Central Plaza

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Central Plaza (Hong Kong)
中 環 廣場 (香港)
Central Plaza (Hong Kong) 中 環 廣場 (香港)
Basic data
Place: 18 Harbor Road,
Wan Chai , Hong Kong , China
Hong KongHong Kong 
Construction time : 1989-1992
Status : Built
Architectural style : Postmodern
Architects : Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd. (DLN)
Use / legal
Usage : office
Technical specifications
Height : 374 m
Height to the top: 374 m
Height to the roof: 309 m
Top floor: 299 m
Rank (height) : 3rd place (Hong Kong)
19th place (Asia)
Floors : 78
Elevators : 39
Usable area : 172,798 m²
Building material : Reinforced concrete ( structure ) ;
Glass ( facade )
Building-costs: $ 140 million

The Central Plaza ( Chinese  中 環 廣場  /  中 环 广场 , Pinyin Zhōnghuán Guǎngchǎng , Jyutping Zung 1 waan 4 Gwong 2 coeng 4 ) on Harbor Road in the Hong Kong district of Wan Chai North is currently the third tallest building in Hong Kong after the International with 374 meters and 78 floors Commerce Center (484 meters) and the Two International Finance Center (412 meters).

description

The skyscraper was built in three phases; floors B3 to 27 were completed in 1991, floors 28-45 followed in the second phase until February 1992 and finally the last 32 floors until August 1992. The property was more expensive than the building itself. It was opened in 1992 the tallest building in Asia, but lost its title again in 1996 when Shun Hing Square was completed.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , the Skydeck on the 46th floor was closed for security reasons. However, it is now freely accessible again.

On the top floor (75th floor), which protrudes characteristically from the sea of ​​houses with its pyramidal atrium, is the Sky City Church Hong Kong - the highest church in the world in one building. At night, the entire Central Plaza is illuminated with colorful neon lights .

For a while the Central Plaza was the tallest building in the world with a pure reinforced concrete structure . In 1997, however, it was surpassed by the 390-meter-high CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou , which in turn had to give up this rank to the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago (423 meters, opened in 2009).

gallery

  • Central Plaza in urban context, 2006

  • Central Plaza in urban context, 2007

  • Central Plaza & HKCEC Day, 2013

  • Central Plaza - exterior panorama, 2017

  • Central Plaza - main entrance, 2013

  • Central Plaza - Entrance Lobby, 2014

  • Central Plaza - Skydeck, 2006

  • Central Plaza Sky Church Lounge, 2011

  • Central Plaza - Night, 2016

See also

Web links

Commons : Central Plaza  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Emporis GmbH: Central Plaza, Hong Kong - 120372 - EMPORIS. In: emporis.de. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
predecessor title successor
Bank of China Tower Tallest building in Asia
1992–1996 		Shun Hing Square
Bank of China Tower Tallest building in China
1992–1996 		Shun Hing Square
Bank of China Tower Tallest building in Hong Kong
1992–2003 		Two International Finance Center

Coordinates: 22 ° 17 '4.9 "  N , 114 ° 9' 16.8"  E