People · architect, developer
Atkinson & Dallas
通和洋行
British architects and engineers in Shanghai, founded 1898 by Brenan Atkinson and Arthur Dallas; designers of the Banque de l'Indochine Building.
Atkinson & Dallas (通和洋行, Tōnghé Yángháng) was a British firm of architects and civil engineers in Shanghai, formed in 1898 by Brenan Atkinson and Arthur Dallas. It was one of the city’s larger design practices and property developers in the early twentieth century. On the Bund it designed the Banque de l’Indochine Building at No. 29, completed in 1914.
Places
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Building· c. 1906–1911
Astor House Hotel
浦江饭店Pǔjiāng Fàndiàn
Shanghai's first Western hotel, founded 1846 and rebuilt c.1907–1911 by Waibaidu Bridge; site of the 1990 stock exchange, now a securities museum.
Building· c. 1911–1914
Banque de l'Indochine Building
东方汇理银行大楼Dōngfāng Huìlǐ Yínháng Dàlóu
A French bank of 1914 by Atkinson & Dallas at Bund No. 29, three tall storeys behind a Baroque doorway; now China Everbright Bank.
Building· c. 1908
Great Northern Telegraph Building
大北电报公司大楼Dàběi Diànbào Gōngsī Dàlóu
Early-1900s Renaissance-style office of the Danish Great Northern Telegraph Company at No. 7 the Bund, designed by Atkinson & Dallas; now Bangkok Bank.
Sources
- 1.Chinese Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (中文维基百科), Wikimedia Foundation — https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/通和洋行wikipedia
- 2.Shanghai Bund Buildings series, part 12: Glen Line Building and Banque de l'Indochine Building (《上海外滩建筑群》系列推送第十二期 ‖ 格林邮船大楼&东方汇理银行大楼), 上海城建档案（上海市城市建设档案馆）, 澎湃新闻·澎湃号, 2024 — https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25989865archive
- 3.The Bund: The Perfect Setting to Admire Classical Architecture in the Far East (The Bund: The Perfect Setting to Admire Classical Architecture in the Far East), Quan (Jerome) Zhai, Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (classicist.org), 2020 — https://www.classicist.org/articles/the-bund-the-perfect-setting-to-admire-classical-architecture-in-the-far-east/article