Current condition
In use
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Originally this building was named 'Connaught Centre'.
Completed in 1973, see comments below.
Photos that show this Place
1971
1971
1972
Comments
1972
I know Emporis (and wiki) claim a 1972 completion date, but it's quite obvious from photos and film that this place was still undergoing construction in 1973.
Re: Jardine House
Hi there,
I guess we could always go back to the source. Hibg Kong Land's info show it was completed in 1973.
T
Thanks for the info - I've
Thanks for the info - I've updated the completion date from 1972 to 1973.
Jardine House
Is it true, as a Hong Kong friend once told me, that the colloquial Cantonese name for Jardine House was "the building of a thousand arseholes"?
That's what I heard it…
That's what I heard it called by many, as the "house of thousand ...." Obviously it refers to the circular shape of the windows, but it could well refer to its tenants. But it actually has many more than a thousand windows. There are 1,748, I believe.
Jardine House
Another colloquial Cantonese name for Jardine House was the "Cheese building".
Btw. see my photo of 1983 about the facade cladding.