TIMES SQUARE, Hong Kong 1993 Times Square is located on the former tram depot site in Causeway Bay. It comprises two office towers, one 33 storeys and the other 26 storeys above a 14-storey retail podium with four cinemas and a six-storey basement. The MTR Causeway Bay South concourse is linked to the fifth basement…
GATEWAY I & II, OFFICE, SERVICED APARTMENT & RETAIL, Hong Kong 1998 The redevelopment of the apartment towers of the Harbour City was carried out in two phases, known as Gateway I and Gateway II. Gateway I consists of a pair of twin towers of 32 storeys of offices while Gateway II consists of another…
CHINA BUILDING, Hong Kong 1978 China Building, the first of the three to be completed, is completely clad in a curtain wall of reflective glass and stainless steel. Of particular note are the recessed stainless steel spandrels and mullions which create the illusion of floating glass panels on all the facades. At ground-floor level, entry…
WORLDWIDE HOUSE, Hong Kong 1980 In the case of Worldwide House, the site is located above the concourse of the MTR Central Station so that the tower location and disposition and even the column positions have been predetermined leaving little room for change.The original tower envisaged for the site was a rectangle with rounded corners…
FAR EAST FINANCE CENTRE, Hong Kong 1982 The site for this project is unaffected by the MTR as it does not lie above the station and concourse. The brief from the Client called for an iconic office tower built to the maximum height permitted under the Lease. In order to achieve the maximum building height,…
WHEELOCK HOUSE, Hong Kong 1984 Wheelock House, located on the other end of this stretch of Pedder Street abuts the corner with Des Voeux Road to assert its presence. The tower of Wheelock House is clad in a curtain wall of stainless steel mullions with clear glass vision panels and black tinted spandrels. Stainless steel…
LIPPO CENTRE, Hong Kong 1987 Lippo Centre was formerly known as Bond Centre and was designed in association with the late Paul Rudolph. The twin towers here aim to create a sculptural icon with a highly articulated element on the facade that spirals up each of the towers. The complimentary formal expression creates a dialogue…
HANG SENG BANK HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, Hong Kong 1991 The new headquarters building is located on Queen Victoria Street opposite the original headquarters. The design of the new flagship of the Bank takes on an architectural form that reflects the business philosophy of the Bank of providing ‘smooth and efficient’ customer services. This philosophy is consistently…
PACIFIC PLACE III, PACIFIC PLACE, Hong Kong 2004 As a new phase of Pacific Place I & II, it is a 38/F single tower consists of 34 levels of offices on 3 levels of carpark basement, with 2 entrance levels at Queen’s Road East and Star Street. The development would be directly connected to Admiralty…
ONE KOWLOON, Hong Kong 2007 One Kowloon is an office tower development located at the intersection of Wang Yuen Street and Wang Tai Road in Kowloon Bay. The brief of the development is to maximize the full development potential of the site as well as to create a modern grade A office building in the…
