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HSBC Building (Hong Kong) in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

1985 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

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Headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

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Headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

1985 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Zeidler ArchitectureZeidler Architecture

1953 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19851953
PlaceHong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of ChinaToronto, Ontario, Canada
Place contextHong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of ChinaRepresentative site: Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Climate26°C · 12.8h daylight · 10 km/h wind6°C · 13.7h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
FocusCivic building6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Norman Foster
  • Eberhard Zeidler
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Foster + Partners

Notable works

  • The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
  • Beth Israel Synagogue (Peterborough, Ontario)
  • Canada Place
  • Meridian Arts Centre
Typologies
  • civic building
  • education
  • campus building
  • tower
  • building
  • hospitality
  • performance venue
  • sports venue
  • infrastructure
Materials

Not recorded yet.

  • fabric
  • steel
Carbon signals

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Steel and Fabric look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Fabric
Lower-carbon levers

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  • 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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