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ARCHITECTURE
       Modern buildings 2





                    HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, HONG KONG, 1981-1985 (BY N. FOSTER)
                              Illuminated
                      Mast    fascia        External                               Soffit
           Inverted               Curved    maintenance crane
           top truss                                                   Helicopter
                                  glazing
                                                     Cockpit          landing pad       Navigation
           Soffit                                                                       light
                                                      Counterweight                                Stepped
                                                                                                  elevation
                                    Boom               Circular access
                                                       platform
        Sunshade                                                      Face
          louver                                        Steel column  panel               Horizontal
                                                                                          window
         Mullion                                        Face panel
                                                                                          Vertical
                                                        Hanger                            window
                                                        Handrail
        Composite                                                                             External
         cladding-                                     Top beam                               maintenance
                                                                                              crane
           panel
                                                        Outer
                                                        diagonal
         Escalator                                      beam
                                                        Outer bottom                              Cross-
                                                        boom                                      bracing
                                                        Inner
                                                        diagonal                                  Service
        Fire escape                                     beam                                      shaft
         staircase
                                                        Inner bottom
         External                                       boom
         staircase
                                                        Pin joint                                 Double
                                                                                                  floor
                                                        Refuge                                    height
          Double                                        terrace
           floor-
          height                                        Hanger
                                                                                                  Sun scoop
       Full-height
          glazing
        Sun scoop                                       Two-story
                                                        stability
          Glazed                                        truss
          curtain                                       (coathanger
            wall                                        truss)
                                                                                                   10-floor-
                                                        Flange                                     high
                                                                                                   atrium
                                                        Lightweight,
                                                        column-free,
        Vertical,                                       steel and
         glazed                                         concrete floor
        typhoon
         screen                                         Glazed
                                                        soffit
                                                                                  Internal bridge
        Entrance lobby                      Plaza
                               SOUTH FACADE                                   EAST SIDE

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