The Bank of China Building is a development consisting of two

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located in the central business district of

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. It is located on 4 Battery Road, adjacent to

6 Battery Road Six Battery Road, formerly the Standard Chartered Bank Building, is a high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. It is located at 6 Battery Road, in Raffles Place. The tower is situated adjacent to the Bank of ...

, Maybank Tower, and roughly 100 metres from the Fullerton Hotel. The Tower serves as the headquarters for the

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History

The old block of the Bank of China Building was built in 1954 with a total of 18 floors. It was designed by

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(otherwise known as Palmer and Turner) of Hong Kong. The pair of lions guarding the entrance is a work by Rudolfo Nolli. The block was the tallest building in the central business district of Singapore,

Raffles Place Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Sing ...

from 1954 till 1974, when it was overtaken by

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. The additional new block was completed in 2000. With 36 floors and a height of 168 metres it is built immediately adjacent to the old block and shares a common podium.

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