Bank of China Tower reflects Cheung Kong Center in Hong Kong


The Bank of China Tower, houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. Designed by I. M. Pei, the building is 305 m (1, ft) high with two masts reaching m (1, ft) high. It was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, and it was the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark. It is now the third tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after Two International Finance Centre and Central Plaza. Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. It is 62 storeys tall with height of 283 m (927 ft) and a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m2). When completed in 1999, it was the third-tallest building in the city. The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings, and managed by its partly-owned subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa. It is one of many skyscrapers and giant structures worldwide that have been climbed by Alain Robert, the Frenchman known as "Spiderman".


Size: 5009px × 3354px
Location: Garden Road, Central District, Honk Kong, China.
Photo credit: © Roberto Esposti / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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