2. This is a photo story and we
took the photos at central. We
took the Peak Tram to Central
and visited three structures.
The Bank of China Tower, St
John’s Cathedral and HSBC. At
around 12:30 we took the
Peak Tram back to peak Us in the Peak Tram heading
school. towards Central.
The building was built by I.M Pei and started getting built at 18 April 1985
and finished construction at 1990.
3. This structure is
located in central
and western
Central, no.1
Garden Road, on
Hong Kong Island.
If the people in
Hong Kong hadn’t
decided to make
the shore line
further away from
where it should
have been, The
Bank Of China
Tower would be
under water!
5. The Bank of China
Tower was made with
four parts. The parts
increased in height which makes it a bit like
stairs. The builders added roofs to each
section which made it look better. The
building was made to look like a bamboo
shaft.
6. The “X”s create
triangles and
squares on the
The building faces of the
has a building.
gargantuan
amount of
“X”s on the
faces of the
structure.
The Bank of China
Tower is made of
four triangular
prisms of different
heights.
7. Technology has made making very tall buildings
possible and another reason why this building is tall
is because of lack of space to build on.
There is a lot of glass because people can afford
to make it that way and it looks more modern.
There is now technology to make buildings with
glass.
The Building was built to look like a bamboo
shaft because bamboo is the symbol of strength,
development and vivacity in the Chinese
tradition.
