The building was built out of prefabricated components and used bridge construction techniques to allow for a 11 storey high atrium in the middle with service modules on the left and right towers. Computer controlled mirrors reflect light into the atrium. This building sits right across the street to the south side of Statue Square. At street level a 12m high public area runs beneath the building. From this space a pair of escalators rise up to the main banking hall and its massive atrium.
Elevators run up on the left and right towers.
The picture to the right shows the escalators and the immense atrium inside. This is the building that symbolizes modern Hong Kong to me and it is a major landmark there. Beautifully architected by I. M. Pei, a Chinese-American architect, the tower was built from 1985 to 1990. When it was built, it was the tallest building in Hong Kong. There are no internal columns in the building as the building is entirely supported by the external frame.