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St. John's Building

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Completed
  
1983

Main contractor
  
Hip Hing Construction

Height
  
78 m

Floors
  
22

Floor count
  
22

Address
  
Hong Kong, 中環花園道33號

Opened
  
1983

St. John's Building

Location
  
33 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong

Architect
  
Kwan, Ng, Wong & Associates

Owner
  
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels

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St. John's Building (Chinese: 聖約翰大廈) is a skyscraper in Central on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, it is built on the slope beside Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The ground floor serves as the Garden Road terminus of the Peak Tram.

History

In 1889 the Garden Road Station for the Peak Tram opened. In 1935 a new lower terminus was built along with the St John's Apartments: a reinforced concrete building, with eight studio flats and a two-bedroom penthouse. In 1964 the apartments were demolished and a modern 14-storey commercial and residential building was erected in its place.

This was in turn replaced by the current 22-storey building. This building won the Silver Medal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects in 1983. It was designed by Kwan, Ng, Wong & Associates and built by Hip Hing Construction.

References

St. John's Building Wikipedia