Arthur Robert Fenton-Rayen

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Introduction

Arthur Robert Fenton-Raven, first came to Hong Kong with the British Army around 1903, went back to England via the Trans-Siberian Railway, qualified as an architect and returned to the city with his wife, Viola, around 1913. Among other projects, Fenton-Raven was responsible for King Yin Lei on Stubbs Road, built in 1936-37

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King Yin Lei was designed by British architect A.R. Fenton-Raven . Construction began in 1936 and was completed by 1937. It sits on a 50,650 square feet (4,706 m2) site above Happy Valley Racecourse. The compound comprises a three-storey "red bricks and green tiles" building, a private garden festooned with penjing plants, various pavilions and terraces. King Yin Lei, which is a rare surviving example of Chinese Renaissance style that reflected the design and construction excellence in both Chinese and Western architecture of Hong Kong.

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Apart from King Yin Lei, the project completed by Raven were Chinese YMCA 1918, designed by Harry Hussey from Chicago; Chinese Methodist Church 1932; and S.K.H. Diocesan Welfare Council, 1952.

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Raven's companies are mentioned in the Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects

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The Hong Kong Institute of Architects has a brief background on Raven's career as an architect:

Weaser & Raven was founded by Arthur Robert Fenton Raven (MRSanl, Authorized Architect 1905-41, HKIA 1956) and William Lionel Wreford Weaser (Authorized Architect 1905-24) before 1909, Weaser had his own practice and Raven in partnership with Oscar Boultbee Raven (Authorized Architect 1919-37) to form Raven & Raven around 1921. Later on, Raven partnered with A. H. Basto to form Raven & Basto from 1922-37. Raven and Basto separated and had their own practice from 1938 to 1941.

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Source: http://www.hkia.net/en/pdf/journal/

https://www.scmp.com/

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/景賢里

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