Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Hong Kongs tallest building

The Two International Finance Centre, called the IFC, is at this moment the tallest building in Hong Kong. Shaped like a big obelisk, it stands on the Hong Kong side of Victoria Harbour and is a part of the beautiful view of the skyline seen from Tsim Sha Tsui, also called Kowloon side.
But not for long will this building be the tallest, as just on the oppersite side, in Kowloon, another mega tall tower is slowly but for certain becomming its shape and growing towards the sky.
How much taller this building is going to be? Well about 64 meter, the IFC tower is 420 meters and the new one will grow to be 484 meters
Placed just opposite each other at the western entrance of Victoria Harbour, the two towers wil form a sort of "gateway" to the harbour, like the legs of the Colossus of Rhodes apperently did it in ancient times.
And what is the new tower going to be called? Well it is amazing how much imagination the planners and investors has put into this one, as this tower is going to be called; International Commerce Centre.
Either of us has been to the top of this building yet, but it is open for public viewing and the view from up there should be stunning, and will take you nearly up to the same hight as the famous Victoria Peak.

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