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Description: Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong, typical floor configurations

TitleBank of China Tower, Hong Kong, typical floor configurations

Creator namePei, I. M.Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1985–1990

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsSkyscrapersArchitecture--Composition, proportion, etcArchitecture, Modern

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Bank of China Tower

William H. Jordy

Description: "Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and...

"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture

To the Hong Kong resident it is a silver sword rising abruptly behind and above the dense collection of the city’s downtown skyscrapers, its seventy stories aggrandized by its position on the lower slopes of Victoria Mountain...

Author

William H. Jordy

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.277-293

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00114.019

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16319&redirecttoanchor=22059

Chapter subject tags:Pei, I. M., 1917-Architecture, Modern--20th centuryArchitecture--Hong Kong--History--20th centurySkyscrapers--Hong Kong

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