The International Finance Centre rooftop garden sits atop the podium of the mall, surrounded by glass towers that slice into the skyline. It serves as a rare, quiet outdoor deck overlooking Victoria Harbour, designed to offer office…
Central Elevated Footpath Network
Navigate Central's skyline entirely above the streets using a futuristic network of elevated footbridges, modernist lobbies, and rooftop gardens.
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1. IFC Rooftop Garden
2. Exchange Square
Exchange Square features three distinct towers of glass and granite that rise above a massive concrete podium near the harbor. This complex stands on land reclaimed from the sea in the early nineteen eighties to house the city's stock…
3. Jardine House
Jardine House wears its facade like a honeycomb. Thousands of identical, circular windows punctuate the white aluminum walls, creating a pattern that locals have nicknamed the House of a Thousand Windows. When it opened in nineteen…
4. HSBC Building
The HSBC Main Building sits on four steel towers that support its floors from above, a design that left the ground level completely open to the public. When the architect Norman Foster finished it in nineteen eighty-five, he created a…
5. LANDMARK
The Landmark complex in Central features a distinct, multi-level glass-domed atrium that connects four different office towers. Before this modern glass structure emerged in the late nineteen seventies, the site held the old Hong Kong…
6. Central Market
The Central Market building features a distinctive Bauhaus style with horizontal bands of windows and rounded corners that contrast sharply with the neighboring glass skyscrapers. Opened in nineteen thirty-nine, it served as the city’s…