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The International Commerce Centre is a 103-storey, 454 m (1,490 ft) [5] [6] supertall skyscraper in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.On top of the shopping mall, Elements, near West Kowloon Cultural District, and the south side of ICC faces Victoria Harbour, directly opposite Hong Kong's 2nd tallest building, Two ifc.
Night view of the skyline of Hong Kong, which has over 500 skyscrapers. The list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2]
Hong Kong is the Chinese city with the most skyscrapers, [8] while Shenzhen has the most number of supertalls. [ 9 ] In June 2020, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed a ban on the construction of super high-rise buildings taller than 500 m (1,600 ft), due to safety reasons and waste of resources. [ 10 ]
Hong Kong. A skyscraper is generally defined as any building that is more than 150 metres (492 ft) tall and has more than 40 storeys. [1] [2] The following is a list of countries with the most skyscrapers. Other structures like observation towers or lattice towers are excluded on this list.
Shanghai skyline. This following lists the tallest buildings in China by city, including the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and excluding Taiwan.A total of 32 cities featured in this list currently have at least one supertall skyscraper.
At present, Hong Kong has the world's biggest skyline with a total of 7,681 skyscrapers, placing it ahead of even New York City, despite the fact that New York is larger in area. [8] Most of these were built in past two decades. [8] Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates".
Skyscraper Office Hong Kong Hong Kong 43 2 World Trade Center (1971–2001) 415.3 1,362 1973 Skyscraper Office, observation United States New York City Destroyed on 11 September 2001. 44 Tianjin Radio and Television Tower: 415.2 1,362 1991 Concrete tower
Hong Kong Hong Kong: 484: 1,588 108: 2010 10 Wuhan Greenland Center: Wuhan China: 476: 1,560 101: 2023 11 Central Park Tower: New York City United States: 472.4: 1,550 98: 2020 12 Lakhta Center: St. Petersburg Russia: 462: 1,515 87: 2019 13 Landmark 81: Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam: 461: 1,513 81: 2018 14 International Land-Sea Center: Chongqing ...