Tong lau or ke lau are tenement buildings built from the late 19th century to the 1960s in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southern China, and Southeast Asia. Designed for both residential and commercial uses, they are similar in style and function to the shophouses with five-foot way (Min Nan Chinese: têng-á-kha) of Southeast Asia.

唐樓 是 中國大陸 華南 地區、 港 澳 地區，甚至 東南亞 一帶於 19世紀 中後期至 1960年代 的 建築風格，不少混合了 中式 及 西式 建築風格。 各地方所建的唐樓都有當地本土特色，故此有「新加坡 店屋」、「檳城店屋」、「澳門唐樓」、「廣州 騎樓」等稱號以作分辨。 香港政府未大量興建 公共房屋 以前，除 寮屋 居民外，幾乎所有港人都是舊式「唐樓」的住戶。 唐樓早於19世紀中後期開始在香港出現。 當時的唐樓樓高2至3層，闊15呎（約4.5米），以青磚砌成，而屋頂是以 木 …

Laotong (Chinese: 老同; pinyin: lǎotóng; lit. 'old sames') is a type of relationship in Chinese culture formerly practiced in Hunan [when?] that bonded two girls together for eternity as kindred sisters. There were two cultural practices in Hunan: [when?] Laotong and Laotang, both acknowledging women's social bonds. [1]

2016年9月5日 · Tong Lau (functioning as singular and plural; 唐樓, literally, “Chinese building”) belongs to the generic urban shophouse typology found in predominantly Chinese cities in Southern China and Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong, …

2021年10月26日 · Known as tong lau (唐樓), the name evokes a sense of obsolescence or unsanitary disarray, all compacted into narrow stairwells and crowded living quarters. Composed of all walks of life and home to various kinds of businesses, the humble, modernist architecture has borne witness to Hong Kong’s development in the past century.

香港的商店加公寓的旧楼房——或“唐楼”（tong lau）组成的画面，是这座城市生活的缩影。 类似于东南亚所谓的“店屋”（shophouses），这些历史建筑的特点是地面层一排商店，在上面的楼层是住房。

The first generation of tong lau emerged in Hong Kong after it was opened as a trading port. At the time, Hong Kong attracted a large number of Chinese immigrants. To address the housing needs of the soaring population, many two- to three-storey tong lau appeared in areas like Sheung Wan and Tai Ping Shan Street.

2024年4月3日 · According to architectural historians Lee Ho Yin and Lynne DiStefano, first generation tong lau were built in the 19 th Century. They were long and narrow sparsely ornamented buildings with gabled tiled roofs built out of Cantonese blue-green bricks.

2013年11月28日 · The name “tong lau” literally just means “Chinese building,” but it most often refers to the walk-up tenements that dot the older, more interesting bits of the city. Built in the earlier days...

Tong Lau is a Cantonese term that applies to pre-WWII urban shophouses in Hong Kong that were derived from nineteenth century Southern Chinese urban shophouses. When exported to Hong Kong, the prototypal design underwent transformation and acquired characteristics specific to …