Hopewell Centre is a , 64-storey skyscraper at 183
Queen's Road East
Queen's Road East is a street in Wan Chai, in the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting Admiralty, Hong Kong, Admiralty in the west to Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four ...
, in
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to th ...
,
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. The tower is the first circular skyscraper in Hong Kong. It is named after Hong Kong–listed property firm
Hopewell Holdings Limited, which constructed the building. Hopewell Holdings Limited's headquarters are in the building and its chief executive officer,
Gordon Wu
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, has his office on the top floor.
Description
Construction started in 1977 and was completed in 1980. Upon completion, Hopewell Centre surpassed
Jardine House as Hong Kong's tallest building. It was also the second tallest building in Asia at the time. It kept its title in Hong Kong until 1989, when the
Bank of China Tower was completed. The building is now the 20th tallest building in Hong Kong.
The building has a circular floor plan. Although the front entrance is on the 'ground floor', commuters are taken through a set of escalators to the 3rd floor lift lobby. Hopewell Centre stands on the slope of a hill so steep that the building has its back entrance on the 17th floor towards
Kennedy Road. There is a circular private swimming pool on the roof of the building built for
feng shui reasons.
A
revolving restaurant
A revolving restaurant or rotating restaurant is usually a tower restaurant eating space designed to rest atop a broad circular revolving platform that operates as a large turntable. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on ...
located on the 62nd floor, called "Revolving 66", overlooks other tall buildings below and
the harbour. It was originally called Revolving 62, but soon changed its name as locals kept calling it Revolving 66. It completes a 360-degree rotation each hour. Passengers take either office lifts (faster) or the scenic lifts (with a view) to the 56/F, where they transfer to smaller lifts up to the 62/F. The restaurant is now named The Grand Buffet.
The building comprises several groups of lifts. Lobbies are on the 3rd and 17th floor, and are connected to Queen's Road East and Kennedy Road respectively. A mini-skylobby is on the 56th floor and serves as a transfer floor for diners heading to the 60/F and 62/F restaurants. The building's white 'bumps' between the windows have built in window-washer guide rails.
This skyscraper was the filming location for R&B group
Dru Hill
Dru Hill is an American R&B group, whose repertoire included soul, hip hop soul and gospel music. The group was founded in Baltimore in 1992 and is still active. Dru Hill recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B number-one hits ...
's music video for "How Deep Is Your Love," directed by
Brett Ratner
Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the ''Rush Hour'' film series, ''The Family Man'', '' Red Dragon'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and ''Tower Heist''. He is also a producer of several films ...
, who also directed the movie
Rush Hour
A rush hour (American English, British English) or peak hour (Australian English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice every weekday: on ...
, whose soundtrack features the song. The circular private swimming pool is well visible in this music video. This swimming pool has also featured in an Australian television advertisement by one of that country's major gaming companies,
Tattersall's Limited
In 2017, Tatts Group combined with Tabcorp Holdings Limited under the Tabcorp brand.
Tatts Group history
The company had three divisions: Lotteries, Wagering and Gaming Solutions.
Lotteries
Tatts Group had a near monopoly on lotteries in Aust ...
, promoting a weekly
lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of ...
competition.
Access
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MTR
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
Wan Chai station
Wan Chai () is a List of MTR stations, station on the of the Hong Kong MTR. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the Wan Chai locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath Hennessy Road, a ma ...
Exit D, followed by a 5-minute walk south through Lee Tung Avenue.
Gallery
File:Hopewell Centre 17Floor Lobby 2015.jpg, Hopewell Centre Lobby at 17/F
File:The Grand Buffet 201504.JPG, The Grand Buffet Restaurant at 62/F
File:Hopewell Centre Upper.jpg, Hopewell Centre front entrance at street level
File:Hopewell Centre View.jpg, View of Wan Chai from Hopewell Centre in November 2006
News
Hopewell shares shoot up 31 per cent after developer unveils HK$21.26 billion privatisation plan
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has over 9,000 high-rise buildings, of which over 4,000 are skyscrapers standing taller than with 517 buildings above . The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands and is the 1 ...
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List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
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List of tallest buildings
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List of buildings
References
External links
Building's WebsiteDru Hill's music video ''How Deep Is Your Love'' at YouTubeElevator Layout
{{Hong Kong Skyscrapers
Office buildings completed in 1980
Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong
Landmarks in Hong Kong
Wan Chai
Buildings and structures with revolving restaurants
Queen's Road East
Hopewell Holdings
Round buildings