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A. G. Bray
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British architect who completed the design of the Shanghai Club building (opened 1910) after the death of H. Tarrant.
A. G. Bray (布雷, Bùléi) was the British architect who completed the Shanghai Club building on the Bund after the original architect, H. Tarrant, died. The Shanghai gazetteer records him at the opening ceremony in 1910 alongside the club’s chairman. Nothing further about his career or dates was found in the sources consulted.
Places
Building· 1909–1910
Shanghai Club Building
上海总会大楼Shànghǎi Zǒnghuì Dàlóu
Former British Shanghai Club, opened 1910 with a 30-metre bar; today the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and its restored Long Bar.
Sources
- 1.Shanghai Famous Buildings Gazetteer: The Shanghai Club Building (Dongfeng Hotel) (上海名建筑志 · 欧美风情的沪滨广厦 · 昔日外侨的欢乐场：上海总会大楼（东风饭店）), 上海市地方志办公室, 2009 — paragraphs beginning 到了20世纪初 and 上海总会采用钢筋混凝土结构gazetteer
- 2.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Club_Building#Structurewikipedia