom on the other. To satisfy the regulations, one side and a large clothes closet on

The hotel rooms will

Occupy the second to the tenth floors, each of The first floor will contain a first- which will have one suite, six double each bathroom, since it is on the class restaurant and night club, and, rooms and ten single rooms. In order in order to prevent overcrowding of to provide the maximum privacy, and which runs right through to the top the hotel lobby a separate, extra large to leave the window areas entirely of the building. staircase will be provided leading clear,

NATHAN

ROAD

CARNARVON

ROAD

BLOCK

PLAN

each

CARNARVON

RD.

CORNWALL

AVE.

50

room will be entered

100 150 200FT.

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inside wall, is connected to an air-vent

On the eleventh floor, there will be a roof garden dining room for the hotel, from which the diners can obtain a beautiful view of the harbour,

It is expected that the building, complete with piling and lifts, will cost about two million dollars, but furniture, fixtures and fittings, and central air-conditioning for the whole building will probably account for an additional one and a half million dollars.