View from Cenotaph Square
Clear span office floor plan
Profile of long-span facade elements by P.L Nervi
Garden lounge with Helen Frankenthaler tapestry
Column-free club interior space
View down spiral stair case
Design/Completion 1980-1984
Hong Kong Central
Hong Kong Club
25,000 m 2
34 m span prestressed concrete structure
flamed granite facing
This building’s design is discussed in detail by Harry Seidler in a 1993 lecture (synchronised with slides 2-12) recorded by UK architectural journalist Monica Pidgeon. www.pidgeondigital.com
The club occupies the podium of the building to a four-storey height with almost total site cover and the offices above, the permissible two-thirds of the area.
The office structure straddles the club podium and generates the expressive image of the whole building: the 34 m long facade and 17 m internal spans. The absence of any interior columns created the required freedom for the club to plan internal spaces below.
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