List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong

The first high-rise in Hong Kong was the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, completed in 1935. The building stood tall with 13 floors and was in use for five decades before being demolished for the construction of the HSBC Main Building. High-rise construction was limited in the early part of the 20th century. However, beginning in the 1970s, Hong Kong experienced a general trend of high-rise building construction that has continued to the present. This trend is in large part a result of the city's rugged, mountainous terrain and lack of flat land. The city entered a construction boom in 1980, which lasted roughly until 1993. Among the buildings built during these years are Hopewell Centre (1980), Bank of China Tower (1990), and Central Plaza (1992), three of the territory's tallest buildings upon their respective dates of completion. The second boom saw the completion of the International Commerce Centre (ICC), Two International Finance Centre, Nina Tower I, and One Island East. Skyscrapers also grew in the New Territories, such as the developments of Metro Town and LOHAS Park in Tseung Kwan O. However, proposals for large scale building projects slowed down considerably over the 2000s. There has been an increasing community awareness of the effects of skyscrapers on urban ecology, such as changes to air circulation (dubbed the "wall effect") and air pollution. No new supertall skyscrapers were built for over a decade after the completion of the ICC in 2010. The Mong Kok East Station Redevelopment, currently under construction in Mong Kok, will be the first supertall building to be built in 18 years when it is complete in 2028. The emergence of eastern Kowloon as a new business district have seen a commercial and residential skyscrapers around Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay starting from the 2000s, such as the Millennium City development. Additionally, the Kai Tak development has led to the construction of residential complexes on the former airport during the 2020s. == Notable buildings ==

• International Commerce Centre (abbreviated ICC), located at 1 Austin Road, West Kowloon. It is owned and jointly developed by MTR Corporation Limited and Sun Hung Kai Properties as Phase 7 of the Union Square Development. Rising , the ICC is the tallest building in Hong Kong as well as the 13th tallest building in the world. Notable tenants include Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, ABN-AMRO and Accenture. • The Center, located at 99 Queen's Road Central, Central. Completed in 1998 and standing tall, this building was one of the first large urban renewal projects undertaken by the Land Development Corporation (now the Urban Renewal Authority). The skyscraper's unique structure is entirely composed of steel and lacks a reinforced concrete core. • Hopewell Centre, located at 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai. At tall, the Hopewell Centre was the tallest building in Hong Kong when it was completed in 1980. The building signifies the eastern expansion of Hong Kong's central business district. The Hopewell Centre has a unique cylindrical shaped design with a revolving restaurant on the 62nd level of the building. Designed by Sir Gordon Wu, chairman of Hopewell Holdings, the building serves as the headquarters of his company. • HSBC Main Building (also known as HSBC Tower), located at 1 Queen's Road Central, Central. The building, standing tall, is the headquarters of HSBC, and is the fourth generation of their headquarters. Designed by the famed British architect Norman Foster, the building took seven years to complete, and is noted as being the most expensive building in the world at completion at HK$5.2 billion (US$668 million) in 1985. Together with Statue Square, the building also serves as a gathering place for thousands of Filipino domestic workers during weekends and holidays. • Jardine House (originally called Connaught Centre), located at 1 Connaught Place, Central. Upon completion in 1973, the -tall skyscraper was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia. The building features round windows, as opposed to traditional rectangular windows, for a stronger curtain wall and thinner structural frame. These round windows also earned the building a nickname of "The House of a Thousand Arseholes." == Tallest buildings ==

This lists ranks Hong Kong skyscrapers that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. == Tallest under construction or proposed==

• Table entries without text indicate that one or more of the following information regarding building heights, floor counts and/or year of completion has not yet been released. --> This list ranks under construction, topped-out and planned buildings that are expected to stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building is expected to be complete. A floor count of 50 storeys is used as the cutoff in place of a height of for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers. • Table entry without text indicate that one or more of the following information regarding building heights, floor counts and/or year of completion has not yet been released. == Demolished buildings ==

This table lists buildings in Hong Kong that were demolished which once stood at least tall. == Notable cancelled or vision projects ==

This lists notable projects that were abandoned, cancelled or never meant to be built that had a planned height of at least . • Table entries without text indicate that information regarding floor counts have not been determined or remain unknown. == Timeline of tallest buildings ==

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Hong Kong. == See also ==