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Submitted by Paulo on Thu, 2021-12-23 12:28
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1984

Connaught Centre was officially renamed Jardine House 1st January 1989. The eye catching and obvious feature of Jardine House are the circular shape of its, windows set into the great rectangle with perfect symetry designed by Architects Palmer & Turner with the lead Architect Remo River. Each of the windows are 6ft 6ins in diameter, there are a total of 1,748 windows of which 1,710 are glazed. The remaining 38 windows are loacted at the 18th floor which is a mechanical floor which are merely open holes to allow a free flow of air.

Connaught Centre / Jardine House

Submitted by Paulo on Thu, 2021-12-23 12:05
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1972

The Connaught Centre's site area of 53,000sq.ft is located on the old Bowring Praya, completed in late 1973 it was the tallest building in Asia at that time (52-levels, 686,000sq.ft rentable area for offices and retail). The building positioning on the site was determined by its "Shadow Diagram" by placing the building in an off-centre position on the site, a more favourable shadow pattern was achieved to the acceptance of the board of directors. Although 65% of the total site could have been utilised, the building in fact covers only 31% of the site.

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