Discussion: A Second Look - the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong

Buildings are usually published before one has any experience of the way they function – all the more reason to take another look at structures from earlier editions of DETAIL to see whether their concept and construction have stood the test of time. In the context of office buildings, we take a second look at what was in 1985 the headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation by Norman Foster.

Discussion: A Second Look - the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong
HSBC in 2007: in 1985, the highest point on the skyline, today assimilated into the surroundings © Margita Jocham