Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

E63385

commercial building landmark office building skyscraper

Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong is a landmark skyscraper known for its distinctive angular, prism-like design and status as one of the city’s most recognizable modern architectural icons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bank of China Tower	9
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong canonical	4
Bank of China Tower (consulting role)	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building ⓘ landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
aboveGroundFloors	70 ⓘ
antennaSpireIncluded	yes ⓘ
architect	I. M. Pei ⓘ L. C. Pei ⓘ
architecturalStyle	high-tech architecture ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ
architectureFirm	Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ⓘ
belowGroundFloors	4 ⓘ
citySymbolOf	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
completionYear	1989 ⓘ
constructionStartYear	1985 ⓘ
contains	Bank of China (Hong Kong) ⓘ surface form: Bank of China (Hong Kong) headquarters offices
coordinates	22.279°N 114.162°E ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
designFeature	angular prism-like form ⓘ criss-cross structural expression ⓘ triangulated facade ⓘ
developer	Bank of China (Hong Kong) ⓘ surface form: Bank of China
district	Central and Western District ⓘ
elevatorCount	49 ⓘ
featuredIn	Hong Kong skyline ⓘ
floorArea_m2	135000 ⓘ
floorCount	72 ⓘ
hasHelipad	yes ⓘ
hasLightingFeature	night-time facade lighting ⓘ
hasObservationDeck	yes ⓘ
heightToArchitecturalTop_m	367.4 ⓘ
heightToRoof_m	315 ⓘ
heightToTip_m	367.4 ⓘ
locatedIn	Hong Kong Island ⓘ
location	Central, Hong Kong ⓘ
managedBy	Bank of China Group Investment Limited ⓘ
material	aluminum ⓘ concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
notableFor	being one of Hong Kong’s most recognizable skyscrapers ⓘ distinctive angular, prism-like design ⓘ
observationDeckFloor	43 ⓘ
officialName	Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bank of China Tower
openingDate	1990-05-17 ⓘ
openingYear	1990 ⓘ
overseasTerritoryOf	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
owner	Bank of China (Hong Kong) ⓘ surface form: Bank of China
precededByTallestInHongKong	Jardine House ⓘ
primaryUse	office ⓘ
roofFunction	helipad ⓘ
roofShape	pyramidal ⓘ
status	completed ⓘ
streetAddress	1 Garden Road ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
succeededByTallestInHongKong	Central Plaza ⓘ
toppedOutYear	1989 ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingInAsiaUntil	1992 ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingInHongKongUntil	1992 ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingOutsideUnitedStatesUntil	1992 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I. M. Pei → notableWork → Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong ⓘ

I. M. Pei → designed → Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong ⓘ

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners → notableWork → Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong ⓘ