Lippo Center (Hong Kong, China) : Looking up from Queensway at the towers

Creator:

Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997

Published/Created:

Admiralty; 89 Queensway, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
1986-1988

Physical Description:

610.2 ft (height, Tower II)

Date Depicted:

6/29/2009

Materials:

glass; steel

Notes:

A twin-tower skyscraper complex completed in 1988. Tower I is 172 m (564.3 ft) with 44 storeys, and Tower II is 186 m (610.2 ft) with 48 storeys. The buildings were dubbed "The Koala Tree" because they resemble koalas clutching a tree. Paul Rudolph strove to relieve the traditional severity of skyscraper walls by designing clusters of obtruding windows. They were taken over by the Lippo Group after the collapse of the Bond Corporation.

Variant Titles:

Lippo Centre

Topics:

Architecture -- China -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Brutalist
Twentieth century

Culture:

Chinese

Accession Number:

1A1-RPA-LC-A04

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT)
skyscrapers (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/29/2009 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4654

OID:

10897119

PID:

digcoll:1806824