Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong
| Hopewell Centre | |
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| 合和中心 | |
Hopewell Centre and the ruins of an old mansion in the foreground
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Address | 183 Queen's Road East |
| Town or city | Wan Chai |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°16′28.25″N 114°10′17.76″E / 22.2745139°N 114.1716000°ECoordinates: 22°16′28.25″N 114°10′17.76″E / 22.2745139°N 114.1716000°E |
| Construction started | 1977 |
| Completed | 1980 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 216.0 m (708.7 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 64 |
| Floor area | 111,000 m2 (1,190,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Gordon Wu, WMKY Limited |
| Structural engineer | Ove Arup & Partners |
| References | |
Hopewell Centre (Chinese: 合和中心; Jyutping: hap6 wo4 zung1 sam1) is a 216-metre (709-foot), 64-storey skyscraper at 183 Queen's Road East, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The tower is the first circular skyscraper in Hong Kong. It is named after Hong Kong-listed property firm Hopewell Holdings Limited, which constructed the building. Hopewell Holdings Limited's headquarters are in the building and its Chief executive officer, Gordon Wu, has his office on the top floor.
Construction started in 1977 and was completed in 1980. Upon completion, Hopewell Centre surpassed Jardine House as Hong Kong's tallest building. It was also the second tallest building in Asia at the time. It kept its title in Hong Kong until 1989, when the Bank of China Tower was completed. The building is now the 20th tallest building in Hong Kong.
The building has a circular floor plan. Although the front entrance is on the 'ground floor', commuters are taken through a set of escalators to the 3rd floor lift lobby. Hopewell Centre stands on the slope of a hill so steep that the building has its back entrance on the 17th floor towards Kennedy Road. There is a circular private swimming pool on the roof of the building.
A revolving restaurant located on the 62nd floor, called "Revolving 66", overlooks other tall buildings below and the harbour. It was originally called Revolving 62, but soon changed its name as locals kept calling it Revolving 66. It completes a 360-degree rotation each hour. Passengers take either office lifts (faster) or the scenic lifts (with a view) to the 56/F, where they transfer to smaller lifts up to the 62/F. The restaurant is now named View 62 by Paco Roncero.
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