The work, which weighs 20 tons, is modeled on the former HSBC Bank in Shanghai, a Neoclassical structure built in 1923 by
a British architecture firm.
The artist created a 20 - ton replica of the former HSBC Bank in Shanghai, built in 1923 by
the British architecture firm Palmer & Turner, contemplating the troubling history this building has lived through while questioning the power of ruling institutions.
In this instance, the building's original structure adopts a Neoclassicist design and was originally intended as the Chinese headquarters for a bank founded in British - ruled Hong Kong in the late 19th - century by
a British architecture firm.
Not exact matches
In March Ghanaian President unveiled the plans for the new Ghana National Cathedral in Accra, designed by Adjaye Associates, the
architecture firm led by
British - Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, OBE.
Scion and David Nairne & Associates (DNA), a
British Columbia
architecture and planning
firm, have completed a student housing feasibility study for the Comox Valley campus of North Island College, marking Scion's first engagement in the province.