Cleaned and repaired facades on The Bund, Shanghai

Pudong Development Bank, Shanghai, China

Location Shanghai BROWSE
Office London BROWSE
Sectors Public & Institutional, Repair & Refurbishment
Built in 1923, designed by Hong Kong architects Palmer & Turner for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, this internationally important building on the Bund had not been used for banking since the 1950s. Many fine features survived but some, including spectacular mosaics, had been covered up during the building's occupation as municipal headquarters.

Part of a consultant team appointed after an international competition, the Practice provided on-site advice on the conservation and repair of mosaics, plasterwork, joinery and bronze fittings and also supervised the cleaning and repair of the principal facades. Reopened for banking, trading has recommenced in the impressively restored banking hall.

Client: American Design Associates
for Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Cleaned and repaired facades on The Bund, Shanghai