Bank of China Tower 

The Bank of China is a dramatic display of geometric form, an example of architecture and structural engineering seamlessly blended together. Envisioned by architect I.M. Pei as a “cube rising out of the ground diagonally divided into quadrants,” the tower is internationally recognized for its iconic design.

 
LERA led the structural design of the 1.4 million-sf (131,000-sm), 1,205-ft (367-m), 70-story office tower containing two levels of underground parking. Constructed on a tightly constrained, urban site framed by highways, the design solution called for a slender tower design.

At the time of completion, the Bank of China was the world’s tallest building outside of New York and Chicago, and the fifth tallest in the world.