The history of the Asian high-rise building can be traced back to 1935 with the Bank of China in Hong Kong and the Broadway Mansions in Shanghai. From 1950, Hong Kong became one of the few cities in the world at the time, together with New York and Chicago, to develop itself intensively towards the sky. Since then Asia boasts some of the most impressive and tallest buildings in the world. "Tall Buildings of Asia & Australia" features projects by Pacific Rim firms including Architects Pacific, C.Y. Lee & Partners, Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers, Harry Seidler & Associates, Nikken Sekkei, P&T Group, Rocco Design, TR. Hamzah & Yeang, Wong & Ouyang, Wong Tung & Partners, just to name a few. In addition, projects from major international players in the architecture field, including Cesar Pelli & Associates, Foster and Partners, I.M. Pei & Partners, John Portman & Associates, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, and Skidmore,...