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The tower's innovative mega-truss system redirects all structural loads directly to its four corners, allowing for a lighter steel chassis capable of withstanding high typhoon winds.

Completed in 1990 by I.M. Pei & Partners, the 1,205-foot-tall Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong is a landmark of late modernist high-rise design, defined by a triangulated structural system expressed through faceted glass and aluminum surfaces.

Natural light filters through the circulation core, reducing artificial lighting requirements while enhancing spatial orientation, leading in part to the project achieving EEWH Diamond Certification - Taiwan's highest green-building rating.

Exposed timber structure, generous glazing, and filtered daylight create a warm interior atmosphere that encourages quiet study and reflection.

Outdoor reading areas extend the library program into the landscape, allowing visitors to engage directly with the surrounding environment.

Large glazed openings orient reading spaces toward the park and maximize access to diffuse natural daylight.

The 21,400-square-foot building's layered balconies emerge from the surrounding parkland, allowing the building to read as an extension of the landscape rather than an isolated object.

The Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch is Taiwan's first green library. Integrating timber construction, passive strategies and site planning, the library establishes a close relationship between architecture, landscape, and public learning.

The former upper-level kitchen is reprogrammed as a lofted study with ensuite, consolidating services below while introducing a flexible retreat within the existing volume.

The kitchen is repositioned at ground level to anchor daily activity around the garden-facing living zone. Its placement redefines circulation and prioritizes communal use over compartmentalized planning.