Property News · February 21, 2017

Architect Sandi Pei’s design challenge… how to adapt an art deco ‘masterpiece’ into a private banking centre


It is not easy to design a new building from scratch, but it can be even more challenging to renovate a heritage building back to its glory, according to architect Sandi Pei Li-chung who is overseeing the renovation of the historic Bank of China building.
Pei, 67, is the youngest son of I.M. Pei, the architect behind the Bank of China Tower in Garden Road, which opened on May 17, 1990, after a four year construction process.
Pei, who’s own son represents the third generation of architects…

Source : South China Morning Post
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