Two International Finance Centre
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
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Alternative Titles
國際金融中心二期
2 IFC
Date
1997-2003Description
Context view, with Star Ferry docks at the base, looking across Victoria Harbour from Kowloon; The International Finance Centre (IFC) is a complex which consists of of two skyscrapers, the IFC Mall, and the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. Tower 2 is the second tallest building in Hong Kong. It has 88 floors (+6 basement floors) and a total floor area of 1,999,988 sq ft. The high-rise is designed to accommodate financial institutions with 22 high-ceiling trading floors, advanced telecommunications, raised floors for flexible cabling management, and nearly column-free floor plans. It is next to Hong Kong Station (opened 1998), of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/14/2013)
Type of Work
skyscraper; stock exchangeSubject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), Twenty-first century
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