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Structure-ID: s0000093
Created on: 01/02/99
Modified on: 10/13/06


Bank of China Building

Built: 1982 - 1990
Status: in use
Address: 1 Garden Road / 2A Des Voeux Road
Location: Central, Central and Western, Hong Kong, China
Bank of China Building, Hong Kong.
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Function / usage:
Office building

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Ieoh Ming Pei
Structural engineer Leslie Earl Robertson

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture I. M. Pei and Associates
Structural engineering Leslie E. Robertson & Associates, R.L.L.P.
Contractor Kumagai Gumi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Mechanical & electrical engineering Jaros Baum & Bolles

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  composite steel-reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 315 m
  height to antenna 369 m
  number of floors (above ground) 70
  office space 133 800 m2
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 13 800 t
  concrete volume 40 900 m3

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External LinkarchINFORM: Bank of China English German French Spanish Italian
External Linkarchiweb: Bank of China Czech
External LinkBank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd. Chinese English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Bank of China English

Relevant Literature
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 108-109.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 104-105.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 73.
* Robertson, Leslie E.   A Life in Structural Engineering, in Seven Structural Engineers ; pp. 66-85.
* Storey, Robert   Hong Kong, Macau & Canton (7th edition), Lonely Planet Publications, Hawthorn (Australia) , ISBN 0864422474, 1994; pp. 166.
* Suner, Bruno   Ieoh Ming Pei, Éditions Hazan, Paris (France) , ISBN 2850251763, 1988; pp. 143-148.
* Wiseman, Carter   I. M. Pei (1st edition), Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 0810937093, 1990; pp. 288-299.

 
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