People · architect
Heinrich Becker (Becker firm)
倍高洋行
German architect named by English Wikipedia as designer of the Russo-Chinese Bank Building; Chinese sources name the German firm 倍高洋行 (or 培高洋行).
The Russo-Chinese Bank Building at No. 15 the Bund was designed by a German firm that Chinese sources call 倍高洋行 (Bèigāo Yángháng) or 培高洋行. English Wikipedia names the German architect Heinrich Becker, with Richard Seel assisting, after a design competition. Further detail on the firm is not yet sourced.
Places
Building· c. 1902
Russo-Chinese Bank Building
华俄道胜银行大楼Huá'é Dàoshèng Yínháng Dàlóu
Small classical bank of 1902-03 at No. 15 the Bund, built for the Russo-Chinese Bank, later the Central Bank of China; now a currency trading centre.
Sources
- 1.Shanghai Local Chronicles Office online gazetteers (volume and section given in each fact's locator) (上海市地方志办公室 在线方志（上海通志、各专业志、区志）), 上海市地方志办公室 — https://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/node71994/node81772/node81774/node81784/userobject1ai108923.htmlgazetteer
- 2.Chinese Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (中文维基百科), Wikimedia Foundation — https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/上海华俄道胜银行大楼wikipedia
- 3.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Chinese_Bank_Buildingwikipedia