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Reaching for the sky
Jul 04, 2007
Whatever your take on modern urban architecture, you can’t help but be
impressed with HSBC’s new headquarters in Mexico City. Four years in
the making, its 36 floors of glistening steel and glass measure nearly
140 metres from pavement to roof.
But as dramatically imposing as the Torre HSBC might be, it’s not the
magnitude of this 40,000 square-metre office that is turning heads.
Rather, attention is focusing on its innovative design. Opened in April
2006, HSBC’s Mexican headquarters is being hailed as the most
environmentally-friendly office in Latin America.
Among the building’s many eco-innovations are a rainwater collection