Top ten buildings of the 90s
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Jan, 2000, pp. 64-73
Abstract
The success and maturity of an economy is often reflected by its architecture. It is no accident, therefore, that the postcard skyline of Hong Kong started to emerge in the 1980s, when the city began to shed its manufacturing roots to become a centre of financial services. As its place in global finance became established, so did its landmarks, which boast increasingly stunning and self-assured designs.
With the arrival of the new millennium, it is worthwhile to review the buildings which emerged in the 1990s, in tandem with Hong Kong's rise as a world economy. Building Journal invited a panel of experts to review the many projects which came into being during this decade and chose ten which merit special mention. They are selected from a variety of fields, ranging from commerce to education and healthcare; the diversity itself an indication of the all-rounded development Hong Kong has achieved at the end of a momentous century.
(1) Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Extension
(2)The Center
(3) Castle Peak Hospital
(4) Hong Kong Technical College (Tsing Yi)
(5) Air passenger terminal building
(6) Hong Kong Park
(7) Harmony/Concord Blocks
(8) Peak Tower
(9) Pacific Place
(10) Kingswood Villas
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2000
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en