#053 l Cheung Kong Centre l HONGKONG l 283m l 62fl

[D-Mac]

Cheung Kong Centre
Hongkong, China

HEIGHT: 283m/928 feet
FLOORS: 62 floors
COMPLETION: 1999
ARCHITECT: Cesar Pelli

Another example of "exotic is in the mind of the beholder." In an American city, the Cheung Kong Center would be just another black glass block. But in Hong Kong it is a landmark. Similarly, some of the most common skyscrapers of Asia would seem fascinating if placed in an American city. Either way, the tower has a significant cultural and physical presence in Hong Kong. It had the fortune of opening for business at the height of the 1990's "Dot-Com" boom, which helped elevate its status and Q factor. Like other buildings, though, it suffered when the bubble burst. The Cheung Kong Center is adorned by a grid of fiber optic lights that can be programmed to change color. This sparkling illumination is only enhanced by the building's black curtain wall which makes the building a silhouette in the daytime and an inky peaceful void at night. That peace is paramount to the building's mission. It was not intended to steal the limelight from its neighbors, most notably the Bank of China building. Its maximum height was determined by drawing an imaginary line from the Bank of China building to the Hong Kong Bank building. The relegated the Cheung Kong Center to being just the third-tallest building in the city when it was completed. But it gained much more by evening out the cacophony of architectural styles that had gathered along that section of Queens Road. Moreover, the Cheung Kong Center balances out its neighbors. One of the people who had a hand in the design was a Feng Shui master who decided that the new building had to absorb the negative energy coming from the Bank of China's sharp edges. While these may seem expensive steps to take for an office building, consider the fact that it is also partly residential. The building was constructed for Li Ka Shing, one of the richest people in the world. He took residence in the top floor.

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[Subdude]

Looks like Pelli made a stab at trying to impart some visual interest to a box, albeit not altogether successfully. The proportions, flat roof, and the tri-sectioned facades give the whole thing a kind of dated character, like it was designed in the 1960s.
4/10. I would have given it more, more for curiosity value than anything else, but Pelli is capable of so much better.

[RafflesCity]

8/10

For a box this does very well. It looks like a combination of everything and looks smart next to the Bank of China.

Read this excerpt from an interview with Cesar Pelli which mentions the building.

The Commissions

This idea is borne out by these two contemporary and adjacent Hong Kong projects, which are however distinctively different in character. Cheung Kong Center feels very progressive, a young man's design, a reborn flattop with a highly articulated curtain wall, bedecked with a grid of fiber optic lights which can be individually programmed to change color, allowing the building to be lit as an art object or as a giant billboard. The site is a simple one, constrained only by classy neighbors. I. M. Pei's Bank of China sits immediately to the east; Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) to the west.

The International Finance Center is a much more complex project, for a more conservative client. In Hong Kong, the government does not finance railway construction directly. Instead, it gives development rights to quasi-independent railway operators that allow the railways to raise funds commercially. The IFC sits on and Ñ is intended to help pay for Ñ the complex underground engineering of the Airport Railway terminus. This is the first of two towers designed by Pelli for this site, the second and taller of which is now under construction. The IFC towers have neither traditional detail, nor a conventional, axial roof feature. The building envelope is, however, stepped-in at the corners and stepped back in profile in a way that evokes the entasis of early Manhattan skyscrapers. This sense of Old World refinement sets it apart from the Hong Kong high-rise tradition, which only begins in the seventies and is more pragmatic.



The Clients

"Most cities have what I like to call a temporal center," says Pelli, "a center in time when the consensus is that the city was at its best. In Paris it's the Nineteenth Century, after all the works of Baron Haussmann. New York is early Twentieth Century. What is interesting about cities like Hong Kong is that their temporal center is in the future. The peak is still to be achieved. This is quite exciting. The colored lights which we were asked to add to the Cheung Kong Center are very much in character. Anywhere else, they would be considered garish." Cheung Kong Center is very much the expression of a single-minded client, although it was designed in conjunction with Leo A. Daly Pacific Ltd., who acted as executive architects.

"We worked with Mr. Li Ka Shing," Pelli explained of his client. "I don't know if he knew what he wanted before he started but he was ready to make very clear decisions." There were, however, certain issues of culture and protocol which constrained the design. "It was felt that the tower could not be higher than a diagonal line connecting the Bank of China to the top of the Hong Kong Bank. When we started presenting forms it was clear to me that between these two strong, idiosyncratic buildings, what was required was something calm."



An Engaging Box

"Mr Li at that time brought in a feng shui master," Pelli continues. "He was concerned to protect Mr Li's building from the undesirable forces emanating from the sharp corners of the Bank of China." The glass also had to be of at least equal reflectance to that of the Bank of China. "We followed the advice given by the feng shui master and developed a very beautiful wall. It was a limited involvement in some ways but one which I think is very successful."

The building is distinctive. Heavy, stainless steel mullions and transom caps mean that from glancing angles at close quarters, the predominant material is metal, not glass. From the same viewpoint, hundreds of projecting uplights give the building a spiky, cactus-like profile against the sky. At night, the uplights catch the underside of the transoms, giving off a lively, metallic quality at close quarters. From further away, the effect of the uplights diminishes to nothing, while the fiber optic point sources, invisible from nearby, become dominant. When viewed from long distances, haze adds a further cinematic twinkle, while the top of the building is capped by a corona that reads as a band of light in the night sky. These are expensive gestures, both to build and to maintain. But then, the building contains Mr. Li's office, and he ranks twentieth on Forbes Magazine's list of the World's Richest People. Money demands to be celebrated and it is done here in a graceful manner. The effects of solid and void, grid and skin change constantly, from day to night, with distance and with the weather. This is an unexpectedly engaging box, appropriate to the complex individual who initiated it.

The IFC is cooler, more conventionally corporate. "It much more fully represents my attitudes towards very tall buildings. It also has a different position in the city," says Pelli. "It is a very key position; the narrowest part of Victoria Harbor. We first competed for the tall tower, which will be 420 meters [1378 feet] high to the very top. The resolution of how the tower reaches the sky is very different to the resolution of the Cheung Kong tower. Cheung Kong has to defer to the Bank of China. At IFC one wishes to express the vertical axis, the axis mundi, which connects the center of the earth with the sky. The point is not real but inferred. The form of the tower, the graceful tapering, make it however, undoubtedly a skyscraper, whereas Cheung Kong is a high- rise building."

Although the development team for IFC was a complex one, again there was a strong personality to be satisfied. "The key person there," says Pelli, "was Mr. Lee Shau Kee. His primary concern was the efficiency of the elevator core. He was able to show us how to make a slightly more efficient core." Attention to square feet has made Mr. Lee the world's 28th richest person.

"After we had designed the tall tower," says Pelli," the client asked us to look at the smaller tower, already started to a very good design by Rocco Yim, who is also our executive architect for the taller tower." Pelli changed not only the cladding, but the shape of entire floors while construction was underway. His late involvement can be sensed in the relationship of the orthogonal tower to its circular base, where various elevated pedestrian routes converge. The transition is handled slickly but it would be unlikely by premeditated choice. The upper part of the tower shows no evidence of compromise. The skyline feature of projecting, tapered ribs allows the building to assert itself among competitive neighbors without seeming to try too hard. It is particularly effective at night in Hong Kong's humid summers, when floodlighting casts a broad vertical beam of light into the sky. "It looks wonderful," Pelli says of the shorter tower, "but it's about half the height of the tall tower. It's been like a large-scale test of our design intentions."

That doesn't mean that this kind of building is an experiment in Hong Kong. "The construction industry in Hong Kong is fully developed," Pelli says. "It's just as easy to work in Hong Kong as in Boston, although we can't do identical things. Sometimes we get things done better, sometimes worse. It's important to have an associate in the place, someone who can guide us through the craft subcultures. Cultural differences are very small. It's not difficult as long as one is respectful of the people one works with. It's been more complicated working in Buenos Aires than in Hong Kong."

Source
http://www.archrecord.com/INTRVIEW/PELLI/Pelli1.asp#intro

[Jasonhouse]

The only redeeming quality that this building possess visually is the sheer walls of its facade, and the lighting scheme, which IMO is just as gimmicky as anything found in Tokyo, NYC's Times Square or Las Vegas. It may be nice for a box, but it is still just a profit mongering box. I guess Pelli needed the money...


5.0/10

[Ersh]

It's a box and it has nothing going for it. I do give it a few points for the lighting at night...6/10

[NickT]

8/10 Nice design and facade for a box, looks good at night

[CTroyMathis]

That sheer glass curtain wall really helps soften this imposing giant. Great HK presence, almost overpowering - but, not so much - even in it's location. 6.

[Caledon1981]

nope... took a step back in time for this one. . 6/10

[SUNNI]

a beutiful box, i quite like it, especially at nite! exept it dors get a comparison with the BOC! 8/10

[Sunflower]

Yes it is a box but it's a good box.

7.5/10

But then again almost anything would look good with those other towers around it :)

[vincent]

is the first pic taken by me??

[Pablo]

it looks monotonous.....but vry tall

[kiku99]

It's kind of too plain..but still nice...
6.5/10

[D-Mac]

Originally posted by vincent
is the first pic taken by me??

It could be... I found it on my hard drive among all the other Hong Kong pics I have saved. Is this the original (resized)?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/270hksized.jpg

If it is yours, sorry about that. I'll give you credit, or take it down if you want.

[TYW]

7/10

beautiful enough for a box!

[AG]

I don't like the plain shape of this building, but it's bright lights and the way it stands out of the crowd is something to be proud of.

8/10

[enzo]

I'm feeling it. I like the facade details, the color, the lighting, the proportions. I don't usually enjoy the box, but this one ranks with the best of the genre.

8/10

[vincent]

oh, it is ok. Keep it.
I just checked my hard drive. It is mine. I remember very clearly that i took this pic while that HK gov service helicopter was landing. (somewhere on top of HSBC).
nice buildings + nice helicopter + ferries.....:)

[vincent]

btw, Cheung Kong Center got night show like the Center also (but in a much more interesting way). Not much ppl know about it cuz it happens only during special events OR during random days of weeks after 12 at night.

[SteelCity32]

Cesar Pelli, designer of some of pittsburgh's scrapers as well. I like this one. 9/10

[hkskyline]

Typical white lighting :

http://www.pbase.com/image/3268556

Colourful ad lighting :

http://www.pbase.com/image/3268560

[DrumCorpsAlum]

8/10. It's a box but this building sacrificed itself to bring out the other buildings surrounding it.

[Steven]

It's tall but it is still just a huge glass box.

7.5/10

[DamienK]

7/10. . . better than the glass boxes of the 70s, but not a distinctive design like the Bank of China.

[Vesle]

I think Cheung Kong Centre is outstanding, especially standing next to BoC, where it gives far more impact on the skyline, bcause the two buildings are so tall and slender! I like simple boxes, and this one especially, besides, the curtain walls are fine in addition to BoC's curtain walls. I also think it's nice that Cesar Pelli has created a building so simple, next to a building so complicated,-although BoC has a very simply symetric shape actually. BoC is also just a box at the bottom, but as it rises, the box is put into four levels in different hight, so in some way, the two of them have a bit in common as well.

Funny thing is that Cesar Pelli actually says that he added interesting architecture, when he designed the World Financial Centers right next to the WTC 1 & 2. Apparently Pelli thought the WTC 1 & 2 looked boring, and designing simple box-buildings also wasn't what we people pictured Pelli as, however he has designed Cheung Kong Centre now,-one of the tallest box-buildings ever!

[Jeff from Winnipeg]

No matter how you try to disguise it, a box is a box. This one has the height and the night time lighting to warrant a 7.5, though. :D

[Liz L]

7.5/10 - Yeah, it's a box, but it soars nicely and the glass facade catches the light well - the "grid lines" also give it interest, and I like the lighting at night. One of the better boxes, I think...

[Vesle]

Originally posted by Jeff from Winnipeg
No matter how you try to disguise it, a box is a box.
I don't agree. Box-buildings can be very different. United Nations and World Trump Tower are very different for instance. One of them is very fat and not so tall looking, while the other one is extremely slender. There are also both box-buildings which are square shaped, and box-buildings which have a wide and a thin facade.

[Bobdreamz]

so it's a box..so what?...not every building can be another Chyrsler or BOC...when I saw the pics I thought it was a much older building since it reminded very much of the internationalist style of which Pelli seems to have relied on here...very well done.
8/10.

[SeeMacau]

8/10
The glass facade is very nice

[The Messiah]

Boxes can look good too,just like this one.
And the lightning of the buildings looks awsome too
7.0

[hforhenry]

This building has Great Lighting!!!
I like it very much!!10/10

[hkskyline]

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[renell]

6.. the interesing looking facade makes up for the fact that its a box.. but it not a very nice looking neighbor to the BoC

[heirloom]

this box is uglee :(
too complicated--
5.5

[Evergrey]

4 A box

[Wisma]

6.5/10. (at night).

[airsickpenthousedweller]

50% dull, 40% too modest, 10% too fat.

[Ashram]

8/10 My favorite box.

[Chi-town]

Simple, elegant, and shiny. :D

8

[TropicalSQ744]

A box with a difference... :) Great glass too! I love the shiny look of it :D

8.5/10

[rj2uman]

This is prolly my least fave Pelli bldg. 7/10

[NYC4ever]

it has a very easy structure, but i have to say i like it 8 points

[james2390]

i like this one!

[AtlanticaC5]

Looks good next to BoC. 7.5/10

[SFtoBoise]

3.5/10

[Wu-Gambino]

7/10

[Patrick]

good box

8

[Labrador]

7/10
It's fairly plain and ordinary looking, buy it looks good at night with the fibre optics.
:)

[Pookgai]

This is a beautiful 'box' of a skyscraper. The facade is very striking when you look at it. Almost perfect. 9.5/10

[Kommentare]

Ugly Glassy Boxie :puke:

5.5/10 :)

[some_stupid_nut]

6.5/10, I just dont like boxes. Not this box at least, something aint right.

Anyone got more pics of the tower at night? With the cool colors?

[PB]

7/10

[hongkiu]

8.5

didn't like box but it is a good box

[Fabio]

8/10


nice, but too boxy.

[MCC]

6/10

[manx_bkk]

6/10
Looks like a plain simple box, the only good thing is the colour & the shiny glass.

[alex3000]

6/10

[timothy_tw]

is the best "box" i hv ever seen. 9/10

[Aquarius]

1999???? uuuuuughhhhhhh seems to be more ancient, is bored 4,5/10

[Trances]

Yep this one is ok
facade details are great with the exco skeleton almost in the frame work that cover the building, the color of the glass good. hard to make a box work but it done here with style

[ParraMan]

7

Big tall solid and sleek. Doesn't grab your attention when you're there though, being right next to Bank of China. Also looking a bit dirty already and like it's from the 70's/early 80's.

[yyyih]

10 for me..... one of my favourite towers. I think it looks so solid n prestigious!!

[Orfeo]

8/10
It's interesting and I like it.

[Imperfect Ending]

8/10

Its only interesting at night

[Chi-town]

9/10

Probably the third best building in Hong Kong. I really wish you uneducated morons would shut up with the "boring box" shit...

[empersouf]

Great building, a nine.

[7 World Trade]

looks good next to boc, keeps it company...lol. but the exterior steel frames gives the building a somewhat restrained look. they should get rid of those. they never improve a building's looks.

7.5

[Schroedinger's Cat]

9/10

[digili_man]

never liked this bldg. when you look at the hk skyline, you see hk's greatest bldg- the Bank of China Tower, but beside it... theres the ugly rectangled-box skyscraper...it just doesnt match. 6

http://www.building.com.hk/plibrary/cheungkong/cc-b01.jpg

[yoyo22]

I think boxes can be good if done right. And this one was. I dont normally believe much in feng shui, but being near to the pointy (while absolutely amazing) BoC, a calming presence was needed, if only in an aesthetic sense. Mixing its stately conservatism with the aggressive beauty of the BoC, helps both feed off of each other, so I would take a few points away if this was in a place like Detroit, but its still one great building no matter where it is.

[Rapid]

8, Pelli's best box!

[Dennis]

10/10

[Þróndeimr]

Its quite a unique tower, enjoyable, 7.5/10 :)

[xePh3roK]

10/10

I'm trying to make a BAT building of Cheung Kong Center for the game Sim City 4, because is a easy building :)

[Dubai-Lover]

no no no, don't like it! boring design! 4.5

[David3820]

Nah, I don't really like it. 5/10

[jimm]

8/10

[Imperial]

great skyscraper 9/10

[Monkey]

8.5/10

It does kind of detract attention from the BOC.

But it's a nice enough tower on its own - excellent facade, good colours and lighting, plenty of soar, and a commanding presence on the skyline. It's just a little too close to Hong Kong's best skyscraper, that's the only problem...

[LibertyTwo]

Anywhere else it would be a box, like the original post said, place any asian skyscraper in America and it would be avant-guarde...place the Aon Centre in Hong Kong and you got this building...love it, ASIA'S AON CENTRE!!

[Zuelas]

8

Nice. It's not intended to be some radical design and I really like the facade.... different w/out trying too hard. Plus, what a location in such an amazing city!

[andysimo123]

Next to Bank of China Tower you just don't notice it. 6/10

[bubbagump]

its definitely a solid building. I dont understand the steel-like coverings though.

[Paolo]

great tower :master:

9.5/10

[SkyHawk]

7.5/10

[Taufiq]

9/10

[mk61]

7.5/10

underwhelming when compared to its neighbours. I think simplicity is a virtue in most cases, but this tower needs extra articulation. Having said that, I love the cladding.

[i_am_hydrogen]

8.0/10 - I love the texture on the exterior. Without it, this building would be far less interesting.

[MattSal]

Great, great building. Best square building in the world, especially at night. I give it a Perfect 10/10. :okay:

[mumbojumbo]

10/10 I just absolutely love this for some reason.

[N/A]

without BOC, it deserves a 9.0+

[tritown]

8.5

[touraccuracy]

It looks even better when the Bank of China is reflected in it!

[Skybean]

Taken by me:
http://img226.exs.cx/img226/2337/hkshanghaishenzhen0909un.jpg

[Medo]

Goegeous box, 9

[get13]

I like the facade, A very good box. 8.5/10

[Pengui]

A very good box ^^
It integrates nicely in the skyline, and the lighting gives it a look right out of the Matrix ^^
7.5

[superchan7]

The metal-heavy facade is probably for the complicated lighting system. At night, the entire building can illuminate to display patterns, pictures and complex animations. It's literally a 290m-tall dot matrix screen, with four sides to boot.

....but it's still a box. 8/10

[360 Modena]

i like it :) even more relfective than the Rialto! [lol at the window cleaners on the BOC]

[Justadude]

As boxes go, not bad. The vertical and horizontal lines make it a little more interesting. But still, not something that tickles the imagination.

[Phobos]

8.5/10

The shape is simple but the facade is very well designed.

[Smileyface]

My favourite box and it looks fantastic at night 8.5/10

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Hong%20Kong/PICT0169.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Hong%20Kong/PICT0174.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Hong%20Kong/PICT0154.jpg

[Latoso]

9.5/10 I don't know why, but I like it.

[Jules]

Not bad for a box. 8.

[geminiguy7]

good 9 - 8 /10

[SoboleuS]

Very nice box :cool: But it's just a box so no more than 8/10

[Reflex]

7/10.

[Bingz]

it looks good cuz it's tall, too boxy.. kinda like it cuz its in Hong Kong I'll give an 7/10

[Henk]

6/10.

[CborG]

8/10

[ROYAL BLUE]

10/10

[EarlyBird]

Not bad at all, considering it's just a box. 7.5/10.

[Javi]

Simple. 6.5/10

[El_Greco]

7/10

[MIKI]

9.0

[beiklopa]

Still cannot believe tht its real

[B@dGuYoM]

8/10 nice boxy

[FJP]

Incredible facade, very nice 9.5/10

[pali]

i like this one
9

[Gibbzy]

only the chinese could make a box look good. 6.5/10

[Gerard]

a classic high rise for me. 9/10

[Oriolus]

It's a box yet it has an ultra modern appearance. But, although it's mostly a reflection of the sky, I don't like the silvery blue of the glass, I'd prefer it was a bit darker. 8/10.

[london-b]

Just a tall box, not indervidual or special.

[london-b]

7/10

[jesarm]

8/10

[jesarm]

this is an interesting tower with a good lines in its shining facade

[Accura4Matalan]

7.5/10

[www.sercan.de]

7,5/10

[Dancer]

not bad for a box but not good for Cesar 8.0

[Skylandman]

7/10

[۩SkyScraper۩]

i love this building, 10/10

[Blue_Sky]

it's a good box for me :lol:

7.5/10

[Sinjin P.]

7/10

[forvine]

8/10...love it at night when it light up

[flashlight]

yes yes yes its a box but i like it very much :)

9/10

[clarky]

8.5/10

[Effer]

8.5/10.

[mr_storms]

seems rather uninspired especially for Pelli....7/10

[Cabman]

nice box 8.5

[warnings]

8/10 nice box

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

I love this scraper', best glass box ever. 8/10

[Scruffy88]

Its a box. But a hell of a big box. Shiny and big. Sort of bland but its immense size halps alot.

8.5/10

[sharpie20]

9/10 Some people might think that the facade of this building is tacky but i like it, it reminds me of Jin mao's Facade they have these bars sticking out of it, I think it looks nice especially when you have the sun reflecting light off of it. And For a box this is really nice looking, another reason Hong Kong has one of the best Skylines in the world.

[slow-v6]

8/10 very nice!!

[JV_325i]

Pretty nice design; good proportions and a nice finish. My one quibble with the design would have to be that wire "netting" if-you-will that simply looks like a tacked-on afterthought to me and makes the building look too fragile. It just doesn't seem to enhance any particular aspects of this buildings otherwise good qualities.

7.5/10

[marpa]

3,5/10

[anakin]

8/10

[dżimi pejdż]

8/10

[Skyman]

8/10

[Skybean]

http://static.flickr.com/53/135759093_3754c76831_b.jpg

[Taller, Better]

I would like it better if there were not so many criss cross mullions. That gives it a prison-like look. But it is a dependable building. 7.5. It got extra points
from me for Skybean's cool picture above!

[forvine]

Too bad that it is partially blocked by AIG when viewed from TST :(

[poisonous_ivy]

I don't know why but I love it 10

[London_guy]

6/10

[zee]

7/10

[Woko]

i really like it! 9.5/10

[mtt16]

8/10

[LAYZIEDOGG]

very nice but with all those stunning beauties around it ,you forget to look at it
still a 8/10

[ZZ-II]

a box with intersesting facade 8.5/10

[virarch]

7.5/10

clean, solid design.

[gutooo]

8/10

[mannix_10]

3/10

[carolthescot]

Looks claustraphobic.Don't like it at all 0/10

[skipperBill]

7.5/10.

[Dreamlıneя]

7/10

[cffuny]

6.5/10

[Ydlar]

reminds me the WTC in New York. But I like those designs, a 7.5/10 for that.

[ZZ-II]

i like this box

[Mosaic]

9/10

[123hdc]

好地方

[Francis20]

delete. sorry, double post.

[Francis20]

i'd say that this is a good looking box. i actually like the facade and the lighting scheme at night. 8.5/10 from me.

some more photos from me...;)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/p1a938d9871b6fb4826a6b07b2eeeea19/ed8609a0.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/p3ca8b6abd0f6e3f6d221952add71e7f7/eda5aede.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/pcaec5504c173c30efe1c2041c5f947a9/eda5ae90.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/pa1e13d120df8d15feb210b83118122e1/eda51ca7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/p686717f8c634d93bfdb0b7e89b0a7152/eda05ac9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/p5a875a7fad9869ecfe0f9bd027c13735/eda05902.jpg

[tuga14]

8/10

[(((myx)))]

10. i like the glass!

[Nout]

Yes it is a box but it's a good box.

7.5/10



I would say a very good box. 8/10

[Sagaris]

World's best box! 10. This building and Bank of China really work well together.

[LordMarshall]

9/10

[Darkesthour1220]

i'd say that this is a good looking box. i actually like the facade and the lighting scheme at night. 8.5/10 from me.


^^ i second that, the lighting scheme makes this building more impressive

9/10

[myf282828]

8/10.:)

[Brendan]

9.5/10

A very nice way of making a boxy skyscraper look good.

[Losterin]

6/10

Huge box.

[artech21]

8 / 10

Nice cube.

[kiku99]

i like it. 9/10

[Wilq]

just a box... 7/10

[FloridaFuture]

a special box
8/10

[Rizzato]

The facade on this one is not to my taste, personally I look the sleek look of box-scrapers...
8/10 lol

[ZZ-II]

a special box
8/10

yeh, a fantastic box tower!!

[Eric Offereins]

Boxy, but good cladding though. 8/10

[_00_deathscar]

Best box in the world methinks.

[vincent young]

A handsome cube.

8.5 / 10

[Piotr-Stettin]

nice :) 9/10

[david thomas]

9 / 10

[hans gruber]

9.5 /10

See? When given proper treatment, a simple cube can look extraordinary.

[MelboyPete]

If it wasn't for the curved edges and it's decent height I would have scored it lower than the 7.5 I gave it.

[imani]

9 / 10

[jodie mitchell]

9 / 10

[sumting wong]

9 / 10

A great looking box.

[W!CKED]

7/10

[Sentient Seas]

It's a monster. I give it a 9.

[shctaw]

7/10.

Just a glass block.

[kurakura]

hmm.. 4.5/10

[Kelsen]

7.5/10

[VaastuShastra]

9 - cool.

[Aleho]

8.5/10

[cong san muon nam]

7.5/10

[Miso]

near of the Bank of China, sees like a Pelli's mosnter :( 7.5

[Slodi]

glossy and boxy 7/10

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[cichy87]

its a box, very nice box - 8/10

[_00_deathscar]

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4784/63002788ixkeayh918d094bqi4.jpg

[_00_deathscar]

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3638/72249389ywq8cphpeddie2chi2.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1366/72577280cd1kiriqcrw8587iq3.jpg

[big-dog]

nice but I think I can design it too. 8/10

[goram_vlad]

7.5

[shctaw]

7/10

[Astralis]

Really beutiful. 10/10

[MasonicStage™]

9,5/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

10/10

[RON-E]

10/10

i dont know why, but this is my favorite building in HK that is completed

[Racingfreak]

This box looks alright 8/10

[isola-man]

Wow 9/10

[velut arbor aevo]

8, boxy and nice

[BauIng]

7/10

[Truva]

8/10

[DragonAnime]

Nice and boxy (in a good way)- 8/10

[kon133]

9/10 ^^

[Nikkodemo]

I don't like it!

It looks very simple.

7/10

[mbuildings]

very nice building

[Paulo2004]

7/10

[incognito_rn]

hoohum!

[Halabalooza]

glassy but 100% box! 7

[Sound.]

Very good. 9/10

[Jim856796]

9/10

Is it really odd that some rich man takes residence in the top floor of an office building?

[gladisimo]

^^ Well I would too, the views up there must be killer. I'm guessing he probably plays host for other businessmen quite often too, and what better place can there be?

[davee08]

its not a bad boxy design tower but i've seen better 6/10

[WAuzzie]

8/10

[loytm]

it is a box again..but this box is unique....box should be with this kind of height..not too tall like Aon Center...situated right next to Bank of China, good location...suits that well...the lighting at night is good...the neon lighting makes this not an ordinary box building....

[Miguel_Prat]

9/10

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[stasiua]

8/10

[Rutger1991]

7/10