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Facts
Official Name International Commerce Centre
Complex Name Union Square
Former / Other Name ICC
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Hong Kong
Street Address / Map 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon
Building Function hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2000
Start of Construction 2002
Completion 2010
Global Ranking #5 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #3 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #2 tallest in China
City Ranking #1 tallest in Hong Kong
Official Website International Commerce Cente
Figures
Height: Architectural 484.0 meter / 1588 feet
Height: Occupied 468.8 meter / 1538 feet
Height: To Tip 484.0 meter / 1588 feet
Height: Observatory 387.8 meter / 1272 feet
Floors Above Ground 108
Floors Below Ground 4
# of Elevators 83
Top Elevator Speed 9 m/s
Tower GFA 274,064 m² / 2,950,000 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 312
# of Parking Spaces 1700
Companies Involved
Owner Sun Hung Kai Properties
Developer Sun Hung Kai Properties
Design Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Associate Architect Wong & Ouyang
Structural Engineer Arup
MEP Engineers J. Roger Preston Group;
Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited
Project Manager Harbour Vantage
Main Contractor Sanfield Building Contractors Limited
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants Schindler;
RWDI;
ALT Cladding;
Dow Corning Corporation;
Meinhardt
(Facade)
Videos
Symbiosis: Supertalls and Future Cities
J. Klemperer (Principal & Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates), CTBUH Mumbai Conference

Technical Papers
A Paradigm Shift in the 21st Century Skyscraper
Emily Merrill & Dr. Lee Gray (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Case Study: Hong Kong ICC
D. Malott (Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC), CTBUH Journal

Other CTBUH Links
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Poster, 2011
International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Report, 2011

News Articles
Skyscraper, Moneymaker
The Wall Street Journal, 2011-04
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong: The world's highest hotel opens
CNN, 2011-03
Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong: Countdown to world's tallest hotel opening
USA Today, 2011-03
The World's Highest Hotel to Open
Forbes, 2010-05
Ritz-Carlton to Occupy Top of Hong Kong's Upcoming Skyscraper
ChannelNewsAsia.com, 2009-10