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Hong Kong is a major world business city, a trading post between the Orient and the Occident, the east and the west. The city is famous for the grouping of skyscrapers seen in the photo above.
Famous architects with buildings in the city include Foster + Partners, Cesar Pelli, Terry Farrell and I M Pei. The tallest building currently is 2 IFC. Famous Hong Kong architecture includes the Bank of China and the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank.
Hong Kong Developments : alphabetical list of all major projects
Hong Kong Architects - with buildings featured in this guide
Hong Kong Architecture Photos : Photographs with captions only
Ten Key Hong Kong Buildings, chronological:
1. Happy Valley Racecourse
Architects: Leigh & Orange Ltd
World-famous multistorey stadium : Hong Kong Racecourse building
2. Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank - HSBC Building
Foster + Partners
Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank : at 179m high the HSBC Bank seems tiny now relative to recent Hong Kong skyscrapers, world-famous for its structural expression
3. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - HKCEC, Wanchai
Marshall Strabala of Skidmore Owings Merrill LLP
image : SOM
Hong Kong Convention Centre
4. Bank of China - Tower, Central
I.M. Pei & Partners, Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd
Bank of China Tower : 367m high skyscraper, strong diagonal motif design
5. The Peak - Peak Tower, Victoria Peak
Terry Farrell, Architects
The Peak Hong Kong is reached by a funicular ride through upper Hong Kong
6. One International Finance Centre, Central
Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Rocco Design, Hirsch Bedner Associates
Forerunner to the higher IFC 2 skyscraper (behind, left) also by architect Cesar Pelli
7. Chep Lap Kok Airport, Lantau Island
Foster & Partners, Architects
photo : Dennis Gilbert/VIEW
Hong Kong International Airport is reputedly the world's largest : Hong Kong Airport
8. The Center, Central / Sheung Wan
DLN Architects & Engineers
The Center Hong Kong skyscraper glows in different colours at night
9. Cosco Tower, Central / Sheung Wan
Hsin Yieh Architects & Associates Ltd
view from this Hong Kong skyscraper
Cosco Tower
10. Two International Finance Centre - 2 IFC Hong Kong, Central
Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Rocco Design Ltd
IFC2 skyscraper was the tallest tower in Hong Kong [415m high]: harbour views looking to hong kong with pencil of 2 IFC on right. The International Commerce Centre skyscraper [484m high] will overtake it, under construction.
Hong Kong Buildings - Photo Selection:
Other buildings in this Guide to Hong Kong Architecture, alphabetical:
Central Plaza, north Wan Chai
DLN Architects & Engineers
Tallest building in Hong Kong [374m high] until completion of Two International Finance Center - 2 IFC - in 2003. Tallest building in Asia 1992-96 : Central Plaza
Cheung Kong Centre, Queens Rd. Central Hong Kong
Hsin Yieh Architects; Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Leo Daly, Architect
Cheung Kong Centre in centre; Bank of China tower to left
Cheung Kong Centre : simplest (some might say dullest) Hong Kong skyscraper
The Hong Kong Community College (Hung Hom Bay Campus), Kowloon
AD+RG
Hong Kong Community College
Hopewell Centre, Queen's Road East, Wan Chai / Central
WMKY Ltd, Architects
Hopewell Center : tallest Hong Kong skyscraper from 1980-89
Human Genome Research Institute
Llewelyn Davies Yeang, with T. R. Hamzah & Yeang
Hong Kong Research Centre
Innovation Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - PolyU
Zaha Hadid Architects
Hong Kong University Building
International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with Wong & Ouyang
International Commerce Centre
Jardine House, Central
P & T Architects & Engineers Ltd
Jardine House : tallest building in Hong Kong [179m high] from 1972-80
Lippo Center, Wan Chai
Paul Rudolph, Wong & Ouyang
Lippo Center
West Kowloon Development
Foster + Partners
West Kowloon Cultural Complex
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Useful Links re Hong Kong Buildings:
Hong Kong Building News
Hong Kong Architecture - Guide to the Culture
HK - General Photos:
Architecture Competition
Famous Hong Kong building - Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank
Chep Lap Kok Airport + HSBC Bank building are both by Foster + Partners
The availability of broadband internet connection in over 95% of business establishments and the splended architecture of its buildings are some of the reasons why trade and commerce continue to flourish in the rich city of Hong Kong. In addition, Hong Kong is renowed for its assymmetrical business structures and towering skyscrapers among others.
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