Highcliff
Highcliff is a 252.4-metre (828 ft) skyscraper on a south slope of Happy Valley on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The 75-storey building's construction (70 floors of which are liveable space) began in 2000 and was completed in 2003 under a design by DLN Architects & Engineers. It was the Silver Winner of the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award, coming in second to 30 St Mary Axe in London. The tower is the tallest "all"-residential building in Hong Kong and ranks 95th in the world, if considering highest architectural feature.
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![]() Highcliff on 13 January 2007 | |
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General information | |
Type | Residential, parking garage |
Location | Happy Valley, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°15′54″N 114°11′3″E |
Construction started | 2000 |
Completed | 2003 |
Height | |
Roof | 252.4 m (828.1 ft) |
Top floor | 241.8 m (793.3 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 73 |
Floor area | 375,994 sq ft (34,931.0 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd. |
Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
References | |
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Highcliff is thin for such a tall building; it has a slenderness ratio of 1:20 thus being one of the thinnest buildings in the world. Therefore a passive wind damper was fitted to the top, the first of its kind for 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 The Summit, the two have been informally called "The Chopsticks". These two buildings highlight the characters of pencil-thin towers that are highly concentrated in Hong Kong.[3]
References
- "Highcliff - SkyscraperPage.com". Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- "Highcliff, Hong Kong | 100639 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- "Future City:20-21". The Skyscraper Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highcliff. |
- Highcliff official homepage (Building elevation chart and layout plans for each floor are available as pdf.)
- SkyscraperPage.com's entry
- Emporis.com – Building ID 100639
Preceded by Post Tower (Bonn, Germany) |
Emporis Skyscraper Award (Silver) 2003 |
Succeeded by Torre Agbar (Barcelona, Spain) |