香港中银大厦外观图俯瞰图收集10张
香港中国银行大厦，由贝聿铭建筑师事务所设计，1990年完工。总建筑面积12.9万平方米，地上70层，楼高315米，加顶上两杆的高度共有367.4米。建成时是香港最高的建筑物，亦是美国地区以外最高的摩天大厦。结构采用4角12层高的巨形钢柱支撑，室内无一根柱子。仔细观察中银大厦，会发现许多贝氏作品惯用的设计，以平面为例，中银大厦是一个正方平面，对角划成4组三角形，每组三角形的高度不同，节节高升，使得各个立面在严谨的几何规范内变化多端，至于平面的概念，可以溯至1973年的马德里大厦，马德里大厦亦是以方正的正面做多边的分割，分析其组合，乃系两个平等四边形的变化。外型像竹子的“节节高升”，象征著力量、生机、茁壮和锐意进取的精神；基座的麻石外墙代表长城，代表中国。
Bank of China (BOC) Tower is located at No.1, Garden Road, a flourishing centre of activity in Hong Kong's business and financial core. The building was constructed over a period of four years and four months commencing in April 1985. Completed for occupancy in August 1989, the building was opened in May 1990, towering 70 floors above the ground floor level and offering parking in four basement levels. The tower structure of 315 metres and two masts of 50 odd metres give the building its aspiring height of 367.4 metres – which, in 1989, made it the tallest in Hong Kong as well as the fifth by height in the world. It is still one of the tallest office buildings in Hong Kong.
The BOC Tower is a masterpiece of the world-renowned Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei. His inspiration for the building's construction was the elegant stature of bamboo, its sectioned trunk reaching higher and higher with each new growth. The Tower is symbolic of strength, vitality, growth and enterprise, representing Bank of China (Hong Kong)'s rapid development. The building is characterised by a harmonious blend of modern architecture with traditional Chinese design. Its four prism-shaped shafts reflect the sun's rays like a glittering crystal. A geometrical work of art clad in a curtain wall of glass and aluminum, BOC Tower rises majestically from its Central location to command a spectacular panoramic view of the Victoria Harbour.
The BOC Tower has won many construction awards locally and globally. To name just a few, we have 2002 "Excellent" Award of Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method; 1999 Ten Best Architecture in Hong Kong, HKIA; 1992 Marble Architectural Award; 1991 AIA Reynolds Memorial Award; 1989 Award for Engineering Excellence, ACEC; 1989 Certificate of Engineering Excellence, NYACE, etc. Its architect, Mr. Pei, also received the Smithsonian Institute's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement on 10 October 2003, an honour bestowed upon him by the United States Government.
