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Chinatrust Bank Headquarters designed by NBBJ

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Institutional Architecture , ,
 

After an international design competition and nearly two years of design, the high-profile, 2.5-million-square-foot Chinatrust Bank headquarters has broken ground in Taiwan. Designed by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ, in cooperation with the local firm Fei & Cheng Associates, the project is slated to reach completion in 2012.

The Chinatrust Bank development will consist of a 30-story headquarters building, a 21-story commercial office building, a 10-story hotel, and a four-level retail center. The project is designed to accommodate the bank’s growth, while supporting its status as the “Best Bank in Taiwan,” as named in Asiamoney, Euromoney, and FinanceAsia publications.

More images, after the break

 

13 comments »

NMiller says:

Cool design. I look forward to seeing more from this office!

The renderings are cool, but can we see more drawings (plans, sections?) and project information (concept, sq. area, program, etc?)

 
# February 26, 2009 at 15:21
benq says:

no bad!!l like

 
# February 26, 2009 at 22:36
sgurin says:

Есть неплохие моменты. There are good points.

 
# February 27, 2009 at 01:19
temple says:

nice!

 
# February 27, 2009 at 04:55
sebastian says:

looks good!!!

 
# February 27, 2009 at 09:21
thiago says:

very nice
but kind of remind me the siamese tower by alejandro aravena
http://www.archdaily.com/1277/siamese-towers-alejandro-aravena

 
# February 27, 2009 at 10:43
Opium says:

When will these asian countries stop wanting to look like manhattan…another deja vu corportate architecture project…same old same old

 
# February 27, 2009 at 11:07
roberto says:

finally, someone is doing something original with a large scale project, and not just cranking out another silly twisting tower.

 
# March 1, 2009 at 02:47
floor plan says:

bank floor plan

 
# May 9, 2009 at 13:41

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