For the last thirty years, the Bank of China Tower has been an iconic landmark on Hong Kong’s skyline. Ieoh Ming Pei’s masterpiece has been featured in numerous American blockbusters, as well as in video games like SimCity, a franchise centered on city-building. In fact, unlike the Bank of China Tower, few people outside of Hong Kong would recognize the headquarters of its main competitor, the HSBC Main Building. Yet, in the 1980s, when both skyscrapers were under constructio