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Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates". Local folklore claims that such holes are for dragons to pass through, though some such holes are created to fulfil air ventilation requirements. [9] [10] [11] Hong Kong's best-known building is probably I. M. Pei's Bank of China Tower. The building attracted heated ...
[1] [2] [3] The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands 484 m (1,588 ft) and is the 13th tallest building in the world. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The total built-up height (combined heights) of these skyscrapers is approximately 333.8 km (207 miles), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] making Hong Kong the world's tallest ...
The geological history of Hong Kong is mainly divided into three periods. From the Devonian to the early Jurassic is the pre-volcanic sedimentary period. Environment of Hong Kong alternated between a river plain and a shallow sea setting. Rocks of this period are characterized by a variety of fossils, heavily folded strata and steeply tilted beds.
This is a list of buildings and structures in Hong Kong, in alphabetical order. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
26 blocks scandal (Chinese: 廿六座問題公屋醜聞) was a construction scandal in British Hong Kong during the 1980s. A total of 577 blocks of public housing estate was discovered with structural problems, of those 26 were demolished due to the imminent risk of collapse.
Corner houses are buildings located at junctions. In Hong Kong, buildings must meet certain specifications, which is why corner houses are so common on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Corner houses originate from the Composite Buildings of Hong Kong. They were popularized in the 1950s and the 1960s.
The Repulse Bay (Chinese: 影灣園) is a residential building and commercial arcade, located at 109 Repulse Bay Road [1] in the Repulse Bay area of Hong Kong. It is owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and operated by Peninsula Properties, a subsidiary of HSH.
The existence of tong lau was a culmination of a series of historic forces including the economic development of Hong Kong, the Second World War, and the influx of Chinese migrants to Hong Kong. [12] In 1898, the government introduced a building and public health ordinance which defined all the buildings including tong lau.