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The site was originally occupied by the eastern part of the old City Hall, which had been built in 1869.The western part of the City Hall was demolished in 1933 to make way for the 3rd generation of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, while the eastern part was demolished in 1947 to make way for the Bank of China Building.
The building was initially built by the Hong Kong Branch of the Bank of China; its Garden Road entrance continues to display the name "Bank of China", rather than BOCHK. The top four and the bottom 19 stories are used by the Bank, while the other floors are leased out.
Located on Queen's Road Central in Victoria, Hong Kong, it occupied the current sites of the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (partly) and the Bank of China Building. [1] It was designed by the French architect Achille-Antoine Hermitte and was opened by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony on 28 June 1869.
A new offer had arrived for Pei from the Chinese government in 1982. With an eye toward the handover of Hong Kong from the British in 1997, authorities in China sought Pei's aid on a new tower for the local branch of the Bank of China. The Chinese government was preparing for a new wave of engagement with the outside world and sought a tower to ...
Hong Kong's best-known building is probably I. M. Pei's Bank of China Tower. The building attracted heated controversy from the moment its design was released to the public, which continued for years after the building's completion in 1990.
Hong Kong's first City Hall, which existed from 1869 to 1933, occupied the current sites of the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (partly) and the Bank of China Building. [1] It was designed by the French architect Achille-Antoine Hermitte and was opened by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony on 28 June 1869.
The Church of Christ in China Hop Yat Church 合一堂 1926 Tsim Sha Tsui: The Peninsula Hong Kong: 1928 Tsim Sha Tsui: Tang Chi Ngong Building, the University of Hong Kong 1929 Diocesan Boys' School: 1929 Mongkok/ Ho Man Tin: Shum Residence (General House, Hip Wai House, & Shum Ancestral Hall)(上將府主樓) 1932 Mixed
P&T Group (Chinese: 巴馬丹拿), formerly known as Palmer and Turner Hong Kong (Chinese: 公和洋行; "Kung Wo Yeung Hong"), is an architectural firm in Hong Kong.It is one of the oldest architecture and engineering firms in the world, and it has designed many landmark buildings in Hong Kong, Shanghai and in southeast Asia.