Sorrento
Hong Kong, China

HEIGHT: 256m/841 feet
FLOORS: 75 floors
COMPLETION: 2003
ARCHITECT: Wong & Ouyang

Consists of 5 towers ranging in height from 212-256m (696-841ft)

pictures posted by HKT
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/sorrento.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/sorrento2.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/sorrento3.jpg

pic by Fabb
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/550048b.jpg

Great towers! They really soar and are slim. I also like the color and roof decorations. 9/10

7/10 They look much taller than 200-250 m on the pics, but the architecture is nothing special, ordinary residential-buildings.

i really like how it's shiny, but the facade color make them look rather dull when you are closer to the buildings. i prefer the harborside over them.

7

6/10

6/10 rest buildings for Hong Kong Same old same old

6/10

Decent.

7/10

kind of weird to look at...

7/10

I like how slim and soaring they are. Thats very impressive but other than that a little dull.

Very ugly, very ugly indeed. Utterly devoid of any "style". A wasted opportunity.

very tall and slim. design quite interesting as well;)

7.5/10

briliant, I love it

does anyone have a picture of a montreal skyscraper?

cooool!!!! thanks!

7/10 - they're slim and have enough height to soar nicely, the indentations make the facade livelier, and I appreciate the decoration on the roofs. BUT...

Those "cornices" might be more harmonious if they were symmetrical and attached to each other, and the facades need something - more contrast in the colors, maybe - to make them stand out more, because as they are they're rather bland....

They are beautiful in their uniformity and repetitiveness. Much like the rest of Hong Kong's satellite cities.

Common Hong Kong Style residential tower... 6.5/10

Gave it a 7, It looks like miami on steriods.

I think that to many visitors, they bring up the same awe that you have when looking at a giant rollercoaster/ferriswheel, to the extent that you ask yourself: "Do I really want to go in there...?"
Besides that, they look too typical like HK residentials, although this time with a quite successfull colour-scheme, IMO.

7/10

Well,that is very tall! :) Ehm...yeah a nice tower.7.5/10

They look very good for residential towers and there's so many of them too....a 9

Too tall to be so slender, it reminds me of an awkwardly-tall adolescent. And the surface looks too cluttered... a smoother appearance would have been much more graceful.

They're a little reminiscent of a kid who tries to stack as many Legos as possible without it falling over... 6/10.

From the Western Harbour Tunnel :
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/sorrento02.jpg

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/sorrento01.jpg

View from inside :
http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/kowloon01.jpg

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/kowloon02.jpg

it looks like if they're built in a very depressed neighbourhood... they look weird :sly: but anyway they are graceful IMO 8/10

How come all of these are considered one building here?

http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/kowloon02.jpg
I love that big bunch o' boxes in the front.

We decided to treat them all as 1 entity as their designs are basically the same and they are part of a development. Just like having a single thread for the Emirates twin towers instead of 2 separate ones.

6/10, I think they look better from far away like in hk's picture.

I gave it 10!!

I also like this kind of highrise.

6/10, im not a great fan of those, the structure is good, but the facade looks terrible, but the area around will become nice when they complete whole Union Square.

5/10

Average Buildings. Somewhat graceful and tall. Must be nice to live in but the colors not great, and the facade is odd and not all that pleasing, all told. But they are residential towers, so they can never look greaet (big windows with many colored curtains, high wall to floor areas, etc). Still its amazing how in any other city these would just dominant the skyline, here they are barely noticeable.

Typical high rise, with a few decorations. 6.5/10

may be a typical design but I like how each building gets taller. It'd be pretty neat to drive by from a distance.

From a distance:

http://www.pbase.com/image/32351240.jpg


I gave a 8.5, it's really a cool looking complex.

Quite an intimidating design. Imagine standing at the bottom looking up!
Though the facade isnt perfect, the design is, because it makes it look tall.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/550048b.jpg

Looks like any other condo, but I like this one. It's tall & rather slim--------------8

the top is nice,the facade is ok,the colors are bad.
the only impressive thing is the impact it has in the skyline.
7.0/10

boring + dull! 4

I don't like it. Doesn't look special to me at all. 3/10

for some reason they sorta look depressing...maybe its because they look really old or something...5/10

very tall... but thats the only thing. Its UGLY. I dont like the colors also.

Are they made for rich people or poor people? I mean... how much does the condominium cust for a lot of high speed elevators to take people to the 75th floor?? Unless they have few elevators... but then it must take an eternity to get to your floor.

5/10

8/10
These are interesting purely because of their height ... so many floors it's incredible. The buildings themselves are quite "yucky" in colour and overall appearance, but they REALLY soar. :)

6.5

Nice soaring height but the facade and colors do not appeal to me at all. Plus they're gonna be in proximity to US7 but doesn't look as tho they will be very complimentary. Great views I'm sure but not much else goin for it.

height great but they could have madr a better design of the outside

6/10

Looks cool but shitty facade.lol.

6/10

i like slim towers ^^ 8

7.

7/10

to me it just looks ok

In this photo, the Sorrento towers are the brown buildings behind the white and green Harbourside. You can see the 2 tallest ones in full. Photo by GUIA.

http://www.guiaworld.com/share/unionsquare2.jpg

7/10 look like a 100 storeys building

subtle genius, but perhaps too subtle, but given its US7 and Harbourside neighbors, just right on!

...8...

:)

4/10

6/10 i like the height but the color is not so great

Elegant and unique, but overall ugly. I gotta give this one below 3, sorry. :(

Nice trio, 8

Very unusual, kinda ugly though. 6/10

< 3

Is this supposed to be brown, white, green, black, or what ?
It looks like one of those high-density-low-ceiling blocks from the 60s. It makes me feel depressed just to look at the photograph. Do I need to say more ? ^^
0.5 (for the height).

Elegant and unique, but overall ugly. I gotta give this one below 3, sorry. :(

I've never seen "elegant" and "ugly" together before... :crazy2:

The design is a disgrace to the otherwise immense height and the elegant name ''Sorrento''.

Sure looks high though.

8.5/10
Not the most unique design. But I like the staircasing of the towers looks cool.

Not the best looking building but when you stand beneath them and take in the sheer scale it's hard not to be impressed 8/10

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Hong%20Kong/PICT0018.jpg

6/10 Yuck. Points for height though.

I gave it a 4. When I first looked at them I thought they were old buildings, maybe from the 60's or 70's. To my surprise they're new. That made it even worse.

5/10 the height is ok but the rest is not very beautiful for me!

The buildings are nice, but there's too many of them. 7.

6.5 boring repetitive

Really nice and tall for a residentials! 8/10

6.5/10.

6/10

looks like an average HK residential tower, except its twice as tall

8/10- for not trying

What HK calls "imaginative design" usually involves a slightly creative crown on top of private developments. However, what people on the street usually see is the oppressively boring rows of identical windows and anonymous use of colour. People only see the tops of buildings from a distance...they need to be more creative in designing the facade itself.

i actually kinda like their design.

They look very tall, and they are impressive:eek:
7.0

6/10

6/10

10/10

one or two towers would have been better, decent design 7/10

7.. nothing special

7/10

They just end up looking like commieblocks when clustered like that. 5/10.

They are high but no real beaty's. 7/10.

4.5/10

What a gwaan, these are true commieblocks in HK's way aren't they? Not the best way to express the brutalist architecture. 3/10

5/10

4.5/10

8.5/10

Commieblocks actually...No, IT'S A COMMIE-SCRAPER! Small flats with horrible height+ suck design.
6/10.

Hong Kong, the capital of skyscrapers+ the capital of commieblocks.

I'm sure Stalin loves this commie-scraper.

10/10
Pulling the piss I'd presume.

I gave them a 5. I hate the repetitiveness of the whole thing but it's not that ugly. They've actually got quite a nice shape.

Commieblocks actually...No, IT'S A COMMIE-SCRAPER! Small flats with horrible height+ suck design.
6/10.

Hong Kong, the capital of skyscrapers+ the capital of commieblocks.

I'm sure Stalin loves this commie-scraper.
he said it :dunno:

hmmm. 8

4,5/10

so boring 6/10

This is my favorite one.9.5/10

Really massive, 8/10

4/10

uber dense. Facade is intriguing and the top is well done. Gets a solid 8.5 from me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Hong%20Kong/PICT0018.jpg

I wouln't like to live in those. 4.5

I hate the buildings likes "fances"...
Completely blocks off views...
No good...

7.5/10

The interior and view from there is nice too

6/10 Looks blend

Sorrento at night

http://www.pbase.com/csher/image/53570395/original.jpg

Tall and slim, but not very attractive. 7/10

6/10

7/10

Damn, those towers are the bomb, reminds me of Aqua in Long Beach. 7/10

3/10 looks crap

4/10 I really hate these mass produced asian high rise residential towers. so bland. Just seems so communist like housing.

5/10

Yuck!

8.5/10

4/10

5/10

So slender and tall yet archetypal HK dense apartments. Enough of pastel colours, please...

6/10

4/10

Pretty nice 7/10

too bad they don't compliment the skyline

7/10

Very slim but design is nothing special a 7.0

7/10

They are very impressive. I like them! 8/10

8/10!

7/10, i like the towers but they've no exciting design

8/10 nice

5.5/10

poorly topped.

7/10

5/10

They really look so tall because they're so slender 8/10

8 for its height......only.

7.5/10.

7/10

8/10

7/10

8/10

6 / 10

Typical, bland residential.
5.5/10

Slim, powerful, creative, sleek, and cosmopolitan. 10.

Ugly and an eyesore, but tall.

6/10

9. nice.

8/10 Showcase of the the current style of skyscraper architecture

7.5/10
beautifull tower look's very taller than 250m

simple, 6

Nice. Very taller and simple

5.5 tall but not much else.

6.5

3 / 10

bland, tiresome cookie cutter stuff.

cookie cutters....not impressed.....6.5

BORING

6/10

boring 7/10

1 / 10

0 / 10

There's no architectural merit.

7/10

9/10 Great commies

Impressive. I give them a 9.

7.5/10.

7/10,

look like very small apartments. unique to HK.

Wonder how many units in total?

Ah this is ugly, I will give it a 2 out of 10.

like a lot

9 - cool.

7.5/10

weird. give 6 for an attempt.

Wonder how many units in total?

2124 units in total ~
and 2200 parking lots

6.5/10

7/10

Too massive too boring 4/10

7/10

Unthoughtful design.
Seeing all of them together is frightening.
It seems like they just built a massive wall of kitsch.
The colours add to the disgusting taste.

I would have given a 6 is there had just been one tower.
But since there are 5 of them and they were built in 2003(!) I'm giving a 4/10

8/10

big, but that's all..5,5/10

4/10

4/10

i never was one much for tenement looking housing

Great. 8/10

7,5/10

8.5/10
Nice and tall. Like the colour.

7/10

I think it is a "normal" HK skyscraper 7/10

Boring, 5.0

meh.. 6.5/10

tall but ugly,4!

6. huge

mmmm, nothing special. 5/10

not very good
6/10

8/10

6/10

tall but ugly,4!

true. :puke:

5.5/10

6/10

7,5/10

7/

8.5/10
:redx:

8/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20071103/IMG_5649.jpg

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

A typical HK residential skyscraper.
6/10.

7/10

7/10

Monumental, almost Stalinist cluster. 6

7.5/10

6.5

7/10

7/10

i dont see the pictures

8/10

7/10

:yes:

7/10

8.5/10

I like them. They may be a bit "blocky" but they're still nice, and they soar very well.

8/10

Very dull. 2/10

7/10

7/10

9/10

Regular Hong Kong building, but it's still good. 7.5/10.

9/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1121/IMG_7550.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1121/IMG_7571.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1121/IMG_7574.jpg

boring resident building 6 from 10

7/10

7/10

8/10

8/10

6/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

5/10

7/10

-3/10

6,5/10

5/10. Average Asian apartment block.

:redx: