A. Filter
Bank of China Building, Shanghai, Shanghai: exterior
1/4 · ExteriorPhoto: Suicasmo · CC0 · source
Bank of China Building, Shanghai, Shanghai: exterior
2/4 · ExteriorPhoto: Livelikerw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Bank of China Building, Shanghai, Shanghai: exterior
3/4 · ExteriorPhoto: Ding Kezhong · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Bank of China Building, Shanghai, Shanghai: seen in its setting
4/4 · ContextPhoto: Windtrain · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: ExteriorPhoto 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: Context

Office & tower · Historic precedent

Bank of China Building, Shanghai

byPalmer & Turner, Lu QianshouSee all 4 buildings →Shanghai, China ↗

1937

Key featuresPlanned at 34 floors, cut nearly in half after Victor Sassoon insisted nothing beside his tower rise above its spire.

More by Palmer & TurnerAll 4 →

Broadway Mansions1934 · ShanghaiCustom House, Shanghai1927 · ShanghaiHSBC Building, the Bund1923 · Shanghai

More with stoneAll 442 →

Broadcasting House1932 · LondonChicago Board of Trade Building1930 · ChicagoJohannesburg City Hall1914 · JohannesburgDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Park2008 · Lucknow

Find more with

Stone442 buildings →Monumentality719 buildings →Axis300 buildings →Office & tower309 buildings →

Each opens every building that shares the idea.

Details

Architect
Palmer & Turner, Lu Qianshou
Place
Shanghai, China
Year
1937
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia

Go deeper

Projects & drawingsArchDaily ↗Plans & sectionsWikiArquitectura ↗News & featuresDezeen ↗ReadWikipedia ↗WatchYouTube ↗More photosWikimedia Commons ↗
See it on the wall
NextBroadway Mansions