This second NFT of the Main Building is important not only for the structure itself, but also as a record of the HKU as it came into being. This proposed sketch shows the façade of the North Elevation and, in the smaller images, how it would connect with the engineering laboratories, workshops, drawing offices, and lecture rooms once completed. In the lower right-hand corner, the drawing is stamped ‘Leigh & Orange, Civil Engineers and Architects, Hong Kong’. The Main Building was opened in 1912 and is a declared monument today.
第二個本部大樓的NFT,不僅描繪了大樓的結構,還記錄了港大的發展進程。這幅素描的初稿呈現了大樓的北面正視圖,右上方的小圖像則說明了大樓將會如何接駁至工程實驗室、工場、繪畫室及課室。建築圖的右下方蓋上了「Leigh & Orange, Civil Engineers and Architects, Hong Kong」的圖章。本部...