Pearl City Mansion

Pearl City Mansion
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	22-36 Paterson Street Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′52″N 114°11′09″E / 22.2810°N 114.1858°E / 22.2810; 114.1858Coordinates: 22°16′52″N 114°11′09″E / 22.2810°N 114.1858°E / 22.2810; 114.1858
Completed	1971
Height
Roof	109 m (358 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	34
References
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Pearl City Mansion is a 34-storey, 109 m (358 ft) skyscraper at 22-36 Paterson Street in Hong Kong. When completed in 1971, it was the tallest building in the city, surpassing Wing On House in Central. It was also the first building in the city to achieve a height greater than 100 metres.^[4]

References

↑ "Pearl City Mansion". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
↑ Pearl City Mansion at Emporis
↑ "Pearl City Mansion". SkyscraperPage.
↑ Shelton, Barrie; Karakiewicz, Justyna; Kvan, Thomas (2011). The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-415-48701-6.

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Timeline of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building (70 m) (1935) Bank of China Building (76 m) (1950) Kiu Kwan Mansion (95 m) (1966) Pearl City Mansion (109 m) (1971) Connaught Centre (178 m) (1973) Hopewell Centre (216 m) (1980) Bank of China Tower (367 m) (1990) Central Plaza (374 m) (1992) International Finance Centre (415 m) (2003) International Commerce Centre (484 m) (2010)

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