Taikoo Place () is a commercial building complex located in

Quarry Bay Quarry Bay is an List of buildings, sites, and areas in Hong Kong, area beneath Mount Parker (Hong Kong), Mount Parker in the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was al ...

, east Hong Kong Island,

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. It comprises grade A office towers, car parking, clubs, office apartment, parks, and shops to meet the needs from business people worldwide.

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are available alongside Taikoo Place,

Cityplaza Cityplaza () is an office and shopping development, developed by Swire Properties, at 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Taikoo Place, another office complex developed by Swire. The six-level shopping c ...

and Taikoo Shing. These three complexes are all managed by

Swire Properties Swire Properties Limited () is a property developer, owner and operator of mixed-use, principally commercial properties in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Founded and headquartered in Hong Kong in 1972, Swire Properties is a major property d ...

since the beginning from Taikoo Sugar Refinery, the subsequent

Taikoo Dockyard Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company () was a dockyard in what is now Taikoo Shing, MTR Tai Koo station and part of Taikoo Place of Quarry Bay on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. History The idea that John Swire and Sons should have their ...

and the recent demolitions of the industrial buildings. TaikooPlace

Timeline

Since the 1980s, Taikoo Place has been redeveloped to become a unique metropolitan environment for business and entertainment. Until now, notable amenities include the Butterfield's private members club. It is recognized as a popular choice for younger workers to seek employment. Taikoo Place hosts many advertisement and

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

firms. The PCCW Tower, the tower just next to Dorset House is where the headquarters of

PCCW PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is a Hong Kong-based information and communications technology (ICT) company. The company is the majority owner of telecommunications company HKT Limited, and also holds a m ...

are located, a

-based

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company. The local headquarters of IBM and JWT is also situated there, occupying the first 15 storeys. Ironically, more IT firms choose to have their Hong Kong base in Taikoo Place rather than in

Cyberport Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 (800 on-site and 1,0 ...

, which was specifically built for this purpose. The neighbourhood of Taikoo Place used to be residential and industrial. Once Taikoo Place was built, the neighbourhood has been undergoing constant development and gentrification. Concerned about the urban development,

has begun construction of serviced apartments north of Devon House, due for completion in 2015.

Current Buildings

Gammon Construction has been one of the major construction company involved.

One Island East

One Island East is a grade-A office. It is 69-storey. It is located at 18 Westlands Road,

. It was completed in year 2008. Hong Kong Island East Center tenants come from finance, insurance, accounting, real estate, trade, shipping to retailing.

Devon House

Devon House (1993) is located at 979

King's Road King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both ...

. Devon House is a grade A office with 29 floors. Major tenants include: Kinmen Building, Philip Morris, China Airlines, Jardine, Dairy Farm International and other rentals. * 3, 5, 7-8, 11 / F:

Dairy Farm International Holdings DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (formerly known as Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited) is a Hong Kong retail company with its legal base in Bermuda. A member of the Jardine Matheson Group, it is a major East Asian-Southeast Asian reta ...

* 4, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21 / F:

CITIC Bank International China CITIC Bank International Limited (Chinese: 中信銀行(國際), CNCBI in short) is a full-service commercial bank in Hong Kong. China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited, via its wholly-owned subsidiary CITIC International Financial Holdings ...

* 16 / F: Godiva * 19 / F: Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (Hong Kong) * 23-24 / F: Philip Morris Asia Group Limited * 25/ F: Jardine, Matheson, & Co. * 27 / F: China Airlines Hong Kong * 29 / F: Schindler Hong Kong Limited

Dorset House

Dorset House (1994) is located at 979

. It provides 610,000 square feet (57,000 square meter). It also houses Butterfield's, a private members club managed by the Peninsula Group that offers gourmet dining, private function space, extensive meeting and banqueting facilities, and fitness and health facilities. Headroom is approximately 2.7m and 34 floors in total. Major tenants include McDonald's, LVMH, AC Nielsen, Jones Lang LaSalle, Wang Ouyang (Hong Kong) and the British Telecom and other rental

Cambridge House

Cambridge House (formerly Po Yuan House) is located at 979

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include Guerlain, TBWA and Campbell Soup. * 16 / F: TBWA Worldwide * 23 / F: BSI Pacific Limited * 25 / F: Campbell Soup Company Kjeldsens * 31 / F: Vodafone Hong Kong * 35 / F: Galderma (Rm 3501-02) * 35 / F: LANXESS Hong Kong (Rm 3503-04)

Lincoln House

Lincoln House (1998): formerly known as the South China Morning Post, is located at 979

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include

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Nutrition,

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, Lenovo, Benoy and

Gucci Gucci (, ; ) is an Italian high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, Italy. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragran ...

. Lincoln House is sited at 979 King's Road, Taikoo Place. 21 floors in total, and 2.6 meter for headroom.

PCCW Tower

PCCW Tower (1994) is located at 979

. It consists of 36-storey office. Major tenants include BNP, IBM, WPP and PCCW.

Oxford House (1999)

Oxford House, (formerly Toppan Building), is located at 979

. It is a grade-A office which consists of 36-storey office AND EACH TALL HALL IS 2.57 METER HILL. Major tenants include Oxford University Press, Turner Broadcasting Company, Bulgari, Dell, Interpublic Group,

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KPMG KPMG International Limited (or simply KPMG) is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations. Headquartered in Amstelveen, Netherlands, although incorporated in London, England, KPMG is a net ...

, LVMH, QBE, and

Taikoo Place Apartments (2015)

Taikoo Place Apartments is located at 23 Tong Chong Street and opened at mid-2015. Together the 111 served residences occupied the 30 floors. Four choices are available, such as studio (~480 sq ft.), single bedroom (~650sq ft.), double bedroom (~1220sq ft.), and penthouses (either 1220 or 1610 sq ft.) The bar Mr. and Ms. Fox are on the Ground floor Formerly 23, Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay, 28 floors above.

Westlands Centre

* 17-18 / F: Dell * 30-40 / F: Turner Broadcasting Company Asia Pacific Headquarters (40 / F -

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Hong Kong Broadcasting Center).

Berkshire House

(Formerly known as the Daxingxing Commercial Center and Car Service Center) (1998): It is a grade A office with 25 floors, providing 381,000 square feet (or 35,400 square meters).

One Taikoo Place

One Taikoo Place was completed in September 2018. It is the first of two new Grade-A office towers in the Taikoo Place redevelopment project. One Taikoo Place has 48 storeys, including 41 floors of triple Grade-A office space. It has an average floor size of 21,000 sq ft and a gross floor area of 1 million sq ft. Designed by Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd, the tower features 3-metre-wide curtain wall window panels, with each floor designed to provide an abundance of natural light and offer panoramic views of Victoria Harbour. The office tower has been built to the highest sustainability standards by Arup, achieving Pre-certified Platinum for LEED BD+C: Core and Shell Version 2009, and Provisional Platinum for BEAM Plus New Buildings Version 1.2 green building standards. The Building is also recognized as the first AI & Data-driven Building in Hong Kong by implementing Arup Neuron Digital Platform to optimize all the operation data inside the building.

Former Buildings

Warwick House (1979) (demolition)

Kang and Mansion and the domain building composed of 2B site, will be reconstructed into a 42-storey 3-storey library of commercial buildings, called Taikoo Square two Two Taikoo Place, as well as a 69,000 square foot garden square, Taikoo Square and Taikoo Garden. The gross floor of the commercial building is about 983,000 square feet and is expected to be completed in 2021. * Cornwall House (1984) (Demolition): Multi-purpose Art Venue ArtisTree is located on the first floor of this building

Somerset House (1988)

*It has been demolished and will be rebuilt into a 48-storey Grade 1 building with a Grade 1 storey building called One Taikoo Place with a gross floor area of approximately 102.1 10,000 square feet, is expected to be transferred in 2018.

Future Buildings

Swire Properties announced HKD$15 billion will be spent on redeveloping the Taikoo Park (i.e. Via Fiori), Taikoo Place Phase 1 (completed in September 2018) and Phase 2 (Complete in 2021). Architects and design firms including Gustafson Porter and Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. Hugh Sutton Associates will be in charge of the new elevated walkway system.

Recreation, Parks, and energy-saving initiatives

Taikoo Place is next to Taikoo Park and

Quarry Bay Park Quarry Bay Park () is an urban park located in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong Island's Eastern District. It lies between the waterfront and the Tai Koo Shing housing estate, and covers around . The park is managed by the Leisure and Cultur ...

. An extra 69,000 square feet of open landscaped gardens will be provided in the coming years. Besides, biodiesel tri-generation and adsorption chiller energy was adopted in order to save up to 2% of building energy, methods include increasing both the efficiency of electricity and space cooling by chilled water. This reduces the greenhouse effect within the office complex. The rooftop is planted so that 75% of demolition waste is then diverted from landfills.

Events and Exhibitions

Cornwall House provides 10,000 square feet of area for business events. Topics includes

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and

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. A forum called "blueprint Labs" for start-up is introduced in 2016.

Paintings and Sculptures

External charters and membership provide awards that encourage designers to present their artwork. About 300 personnel outside the company, including NGOs such as Hong Kong Blind Union, Chung Ying Theatre, and Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation will also attend those 100 briefing on feedbacks from their staff.

Leisure and Entertainments

The Taikoo Place is next to

, a grade A shopping mall with

ice skating rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...

, cinema and five-star hotel EAST, Hong Kong. The theme of the complex is to "Live Happy".

Transportations

Mass Transit Railway The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

is seen as a catalyst in speeding up the movement of the working class. Drop off areas is available in the entrance of One Island East, Devon House, Oxford House and Tong Chong Street.

Island Eastern Corridor The Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) is an expressway built along the northeastern shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It starts from Causeway Bay in the west and ends in Chai Wan in the east. It is mostly part of Route 4. The section betwe ...

and

Eastern Harbour Crossing The Eastern Harbour Crossing, abbreviated as "EHC" (), is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it connects Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island and Cha Kwo Ling, Kowloon East. ...

also connects Taikoo Place with

East Kowloon Kowloon East is the eastern part of Kowloon, covering the Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong District, with Kowloon City District occasionally included. History The boundary of Kowloon East is not strictly defined and hence varies. While traditionally t ...

Central, Hong Kong Central (also Central District) is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon ...

and

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distinguish ...

. MTR, tram, bus, and minibus are also available on particular time slots.

Gallery

File:Westlands Centre 2014.jpg, Westlands Centre File:Somerset House 2014.jpg, Somerset House File:Quarry Bay Park Children Play Area.JPG,

File:Cornwall House ArtisTree 2014.jpg, ArtisTree Exhibition Center File:HK Quarry Bay Taikoo Place Tong Chong Street Allen Jones Sculptor City Shadow I Security.JPG, "Make A Difference"

References

External links

* Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.
"More than half-a-century of architectural design experience in Hong Kong"
section "TaiKoo Place", pp. 36–43, September 2009 {{Eastern District, Hong Kong Quarry Bay Swire Group Skyscrapers in Hong Kong Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong Skyscraper hotels in Hong Kong