International Commerce Centre

국제상업센터(ICC)

The International Commerce Centre, or ICC, is a 108-storey skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, completed in 2010. It is 484 metres (1,588 feet) tall including the 6-metre parapets on the roof. It is the tallest building in Hong Kong and the only one in the city with more than 100 storeys.

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At a glance

Country: Hong Kong SAR China
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Built: 2010
Height: 484 m
Type: Skyscraper

Quick answers

Where is International Commerce Centre?

International Commerce Centre is in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China.

When was International Commerce Centre built?

International Commerce Centre was built in 2010.

How tall is International Commerce Centre?

International Commerce Centre is about 484 m tall.

Hong Kong's tallest building, with a hotel and the sky100 observation deck near its top.

The tower sits above the Elements shopping mall and near two MTR stations, and its south side faces Victoria Harbour. When it was finished it was the fourth-tallest building in the world. It was also the fourth-tallest building in Asia at that time, and the American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox designed it.

Smaller than planned

The first plan was called Kowloon Station Phase 7 and would have been 574 metres tall, tall enough to be the tallest building in China. But rules did not allow buildings to be taller than the surrounding mountains, so the height was scaled back. The American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox designed the tower with the local firm Wong and Ouyang.

Where is floor 4?

The top floor is numbered 118 even though there are 108 storeys, because many numbers were skipped. Floor numbers ending in 4 are left out since the number sounds like "death" in Cantonese and Mandarin, a bit like the fear of 13 in the West. According to Korean Wikipedia, the sky100 observation deck is on the 100th floor, at about 394 metres, and a hotel fills the top floors.