Carla Margolles de Prado 3rd A
Author(s): Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (also known by its acronym KPF)
(in association with Wong and Ouyang , HK).
is one of the leading architectural firms worldwide. Based in New York, and with offices in
London, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Seoul, the company is known for its skyscraper design.
The firm was founded in 1976 by Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox.
Name : The International Commerce Center. It's a skyscraper in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
It is part of the Union Square complex and the formal name of the skyscraper
is Union Square Phase 7.
It has a total height of 484 meters and 108 floors. It was completed in 2010,
when it became the second tallest skyscraper in China,
behind the Shanghai World Financial Center, in Shanghai, and the sixth on the planet.
The skyscraper has a super-hotel of the Ritz-Carlton chain
in the last 15 floors, being the second highest hotel in the world, after the Abraj Al Bait Towers.
Function : Hotel and office
Where is it? : Austin Rd W, West Kowloon, Hong Kong
Materials : It’s made of glass material , the height is 484m ,it has 108 plants ,
83 lifts an the area is 274 064 m² / 2 950 000 ft²
Age/Period : The construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2010,
the year in which it was inaugurated
Polyhedrashape : The building is a quadrangular prism
Opinon : I think the building is very nice and very big, and I find it curious that it is also a hotel
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