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Lippo Centre, Hong Kong
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| Lippo Centre | |
The Lippo Centre, with walls intended to suggest koalas climbing a tree |
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| Information | |
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| Location | 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong |
| Status | completed |
| Opening | 1988 |
| Use | office |
| Height | |
| Roof | 186 m (614 feet); 172 m (576 feet) |
| Top floor | 180 m (594 feet); 166 m (548 feet) |
| Technical Details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Companies | |
| Architect | Paul Rudolph |
| Developer | Alan Bond |
| Owner | Lippo Group |
The Lippo Centre (Traditional Chinese: 力寶中心) is a pair of twin office towers in Admiralty, Hong Kong, previously known as the Bond Center (奔達中心). The buildings were taken over by the Lippo Group after the collapse of the Bond Corporation. The height of the taller tower is 186m.
The buildings, completed in 1987, were dubbed "The Koala Tree" because they resemble koalas clutching a tree (as desired by former owner, businessman Alan Bond). The buildings were designed by American architect Paul Rudolph, who strove to relieve the traditional severity of skyscraper walls by designing clusters of obtruding windows. Hong Kong artist Gerard D'Henderson, who designed the walls in the Hong Kong Mandarin Oriental Hotel, enriched the lobby with dramatic bas-relief murals.
Local Chinese people regard the building as having bad feng shui because of its chequered history including the high-profile collapse of businesses belonging to successive owners of the building.[citation needed]
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