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Location: Central, Hong Kong Island
Height: 374.0meters / 1227 feet
Architect: Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man
Use: Office, religious
Year: 1989-1992
Floor: 78
Materials: Glass, steel, concrete reinforced, concrete [1]
Central Plaza is located at central, Hong Kong Island, right next to Two International Finance Center. Been built in 1992, Central Plaza is still among the top ten highest buildings in the world. The building has a rough triangular prism structure, which means it has a rough triangular base. However, all the sharp edges have been cut. This makes the building looks more steady and mild. Moreover, Hong Kong people believe in “Feng Shui”(1) and consider it very important when designing and constructing new buildings. It is believed in Feng Shui that sharp edges of a building could bring some negative qi(2) to the neighborhood of it. Cutting the sharp edges not only brought respect to its neighborhood but maximized the use of land on one of the most expensive land in the world.
Feng shui 風水, is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics believed to use the laws of both Heaven (astronomy) and Earth (geography) to help one improve life by receiving positive qi.[2]
In traditional Chinese culture, qi, 氣 also spelled chi or ch'i in English, is an active principle forming part of any living thing. [3]
[1] http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=112
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi
[4] Photo from librand.com
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