Montane Mansion
No single architect: Parker Estate’s original developer vanished and later developers finished it · Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Photo: Daniel Lu / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as also published in Street Art Utopia.
Montane Mansion (海山樓) is one of five linked residential blocks on King’s Road in Quarry Bay, together nicknamed the Monster Building: Montane Mansion, Oceanic Mansion, Fook Cheong Building, Yick Cheong Building and Yick Fat Building. The complex was begun in the early 1960s as Parker Estate (百嘉新邨); after the original developer disappeared it was finished by other developers and sold from the early 1970s. The five blocks hold 2,243 flats with shops on the street front. Today it is still a lived-in private estate and a popular spot for photography. Source Source Source Source Checked
Standing Jun 2025: Sing Tao reported in June 2025 that the five buildings provide 2,243 flats that can house nearly 10,000 people, with flats changing hands on the market. Source Reported
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💡 4 things to know
- Five buildings, one ‘monster’The complex is made up of Yick Cheong Building (益昌大廈), Yick Fat Building (益發大廈), Montane Mansion (海山樓), Fook Cheong Building (福昌樓) and Oceanic Mansion (海景樓). Montane Mansion is only one of the five, though its name is often used for the whole estate. Source Source Source Checked
- An unfinished estate rescuedIt was begun in the early 1960s as Parker Estate (百嘉新邨), named after Mount Parker. Its developer disappeared and the project stalled; HK01 says it was only completed in 1972, while Sing Tao says flats and shops went on sale from 1971, and the new owners dropped the original name. Source Source Source Conflicting
- 2,243 flatsThe five blocks hold 2,243 flats. Sing Tao counts 419 in Yick Cheong, 680 in Yick Fat, 507 in Oceanic Mansion, 432 in Montane Mansion and 405 in Fook Cheong, and says they can house nearly 10,000 people. Source Source Source Checked
- Photo spot with a privacy noticeThe courtyard became famous after photos and films such as Transformers: Age of Extinction. In January 2018 the owners’ corporations posted notices saying it is private property and asking people not to photograph or film without permission. Source Source Source Checked
📍 Where it is
The estate stands at 1012–1048 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, near Tai Koo MTR station; shops line the street front. The courtyard is private property: notices posted by the owners’ corporations ask visitors not to photograph or film without permission, to avoid disturbing residents’ lives and privacy. Source Source Source Checked
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🗓️ Sightings
- 1972
Delayed estate finally completed, original name dropped · HK01
- 201429 Aug
Yick Cheong Building wrapped in bamboo scaffolding for renovation · camera date
- 201523 Aug
Montane Mansion facade · camera date
- 201523 Aug
Courtyard between Yick Cheong and Yick Fat buildings · camera date
- 201830 Jan
Owners post notices banning photos without permission · HK01
- 202419 Mar
The Monster Building seen from the courtyard (Raita Futo) · camera date
- 20259 Jun
Five blocks provide 2,243 flats that can house nearly 10,000 · Sing Tao
Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark dated records and reports. Publication dates are not camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
鰂魚涌海山樓何以是打卡聖地？建築學者、前街坊還原真面目
“原來這座巨廈，曾經有個動聽的名字：百嘉新邨，但是由於發展商突然失蹤，拖延到1972年才竣工。”
It turns out this huge building once had a lovely name, Parker Estate, but because the developer suddenly disappeared, it was not completed until 1972.
【影像熱話】海山樓張貼告示禁拍照 遊人懶理照「打卡」
“最近，5座唐樓的業主立案法團在屋苑內貼出告示，指該處屬私人地方，未經許可切勿在此拍攝及錄影，以免打擾住戶生活與私隱。”
Recently, the owners’ corporations of the five tenement buildings posted notices in the estate saying the place is private property and that no one should photograph or film there without permission, so as not to disturb residents’ lives and privacy.
鰂魚涌「怪獸大廈」有真假？ 兩組屋苑共有8幢 一個銀主盤拍賣叫價195萬
“現時5座大廈共提供2,243個單位，可住近萬人，雖然居住環境較擠逼，但其位置交通便利，鄰近港鐵太古站，小學校網為14，中學校網為東區。”
Today the five buildings provide 2,243 flats and can house nearly 10,000 people; although living conditions are cramped, the location is convenient, near Tai Koo MTR station, in primary school net 14 and the Eastern District secondary school net.
✅ The facts
- Built
- Begun early 1960s; completed 1972 (HK01) / on sale from 1971 (Sing Tao) Source Source Conflicting
- Built by
- Original developer vanished; several later developers finished the blocks Source Source Checked
- Buildings
- Montane Mansion, Oceanic Mansion, Fook Cheong, Yick Cheong, Yick Fat Source Source Source Checked
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- Wikipedia: Monster Building (accessed Nov 2026)
- Gwulo: Parker Estate (“Monster Building”) [c.1965- ]
- HK01: 鰂魚涌海山樓何以是打卡聖地？建築學者、前街坊還原真面目 (12 Jan 2017)
- HK01: 【影像熱話】海山樓張貼告示禁拍照 遊人懶理照「打卡」 (30 Jan 2018)
- Le Petit Journal Hong Kong: Les photographes sont bannis du plus populaire spot de Hong Kong (9 Feb 2018)
- Sing Tao Headline: 鰂魚涌「怪獸大廈」有真假？ 兩組屋苑共有8幢 (9 Jun 2025)
- Time Out Hong Kong: Monster Building (Yik Cheong Building) (2017, updated 2026)
- Hero photo: Daniel Lu / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- More photos: Exploringlife / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (camera date 2014-08-29)
- More photos: Sakaori / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (camera date 2015-08-23)
- More photos: Sakaori / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (camera date 2015-08-23)
- Share image: the hero photo on a 16:9 canvas, made from the WAU media copy.
Last checked: 5 November 2026. How we verify art