景明洋行及其近代作品初探

Works of Hemmings&Berkley Architects Office

1895年甲午战争后,俄、法、德、日陆续在汉口设立租界,使得租界面积和外国侨民大幅增加,租界进入繁盛时期。与此同时,租界建筑业也呈现一片欣欣向荣的景象。租界建筑业的繁荣,促使外国专业设计机构的产生。景明洋行即是在这一时期在武汉开业并发展起来的一个英籍建筑师事务所。它是汉口租界内最活跃、最重要的建筑设计机构之一。他们设计了大量各种类型的建筑物,其作品风格从西方古典主义到Art-Deco和现代式,构成了此时期武汉建筑发展的一个缩影。研究景明洋行的作品及其设计思想,对研究武汉近代建筑有重要意义。

After the 1895 Sino-Japanese War, Russia, France, Germany and Japan have established concession in Hankou, which made a substantial increase both in the concession area and in foreign emigrants. The Hankou concession went into the prosperous period. At the same time, the building industry in the concession took on a thriving scene, which promoted foreign architecture design firms appeared. Hemmings＆Berkley Architects Office is a British architect office found during this period, which is the most active and important architectural design institution in the Hankou concession. The architects there designed lots of various buildings, the style varied from Neo-classical to Art-deco and to Modern, which structured the epitome of Wuhan Architecture of that period. Study on the works and design ideas of Hemmings＆Berkley Architects Office will be helpful for researching Wuhan modern architecture in the early 20th century.