Western Market

Western Market is one of the landmarks of Hong Kong. Until now, it was the- oldest market building remaining in Hong Kong. It consist of two blocks, South Block was demolished in 1980 and replaced by the Sheung Wan Complex in 1981 while North Block is the current Western Market.

Development

In 1989, the Western Market stopped operation after the Urban Council’s market commenced to operate. After two years, Urban renewal Authority (URA) renamed it as Western Market and became a traditional market, which trades arts and crafts (Western Market, 2014). In 1990, the building was accessed as Declared Monuments In Hong Kong by Antiquities Monuments office.

Architectural MeritSource

Western Market was built in England’s Edwardian-style that famous in England from 1901 to 1918. It built by red bricks and used granite as a base. The outlook is simple and elegant with a huge arched openings in the ground floor. Used axial symmetrical planning design can be more spacious by sight. Its iron-casted columns, steel roof truss and the large granite staircase, also known as fabulous construction technique for the period. To adapt Hong Kong climate and the supply of architectural raw materials, the sloping roofs of the building were laid by Chinese style roll tiles. This shows that Hong Kong buildings have a combination of western style and Eastern color (Western Market, 2014).

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