Central Plaza | |
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中環廣場 | |
![]() Central Plaza in June 2009 | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Architectural style | Postmodern |
Location | 18 Harbour Road Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°16′48″N 114°10′25″E / 22.28000°N 114.17361°E |
Construction started | 1989 |
Completed | 1992 |
Height | |
Architectural | 373.9 m (1,227 ft) |
Roof | 309 m (1,014 ft) |
Top floor | 299 m (981 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 78 3 below ground |
Floor area | 172,798 m2 (1,859,982 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 39 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd. |
Developer | Ryoden Development Sino Land Sun Hung Kai Properties |
Structural engineer | Arup |
Main contractor | Manloze Ltd |
References | |
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Traditional Chinese | 中環廣場 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中环广场 | ||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Jūngwàahn Gwóngchèuhng | ||||||||||||||||
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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 (2 IFC) 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.
Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou in 1996. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colours for 15-minute periods, blinking at the change of the quarter.
An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast, at 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level. The mast has a height of 102 m (335 ft). Central Plaza also houses the world's highest church inside a skyscraper, Sky City Church.
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