Central Plaza (Hong Kong)

Central Plaza
中環廣場
Central Plaza by day in April 2003
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Architectural style	Postmodern
Location	18 Harbour Road Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′48″N 114°10′25″E / 22.28000°N 114.17361°E / 22.28000; 114.17361Coordinates: 22°16′48″N 114°10′25″E / 22.28000°N 114.17361°E / 22.28000; 114.17361
Construction started	1989
Completed	1992
Height
Architectural	373.9 m (1,227 ft)
Roof	309 m (1,014 ft)
Top floor	299 m (981 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	78 3 below ground
Floor area	172,798 m2 (1,859,982 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	39
Design and construction
Architect	Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd.
Developer	Ryoden Development Sino Land Sun Hung Kai Properties
Structural engineer	Arup
Main contractor	Manloze Ltd
References

Central Plaza is a 78-storey, 374 m (1,227 ft) skyscraper completed in August 1992 at 18 Harbour Road, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre in Central and the ICC in West Kowloon. It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, until the Shun Hing Square in neighbouring Shenzhen was built. Central Plaza surpassed the Bank of China Tower as the tallest building in Hong Kong until the completion of 2 IFC.

Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates the time by displaying different colours for 15-minute periods, blinking at the change of the quarter.

An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast, at 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level. The mast has a height of 102 m (335 ft). It also houses the world's highest church inside a skyscraper, Sky City Church.

Central Plaza is made up of two principal components: a free standing 368-metre-high (1,207 ft) office tower and a 30.5-metre-high (100 ft) podium block attached to it. The tower is made up of three sections: a 30.5-metre-high (100 ft) tower base forming the main entrance and public circulation spaces; a 235.4-metre-tall (772 ft) tower body containing 57 office floors, a sky lobby and five mechanical plant floors; and the tower top consist of six mechanical plant floors and a 102-metre-tall (335 ft) tower mast.