601 Grant Street

Project: The Sing Chong Building
Location: Chinatown, San Francisco, CA

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How do you enhance the significant Chinese Characters on one of the first New Chinatown Buildings constructed after the 1906 Earthquake?

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Adding color to specific surfaces of the golden brick facades emphasizes the magic dragons and symbolic I Ching hexagrams found on classical Chinese architecture.

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Photos: Colour Studio, Inc.