Highcliff

Coordinates: 22°15′54″N 114°11′3″E / 22.26500°N 114.18417°E / 22.26500; 114.18417
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Highcliff
曉盧
Highcliff on 13 January 2007
Map
General information
TypeResidential, parking garage
LocationHappy Valley, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°15′54″N 114°11′3″E / 22.26500°N 114.18417°E / 22.26500; 114.18417
Construction started2000
Completed2003
Height
Roof252.4 m (828.1 ft)
Top floor241.8 m (793.3 ft)
Technical details
Floor count73
Floor area375,994 sq ft (34,931.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd.
Structural engineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates
References
[1]
Highcliff
Traditional Chinese曉廬
Highcliff (left) and The Summit (right)

Highcliff is a

Hong Kong island
.

Highcliff is thin for such a tall building; it has a

residential building.[2] This was installed because typhoons
approach Hong Kong most late summers.

Because of the obvious similarity with a nearby similar building

pencil-thin towers that are highly concentrated in Hong Kong.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Highcliff – SkyscraperPage.com". Retrieved 29 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Highcliff, Hong Kong | 100639 | EMPORIS". emporis.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Future City:20-21". The Skyscraper Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

External links

Preceded by
Post Tower
(Bonn, Germany)
Emporis Skyscraper Award
(Silver)

2003
Succeeded by
Torre Agbar
(Barcelona, Spain
)