As an investment firm based in the mining trade, efficiency and productivity are key aspects in the business routine. The design was initially inspired by nature. Another inspiration evident in the design is the emphasis on geometry. These key elements were at the forefront of the designs and were thus visually translated through the use of geometrical and psychological understandings of form and space. In up keeping the prestige and reputation of the world-class commercial building, a unique corporate arena is born through the use of glass and steel that helps replicate the various faces, materials, structures and geometric lines that you would expect to see on rock surfaces. These materials are proved further useful as they not only provide a non-obstructing frame for the natural surroundings that the Hong Kong harbor front has to offer, but also as the structural materials used to portray the bold angular lines.