HONG KONG | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[vvill]

The curves of the Four Seasons are nice, but they don't really look like HK. They bring a sea resort touch to the busy city.
The facade treatment is in line with the context though.

and it's very american looking as well. but it's good, cos it's something new and different to the skyline!

[Fabb]

I'm still afraid this huge wall-like structure will block the view of the Center from Kowloon.
Even though it's elegant, I'm not sure it'll transform the skyline for the best. A more modest building like AIG will probably do a better job.

[vincent]

Fabb, i thought we discussed the problem couple times already throughout the years. Although, i still think the height of four seasons should be lowered a little more. But overall, i think the planner did a good job on allocation the towers of the IFC project, and i think it is the best they can possibly do. The Center will be blocked from the plaza in front of the cultural center (the plaza with the clock tower) all the way to west kowloon (reappear at around the harbourside i think). But plaza east of cultural center all the way to new world center (or even hung hom i think), the center is not blocked. If you are in North point the center is blocked by 2ifc, then in wanchai, the center appears again.

[Sher]

Ya that huge 4 season blocked almost 80 percent of the center from tst, i wish they could built 2 ifc taller so 4 season can occupy as the way Grand Hyatt did in Jin Mao.
But yeah, The center will reappear again around Harbourside, but Boc will be blocked by AIG at that angle again... lol
You can see the center from tst from some angles where it appears between 1 ifc and 4 seasons, but the peak view of this tower is still the most attractive:

http://mishopi.image.pbase.com/u47/specialteam/upload/29961985.harbour13copy.jpg

Great update by Aboveday!

[Fabb]

But overall, i think the planner did a good job on allocation the towers of the IFC project, and i think it is the best they can possibly do.

I really don't agree.
The essence of the HK architecture is density and the IFC complex lacks of it. By much.
2IFC is far too isolated.
1&2IFC are too far away from each other.
The Four Seasons hotel is too squat.

I would have prefered a cluster of taller, more slender towers packed up against 2IFC, a soaring, more integrated complex that would have added a focal point to the skyline instead of blocking most of it.

[HforHenry]

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B3FD13.002C
:cool:

[Rachmaninov]

Great pics mate!

[igzaklee]

YES! H is for Henry, hooray, and definitely HK...


:yes:

[Fabb]

... beautiful Langham Place...

[vincent]

beautiful pic!

[ztopp]

That pic of langham place really brings the best from the two sides of skylines. :cool:

[Fabb]

Exactly.
Or, it seems like one very big skyline, with an illusion of continuity.

[igzaklee]

i do believe, once US7 starts to rear it's MONSTROUS face,
we'll begin to see ever more of these re-alignments of the skyline...

[Aboveday]

i do believe, once US7 starts to rear it's MONSTROUS face,
we'll begin to see ever more of these re-alignments of the skyline...


I believe we will.
(The pic above is fabulous!)

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Any Informations about this project :???: ????
It's locate at King's Road , North Point
http://image18.webshots.com/18/3/88/71/206638871sErQSr_ph.jpg
http://image20.webshots.com/21/3/69/71/206636971vGYZwx_ph.jpg

[Chad]

New World Hotel Extension :

Storey : 71
Site area : 39,458 Sq.M.
Total GFA : 123358 Sq.M.

Converting the existing New World Center Carpark/Office Tower into a 5-star hotel/serviced apartment tower and extension of basement shopping arcade to connect Palace mall/pedestrian subway system.

http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/New-World-Hotel-Extension-p01-c.jpg

[Chad]

Property Development at Tseung Kwan O MRT Station :

Location : Area 56 Tseung Kwan O Town Center, New Territories, Hongkong
Site Area : 40,600 Sq.M.
Storey : 38
Completion : 2007
Usage : Office Towers

http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/TKO-MTR-p01c.jpg

http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/TKO-MTR-p01d.jpg http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/TKO-MTR-p01e.jpg

[HforHenry]

New World Hotel Extension :

Storey : 71
Site area : 39,458 Sq.M.
Total GFA : 123358 Sq.M.

Converting the existing New World Center Carpark/Office Tower into a 5-star hotel/serviced apartment tower and extension of basement shopping arcade to connect Palace mall/pedestrian subway system.

http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/New-World-Hotel-Extension-p01-c.jpg

:rolleyes: I want Kowloon can have this great skyline..
but it is impossible now .....

[vvill]

New World Hotel Extension :

Storey : 71
Site area : 39,458 Sq.M.
Total GFA : 123358 Sq.M.

Converting the existing New World Center Carpark/Office Tower into a 5-star hotel/serviced apartment tower and extension of basement shopping arcade to connect Palace mall/pedestrian subway system.

http://www.dln.com.hk/eng/images/New-World-Hotel-Extension-p01-c.jpg

:rolleyes: I want Kowloon can have this great skyline..
but it is impossible now .....

not really. in fact, i know they're asking some architectural firms in hk to do a feasibility study for that. so there's still a chance for that to be built.

[Sher]

I would rather want the current skyline other than the one above with that ugly gateway3 and the old Kowloon mtr tower. Btw, that new world extension looks like a taller version of the Wanchai's Grand Hyatt.

[Fabb]

Hopefully, it won't be that massive.

[Aboveday]

In last year,New World still consider to build this hotel.

[Fabb]

I can't visualize the site.
Would it require a demolition or is it already available ?

[Chad]

Winsor Kwun Tong Centre

Location : 102 How Ming Street Kwun Tong Hong Kong
Finishion : 2006
Owner : Winsor Properties Holdings Ltd

http://www.akaa.com.hk/images/commercial/102/how_ming02.jpg

[Fabb]

That's nice.
It won't look as "green" from the street though.

[Aboveday]

Langham Tower & Hotel was lit-up tonight !the lighting system on the roof of the hotel tower changes its color every 3 seconds!And the top of the Langham Tower is white in color ,very eye catching,I believe they are testing the lights these days.

[Fabb]

Great !
The Center has its sibling in Mongkok.

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The mall open today!!!

Here's some freshy photo :laugh:

Whole Complex

For Full Resolution (http://image22.webshots.com/22/6/1/9/209360109ycuYot_fs.jpg)
http://image20.webshots.com/20/5/93/59/209359359KFXezL_ph.jpg

Street Scenes :
http://image18.webshots.com/18/5/93/79/209359379YCbjbO_ph.jpg
http://image20.webshots.com/21/5/94/12/209359412xeswUS_ph.jpg

Shopping mall & the office tower :
http://image22.webshots.com/23/5/93/96/209359396dlyDxH_ph.jpg
http://image18.webshots.com/18/5/94/65/209359465yYzLgB_ph.jpg
http://image18.webshots.com/19/5/94/93/209359493dVhBmd_ph.jpg
And the elevator lobby :D
http://image20.webshots.com/21/5/95/19/209359519uUNULU_ph.jpg

Finally , the lighting schemes
Full Resolution (http://image20.webshots.com/21/6/46/85/209364685QdICwV_fs.jpg) Blurred .... Sorry :uhh:
http://image20.webshots.com/21/5/95/44/209359544YqZoIU_ph.jpg

[Fabb]

Great !
What's the interior like ?

[vincent]

interesting!

[ztopp]

I'll definitely go there when i'm free.

[Fabb]

It's been opened right in time for the holiday season.

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Only the Seibu has opened ..
The rest will open on 17 Nov

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Here's my album
Check this out for the construction updates !!! :crazy:
http://community.webshots.com/user/endophins

Some pics of the Lai Chi Kok Reclamation Area & the KMB Depot Redevelopment :

Banyan Garden , Liberte , The Pacifica & Hoi Lai Estate[Public Housing :no:]
http://image16.webshots.com/17/6/56/27/210265627dpPodv_fs.jpg

And the Redevelopment
http://image16.webshots.com/16/6/22/40/210262240TwriKN_ph.jpg

[Aboveday]

http://netalbum.netvigator.com/photos800/2004/11/03/c3133322162048651099490795462.jpg?1099490845952

http://netalbum.netvigator.com/photos800/2004/11/03/c3133322162045071099490802588.jpg?1099490897416

lit up!

[Fabb]

I looks great !
It's meant to be seen at night.

[igzaklee]

another beaute for HK! :)

[vincent]

wow, beautiful lighting! was this pic taken from central or sheung wan?

[Sher]

very beautiful indeed!! I heard someone saying boc has a new lighting as well, can u take pics for us if u r free?

[Aboveday]

Vincent ,the pic was taken at City Hall.
Sher ,I saw boc`s spire was green in color during the light show ,but it only last for a few seconds.....:)

P.S:The "ball" on the Langham office tower can change its color too!

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The crown of the Four Seasons ..... Still a long way to go

Full Res (http://image18.webshots.com/18/5/8/83/211450883zCeVZx_fs.jpg)
http://image18.webshots.com/18/5/8/83/211450883zCeVZx_ph.jpg

[Rachmaninov]

Great pics!!!!!!!

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http://image20.webshots.com/20/6/66/11/212366611KpGiNa_ph.jpg

[vincent]

nice view, the top dome was in red?

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Ya.....the top change its colour like The Center

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Has anyone get information about the redevelop project of The Haw Par Mansion ... ???


Someone said that the project consists of three 60-storey buildings ... :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[try 2B funny]

The Legend

4 towers with around 50 floors on top of a 11-level podium, that's what i know

[vincent]

oh, the one by cheung kong? is it uc now?

[Rachmaninov]

Address?? wow another 60 story project

[ztopp]

Another 60 storey project? Now that's something i wanna hear. :)

[vincent]

23 Tai Hang Road, The Legend by Cheung Kong.
I remember the official from ck said the costs of construction per sq ft for The Legend is like 2 or 3 times of the Harbourfront Landmark in Hung hom. I think it will become one of the most expensive luxury apartments in HK (if not the most expensive)

[try 2B funny]

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn/City/tst 053.jpg

Hart Avenue Hotel

[Chad]

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn/City/tst 053.jpg

Hart Avenue Hotel

Where is it located?, Shim sha Chui?

[Aboveday]

Very nice!

[xePh3roK]

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn/City/tst 053.jpg

Hart Avenue Hotel

Where is it located?, Shim sha Chui?

Yes!
It's located in Tsim Sha Tsui

[Fabb]

What a great surprise !
Who knew that a beauty was hiding behind the ugly scaffoldings ?

[Aboveday]

A 130m+ building.

[HKT]

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn/City/tst 053.jpg

Hart Avenue Hotel

Where is it located?, Shim sha Chui?

Yes!
It's located in Tsim Sha Tsui

And it's very very close to Honoi Road.

[vincent]

wow, nice addition to TST skyline! A pre-christmas gift unwrapping now...

[Fabb]

I wonder what the top will look like. Hopefully there'll be a fancy sign or crown.

[Rachmaninov]

Very nice surprise indeed!!
O that Tai Hang Road project. I've heard abou it and I'm sure construction has started quite a long time ago.

[ztopp]

Now we just have to wait until the scaffoldings disappear to take a good look at it. Can't wait...

[Lecom]

That's a pretty cool way of constryction. While in NY the building is entirely seen as it goes up, in HK it goes up first and then the surprise of unwrapping comes in. That's cool. I also like it how in Australia they write the floor numbers on the concrete shafts (so it's easier for skyscraper nuts like us).

[Tall and High 2]

ªl³£ The Merton (also known as Kennedy Towers)

http://www.midland.com.hk/agency/chi/residential/developer_project/merton/main.jpg

[Fabb]

Not bad.
I counted about 60 floors.

[coth]

wow.
The Merton is cool. With podium must be about 67 floors!
Very tall commieblocks! That's sad we don't have such tall commiblocks in Moscow.

[Fabb]

Not so many floors. My count included the podium.
Of course, I bet that it's announced as a 70-story building.

[vincent]

how come repeatative towers always called commieblocks?

[AJphx]

Isnt the Kennedy Tower nearly complete? Or was that only one of the towers?

[hkskyline]

Langham Place from a Hong Kong transport forum :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/205_0506.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/205_0504.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/205_0503.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/205_0502.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0496.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0493.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0492.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0491.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0490.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0489.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/6520/204_0488.jpg

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Today Freshy Photo , taken by me :D

Hanoi Road , with the unwarpping Hart Avenue Hotel
http://image20.webshots.com/20/6/77/73/220267773CgZRNn_ph.jpg

Redevelopment & the Pinnacle
http://image20.webshots.com/21/6/79/53/220267953GmpVYN_ph.jpg

The back of the Hart A. Hotel :frog:
http://image20.webshots.com/21/6/82/43/220268243JXrzye_ph.jpg

Two tall guys in Tsim Sha Tsui :laugh:
http://image22.webshots.com/23/6/85/6/220268506IdQOWO_ph.jpg

& the final rendering of the Hanoi Redevelopment ...now available in my album! :nuts: :nuts:

[try 2B funny]

That rendering is indeed very old, I think the property agent just dig it out from somewhere.

[HforHenry]

http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp2.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp3.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp4.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp5.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp6.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp7.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp8.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp9.jpg
http://exspeed.hknve.org/pic/lp10.jpg
copy from http://www.hk-place.com/vp.php?board=1&id=1000-1

[Fabb]

We know it's not the one. I'm disappointed.
Well, thanks for the construction update.

[vincent]

thx for the update.
but i really can't tell what they are trying to build in hanoi road, the current building under construction only occupy one side of the project site. So what about the mall? is the current part a mall or a tower? i can't tell which version they are trying to build either.
but hart ave hotel definitely look nice

[Aboveday]

There is a square in front of the main tower.

[try 2B funny]

Some recently completed buildings in wanchai

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn2/wc 015.jpg
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn2/wc 038a.jpg
Tai Tung Building

http://home.i-cable.com/rickpn2/wc 022.jpg
Tung Chiu Commercial Centre

[Aboveday]

Tai Tung Building is great ,but the church looks so weird...

[ztopp]

Although the church does look weird, it does look very clean from the photo.

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Another Church in Cheung Sha Wan .... :D

Yan Fook Church
http://image18.webshots.com/18/2/89/64/220928964rWuLXh_ph.jpg

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Flooding of the project updates !!:cucumber: :carrot: :tomato: :leek: :apple:

The Four Seasons Hotel & Suits :

http://image22.webshots.com/23/2/47/96/220924796vjUNFp_ph.jpg

The Hotel :

04 November 2004
http://image18.webshots.com/18/5/8/83/211450883zCeVZx_ph.jpg

21 November 2004
http://image18.webshots.com/18/2/47/10/220924710MUJTVG_ph.jpg
2IFC can be seen ... on the facade

And the Crown :
http://image16.webshots.com/16/2/46/50/220924650oEqpcG_ph.jpg

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an Extra one : :D
http://image16.webshots.com/16/2/45/94/220924594aHYelt_ph.jpg

[Aboveday]

I hope the crown of Four Seasons Suits will lit-up.

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I hope the crown of Four Seasons Suits will lit-up.

that's for sure !! :laugh:

[HforHenry]

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[HforHenry]

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[HforHenry]

http://www.chinachemgroup.com/images/stories/content/photo/upcoming/nina/1.jpg offical photo of nina square

[some_stupid_nut]

http://www.chinachemgroup.com/images/stories/content/photo/upcoming/nina/1.jpg offical photo of nina square

Wish it was bigger! Finally! How Nina will look!

[Fabb]

I didn't know that the two towers would be connected.

[vincent]

old info(summer 2003)

[Aboveday]

http://www.chinachemgroup.com/images/stories/content/photo/upcoming/nina/1.jpg offical photo of nina square

A skybridge?wow ,thats a good idea!

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http://www.chinachemgroup.com/images/stories/content/photo/upcoming/nina/1.jpg offical photo of nina square

It seems that the roof of tower 1 is different from the rendering ..

[Aboveday]

http://www.chinachemgroup.com/images/stories/content/photo/upcoming/nina/1.jpg offical photo of nina square

It seems that the roof of tower 1 is different from the rendering ..

Just because the angle is different.

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The Crown of the Four Seasons .... Finished ?
http://image20.webshots.com/20/1/79/48/228117948PSnVNI_ph.jpg

http://image20.webshots.com/20/2/16/7/228121607hsNNLJ_ph.jpg
http://image20.webshots.com/21/2/17/21/228121721Ojodvg_ph.jpg

[Fabb]

Now the IFC is nearly completed. It's a very impressive complex. Hopefully it'll function well in the city.

[banned]

Wow, the four seasons is huge! Any details about it, stories, # of rooms, etc? Could I stay there for a nite ?

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http://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/summary/quick_facts.html
Here's is the Quick facts of the Four Seasons Hotel
which is the shorter one with 42-storey

The taller one is the Four Seasons Suites , 55-storey with 205m


Both are planned to be openned in 2005

[Fabb]

The taller doesn't look like it has 13 more floors.

[Aboveday]

Police HQ is lit-up ,huge spotlight for the main tower and the spire ,due to reflection ,you can see about 20 dim light bars on the main tower.

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Yeung Uk Road Redevelopment in Tsuen Wan , taken by me on 11Dec2004
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ENDOPHINS/Yeung%20Uk%20Rede/DSC00945.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ENDOPHINS/Yeung%20Uk%20Rede/DSC00946.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ENDOPHINS/Yeung%20Uk%20Rede/DSC00947.jpg