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Four-fold expansion

by the Grand, Taipei

.C.C. YANG

PLACED among the top ten hotels of the world, the Grand in Taipei has torn down its old administrative build- ing the first part of the hotel to be opened in 1962 – and is to erect on its site a 12-storey, 450-room extension. The new structure will include a con- vention hall to seat 1,200, large Chinese and Western restaurants, a grill room, bar and small cinema.

At present the hotel has 120 guest rooms laid out in low pavilion-like structures in the traditional red column and upswept roof style of Peking's Forbidden City.

The new building, despite its 12-storey height, will preserve the deli- cate Chinese motif. It will retain the Chinese palace style with green tiles, red columns and a lavish use of Chinese marble. The structure will be 276 ft. long and 126 ft. wide. It is expected to cost more than US$5 mil- lion and should be completed by

March 1972.

architect

C.C. Yang's original design for the grand extension. This was later revised because of the

need for a 1,200-person convention hall

Latest design showing how the Grand Hotel will look in 1972

Far East BUILDER, September 1970

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