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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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Supertall skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong

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Field	Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) 1990 · Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China	Gustav Peichl 1960 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	1990	1960
Place	Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China	Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Place context	Central and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of China	Representative site: Stadtbezirk Bonn, Stadtbezirk Bonn, Germany
Climate	27°C · 12.8h daylight · 9 km/h wind	7°C · 14.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Focus	House	5 works in corpus
Architects	I. M. Pei	Gustav Peichl
Linked context	Bureaus I. M. Pei & Partners	Notable works Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Millennium Tower (Vienna) Donau City Kahlenberg Transmitter
Typologies	house tower landscape	museum tower building
Materials	glass	steel
Carbon signals	Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Glass	Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel
Lower-carbon levers	Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.	Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.