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The Bank of China Tower (BOC Tower for short) is a huge skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong. It houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong).
The tower was designed by architect I. M. Pei. The building is 315 meters high with two masts reaching 369 meters (1209 feet) high. The 70 story building was built in 1989 and is located near Central MTR station.
The Bank of China Tower was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1989 to 1992, and it was the first building outside the United States to break the 1000 foot mark. That also means it was the tallest outside America from its completion year, 1990.
It is now the third tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after Two International Finance Centre and Central Plaza.
The structural expressionism adopted in the design of this building resembles growing bamboo shoots, symbolising livelihood and prosperity.
The whole structure is supported by the four steel columns at the corners of the building, with the triangular frameworks transferring the weight of the structure onto these four columns. The building has been criticised by practitioners of Feng Shui for its sharp edges.
A small observation deck on the 43rd floor of the building is open to the public; visits to the main obsevation deck on the 70th floor are by appointment only.
The formal address of the building is: 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong.
 TOWER TRIVIA
The Bank of China Tower is the only landmark from Hong Kong that appears in the computer games SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4.
CENTRAL PLAZA
Central Plaza is the second tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong (378.4 meters tall) after IFC, Hong Kong Phase 2 (415.8 meters tall). It used to be the tallest building in Asia for some time, until the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were built. It is located on Hong Kong Island, in Wan Chai district.
The 78-story building was completed in August 1992.
The building uses a triangular floor plan. It was one of the tallest buildings built with reinforced concrete. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colors in 15 minute intervals, blinking at the change of the quarter.
An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast. The anemometer sits at 378 meters above sea level.
Current tennants include Sun Microsystems, Exxon Mobil, and Chevron (Caltex)
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