Which architect designed the HSBC building in Hong Kong?
Norman Foster
Wendy Foster
HSBC Building/Architects
The new building was designed by the British architect Norman Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners. It was constructed by the John Lok / Wimpey Joint Venture. From the concept to completion, it took seven years (1978–1985).
Why was the HSBC building constructed?
The building was originally conceived in response to a 1979 competition held by global financial firm Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation, known as HSBC, which called on architects to create “the best bank building in the world”.
Which building in Hong Kong was designed by Norman Foster?
Shanghai Banking Corporation
Foster won the commission to design the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters, which is now called the HSBC Main Building, in 1979.
What is in the center of the Hong Kong Shanghai bank building?
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters In the congested centre of Hong Kong, the Bank unfurls from the sky, like a mechanised Jacob’s Ladder, and touches the ground. From the plaza, escalators rise up through the glass underbelly to the banking hall, which was conceived as a ‘shop window for banking’.
When was the HSBC building built?
1983
HSBC Building/Construction started
Who created the HSBC?
Thomas Sutherland
HSBC/Founders
HSBC was founded by Thomas Sutherland, a young Scotsman working in Hong Kong for a large shipping firm. He had never held a bank account himself, but while sailing along the South China coast in 1864, he read an article on Scottish banking that inspired him.
Where is HSBC headquarters located?
London, United Kingdom
HSBC/Headquarters
What HSBC means?
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
The bank’s name is derived from the initials of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the founding member of HSBC.
Who was the architect of the Hong Kong HSBC Building?
Foster won the commission to design the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters, which is now called the HSBC Main Building, in 1979. This was only ten year’s after he and Wendy Foster set up Fosters Associates, and 18 years before ownership of Hong Kong would be transferred from the UK to China.
What kind of building is HSBC Main Building?
Now referred to as HSBC Main Building, the tower shares motifs with many of Foster’s early projects, including visible cross bracing, open-plan interiors and an abundance of steel and glass.
Where is the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong?
HSBC Main Building (香港滙豐總行大廈) is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which is today a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings. It is located on the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the old City Hall , Hong Kong.
How is the light reflected in the HSBC Building?
The entrance to the HSBC building has a ten-storey atrium, into which natural light is reflected into using a giant sunscoop – a bank of mirrors that reflects light from outside of the building. Between the structural columns, the office floors are raised off the ground, so that people can pass underneath the buildings.