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Location: 2 Queen's Road Hong Kong Island
Architect: Hsin-Yieh Architects and Associates Ltd. Leo A. Daly Pacific Limited
Floor: 63
Height: 928.1
Use: Office
Elevator: 28
Year: 1995-1999[1]
Cheung Kong Center is located at central Kong Hong Island area, one of the most expensive land in the world. One of the most famous American architect, Leo A. Daly designed this building and gave it a square base which could make the space more efficient and the office more usable. When completed in 1999, it was the third-tallest building in the city.[1] Although often listed as having 70 stories, this building actually lacks the following floors: 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64. Thus in reality it is a 63-story building. The above floors are "missing" because 4 is an inauspicious number as it sounds much like the word for death. [3]
Numbers are very important for Chinese people. Just like Americans usually do not like number 13. So avoiding “4” shows respect to the employees who would be working on the 4th, 14th, 24th, etc. floors.
The Cheung Kong Center is adorned by a grid of fiber optic lights that can be programmed to change color. This sprakling illumination is only enhanced by the building's black curtain wall which makes the building a silhouette in the daytime, and an inky peaceful void at night."[4]
[1] http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1346
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheung_Kong_Center
[3] http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1346
[4] http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/CN/CheungKongCentre.html
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