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HSBC Building (Hong Kong)

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All flooring is made from lightweight movable panels, under which lies a comprehensive network of power, telecommunication, and air-conditioning systems. This design was to allow equipment such as computer terminals to be installed quickly and easily. Because of the urgency to finish the project, the
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The first major addition to the building, designed by Hong Kong's One Space Ltd, was completed on 23 November 2006, in the form of a ground floor lobby that improves security access to the upper floors and creates a prestigious reception area. Its design and construction included the installation of
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is the major source of lighting inside the building. There is a bank of giant mirrors at the top of the atrium, which can reflect natural sunlight into the atrium and hence down into the plaza. Through the use of natural sunlight, this design helps to conserve energy. Additionally, sun shades are
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The main characteristic of HSBC's Hong Kong headquarters is its absence of internal supporting structure. The inverted 'va' segments of the suspension trusses spanning the construction at double-height levels is the most obvious characteristic of the building. It consists of eight groups of four
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In 1933, Palmer & Turner designed its third-generation building in the Art Deco style. Opened in 1935, the building had 13 floors and was 70 m high. Once the largest building in the Far East, the symmetrical building was the first to use air-conditioning in Hong Kong. During the Japanese
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During the demolition of the building in 1981, the lions were temporarily moved to Statue Square, opposite the main entrance. As a mark of the respect the lions were held in, the move to Statue Square and the move back in 1985 were accompanied by the chairman Sir Michael Sandberg and senior
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construction of the building relied heavily on off-site prefabrication; components were manufactured all over the world. For example, the structural steel came from Britain; the glass, aluminium cladding and flooring came from the United States while the service modules came from Japan.
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When HSBC decided to build its third headquarters at 1 Queen's Road Central, opened in 1935, it commissioned two bronze lions from Shanghai-based British sculptor W. W. Wagstaff. This commission was inspired by two earlier lions that had been ordered for the new
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Joint Venture. From the concept to completion, it took seven years (1978–1985). The building is 180 metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels. The building has a modular design consisting of five steel modules, which were prefabricated in the UK by
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Like the Shanghai lions, the Hong Kong lions became objects of veneration, and foci of the Bank's perceived excellent feng shui. People are known to still bring their children to stroke the paws and noses of the statues hoping for luck and prosperity.
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Wardley House was subsequently demolished and replaced by a second HSBC building that was completed in 1886. The main feature of the second building design was the division of the structure into two almost separate buildings. The building on
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occupation, the building was used as the government's headquarters. The central gate was rather small to receive a large influx of people. The external wall looked solid, but felt enclosed to the eyes of the 1980s (Fig. 7.9).
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Various other HSBC branches throughout the world feature small-scaled replicas of these originals, with varying degrees of faithfulness. Other HSBC branches often feature guardian lions to different designs, such as
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the "Asian Story Wall", a multimedia installation consisting of twin banks of 30 seamless plasma screens (the largest installation of its kind in Hong Kong) displaying archived bank heritage and artworks.
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The first HSBC (then known as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company Limited) building was Wardley House, used as an HSBC office between 1865 and 1882 on the present site. In 1864 the lease cost
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provided on the external facades to block direct sunlight going into the building and to reduce heat gain. Instead of fresh water, sea water is used as coolant for the air-conditioning system.
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and "the largest building in the Far East", "the tallest structure in South East Asia", and "tallest building between Cairo and San Francisco". The third design used part of the land of the
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The building is also one of the few to not have lifts as the primary carrier of building traffic. Instead, lifts only stop every few floors, and floors are interconnected by escalators.
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aluminium-clad steel columns which ascend from the foundations up through the core structure, and five levels of triangular suspension trusses which are locked into these masts.
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management of the Bank. The placement of the lions both temporarily and in their current locations was made only after extensive consultations with feng shui practitioners.
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station. Conceived as a minimalist glass envelope, the new lobby is designed to be deferential to Foster's structure and appears almost to be part of the original.
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In 1934, the second building was demolished and a third design was erected. The new building opened in October 1935. Upon completion, the building stood as the
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and was finished on 18 November 1985. At the time, it was the most expensive building in the world (c.a. HK$ 5.2 billion, roughly US$ 668 million).
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The new lobby and its two-part Asian Story Wall were designed by Greg Pearce, of One Space Limited. Pearce was also the Principal Architect of the
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and sent to Japan to be melted down. The war ended before this could happen, and the lions were recognised by an American sailor in a dockyard in
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The first building on the left is Wardley House, used as an office by HSBC between 1865 and 1882, was located next to the coastline on
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The original design was heavily inspired by the Douglas Gilling designed Qantas International Centre in Sydney (currently known as
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episode "Superstitious Minds", Writer, Researcher & Associate Producer Tom Puchniak asserts that the design of the nearby
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between 1941 and 1945, the building served as the government headquarters. It was the first building in Asia to be fully
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ignored feng shui principles, and created instant controversy by evoking two knife edges, one pointing towards the
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protests which maintained a presence in the building from 15 October 2011 until their eviction in September 2012.
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in 1945. They were returned a few months later and restored to their original positions in October 1946.
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The lion named Stephen has shrapnel scars in its left hind-quarters dating from the fighting in the
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with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners. It was constructed by the John Lok /
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and shipped to Hong Kong. About 30,000 tons of steel and 4,500 tons of aluminium were used.
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500 a month. After raising a capital of HKD 5 million, the bank opened its doors in 1865.
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The second design of the HSBC headquarters building, used from 1886 to 1933.
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The following is a list of bronze copies and re-casts of the HSBC lions:
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Headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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opened in 1923. Cast by J W Singer & Sons in the English town of
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HSBC installed two "cannons" on the roof, pointing directly at the
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Recent illumination of the HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong
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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: Unique Headquarters
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HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong – from different angles
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One Space Limited (New lobby and Asian History Wall architect)
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The early British settlers in Hong Kong had an interest in
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The third design of the HSBC headquarters building in 1967.
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Levett & Bailey / Northcroft, Neighbour & Nicholson
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Hongkong Bank: The Building of Norman Foster's Masterpiece
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The new building was designed by the British architect
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How Hong Kong rose to become tallest city in the world
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The atrium of the HSBC building was the site of the
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Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building

HSBC Building (Hong Kong) is located in Hong Kong
Structural Expressionism
Queen's Road Central
Central
Hong Kong
Coordinates
22°16′48″N 114°9′34″E / 22.28000°N 114.15944°E / 22.28000; 114.15944
Foster and Partners
Ove Arup & Partners
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Wimpey
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
IPA
[hœ́ŋkɔ̌ːi.wùːifʊ́ŋ.ŋɐ̌nhɐ̏n.tɐ̀ihàː]
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
HSBC Holdings
Statue Square
old City Hall
Hong Kong
Queen's Road Central
Des Voeux Road Central
HKD

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