Central Plaza is a 78-storey,374 m (1,227 ft) skyscraper at 18 Harbour Road,in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Completed in August 1992,it is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre in Central and the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon. It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996,until the Shun Hing Square was built in Shenzhen,a neighbouring city. Central Plaza surpassed the Bank of China Tower as the tallest building in Hong Kong until the completion of 2 IFC.
Hopewell Centre is a 222-metre (728-foot),64-storey skyscraper at 183 Queen's Road East,in Wan Chai,Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The tower is the first circular skyscraper in Hong Kong. It is named after Hong Kong–listed property firm Hopewell Holdings Limited,which constructed the building. Hopewell Holdings Limited's headquarters are in the building and its chief executive officer,Gordon Wu,has his office on the top floor.
The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong,after International Commerce Centre,Two International Finance Centre,Central Plaza and Bank of China Tower. With a height of 346 m (1,135 ft),it comprises 73 storeys. The Center is one of the few skyscrapers in Hong Kong that is entirely steel-structured with no reinforced concrete core and is one of the tallest steel buildings in world. It is located on 99 Queen's Road Central in the Central,roughly halfway between the MTR Island line's Sheung Wan and Central stations.
The Petronas Towers,also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers,are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia,standing at 451.9 metres. From 1996 to 2004,they were the tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the Taipei 101 building. The Petronas Towers remain the world's tallest twin skyscrapers,surpassing the original World Trade Center towers in New York City,and were the tallest buildings in Malaysia until 2019,when they were surpassed by The Exchange 106. The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur,along with the nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower and Merdeka 118,and are visible in many places across the city.
The International Finance Centre is a skyscraper and integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District.
HSBC Main Building is a headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,which is today a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings. It is located on the southern side of Statue Square near the location of the old City Hall,Hong Kong. The previous HSBC building was built in 1935 and pulled down to make way for the current building. The address remains as 1 Queen's Road Central.
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company,with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its main contractor. It is a mixed-use skyscraper,consisting of offices,hotels,conference rooms,observation decks,ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the tower's hotel component,comprising 174 rooms and suites occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors,which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. It is now the third-highest hotel in the world after the Ritz-Carlton,Hong Kong,which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.
The International Commerce Centre is a 108-story,484 m (1,588 ft) supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon,Hong Kong,resting atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations. It is the world's 13th tallest building by height,10th tallest by number of floors,and Hong Kong's tallest,as well as the only building in the city with over 100 storeys. The official height is 484 m (1,588 ft),which includes the 6 m (20 ft) tall parapets on the roof. It was the world's 4th tallest building and 3rd in Asia when completed in 2010.
Shun Hing Square,also known as "Di Wang Tower" (地王大厦) is a 384-meter (1,260 ft)-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen,Guangdong province,China. Upon its completion in 1996,it became the tallest building in China,until being surpassed by CITIC Plaza in the next year.
Bank of ChinaLimited,abbreviated as BOCHK,is a subsidiary of the Bank of China. Bank of China is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits,with more than 190 branches across Hong Kong as of the end of 2019. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.
Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central,Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. The 70-storey structure is 283 m (928 ft) tall with a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m2). When completed in 1999,it was the fourth-tallest building in the city after the Central Plaza,Bank of China Tower and The Center. The Cheung Kong Center sits on the combined sites of the former Hong Kong Hilton,which was demolished in 1995/6,and Beaconsfield House,sold by the Government in 1996. It stands between the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building and the Bank of China Tower.
SEG Plaza is a skyscraper in Shenzhen,Guangdong Province,China. Completed in 2000 and located at the junction of Shennan Road and Huaqiangbei Electronics Market,it originally stood 356 metres (1,168 ft) tall including the height of the original antenna which has since been removed. It was the 21st tallest in China and the 72nd tallest in the world. The observation floor at the 69th level used to offer views over Shenzhen and northern Hong Kong but has been converted to office space. It is the home of,and named after the Shenzhen Electronics Group (SEG). It can be reached by Huaqiang North Station and Huaqiang Road Station of the Shenzhen Metro.
The architecture of Hong Kong features great emphasis on contemporary architecture,especially Modernism,Postmodernism,Functionalism,etc. Due to the lack of available land,few historical buildings remain in the urban areas of Hong Kong. Therefore,Hong Kong has become a centre for modern architecture as older buildings are cleared away to make space for newer,larger buildings. It has more buildings above 35m and more skyscrapers above 150m than any other city. Hong Kong's skyline is often considered to be the best in the world,with the mountains and Victoria Harbour complementing the skyscrapers.
The Union Square is a mixed-use commercial and residential real estate project in Hong Kong,located on the West Kowloon reclamation in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon. The area covers 13.54 hectares,while the site has a gross floor area of 1,090,026 square metres (11,732,940 sq ft),approximately the size of the Canary Wharf development in London. The complex contained some of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong,which includes the tallest commercial building in Hong Kong,the 118-storey International Commerce Centre and the loftiest residential tower in Hong Kong,The Cullinan,which rises 270-metre (890 ft) high.
The AIA Central,formerly called AIG Tower (美國國際集團大廈),in Hong Kong is a 185-metre (607 ft.),37-storey skyscraper that was completed in 2005 and serves as the headquarters of AIA Group. It is located in Central,not far from the landmark Bank of China Tower.
The Grand Promenade is a high-rise residential development located at 38 Tai Hong Street,Sai Wan Ho,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It is developed by Henderson Land Development and its subsidiary,The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co Ltd. in 2005.
Island Resort is a high-rise complex located in the Siu Sai Wan area of Hong Kong. Construction of the complex began in 1999,and was completed in 2001. It is also the 71st tallest building in Hong Kong,tied with The Dynasty Tower.
