Xinsheng Daily Zhongxing New Village Office

Date CapturedJune 29th, 2026 at 05:50 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 6.3Shutter Speed1/320 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value13.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Designed by Xiu Zelan (修澤蘭) and completed in 1964 as the press building of the Taiwan Xinsheng Daily (臺灣新生報) in the central area of Zhongxing New Village. Avant-garde for the early years of the planned settlement, the design pairs a flat white façade with circular wooden windows and red-brick side walls, an unusual design intended to evoke an unfolding newspaper, a roll of film, and a camera viewfinder. The newspaper later vacated the premises and the building served as a branch office of First Commercial Bank (第一銀行); after the paper’s provincial-government assets were liquidated in 2002 the structure passed into private hands while the land beneath it remained state-owned. Damaged in the 921 Earthquake, it was registered as a historic building in 2011 and restored in 2019 under architect Zhu Guohua (朱國華). It now operates as an exhibition space under the name Little Zhongxing Court (小興苑).

Date CapturedJune 29th, 2026 at 05:50 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 6.3Shutter Speed1/400 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value14.0 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400