The Bund 18 building, formerly known as Macquarie Bank Building, was built in 1853. Macquarie Bank is headquartered in London, England, and its English name is Chartered Bank. It is a bank chartered by the British royal family for colonial business. When the bank set up a branch in Hong Kong, it was translated as "Standard Chartered Bank". 185711/kloc-0 set up a branch in Shanghai in October. Because the name of the first general manager was Macquarie, it was called Macquarie Bank.
In 2006, 36 projects in 1 1 countries and regions in Asia-Pacific applied for cultural heritage protection awards, among which 8 projects in China applied, and Bund 18 was the only award-winning project in China. Entering the most beautiful bronze doors on the Bund, a stage with the essence of both eastern and western cultures is just around the corner. British mixed architecture and modern interior decoration combine history, culture, fashion and art in an orderly way. "
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Buildings around Bund 18:
1, Bund 17:
Now it is AIA Building, originally Zilin Xibao Building, which is the tallest building in Shanghai. Zilin West Newspaper, founded in the 30th year of Qing Daoguang (1850), is an English-language daily newspaper run by British people and the largest news and publishing organization in Shanghai.
Zilin West Newspaper was originally a four-page English weekly newspaper, which published business quotations, shipping schedules, flights and other traffic information. Later, he often published announcements and news bulletins from the British Concession authorities, and was called the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession. Published in 195 1 year. There are white marble floors, black marble walls and golden mosaic roofs in the building.
2. Bund 19 and 20:
Now it is the Peace Hotel, which is divided into the South Building and the North Building. The South Building was originally the Zhonghui Hotel Building, and the North Building was originally the Huamao Hotel Building. Zhonghui Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in Shanghai. Built in the fourth year of Qing Xianfeng (1854), it is the most luxurious hotel in Shanghai.
In the thirty-second year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1906), when it was rebuilt, the elevator was installed in the building for the first time in old China, and 1965 was changed to the south building of Peace Hotel; Hua Mao Hotel is invested and built by real estate tycoon Sassoon, also known as Sassoon Tower, and is known as "the first building in the Far East". Changed to 1956 Peace Hotel North Building.
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