BANK OF CHINA TOWER, Bank Of China Tower

Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Bank of China Tower.

The Bank of China Tower is one of the tallest and most characteristic skyscrapers in Hong Kong.

This building takes its name from the important banking group which has its headquarters here. It dates to the late 1980s, and was designed by the renowned American architect of Chinese origin I. M. Pei.

The design of the 70-floor, approximately 367-meter-high skyscraper is based on the structure of bamboo shoots which, as they grow, generate new buds that gradually increase their height.

The construction is composed of a series of perfect geometric shapes: increasingly slender sections rise up in succession from the square base, as if they were shoots growing from the sections below....