Orange House, Tenement house in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong.
The Orange House is a residential tenement with traditional balconies, standing among a group of similarly colored buildings along Stone Nullah Lane. It contains around twenty residential units stacked vertically, typical of Hong Kong's compact urban housing from that era.
Built in 1922, the structure exemplifies the tong lau style, which merged Chinese and Western architectural elements from early colonial Hong Kong. This building type emerged as a practical response to the city's rapid growth and the coexistence of different cultural design traditions.
The orange exterior serves as a visual marker that helps residents and visitors navigate the area, creating a memorable identity for the building and its community. This straightforward approach to identification became part of how people experience and remember this part of Wan Chai.
The building sits near public transportation, making it easy to reach while exploring Wan Chai's architectural heritage. Walking along Stone Nullah Lane allows you to view the colored houses together and experience how they function as part of the daily neighborhood landscape.
The building forms part of a intentionally colored collection that includes the Blue House and Yellow House, together creating a rare example of coordinated urban preservation. The color scheme was not originally planned but evolved through practical maintenance and repairs carried out over several decades.
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