Architecture

HSBC Building, the Bund

The HSBC Building (also known as the Municipal Government Building) is a six-floor neo-classical building in the Bund area of Shanghai, China. It served as the headquarters of the Shanghai branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1923 to 1955, and currently houses the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank). The building is situated at number 12, the Bund. Designed by the British architecture firm Palmer & Turner architects and surveyors, construction of the building lasted from 5 May 1921 to 23 June 1923.

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• ▸Art Deco architecture of New York City
• ▸Haemodoraceae
• ▸David (Donatello, bronze)

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