Funicular station, , tourist attraction in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
The Peak Tower
凌霄閣
Peak Tower viewed from Lugard Road.
General information
Status
Completed
Type
Funicular station, tourist attraction
Architectural style
Postmodern
Location
128 Peak Road, Victoria Gap, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Elevation
396 metres (1,299 ft)
Construction started
1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Opened
May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05)
Renovated
2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Cost
HK$500,000,000
Renovation cost
HK$100,000,000
Technical details
Floor count
8
Floor area
10,400 square metres (112,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)
TFP Farrells
Developer
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
Engineer
Arup
Main contractor
Chun Wo
Renovating team
Architect(s)
Ronald Lu and Partners
Engineer
Arup
Main contractor
Hip Hing Construction
Website
www.thepeak.com.hk/en/
References
[1][2][3][4]
The Peak Tower is a leisure and shopping complex located at Victoria Gap, near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It also houses the upper terminal of the Peak Tram. Both the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram are owned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group, the owner of Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel and other properties. The tower and tram are jointly promoted by the collective branding known as The Peak.[5][6]
The Peak Tower is located at an elevation of 396 m (1,229 ft), 156 m (512 ft) below the summit of Victoria Peak. Because the architects sought a design which would be prominent on the skyline but would not interrupt the natural line of the hills, they chose a site in a dip along the line of the hills, and restricted the tower's height to 428 m above sea level.[7]
Peak Tower
Traditional Chinese
凌霄閣
Simplified Chinese
凌霄阁
Cantonese Yale
Lihng sīu gok
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Língxiāogé
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Lihng sīu gok
Jyutping
Ling4 siu1 gok3
^"Peak Tower". Farrells. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^Wong, Raymond, Wai Man. "15 Most Outstanding projects in Hong Kong". City University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 16 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Peak Tower Revitalisation, Hong Kong". Ronald Lu and Partners. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^"The Peak Tower Revitalisation". Member projects. Hong Kong Construction Association. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^"The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels - Peak Tower". The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited. Archived from the original on 20 April 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
^"The Peak". The Peak. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
^"Peak Tower History". The Peak. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
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