The Harbourside
Hong Kong, China

HEIGHT: 255m/837 feet
FLOORS: 75 floors
COMPLETION: 2003
ARCHITECT: P & T Architects and Engineers

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/569/323the_harbourside_rendering_2.gif

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/569/1774harbourside1.jpg

On the left
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/569/1774unionsq3.jpg

http://www.micpix.de/gallery/data/media/26/US-1June03-02.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/93hk8.jpg

holiday mood~ 9:cheers:

genuine - 8.5/10

BTW- 75 floors and 'only':D 255 m tall?

Decent but unspecial and it certainly needs the holes.

6.5/10

One of my favorite residential tower, I love how it lights up at night as well. 9/10

Photo by Justin in SSP: (middle)
http://www.wychk.org/~justin/pano/pano00890-00896.jpg

5/10

I like the looks of it in the 3rd pic, but it looks way too fat.

cool!! like it! 7.5/10

7.5/10

Unique and impressive, a bit intimidating. Looks like an accordian.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/worldgallery/cny/32.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/worldgallery/cny/26.jpg

it's a great sraper great deisgn it is like a modern metlife building!

7

Looks great at night

7.5/10

Massive, the facade is nice.

Sheeeeer. Pretty cool and massive but Sorrento towers are cooler. 8.5/10

Too broad, I do not like much 6,5/10

Very Nice, 8/10

It looks nice in the rendering. Then again, all buildings do. I do not like what it is surrounded by either. It also does not look that tall and slighly dirty.

Oh well, based only on the building...7.5/10 :)

6.5/10 - Odd.....very odd.....
I like the contrest between the light trim and the blue of the windows, and the shallow indentations running up the sides should do interesting things with light and shadow. I also like the nice, shiney glass facade, and the wider pillars along the base are a good contrast to the thin white trim above.

But - I'm not sure about that "comb" along the roof line, or the "awning" above the base (though at least they match each other), and the building, broadside on, is so bulky that it kills the heght...It looks like it's an imitation of Pelli's Sea Hawk (if I have the name right) resort, but somehow doesn't quite make it...

Wow :) This skyscraper is freaking massive as hell.And i even like this!Cool design!:) 8.0/10

Miami-esque holes in Hong Kong:

Massive yet attractive on the outside. I bet the apartments inside are rabbit hutches, yet it is 'Honkers'.

I like the green glass cladding and the canpoy features surrounding the crown. Nice ellipitical shape too.

8

I don't really like the narrow slab-like shape too much. It is sort of a nice bldg though. The holes are neat.

7/10

Impressive and hyper massive building, is hard to avoid look at it.


8.5/10

8/10


it looks nice

8.5/10

I like the facade and the top, but its a bit wide. 8/10 :)

8, i like it, it is tall but doens´t look very much...its a chubby building

my favorite residential skyscraper in asia! the only residential building in the world that can beat it is river east center in chicago.

9.5/10

One word HUGE!!!And decent looks

8 for the building ... its quite unique in real life actually ...
+1 for the best views of hong kong ...

8/10
It's big. And nice.

Quite massive. 7.5/10

Cool and massive design

One of my favourite apartment building in the world !!

10/10

6/10 It doesn't do much for me.

Looks nice for a residential building, but boring as a skyscraper.

4/10

Size is nice, color/facade ok/ Holes and busy-ness of architectural details on the side detract from look. An average skyscraper.

Large narrow desgin intresting!
6/10

doesn't really look like 255m! it's quite wide! ok! 6.5

6/10
Rather average. Nice location by the river though.

7/10

another wall again! 5.5/10

Ah I don't like it. 4/10

boxy. 6/10

Massive....a commie block in Asia

6/10

7.5

A commie block??? If that's how commie blocks typically are in Asia then they're doin pretty well. It's pleasant and strong..... and alot of floors! Plus it's in a prime location w/incredible views.

It's pretty ugly. It is too bulky and too slender, dedending on the angle. It should have been taller instead of being so fat.

+2 for basic design
+2 for size
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4/10

Like it 7/10

this residential has presence.... big time.

8.0

Too massive 6/10

Really nice residential building

9

As always Hong Kong, what a pleasure. Another great building. I give it a 9/10. :D

commieblock, 5

Its ok. Too thin though 8/10

By far the best commieblock-style building I've ever seen.
I like the colors, the shape, the roof features and the height.
Well, it's still a commieblock.
7.5

Sweet 9/10

Great residential addition to Hong Kong's endless sea of 40-storey commieblocks. 8.5/10

PS: It's enormous. Try driving past it; the entire Union Square complex is a massive, massive, massive monster just sitting there next to the Western Harbour Crossing entrance.

Huge and very impressive 8/10

7.5/10

The building has a very good cladding,however, I don't like the its shape.

7.5/10 Too wide, not enough verticality.

6.5.

nice 8/10

very unique to most residential buildings in HK. It's also huge, and has a great design. I like the different shades of color used, the white really brightens up the atmosphere of Hong Kong.

Although it looks huge now, it will be completely dwarfed by US7, and wont draw as much attention in itself, or seem nearly as dominating since it will be compared to the tallest building in Hong Kong.
But it will still have some advantage, since it is so wide and dominant in that area.

Great addition to the Union Square project

9.5/10

Too big, They had to split it in three or four towers.
6.0

7/10

I really like it. 9/10

Anthill. Only 4/10

6/10

Nice shape and facade, but it's too fat ;) 7,5/10

6/10 It's an ugly fatass.

not bad. 6.5

10/10

An interesting design, but a bit too wide. 6.5/10.

interesting..8/10

9/10

7.5/10.

Commie-scraper again in Hong Kong? well, this one is better. 7.5/10.

love it
tall but fat!
8

Nice 9.0

6.5/10.

not special for me 6/10

I just find it quite ugly, 5.5/10

5/10

7,5/10

That is one big wall..Im not crazy about it. 6.5

http://img26.paintedover.com/uploads/26/dsc02201.jpg

Should be renamed The Harbourwall.
7 only!

But living inside is another story. The best harbour view one can get in HK.

4/10

8.5/10

This is my favorite one in HK.10/10.

8/10

7.5/10

not as good as the renderings. 6.5

6.5/10

too bulky from head on, 6.5.

7.5/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051019/IMG_3072.jpg

7/10 :)

Nice tower 8.5/10

massive :drool:
8.5/10

7/10.

holes add interesting aspect to the building 7.5/10

Nice building, but it looks better in the rendering. 700 YEAH. 7/10

4/10 looks very bland

jumbo size and awesome. good colors right on the water. fantastic.
8.5/10

One of the best buildings in HK.
9/10

My pic.
http://i1.tinypic.com/n4xt8k.jpg

8/10 I wish i could go to Hong kong and see this thing in person, it looks massive.

9/10

7,5/10

5/10

One of the best 9/10

looks so cool

its massive 7/10

I really like it. 10/10

not bad 8/10

5/10

Get's a 7/10 just for the height and SIZE of the bloody thing, but if you ask me honestly, the building itself is ugly.

"A scar on the face of Hong Kong" as they said about the Louvre Pyrmaid albeit in Paris.

8/10. I like the facade and the width. I've never really been sold on that style of building though and i'm not sure I like the holes. It blends really well with the water though.

7.

8/10 nice

5/10

9/10. It's huge and I imagine it has some great views of HK island..

is ok. 5.5/10

4/10

bland.

5.5/10 too average fot HK

Looks great and i like the mini holes in it. 8/10

6.5/10

10/10

9/10 Looks better in real life ... just dominates, and the colours blend in with the harbour. Also love it for the technical bravery .... one of the worlds widest scrapers in a typhoon area ??? The holes in the building are there to relieve stress in high wind. I'll be in Hong Kong again next month ... can't wait :)

7/10

7/10 one of the better-looking residentals

this one looks nice at night! i like the holes too...
8.5/10 from me. :)

here are some more photos i took last july

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/p9e3b0f1cb01e95f783d460e0ac945417/eda51d25.jpg

With international commerce centre
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid211/pc89d61f98a8fe96ee943888a9b558cc6/eda6599e.jpg

hope you like them.

7.5/10

6.5/10.

7/10. Not too special.

8/10

8/10 !

3 / 10

ugly.

Only one of a few buildings in Hong Kong I don't like.

boxy but the design overall is very nice
8/10

Nothing special.

6 / 10

7/10

ehh i dunno.....it there..........could be worse..........6.5

2 / 10

the facade is too messy for the building to look good.

1 / 10

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7/10

7/10

too bulky..looks abit cheap 3.5/10

7.5/10.

9 - cool.

7/10

i don't like it 5/10

7/10

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7/10

when this was built, HK finally had a nice looking residential tower

5/10

7/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20071114/IMG_0528.jpg

Interesting but not special.

7/10

This building is PHAT or fat or whichever you perceive it as, I'll give it a 7

7.5/10

wide,ugly

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5/10

7/10

8/10

5/10 ugly:(

8/10 quite impressive. :)

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8/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2008/1113/IMG_3796.jpg

5.5/10

Huge but not that impressive...

7.0/10

6.5

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

8/10

Bright and welcoming if a bit oversized. 7.5

huge, that's it. 7.5/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2008/1113/IMG_3796.jpg

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7.5

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6.5/10

Way too broad and overall quite an uninteresting building. 5/10

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7.5

7/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1121/IMG_7572.jpg

7/10

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5/10

It's too wide to look tall. Looks closer to 50 stories rather than 75.

7/10

9/10.

5/10