Central Plaza is a 78-storey,374 m (1,227 ft) skyscraper completed in August 1992 at 18 Harbour Road,in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre in Central and the ICC 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-story supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia,standing at 451.9 metres. From 1998 to 2004,they were officially designated as the tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the completion of the Taipei 101. The Petronas Towers are the world's tallest twin skyscrapers and remained 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,and 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-storey,484 m (1,588 ft) supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon,Hong Kong,resting atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations(Kowloon and Austin Station). It is the world's 13th tallest 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" 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 China (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese:中國銀行(香港)有限公司),also known as its short name Bank of China (Hong Kong) or BOCHK (Chinese:中銀香港),is a subsidiary of the Bank of China (via the Hong Kong-listed intermediate holding company BOC Hong Kong (Holdings)). Bank of China (Hong Kong) is the second-largest commercial banking group in Hong Kong in terms of assets and customer deposits (2008 data),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. It is 70 storeys tall with height of 283 m (928 ft) and 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.
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.
Union Square is a commercial and residential real estate project in Hong Kong on the West Kowloon reclamation. Covering 13.54 hectares,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. As of 2011,the site contained some of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong —including the tallest commercial building in Hong Kong,the 118-storey International Commerce Centre and the loftiest residential tower in Hong Kong,The Cullinan.
Metroplaza is a shopping centre and office building developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties,officially opened in January 1993. It is located in Kwai Fong,Hong Kong and is opposite to Kwai Fong station of MTR. The mall is a shopping hub of adjacent areas of Kwai Fong,Lai King,Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung. While Metroplaza provides spacious shopping environment,another shopping centre Kwai Chung Plaza adjoining offers varieties of small shops. The mall had undergone major renovation from 2014 to November 2017.
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.
