Highcliff

Skyscraper in Hong Kong

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Highcliff

Highcliff on 13 January 2007

General information
Type| Residential, parking garage
Location| Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Coordinates| 22°15′54″N 114°11′3″E﻿ / ﻿22.26500°N 114.18417°E﻿ / 22.26500; 114.18417
Construction started| 2000
Completed| 2003
Height
Roof| 252.4 m (828.1 ft)
Top floor| 241.8 m (793.3 ft)
Technical details
Floor count| 73
Floor area| 375,994 sq ft (34,931.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd.
Structural engineer| Magnusson Klemencic Associates
References
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Highcliff

Traditional Chinese| 曉廬
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Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Híu lòuh
Jyutping| Hiu2 lou4
Highcliff (left) and The Summit (right)

Highcliff is a luxury apartment building on a south slope of Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The 75-storey building's construction (70 floors of which are liveable space) began in 2000 and was completed in 2003 under a design by DLN Architects & Engineers. It was the Silver Winner of the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award, coming in second to 30 St Mary Axe in London. The tower is the tallest "all"-residential building in Hong Kong island.

Highcliff is thin for such a tall building; it has a slenderness ratio of 1:20 thus being one of the thinnest buildings in the world. Therefore, a passive wind damper was fitted to the top, the first of its kind for a residential building.[2] This was installed because typhoons approach Hong Kong most late summers.

Because of the obvious similarity with a nearby similar building The Summit, the two have been informally called "The Chopsticks". These two buildings highlight the characters of pencil-thin towers that are highly concentrated in Hong Kong.[3]

## See also

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* The Summit
* List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong

## References

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1. ^ "Highcliff – SkyscraperPage.com". Retrieved 29 December 2007.
2. ^ "Highcliff, Hong Kong | 100639 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
3. ^ "Future City:20-21". The Skyscraper Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highcliff.

* Highcliff official homepage (Building elevation chart and layout plans for each floor are available as pdf.)
* SkyscraperPage.com's entry
* Emporis.com[usurped] – Building ID 100639

Preceded by

Post Tower
(Bonn, Germany)

|  Emporis Skyscraper Award (Silver)
2003  | Succeeded by

Torre Agbar
(Barcelona, Spain)

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Tallest skyscrapers in Hong Kong

Supertall skyscrapers
(over 300 metres /
984 feet)|

* International Commerce Centre
* International Finance Centre
* Central Plaza
* Bank of China Tower
* The Center
* Nina Tower
* One Island East

Skyscrapers
(over 170 metres /
558 feet)|

| Hong Kong
Island|

* Cheung Kong Center
* Highcliff
* Manulife Plaza
* Cosco Tower
* The Belcher's Towers 1–3, 5–6 & 8
* Tregunter 3
* The Summit
* Grand Promenade Towers 2–5
* Hopewell Centre
* Sun Hung Kai Centre
* Island Shangri-La
* Azura
* Three Garden Road, Central
* May House
* Island Resort Towers 1–3 & 5–8
* China Online Centre
* Conrad International Hotel
* Queensway Government Offices
* The Merton Towers 1–2
* Aigburth
* Shell Tower & RBS Tower (Times Square)
* The Centrium
* One & Two Exchange Square
* 9 Queen's Road Central
* Entertainment Building
* Lippo Centre I&II
* 8 Clearwater Bay Road
* The Westpoint
* Standard Chartered Bank Building
* Sino Plaza
* Manhattan Heights
* AIA Central
* Three Pacific Place
* Convention Plaza Office
* Immigration Tower
* Revenue Tower
* AIA Tower
* Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. HQs building
* Jardine House
* China Resources Building
* Far East Finance Centre
* Tavistock II

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Kowloon|

* The Cullinan North & South Towers
* The Masterpiece
* Sorrento Towers 1–3 & 5–6
* Langham Place Office Tower
* The HarbourSide
* The Harbourfront Landmark
* The Arch
* Victoria Towers 1–3
* Queen's Garden Blocks A–C
* Metro Harbour View Tower 1–10
* Langham Place Hotel
* The Hermitage Towers 1-3 & 6-8

New Kowloon|

* Banyan Garden Towers 1–3 & 5–8
* Liberte Towers 1–3 & 5–8
* Enterprise Square III

New Territories|

* LOHAS Park The Capital Towers 1-3 & 5-6
* LOHAS Park Le Prestige Towers 1-3 & 5-11
* Metro Plaza Towers 1–2
* Cable TV Tower
* Bellagio Tower 6–9
* Ocean Pointe Towers 1–3
* Oscar By The Sea Towers 5–8
* Ocean Shores Towers 1–3, 5–13 & 15–17

| Lantau|

* Caribbean Coast Towers 6–12 & 15–16

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Proposed|

* The Gateway III Tower

See also: List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong

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Private housing estates in Hong Kong

Central and Western|

* 39 Conduit Road
* The Belcher's
* Highcliff
* Opus Hong Kong
* The Merton
* Tregunter Towers

Eastern|

* Braemar Hill Mansions
* City Garden
* Grand Promenade
* Heng Fa Chuen
* Island Resort
* Kornhill
* Nam Fung Sun Chuen
* Taikoo Shing

Southern|

* Bel-Air Residence
* Hong Kong Parkview
* Redhill Peninsula
* The Repulse Bay
* South Horizons

Wan Chai|

* The Leighton Hill
* Serenade

Kowloon City|

* Celestial Heights
* Hunghom Bay Centre
* Laguna Verde
* Royal Peninsula
* Whampoa Garden

Yau Tsim Mong|

* The Arch
* The Cullinan
* Florient Rise
* Grand Waterfront
* Island Harbourview
* Harbour Green
* Harbour Place
* Lime Stardom
* The Long Beach
* Man Wah Sun Chuen
* The Masterpiece
* Metro Harbour View
* One Silversea
* Park Avenue and Central Park
* The Harbourside
* The Harbourfront Landmark
* Shining Heights

Sham Shui Po|

* Manhattan Hill
* Mei Foo Sun Chuen
* Nob Hill
* Parc Oasis
* Tai Hang Sai Estate
* Vista

Wong Tai Sin|

* The Latitude

Kwun Tong|

* Amoy Gardens
* Laguna City
* Ocean One
* Sceneway Garden
* Telford Gardens

Tai Po|

* The Beverly Hills

Yuen Long|

* Kingswood Villas
* Fairview Park
* Sun Yuen Long Centre
* Yoho Town

Tuen Mun|

* Hong Kong Gold Coast
* Miami Beach Towers

North|

* Woodland Crest

Sai Kung|

* East Point City
* The Grandiose
* LOHAS Park
* Metro City
* Metro Town
* Oscar by the Sea
* Park Central
* Radiant Towers
* Residence Oasis
* Serenity Place
* Tseung Kwan O Plaza

Sha Tin|

* Belair Gardens
* Castello
* City One
* Double Cove
* Festival City
* Jubilee Garden
* Lake Silver
* Lucky Plaza
* Mountain Shore
* New Town Plaza
* The Palazzo
* Pristine Villa
* Royal Ascot
* Shatin Centre
* Sha Tin Plaza
* Sunshine City
* Vista Paradiso
* Wai Wah Centre

Tsuen Wan|

* Allway Gardens
* Bellagio
* Belvedere Garden
* The Cairnhill
* Chelsea Court
* The Cliveden
* The Dynasty
* Discovery Park
* Hong Kong Garden
* Luk Yeung Sun Chuen
* Ocean Pointe
* Park Island
* Riviera Gardens
* Sea Crest Villa
* Serenade Cove
* Skyline Plaza
* Tsuen Wan Centre
* Tsuen Wan City Landmark
* Tsuen Wan Plaza
* Tsuen King Garden

Kwai Tsing|

* Kwai Chung Plaza
* Maritime Square
* Mayfair Gardens
* Rambler Crest
* Villa Esplanada

Islands|

* Caribbean Coast
* Coastal Skyline
* Seaview Crescent
* Tung Chung Crescent

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