| dc.contributor.advisor | Jerome J. Connor. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Chung, William Wai-Ming, 1979- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-03-24T16:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-03-24T16:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29554 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 37). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Hong Kong, located at the southern tip of China, is well known as one of the important financial capitals in Asia. As a result, high demand of space is required. With improving building technology, buildings in Hong Kong are reaching higher limits. This thesis presents an overview of design trends of tall building in Hong Kong from both architectural and structural perspectives. It also provides the design details of a few most famous and challenging structures in the past 20 years. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by William Wai-Ming Chung. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 37 leaves | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1802850 bytes | |
| dc.format.extent | 1802657 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Civil and Environmental Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Design trends of tall building in Hong Kong | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Design trends for tall building in Hong Kong | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 52723412 | en_US |
