No_6_December__1940_and_January__1941 — Page 19

Far East Builder 遠東建築雜誌 All

Hong Kong Builder

On one side of the first floor there will be built two dormitories for the twenty-six firemen and six drivers and ambulance men who will form the personnel of the Station. On the other side of the rectangle will be locat- ed the bathrooms, with the sitting rooms at the far end of the floor.

The sitting rooms will lead out to a large verandah at the back; while a small balcony will overlook Hennessy Road.

The second and third floors will each contain three two-roomed flats and one three-roomed flat for Chinese

WOMEN'S LAY

MEN'S LAY

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Left: First floor plan with bachelors

accommodation.

Below: Flats for Chinese officers on

second and third floors.

FLAT TERRACE

7

FLAT TERRAGE

KITCHEN

BATH

MESS AM.

RECREATION RM.

AMBULANCE

LAV.

UBIMALS

DRIVERS DORMITORY DORMITORY

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REGISTERED OFFICE

YORK BUILDING

1ST FLOOR

PHONE 27738

KITCHEN

BED RM.

SITTING RM

BITTING RM

BED RM

BED RM

BED RM

SITTING RM

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[SITTING RM

BÈD RM.

sub-officers and their families. On these floors will be the communal kitchens and lavatories. There will be only a small balcony at the back of the second floor.

All windows in the building will be protected by projecting concrete hoods; and all partitioning will be carried out in light patented blocks.

Direct communication from all upper floors with the appliance-room will be by means of sliding poles.

The building, when completed, will be 54 feet high, inclusive of the flat roof, and will occupy a site measur- ing 133 feet by 78 feet 6 inches. There will be a 6-foot driveway in Hennessy Road.

The

Vibro

PILING Co., Ltd.

One!

The British Soal Piling & Cia

TECHNICAL MANAGER

YORK BUILDING

PHONE 22588

VIBRO PILES ARE FORMED TO THE EXACT LENGTH REQUIRED

PROJECTS RECENTLY COMPLETED ON VIBRO PILES :

EASTERN FIRE STATION

WINDSOR HOUSE

DES VOEUX RD., C.

WANCHAI

LOKE YEW BLDG.,

QUEEN'S RD.. C..

GOVERNMENT STORES BLDG.,

NORTH POINT.

I.C.I. GODOWN

EAST POINT.

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