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Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) in Central and Western District, People's Republic of China
Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

1990 · Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China

Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) image

Supertall skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong

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Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China · Exact work coordinates

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Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

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Supertall skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong

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Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong)

1990 · Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19901925-1968
PlaceCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate25°C · 12.8h daylight · 3 km/h wind16°C · 13.3h daylight · 1 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusHouse1 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • house
  • tower
  • landscape
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • glass
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Glass

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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