Central Market is HK’s first permanent indoor market, a 1939 Grade 3 historic streamline modern building but was left in dilapidation. Thoughtful preservation process with sensitive solutions to fulfill present-day functional, structural and statutory requirements are executed. Details like the Shanghai plaster and façade paint colour are comprehensively analyzed and meticulously restored to reveal its olden day’s beauty in the most authentic manner. Character Defining Elements: atrium, facade, staircases, stalls & column grids are repaired, preserved and adaptively reused responding to public’s aspiration to revitalize this once significant building into an enjoyable public space in the heart of the city.