People · architect
H. Tarrant
塔兰特
British architect in the Shanghai Municipal Council's Public Works Department; designed the 1910 Shanghai Club building and died before it was finished.
H. Tarrant (塔兰特, Tǎlántè) was a British architect working for the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He designed the replacement Shanghai Club building on the Bund, planned from 1905, but died before it was completed in 1910; A. G. Bray finished the design. His dates and first name are not given in the sources consulted.
Places
Building· 1909–1910
Shanghai Club Building
上海总会大楼Shànghǎi Zǒnghuì Dàlóu
Former British Shanghai Club, opened 1910 with a 30-metre bar; today the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and its restored Long Bar.
Sources
- 1.Shanghai Famous Buildings Gazetteer: The Shanghai Club Building (Dongfeng Hotel) (上海名建筑志 · 欧美风情的沪滨广厦 · 昔日外侨的欢乐场：上海总会大楼（东风饭店）), 上海市地方志办公室, 2009 — paragraph beginning 到了20世纪初gazetteer
- 2.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Club_Building#Structurewikipedia