Asia Building

They sold the property to British merchant George McBain, whose company constructed this current building after demolishing an original house on the site.

The building was designed by Moorhead＆Halse, a famous architectural firm in Shanghai back then and built by contractor Yu Chang Tai.

The majority of them returned to Shanghai and continued working in the building after the occupation while the company's profits soared to unprecedented levels.

Two shell-shaped ornaments of the Royal Dutch were removed from a column of the building's façade and relocated to its Beijing Yuanmingyuan office when the company left, now being displayed at the Shanghai History Museum.

[1] In December 2021, Christie's announced its moving to the Asia Building as its new headquarters in Shanghai, and held its first auction there on 1 March 2022.