M+ and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Pei remains one of the most celebrated yet under-theorized architects of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The Hong Kong Bank of China Tower ...

Text description provided by the architects. When commissioned to design the Bank of China Tower on an intricate inland site, I.M. Pei was requested to create an unavoidably tall unique ...

M+ and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Pei remains one of the most celebrated yet under-theorized architects of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The Hong Kong Bank of China Tower ...

The Bank of China Tower's budget was announced in the local papers -- before Pei had started on his design -- to be $130 million, approximately one fifth of the budget allowed by HSBC. China in ...