Asia Building, Shanghai

Asia Building on the left

The six-storey Asia Building (simplified Chinese: 上海亚细亚大楼; traditional Chinese: 上海亞細亞大樓; pinyin: Shànghǎi Yàxìyà Dàlóu), also known as Mc Bain or Asiatic Petroleum building, is on the Bund in the Chinese city of Shanghai. It was built in 1916 for Royal Dutch Shell's Asiatic Petroleum division and later housed the Shanghai Metallurgical Designing & Research Institute.

References

• The Bund
• Historic Architecture of "The Bund - Shanghai"

The Bund, Shanghai Waibaidu Bridge Asia Building Shanghai Club Union Building Nissin Building China Merchants Bank Building Telegraph Building Russel & Co. Building HSBC Building Shanghai Customs House China Bank of Communications Russo-Chinese Bank Building Bank of Taiwan Building North China Daily News Building Chartered Bank Building Palace Hotel Sassoon House Bank of China Building Yokohama Specie Bank Building Yangtze Building Jardine Matheson Building Glen Line Building Banque de l'Indochine Building Consulate-General of the United Kingdom Broadway Mansions Bund Observatory

Coordinates: 31°14′00″N 121°29′28″E / 31.23333°N 121.49111°E / 31.23333; 121.49111