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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

HSBC Main Building is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is today a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings. It is located on the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong. The previous HSBC building was built in 1935 and pulled down to make way for the current building. The address remains as 1 Queen's Road Central.

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1985

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

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

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Headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

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Norman Foster

Born 1935 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the Unit…

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Foster + Partners

practice · London, England, United Kingdom

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