HSBC Building

Summary

HSBC Building is an office building^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of office_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• HSBC Building is located in Central and Western District^[3].
• HSBC Building is located in Hong Kong^[4].
• HSBC Building is in the country of People's Republic of China^[5].
• HSBC Building's image is recorded as HK HSBC Main Building 2008.jpg^[6].
• HSBC Building's instance of is recorded as office building^[7].
• HSBC Building's instance of is recorded as skyscraper^[8].
• HSBC Building's architect is recorded as Norman Foster^[9].
• HSBC Building's architect is recorded as Wendy Cheesman^[10].
• HSBC Building's owned by is recorded as HSBC^[11].
• HSBC Building's architectural style is recorded as high-tech architecture^[12].
• HSBC Building's main building contractor is recorded as George Wimpey^[13].
• HSBC Building's Commons category is recorded as HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building^[14].
• HSBC Building's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20000037^[15].
• HSBC Building's Emporis building ID is recorded as 121011^[16].
• +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of HSBC Building^[17].
• HSBC Building's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.2802680515277, 'lon': 114.15953027468849}^[18].
• HSBC Building's structural engineer is recorded as Arup^[19].
• HSBC Building's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022z_1^[20].
• HSBC Building's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+47'}^[21].
• HSBC Building's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[22].
• HSBC Building's number of elevators is recorded as {'amount': '+28'}^[23].
• HSBC Building's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 2408^[24].
• HSBC Building's structure replaces is recorded as HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (third design)^[25].
• HSBC Building's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7733354^[26].
• HSBC Building's date of official opening is recorded as +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Geography

HSBC Building is in the country of People's Republic of China^[5]. Located in include Central and Western District^[3], a districts of Hong Kong^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29] and Hong Kong^[4], a special administrative region of China^[30], in People's Republic of China^[31], founded in 1997^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include office building^[7] and skyscraper^[8].

History and Context

+1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of HSBC Building^[17]. Its owned by is recorded as HSBC^[11].

Why It Matters

HSBC Building ranks in the top 4% of office_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (235 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]