Hong Kong - Skyscrapers

An amazing density and diversity of high-rises

(photos of 2007-2009)

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Skyscrapers in Hong Kong

According to Hong Kong Skyscrapers.com, in 2009:

Hong Kong had 6 finished buildings over 300 meters tall
Hong Kong had 106 towers over 180 meters tall
Hong Kong was first in the world in greatest number of skyscrapers, with 228 towers over 150 meters tall and 7,558 high-rise buildings

An extensive list with diagrams of Hong Kong's skyscrapers can be found at Skyscraper Page.

The following panorama (looking from north at left to east at right) was taken from The Peak (map) in August 2009. It shows Hong Kong's Central District below and Kowloon across Victoria Harbour. We see from left to right (height is measured at the top of the spire or antenna):

the twin red-lined towers of Shun Tak Center (145m)
the pyramid-topped Cosco Tower (230m)
in West Kowloon, Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper, the International Commerce Center (ICC, 484m), to be completed in 2010
the pyramid-topped The Center (346m)
the paintbrush-tipped 2 International Finance Centre (2IFC, 416m)
the crane-structured HSBC Building (179m)
the asymmetrical slightly-curved AIG Tower with tilted roof (185m)
the rectangular Cheung Kong Center (283m)
in East Kowloon across Victoria Harbour, the Harbourfront Landmark (233m)
the triangle-and-cross designed Bank of China (367m)
the complex-shaped twin Lippo Towers (186m)
the curved-facade lens-shaped Island Shangri-La Hotel (213m)
the Central Plaza Tower with its very tall spire (374m)

Hong Kong's Wanchai District

The next picture was taken from water level. It shows the Central Plaza Tower (374m, map), dominating over the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre with its characteristic gull-wing roof.

Hong Kong's Central District

The next view, taken from about here, includes, from left, the Central Plaza Tower (374m), 2IFC (416m), the twin red-lined towers of the Shun Tak Center (145m), partly hiding The Center (346m).

Next are three views of 2IFC (416m, map).

The following panorama was taken from an observation tower in Hong Kong Park (map). It shows, from left, St. John's Building (rounded windows), Murray Building (on arches), joined Citibank Plaza and ICBC Tower (near-black windows, 206m), Bank of China (367m), complex-shaped twin Lippo Towers (186m), Queensway Government Offices (rectangular, 190m), and Island Shangri-La Hotel (curved, 213m).

The same panorama (extended from about 200 to 360 degrees) is presented in a circular view.

The next three pictures offer different perspectives of the Bank of China (367m, map).

The following picture shows the joined Citibank Plaza and ICBC Tower (206m, map).

Next is another view of the Bank of China (367m) with, to its right, the Island Shangri-La Hotel (213m) and Conrad Hotel (199m), both with curved facades, shot from here.

The Conrad Hotel (left, 199m) and Island Shangri-La Hotel (middle, 213m) are shown again below, together with the Three Pacific Place Building (183m), as seen from here.

Next are two views of the twin Lippo Towers (the taller one reaching 186m, map).

Kowloon

The tallest building of Hong Kong stands in Kowloon. The International Commerce Center (ICC, 484m, map), when completed in 2010, should be the 4th tallest in the world. It is flanked by the Harbour Side apartment building (255m). In these two views ICC has reached its full height.