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| Architect | I. M. Pei |
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| Location | Hong Kong map | ||||
| Date | 1982 to 1990 timeline | ||||
| Building Type | skyscraper, commercial office tower | ||||
| Construction System | steel frame, glass curtain wall | ||||
| Climate | tropical | ||||
| Context | urban | ||||
| Style | Modern | ||||
| Notes | Graceful, concise and structurally expressive, triangular stepped-back plan. | ||||
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| Discussion | Bank of China Tower Commentary
Triangular bracing and step-backs are structural adaptations to the high wind loads caused by Hong Kong typhoons. Details 369 meters high, 72 floors | ||||
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Sources on Bank of China Tower
Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. ISBN 0-442-01328-0. LC 92-18415. NA2750.H48. interior photo of conference space, p81. Carter Wiseman. I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. NA737.P365W57. ISBN 0-8109-3709-3. LC 90-30727. Color photo of exterior, p295. axonometric drawing, p291. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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