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Pei, the architect behind the Bank of China Tower in Garden Road, which opened on May 17, 1990, after a four year construction process.<br \/>\nPei, who\u2019s own son represents the third generation of architects&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/2072408\/architect-sandi-peis-design-challenge-how-adapt-art-deco-masterpiece\" target=\"_blank\">Architect Sandi Pei\u2019s design challenge&#8230; how to adapt an art deco \u2018masterpiece\u2019 into a private banking centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It is not easy to design a new building from scratch, but it can be&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-bGe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44924,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-architect-family-behind-hong-kongs-bank-of-china-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":44902,"position":0},"title":"The architect family behind Hong Kong\u2019s Bank of China Tower","date":"February 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The iconic Bank of China Tower on Garden Road in Central is one of Hong Kong\u2019s landmark buildings \u2013 a \u201cmasterpiece\u201d designed by well known architect I.M. 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