Bank of China Tower

Hong Kong


The awesome 70-storey Bank of China Tower, designed by IM Pei and completed in 1990, rises from the ground like a cube, and is then successively reduced, quarter by quarter, until the south-facing side is left to rise on its own. Some geomancers believe the four prisms are negative symbols; being the opposite of circles, these triangles contradict what circles suggest – money, union and perfection.

It is possible to enter the building from Garden Rd or Queensway, but the lobby is as far as you'll get once inside.

Transportation

  • metro: Central, exit K

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Hong Kong attractions

1. Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

0.07 MILES

Built in 1846 as the home of the commander of the British forces, Flagstaff House is the oldest colonial building in Hong Kong still standing in its…

2. Cheung Kong Park

0.09 MILES

This small, shady park and sitting area has an artificial waterfall and several faux grottoes. It's a popular lunch spot for workers and a welcome, leafy…

3. KS Lo Gallery

0.1 MILES

The KS Lo Gallery, in a building beside the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware at Hong Kong Park contains rare ceramics from famous kilns in ancient China…

4. Old Bank of China Building

0.11 MILES

Constructed in 1950, the old Bank of China building now houses the bank’s Central branch and, on its top floors, the exclusive members-only China Club,…

5. Former French Mission Building

0.11 MILES

This handsome red brick building was built in the mid-1800s and renovated to its current Edwardian glory in 1917 by the French Society of Foreign Missions…

6. Lippo Centre

0.13 MILES

Though the HSBC (Hongkong & Shanghai Bank) Building and the Hong Kong International Airport, both by English architect Norman Foster, may be Hong Kong’s…

7. St John’s Cathedral

0.13 MILES

Services have been held at this Anglican cathedral since it opened in 1849, with the exception of 1944, when the Japanese army used it as a social club…

8. Old Supreme Court Building

0.14 MILES

The colonnaded and domed building (c 1912) was built of granite quarried on Stonecutters Island, and served as the seat of the Legislative Council from…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "china/hong-kong/central-district/attractions/bank-of-china-tower/a/poi-sig/1028014/1323951",
      "destination": "Hong-Kong",
      "continent": "Asia",
      "country": "China",
      "city": "Hong-Kong",
      "position": "superzone"
    }