Man Yee Building
萬宜大廈（第一代）
1957, Commercial 商業建築
68 Des Voeux Road Central
香港中環德輔道中68號
Architect: 朱彬 Chu Pin
Man Yee Building is a significant showpiece of Chu Pin of Kwan, Chu and Yang Architects. It introduced a revolutionary design to office buildings in Hong Kong in the 1950s, adopting the concept of multi-level indoor shopping gallery, and equipped with Hong Kong’s first public escalator. The structure of Man Yee Building was symmetrical with a sense of solemnity. The side facing Queen's Road Central had an emphasis on volume, windows seemed to be hidden in the indents between vertical articulations, creating a deep shadow effect. The façade facing Des Voeux Road Central was in a comparatively modern style. Seemingly modular window design resembles modern curtain walls. The design of its facades was a simplified version of Art Deco, revealing the popular 1950s modern architectural style that values simplicity.
萬宜大廈是基泰工程司朱彬的重要作品，它對1950年代香港的辦公樓進行了的創新性設計，加入室內多層的購物長廊概念，配置了香港首部公共使用的扶手電梯。萬宜大廈力求展示出莊重對稱的外觀。皇后大道中一面強調體積感覺，窗户較少，而凹入數個長條直柱間，加强線條陰影效果；德輔道中一面則比較現代化，窗户設計彷如組件，頗有現代玻璃幕牆風格。立面設計是簡化了的裝飾藝術風格。可見簡約的現代主義建築在1950年代已成為建築師的主流設計手法。
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