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    Bank of China

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    ‘The Bank of China Kong LLM. Pei Partners Architats ‘Robertson, Fowler & Associates, PC. Structural engineers ‘The Bank of China photomonteged ‘nto the Hong Rong skpne The logic of eccentricity ‘The Bank of China Bullding, currently under construction in Hong Kong and schedvle for completion in 1988, is a stunning exercise in architectural geometry. The tower was conceived by ILM. Peas eube, Fisng out of the ground, and divided diagonally into quadrants (se diagram below). As the structure moves upward, the mass is timinished one quadrant ata time units reduced toa single, triangular prism 70 stores, or 1028 ft above grade, Pl intended the architectural partition o fal preislyon the geometry of the form: a ‘erytalline Bulidean vishn in reflective glass and aluminum, Maintaining the parity ofthat geometry was the challenge around ‘which the very structural feasibly of the projet tured. ‘Because the tower's structural ins are pulled jast inside the building envelope, and because the shape of the envelope changes

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