Interior of the Headquarters of the HSBC in Hong Kong
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Building Image / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B6379BFile size:
65.1 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4252 x 5353 px | 36 x 45.3 cm | 14.2 x 17.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1986Location:
1 Queen's Road, Central, Hong KongMore information:
The HSBC Main Building (traditional Chinese: 香港滙豐總行大廈) is the headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Central, Hong Kong. The previous HSBC building was built in 1935 and pulled down to make way for the current building. The new building was designed by the British architect Lord Norman Foster and engineers Arup and was constructed by Wimpey Construction. From the concept to completion, it took 6 years (1979–1985). The building is 180-metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels. The building has a modular design consisting of five steel modules prefabricated in the UK by Scott-Lithgow Shipbuilders near Glasgow, and shipped to Hong Kong. 30, 000 tonnes of steel and 4, 500 tonnes of aluminium were used.