Central Colonial and Modern Icons

Jardine House stands apart on the waterfront with its rows of over seventeen hundred circular windows. Completed in nineteen seventy-three, this fifty-two-story tower was the first true skyscraper in Hong Kong and, at the time, the tallest…

Statue Square in Central is a pedestrian plaza divided into northern and southern sections by Chater Road. It is defined by the presence of a single, bronze statue of a man in a frock coat standing on a granite plinth, which is the only…

The Court of Final Appeal building is distinguished by a bronze statue of the blindfolded goddess Themis, who stands atop a triangular pediment with a pair of scales and a sword. This three-story granite structure, completed in nineteen…

The HSBC Main Building is recognizable by its visible steel skeleton, featuring massive masts and triangular trusses on the exterior that appear to suspend the floors like a bridge in the sky. Completed in nineteen eighty-five, this fourth…

The Former French Mission Building is a three-story structure clad in striking red bricks and granite that sits on a podium high above Battery Path. Built in the Edwardian Neo-classical style, its profile is defined by a prominent chapel…

St John's Cathedral is a grey-brick and stone building designed in the Early English and Decorated Gothic style, identified by its cruciform shape, lancet arches, and the crenellated parapet on its tower. It stands on the only piece of…

The Bank of China Tower is recognizable by its sharp, angular form that rises from a quadrilateral base into a series of triangular glass and steel prisms. Designed by architect I. M. Pei and completed in nineteen ninety, this…