Period piece: China Club

Authors
Citation
Building journal Hong Kong China, Dec, 1991, pp. 94-100
Abstract
During the 1930s, the mystique of Shanghai spawned dozens of Western films such as Shanghai Hotel(1939), La Condition Humaine (1933) and Shanghai screen images created for Western eyes were seldom authentic, mostly cardboard cutouts of reality. Reviving the traditions of Hollywood's golden era, interior designer Cowperthwaite & Partners used the spirit of old Shanghai as the backdrop for the decoration of The China Club on the 13th to 15th floors of the old Bank of China Building in Central. (1)Elements of design
Description
Building Name: China Club Building Type(s): Restaurants / Cafes Architect: Cowperthwaite & Partners
Type
Article
Date
1991
Language
en