<P> The new building was designed by the British architect Norman , Lord Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners , and was constructed by Wimpey International . From the concept to completion , it took seven years ( 1978 -- 1985 ) . The building is 180 metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels . The building has a modular design consisting of five steel modules prefabricated in the UK by Scott Lithgow Shipbuilders near Glasgow , and shipped to Hong Kong . About 30,000 tons of steel and 4,500 tons of aluminium were used . </P>
<P> The new building was designed by the British architect Norman , Lord Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners , and was constructed by Wimpey International . From the concept to completion , it took seven years ( 1978 -- 1985 ) . The building is 180 metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels . The building has a modular design consisting of five steel modules prefabricated in the UK by Scott Lithgow Shipbuilders near Glasgow , and shipped to Hong Kong . About 30,000 tons of steel and 4,500 tons of aluminium were used . </P>
who designed the hsbc building in hong kong
who designed the hsbc building in hong kong
the British architect Norman , Lord Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners , and was constructed by Wimpey International
the British architect Norman , Lord Foster and civil & structural engineers Ove Arup & Partners with service design by J. Roger Preston & Partners , and was constructed by Wimpey International