All vehicular traffic to Union Square is directed to an elevated road system on the west side of the site.
To create an arrival experience that compliments the scale of both towers, forecourts were carved out of the podium either side of the towers at this level. These became the shared, formal arrival courts for both buildings and the retail mall.
These contrast well with the horizontal expression of the podium retail mall facades giving each element its own presence. An internal road system leads from these drop-offs up to the landscaped podium deck where a separate double height covered drop-off between the towers serve as a more protected and private arrival.
With rooms featuring some 20 corner suites, three themed restaurants, a rooftop pool and bar, spa and health club, W Retail shop and extensive meeting facilities.
A metre-high glass atrium marks the arrival to the W with its own landscaped guest drop-off. The roof of this lower portion of the building provided the opportunity to create an outdoor swimming pool together with an intimate pool side bar. Competition Entry. Proposed Renovation. Under Renovation.
Under Demolition. A mixed-use tall building contains two or more functions or uses , where each of the functions occupy a significant proportion of the tower's total space. Support areas such as car parks and mechanical plant space do not constitute mixed-use functions.
Mixed-Structure Utilizes distinct systems e. Composite A combination of materials e. Examples include buildings which utilize: steel columns with a floor system of reinforced concrete beams; a steel frame system with a concrete core; concrete-encased steel columns; concrete-filled steel tubes; etc. Official Website. Architectural Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment.
To Tip Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element i. Occupied Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building. Floors Above Ground The number of floors above ground should include the ground floor level and be the number of main floors above ground, including any significant mezzanine floors and major mechanical plant floors.
Floors Below Ground The number of floors below ground should include all major floors located below the ground floor level. Top Elevator Speed Top Elevator Speed refers to the top speed capable of being achieved by an elevator within a particular building, measured in meters per second.
Tower GFA Tower GFA refers to the total gross floor area within the tower footprint, not including adjoining podiums, connected buildings or other towers within the development. By Location. Tallest in the World. Tallest in Asia. Tallest in China. Tallest in Hong Kong. Tallest Mixed-use Building in the World. Tallest Mixed-use Building in Asia.
Tallest Mixed-use Building in China. Tallest Mixed-use Building in Hong Kong. Tallest Composite Building in the World. Tallest Composite Building in Asia. Tallest Composite Building in China. Tallest Composite Building in Hong Kong. Construction Schedule. All Companies Involved. Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. Design Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Structural Engineer. Design The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases. Peer Review The Peer Review Engineer traditionally comments on the information produced by another party, and to render second opinions, but not to initiate what the design looks like from the start.
Leslie E. Robertson Associates. MEP Engineer. Roger Preston Limited. Both towers are the result of a brief window in time after , when height restrictions along Victoria Harbour were lifted and developers rushed to get approval for towers that would be bigger and taller than anything the city had seen before.
Height restrictions were reimposed in , after a public backlash, but in those intervening five years, a number of supertall projects—including 2IFC and the ICC, but also the recently-completed Victoria Dockside tower and an as-yet-unbuilt storey tower above Harbour City—were given planning approval, promoting concerns that the waterfront would soon be lined by a wall of skyscrapers that blocked views of the mountains on either side of the harbour.
While their rise at complementary points on either side of the harbour may have been a coincidence, there are a number of parallels in their stories.
Both towers are part of massive mixed-use complexes built by Sun Hung Kai Properties atop reclaimed land. Both were designed by internationally renowned architects who have since passed away. And both competed for the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong, a rank held by 2IFC after its completion in , only to be dethroned when the ICC was topped off seven years later.
The road to both towers began in , when the Hong Kong government floated the idea of reclaiming an enormous amount of land along Victoria Harbour. It would make room for a laundry list of new amenities: a highway bypass, a new convention centre, a third tunnel under the harbour, a railway link to the planned airport on Chek Lap Kok, new recreational areas and—of course—it would also create new land that could be sold off for development, bolstering government coffers.
A feasibility study conducted in laid out the framework and work began soon after. Gift Shop Check out our Gift Shop catalogue here.
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