People · architect
Walter Scott
司高脱
British architect of 玛礼逊洋行 who designed the Palace Hotel on the Bund (begun 1906, opened 1908).
Walter Scott (司高脱, Sīgāotuō) designed the Palace Hotel at Bund 19, begun in 1906 and opened in 1908. The gazetteer places him at the firm 玛礼逊洋行. The hotel’s own history page describes him as a British architect born in India who lived in China from 1889.
Places
Building· c. 1906–1908
Palace Hotel (Swatch Art Peace Hotel)
汇中饭店大楼Huìzhōng Fàndiàn Dàlóu
The Palace Hotel of 1906–1908, host of the 1909 International Opium Commission; later the Peace Hotel's South Building, now the Swatch Art Peace Hotel.
Sources
- 1.Shanghai Famous Buildings Gazetteer: five Bund entries (nodes 108924 North China Daily News Building, 108925 Chartered Bank, 108926 Palace Hotel, 108927 Sassoon House, 108928 Bank of China) (上海名建筑志 · 欧美风情的沪滨广厦（字林大楼、麦加利银行大楼、汇中饭店、华懋饭店大楼、中国银行大楼各篇）), 上海市地方志办公室, 2009 — https://szfz.shtong.gov.cn/difangzhi-front/book/detailNew?oneId=1&bookId=81772&parentNodeId=81784&nodeId=108926&type=-1gazetteer
- 2.Shanghai memories: the Bund historic and cultural area (申城记忆 | 经典上海——外滩历史文化风貌区), 澎湃新闻·湃客 — https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_5700079article
- 3.Swatch Art Peace Hotel: history and building pages, Swatch Art Peace Hotel — https://www.swatch-art-peace-hotel.com/historywebsite