Cheung Kong Center

Cheung Kong Center
長江集團中心
The Bank of China Tower (left) and the Cheung Kong Center (right)
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location2 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′46″N 114°09′37″E / 22.27944°N 114.16028°E / 22.27944; 114.16028
Opening1999; 25 years ago (1999)
OwnerCK Hutchison Holdings
Height
Architectural282.8 m (928 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count63[1]
Floor area1,349,988 sq ft (125,418.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators30[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Leo A Daly, Cesar Pelli
Structural engineerArup
References
[1]
Cheung Kong Center
Traditional Chinese長江集團中心
Simplified Chinese长江集团中心
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCháng Jiāng Jítuán Zhōngxīn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChèuhng gōng jaahp tyùhn jūng sām
JyutpingCoeng4 gong1 zaap6 tyun4 zung1 sam1
Cheung Kong Center Office Lobby
Cheung Kong Center Car Entrance

Cheung Kong Center is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong designed by Cesar Pelli. The 70-storey structure is 283 m (928 ft) tall with a gross floor area of 1,260,000-square-foot (117,100 m2). When completed in 1999, it was the fourth-tallest building in the city after the Central Plaza, Bank of China Tower and The Center. The Cheung Kong Center sits on the combined sites of the former Hong Kong Hilton, which was demolished in 1995/6, and Beaconsfield House, sold by the Government in 1996. It stands between the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building and the Bank of China Tower.

The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings (CHL), and is owned and managed by its 49%-owned associated company Hutchison Whampoa (HW), which later merged in June 2015 as CK Hutchison Holdings; while other tenants include several multinational banking firms. As is common in Hong Kong, coloured lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows.

  1. ^ a b c d "Cheung Kong Centre – The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013.