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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

MVRDVMVRDV

Seoul, South Korea

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1990Unrecorded
PlaceCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaSeoul, South Korea
Place contextCentral and Western District, Central and Western District, People's Republic of ChinaRepresentative site: Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via Silodam
FocusHouse9 works in corpus
Architects
  • I. M. Pei
  • Winy Maas
Linked context

Bureaus

  • I. M. Pei & Partners

Notable works

  • Silodam
  • Effenaar
  • Market Hall (Rotterdam)
  • Westerdok Apartments
Typologies
  • house
  • tower
  • landscape
  • housing
  • building
  • house
  • office
  • landscape
  • residential
  • apartments
  • dabas
Materials
  • glass
  • glass
  • concrete
  • other
  • brick
Carbon signals

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

  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
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.
  • 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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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