Blue House (Hong Kong)

Blue House refers to a 4-storey balcony-type tenement block located at 72-74A Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

It is one of the few remaining examples of tong lau of the balcony type in Hong Kong and is listed as a Grade I historic building.

[5] In 2007, the Urban Renewal Authority and the Development Bureau jointly announced that the residents of the Blue House, were to be allowed to stay in this historic monument.

[6] On the same year, one of the ground floor's shophouses of the building was occupied as a location of the Wan Chai Livelihood Place, which was later renamed as the Hong Kong House of Stories in March 2012.

Alvin Yip was director of the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2011.

[13] It held exhibitions and events attended by government officials, consulate generals, entertainment celebrities, local, international artists and students.

Blue House in 2006
New Courtyard after the revitalisation of the Blue House in 2019
Front entrance of the nearby St James Settlement elderly community centre
Wan Chai Visual Archive, a non-profit art space within the Blue House
The fully renovated Dit Da Clinic at the Blue House in 2017