Yangon Excelsior receives the prestigious Yangon Heritage Trust, Blue Plaque in recognition of the building’s rich history and special role in Yangon's heritage.
The Chief Minister of Yangon Region, U Phyo Min Thein, the Secretary of Yangon City Development Committee, Daw Hlaing Maw Oo, Yangon Heritage Trust’s Chairman, Dr. Thant Myint-U and board of trustees, Daw Su Su Tin, Philippe Arnaud, General Manager of Yangon Excelsior and esteemed guests attended the installation ceremony on 28th September 2019.
Yangon Excelsior became the 33rd site to be honoured with a Blue Plaque, which serves as a marker of historical significance, linking a location with a famous person, event, or landmark, and celebrates Yangon’s rich history.
The building itself was constructed between the 1920's and the 1930's as the general headquarters of the Steel Brothers Company, a conglomerate of companies specialised in the economic development of mining, agricultural, mineral and wood resources. The building has now been transformed into an exquisite 74-room hotel, Yangon Excelsior. The renovation project has won Yangon Heritage Trust’s 2019 Heritage Conservation Awards for the Best Adaptive Reuse. The building has been regularly featured in international design publications, including Design and Architecture Magazine who wrote -
'Under the hand of the Bangkok team of Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), the property is at once contemporary and colonial at the same time – the latter being especially important given the original nature of the building. [...] Formerly the headquarters of the Steel Brothers, a British trading company, it was built between 1920 and 1930 in the distinctive colonial style, and was part of the lively, incredibly cosmopolitan fabric of the city.'
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