Triptych
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Citation
ARCH : the Asian magazine of architecture, design and visual communications, v.1, no.2, 1988, pp. 34-52
Abstract
A brief critical appraisal of the Bank of China building from three separate viewpoints: a perspective of historical and prevailing factors, a summary of essential technical aspects and a critique of the resulting architectural and design solutions.
(1) The Bank of China Tower - from the architect's perspective
Excerpts from an address to the Fourth International Conference on Tall Buildings (held in Hong Kong on April 27, 1988) by Kellogg Wong FAIA, ARIBA, associate partner, I.M. Pei & Partners, Architects and Planners.
(a) The Commission
(b) Selecting the site
(c) Arriving at the concept
(d) Aesthetic and technical resolutions
(e) The contract conditions
(f) Closing remarks
(2) Frankly structured elegance
(a) The structural engineering techniques developed for the Bank of China building have pioneered new techniques within the medium.
(3) Critique
(a) Impressions of the architectural and design solutions explored and resolved in the Bank of China.
Description
Building Name: The Bank of China
Building Type(s): Office buildings
Architect: I.M. Pei & Partners, Architects and Planners
Type
Article
Format
Date
1988
Language
en