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International Commerce Center
環 球 貿 易 廣 場

Nga Cheung Road & Austin Road West
Hong Kong HK China

Status:under-construction
Construction Dates
  Began2002
  Finished2010
Floor Count118
Basement Floors4
Floor Area262,176 m²
Building Uses
 - mixed use
 - hotel
 - observation
 - office
 - parking garage
 - retail
Structural Types
 - highrise
Materials
 - glass
 - steel

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof484.0 mUnion Square Development
Includes 23m podium, also includes parapet
Main roof deck470.6 m
Observation floor409.0 m
Plaza23.0 mUnion Square Development
Top of podium / MTR station
Vehicle7.5 mUnion Square Development
Commercial vehicle access
Base0.0 mUnion Square Development
At +6m from mean sea level
Sea level-6.0 m

Description
- Architect: Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
- Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Association
- Landscape Architect: Belt Collins & Associates
- Structural Engineer: Arup
- Development: Harbour Vantage Management Ltd.
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- The height from base level (EL. +6m) is 484 m and includes a 23 m podium structure. The tower alone will be 451 m and rank among the world's tallest projects when it completes in 2010.

- There are a total of 7 phases or packages to the whole development:

• Phase 1 is a series of 6 apartment towers known as "The Waterfront",
• Phase 2 is a series of 5 apartment towers known as "The Sorrento",
• Phase 3 is a series of 4 apartment towers,
• Phase 4 is a series of 3 apartment towers known as "The HarbourSide",
• Phase 5 is cancelled,
• Phase 6 are mixed use twin towers.

- The whole complex is situated surrounding Kowloon Station of Mass Transit Railway (MTR) . MTR is Hong Kong's subway system.

- Kowloon is located on the peninsula across from Hong Kong Island.

- A Ritz-Carlton will be the world's highest hotel, situated inside the skyscraper.

Other related link: http://www.kpf.com /portfolio by typology/office buildings/international commerce center

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