Jardine Matheson Building
The Jardine Matheson Building (Chinese: 怡和洋行大楼) is a seven-storey historical building on the Bund in Shanghai, China.[1]
Location and history
The building is located at No. 27 on the Bund, at the junction with East Beijing Road (formerly Peking Road). The Hong Kong-based Scottish firm Jardine Matheson started trading in Shanghai in early 1843 and became one of the first foreign businesses to set up branches in the city. The company rented this piece of land, of size 2100 square metres and a typical two storied gardened English cottage was built on it in 1845. This cottage underwent three major renovations through its history, and was replaced by a notably larger three storey building of Masonry and Wood structure In 1865, a gatehouse and a canopy were also added.
The construction of the current building on the site was started in 1920, and was completed in November 1922. It was designed by Moorhead & Halse in
In 2009, the largest
Gallery
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Side view of the building
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The second generation building on the site
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The building before the two extra stories were added atop
References
- ^ "Shanghai Architecture- The Bund- Jardine Matheson Building". Chinese-architecture.info. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ 屠佳时. "怡和洋行大楼". eastday.com.
- ^ "联合时报-上海滩"洋行之王": 怡和洋行". eastday. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
External links
Media related to Jardine Matheson Building Shanghai at Wikimedia Commons