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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

Marcel Breuer AssociatesMarcel Breuer Associates

1951 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19901951
PlaceCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaNew York, New York, United States
Place contextCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaRepresentative site: Collegeville, Collegeville, United States
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
FocusHouse21 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Marcel Breuer
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Alan I W Frank House
  • Marcel Breuer House II
Typologies
  • house
  • tower
  • landscape
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • housing
  • landscape
  • chapel
Materials
  • glass
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • brick
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Glass

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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