Norman Foster transforms Murray Building into five-star hotel (original) (raw)

Close to the Bank of China Tower, the US embassy and Hong Kong Park, the building used to house various government ­departments.

The Murray managing director Duncan Palmer says the hotel will be on the same level as the Four Seasons. Photo: David Wong

Duncan Palmer, managing director of The Murray, the new hotel, said it was important to ­engage the original architect, Ron Philips, who designed the building in the late 1960s for the colonial government.

The site and the building cost developer Wharf Holdings HK$4.4 billion in 2011. The firm then spent about HK$3.4 billion on developing the premises into the 336-room hotel, which will open later this year.

An illustration of The Murray’s suites. Photo: Handout