View from side

Hopewell Centre (合和中心) is a skyscraper in Hong Kong. It is located at 183 Queen's Road East, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong island. Download high resolution version (557x938, 72 KB)Hopewell Ctr, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (557x938, 72 KB)Hopewell Ctr, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... A Chow Sang Sang jewelry shop, aged over 40 years Tai Yau Arcade in Wan Chai Old-fashioned shops in Wan Chai squatters are typical examples of modern Lingnan architecture, compared to those found in Guangzhou and Taipei. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ...

The 64-storey building is 216 metres tall. Construction started in 1977 and it was completed in 1980. Upon completion, Hopewell Centre replaced Jardine House as Hong Kong's tallest building. It was also and the second tallest building in Asia. It kept its first rank in Hong Kong until 1989, when the Bank of China Tower was completed. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jardine House (怡和大廈) is an office tower in Central, Hong Kong, which, when construction finished in 1973, was the first office tower in Hong Kong and the tallest building in the former British Crown Colony. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BOC Tower and the Legislative Council Building The Bank of China Tower (short: BOC Tower; 中銀大廈) is a huge skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong. ...

The building uses a circular floor plan and stands on the slope of a hill so steep that the building has its back entrance on the 17/F towards Kennedy Road. On the roof of the building there is a circular private swimming pool. Floor plan (floorplan, floor-plan) in its original meaning is an architecture term, a diagram of a room, a building, or a level (floor) of a building as if seen from the above (i. ... Kennedy Road is a north-south street in Scarborough, Ontario, which is part of Toronto. ...

The 62nd floor is a revolving restaurant with the name Revolving 66 (aka R66) (originally Revolving 62, but had to change its name because the locals kept calling it Revolving 66), that overlooks other tall buildings below and the harbour. It serves a buffet lunch for HK$168 (as of 2000) and rotates once per hour. Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour (Chinese: 維多利亞港, pinyin: Wei Duo Li Ya Gang) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China. ... The Hong Kong Dollar is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

This skyscraper was the filming location for R&B group Dru Hill's music video for "How Deep Is Your Love," directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed the movie Rush Hour, for whose soundtrack the song was in. The cover to Dru Hills 2002 LP, Dru World Order. ... Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an Jewish American film director and music video director. ... Rush hour in a city A rush hour is a part of the day with busy traffic and hence traffic congestion on the roads and crowded public transport; normally the two periods in a day when people are travelling to or from work or school. ...

Access

• MTR Wan Chai Station Exit A3.

View from bottom looking upward

Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... Wan Chai is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island line. ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 107 KB)Hopewell Center, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 107 KB)Hopewell Center, Hong Kong File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

See also

• Hopewell Holdings Ltd
• Central Plaza, Hong Kong
• The Center, Hong Kong
• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong

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External links

• Description at skyscraperpage.com
• Description at emporis.com
• Satellite view of the site