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Coordinates: 22°17′09.8″N 114°12′48.1″E / 22.286056°N 114.213361°E / 22.286056; 114.213361
One Island East
港島東中心 |
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| Information |
| Location |
18 Westlands Road, Hong Kong |
| Status |
Complete |
| Constructed |
2006 - 2008 |
| Use |
Office |
| Height |
| Antenna/Spire |
308 metres (1,010 ft)[1] |
| Roof |
280 m (919 ft)[2] |
| Technical details |
| Floor count |
70 |
| Floor area |
141,000 sq.m (or 1.5 million sq.ft.)[1] |
| Elevator count |
- Passenger lifts
- 28[3]
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| Cost |
HK$2,000,000,000[4] |
| Companies |
| Architect |
Wong & Ouyang[2] |
| Contractor |
Gammon Construction[2] |
| Developer |
Swire Properties[2] |
One Island East (Chinese: 港島東中心) , is a supertall skyscraper that is located in TaiKoo Place on Island East, Hong Kong. The skyscraper is a commercial office building that rises 308 m (1,011 ft) and has 59 stories of habitable office space[3] and two basement levels.[1] The building has 70 total floors.[3] There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors.[3] In addition, there are 28 high speed passenger lifts and 6 high speed shuttle lifts between Main (G - 1/F) and Sky (37 - 38/F) Lobbies.[3] The building is the 6th skyscraper over 1,000 ft. (305 m) completed in Hong Kong.[2][5] The building somewhat resembles the future tallest building in Hong Kong.[2][6]
[edit] 2008 Tropical storm Kammuri
On 7 August 2008, within two hours of the hoisting of strong wind signal No8 due to Tropical Storm Kammuri, the window panes of One Island East were shattered, sending shards of glass across the street and damaging the windows of four flats at Westlands Court. There were no injuries.[7]
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