Lippo Center (Hong Kong, China) : Detail, base on high pilotis
- 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-A08
- 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:
- 10897123
- PID:
- digcoll:1862231