Design trends of tall building in Hong Kong

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Chung, William Wai-Ming, 1979-
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Design trends for tall building in Hong Kong
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Jerome J. Connor.
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Abstract
Hong Kong, located at the southern tip of China, is well known as one of the important financial capitals in Asia. As a result, high demand of space is required. With improving building technology, buildings in Hong Kong are reaching higher limits. This thesis presents an overview of design trends of tall building in Hong Kong from both architectural and structural perspectives. It also provides the design details of a few most famous and challenging structures in the past 20 years.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 37).
 
Date issued
2003
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29554
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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