P&T Group est. 1868

The P&T Group, formerly known as Palmer and Turner Hong Kong is probably the oldest and largest international architectural engineering practice in SE Asia.

The group now has more than 1,200 staff and works from 15 offices situated in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and United Arab Emirates.    

P&T Group offers a range of architectural, structural and mechanical engineering, planning & project management services, which are supported by in-house graphic design, model making and photographic facilities.

1868

 William Salway arrived in Hong Kong and established his office as “William Salway – Architect” on 1 October 1868.

1883-1891

Clement Palmer and Arthur Tuner joined the partnership and became “Palmer and Turner” designing the second Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank building in Hong Kong.

1911-1938 Hong Kong

 “Palmer and Turner” started its practices in Shanghai and finished numbers of famous buildings on the Bund.

1939-1941 

Rangoon, Johor Bahru and Singapore office were opened for expanding the business in Southeast Asia. However, all the offices were closed during the World War II.

1973 Hong Kong

 Jardine House (formerly known as Connaught Centre) was the first skyscraper in Hong Kong.



1982

The partnership changed to a corporate structure with linked regional offices and began operating under the name of the “P&T Group” in 1982.

1990s 

P&T has completed an impressive portfolio of more than 20 key buildings in the Central of Hong Kong and Central Business District of Singapore. 

 

1999

 Oriental Plaza in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

2004 

P&T was awarded the contract for  “City of Arabia” by I&M Galadari Group and established the Dubai Office in the same year.

 2006

 The Contract for Commercial Tower for Tamweel in Dubai’s Business Bay awarded to P&T.

2006-2007

Shunde Cultural Centre in China wins the Design for Asia Award, Best Design from Greater China by the Hong Kong Design Centre and the Library Building Awards by American Institute of Architects and American Library Association. 

 2007

 The contract for Dubai’s Kensington Krystal awarded to P&T.

2008 

P&T celebrated its 140th year anniversary on October. The celebrations were held in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai, Vietnam as well as Dubai. To mark this occasion, an impressive monograph has been published by Images Publishing.

2013

A large mixed-use development Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan (Hong Kong) consists of a 117 storey tall tower, high-end residential and a polo club will be completed in 2013.