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International Commerce Centre (ICC)
環球貿易廣場



General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Construction started	2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Completed	2010; 14 years ago (2010)^[1]
Management	Harbour Vantage^[1]
Height
Architectural	484 m (1,588 ft)^[1]
Tip	484 m (1,588 ft)^[1]
Technical details
Floor count	108 above ground^[1]
Lifts/elevators	84^[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates^[1]
Developer	Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited^[1]
Structural engineer	Arup^[1]
Main contractor	China State Construction Engineering Corporation;^[1] Sanfield Building Contractors Limited ^[1]

The International Commerce Centre is a 108-story, 484 m (1,588 ft) supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, resting atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations (Kowloon and Austin Station). It is the world's 13th tallest building by height, 10th tallest by number of floors, and Hong Kong's tallest, as well as the only building in the city with over 100 storeys.^[1] The official height is 484 m (1,588 ft), which includes the 6 m (20 ft) tall parapets on the roof.^[1]^[3] It was the world's 4th tallest building and 3rd in Asia when completed in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The south side of the building faces Victoria Harbour.

History

The height had been scaled back from earlier plans due to regulations that did not allow buildings to be taller than the surrounding mountains. The original proposal for this building was called Kowloon Station Phase 7 and it was designed to be 574 m (1,883 ft) tall with 102 floors.^[4]

The tower was designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) in association with Wong & Ouyang. It was built by Sanfield, the construction subsidiary of Sun Hung Kai.^[5]

Construction work was temporarily halted^[6] on 13 September 2009, due to an lift shaft accident that killed six workers.^[7]

The ICC Light and Music Show

The LED light show set a new Guinness World Records for the “largest light and sound show on a single building” using a total of 50,000 m² on two facades of the ICC.^[8] The Show is designed by the lighting design supervisor, Hirohito Totsune,^[9] who already designed the lighting system of the Tokyo Skytree.^[10] It creates a theme and story line by using lights and music elements, similar to "A Symphony of Lights" in Victoria Harbour.

Gallery

A simplified map of Union Square showing the location of the International Commerce Centre
Tower in August 2010
Office lobby in November 2008
Office lobby void in November 2008
Access from Elements shopping mall in August 2013
Residential complex The Cullinan and W Hong Kong hotel are located alongside the ICC. Taken in April 2007.
Viewed from Victoria Peak, with the Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter visible.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "International Commerce Centre – the Skyscraper Center".
^ "International Commerce Centre".
^ "International Commerce Center, Hong Kong". skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "International Commerce Center". Leslie E. Robertson Associates. Archived from the original on 14 December 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ Stephens, Suzanne (16 May 2012). "International Commerce Centre". Architectural Record.
^ "地盤平台墜樓6工人全死". INews.com. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ Kyunghee Park (13 September 2009). "Elevator Shaft Accident Kills Six Workers in Hong Kong Tower". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ "ICC Light and Music Show (Hong Kong) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go".
^ "Hirohito Totsune lights up the ICC". 19 April 2013.
^ "TOKYO SKYTREE® (Japan) | Case Study | lighting | Electric Works | Business | Panasonic Global".

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to International Commerce Centre.

Official website
Article about the International Commerce Centre in Building Journal, April 2011.
Elements shopping mall official website
Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd., "More than half-a-century of architectural design experience in Hong Kong", section "International Commerce Centre and The Cullinan", pp. 31–33, September 2009

Timeline of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building (70 m) (1935)
Bank of China Building (76 m) (1950)
Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong (91 m) (1963)
Kiu Kwan Mansion (95 m) (1966)
Pearl City Mansion (109 m) (1971)
Connaught Centre (178 m) (1973)
Hopewell Centre (216 m) (1980)
Bank of China Tower (367 m) (1990)
Central Plaza (374 m) (1992)
International Finance Centre (415 m) (2003)
International Commerce Centre (484 m) (2010)

Tallest skyscrapers in Hong Kong

Supertall skyscrapers
(over 300 metres /
984 feet)

Skyscrapers
(over 170 metres /
558 feet)

Lantau	Caribbean Coast Towers 6–12 & 15–16

Proposed

The Gateway III Tower

Supertall skyscrapers (300 m/984 ft and taller)

Completed

Africa

Egypt	Iconic Tower

Americas

Chile	Gran Torre Santiago
Mexico	Torres Obispado
United States	1 Manhattan West 111 West 57th Street 3 World Trade Center 30 Hudson Yards 35 Hudson Yards 432 Park Avenue 50 Hudson Yards 53W53 875 North Michigan Avenue Aon Center Bank of America Plaza Bank of America Tower Central Park Tower Chrysler Building Comcast Technology Center Empire State Building Franklin Center JPMorgan Chase Tower One57 One Vanderbilt One World Trade Center Salesforce Tower St. Regis Chicago The Brooklyn Tower The New York Times Building The Spiral Trump International Hotel and Tower Two Prudential Plaza U.S. Bank Tower Wells Fargo Plaza Willis Tower Wilshire Grand Center World Trade Center (1973–2001) ^†

Asia

China	Baoneng Center Changsha A9 Financial District Changsha IFS Tower T1 China Resources Headquarters China World Trade Center Tower III China Zun Chongqing IFS T1 Chongqing World Financial Center CITIC Plaza Citymark Centre Dalian International Trade Center Diwang International Fortune Center Dongguan International Trade Center 1 East Pacific Center Eton Place Dalian Fortune Center Gate to the East Greenland Hangzhou Center Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower B Greenland Puli Center Guangxi China Resources Tower Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre Guangzhou International Finance Center Guiyang International Financial Center Tower 1 Hanking Center Heartland 66 Office Tower Hengqin International Finance Center Hon Kwok City Center Huachuang International Plaza Huaguoyuan Tower 1 Huaguoyuan Tower 2 Huijin Center Guangzhou Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza Jin Mao Tower Jin Wan Plaza 9 Jinan Center Financial City KK100 Leatop Plaza Logan Century Center 1 Longxi International Hotel Minsheng Bank Building Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre Tower 1 One Shenzhen Bay Pearl River Tower Ping An International Finance Centre The Pinnacle Poly Pazhou Riverview Plaza Shanghai Tower Shanghai World Financial Center Shenglong Global Center Shenzhen Center Shenzhen CFC Changfu Centre Shimao Hunan Center Shimao International Plaza Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 Shun Hing Square Spring City 66 Suning Plaza 1, Wuxi Suning Plaza Tower 1, Zhenjiang Suzhou IFS Tianjin CTF Finance Centre Tianjin Modern City Office Tower Tianjin World Financial Center Wanda Plaza Wenzhou World Trade Center White Magnolia Plaza Wuhan Center Wuhan Greenland Center Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping Center Wuxi IFS Wuxi Maoye City – Marriott Hotel Xi'an Glory International Financial Center Xiangjiang Fortune Finance Center Yantai Shimao No.1 The Harbour Yuexiu Fortune Center Tower 1 Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center Zhuhai Tower Zhujiang New City Tower Zifeng Tower
Hong Kong	Bank of China Tower Central Plaza International Commerce Centre International Finance Centre Nina Tower The Center
Japan	Abeno Harukas Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower
Kazakhstan	Abu Dhabi Plaza
Kuwait	Al Hamra Tower Arraya Tower
Malaysia	The Exchange 106 Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur Merdeka 118 Petronas Towers Telekom Tower
Philippines	Metrobank Center
Qatar	Aspire Tower Lusail Plaza Towers 3 and 4
Saudi Arabia	The Clock Towers Kingdom Centre PIF Tower
South Korea	Haeundae Doosan We've the Zenith Haeundae LCT The Sharp Lotte World Tower Parc1 Posco Tower-Songdo
Taiwan	85 Sky Tower Taipei 101
Thailand	Baiyoke Tower II ICONSIAM MahaNakhon
Turkey	CBRT Tower
United Arab Emirates	23 Marina Address Boulevard Address Downtown ADNOC Headquarters Almas Tower Amna Tower Burj Al Arab Burj Khalifa Cayan Tower DAMAC Residenze Elite Residence Emirates Office Tower Etihad Towers Gevora Hotel HHHR Tower Il Primo Dubai The Index Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel JW Marriott Marquis Dubai The Landmark Marina 101 The Marina Torch Ocean Heights Princess Tower Rose Tower World Trade Center Abu Dhabi
Vietnam	Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower Landmark 81

Europe

Poland	Varso Tower
Russia	City of Capitals Eurasia Federation Tower Lakhta Center Mercury City Tower Neva Towers 2 OKO Tower
United Kingdom	The Shard

Oceania

Australia	Australia 108 Q1 Tower

^† No longer standing.

Under construction

Africa

Ethiopia	Ethiopian Electric Power Headquarters
Côte d'Ivoire	Tour F

Asia

China

Other

North America

South America

Senna Tower

On hold

See also: Proposed supertall skyscrapers; List of architects of supertall buildings

History

The ICC Light and Music Show

Gallery

See also

References

External links