Agricultural Bank of China Tower, Office skyscraper in Central District, Hong Kong
The Agricultural Bank of China Tower is a 27-storey office building at 50 Connaught Road Central in Central, Hong Kong, completed in February 2011 and rising 136 metres. Its facade combines brown marble, bronze steel and grey glass curtain wall; the British firm Aedas and American architect Robert A. M. Stern designed it, the latter's first skyscraper in Asia. Total floor area exceeds 172,000 square feet.
The site was previously occupied by three buildings: Crocodile Garments Tower phases 1 and 2 and Suntec Group Tower, built between 1978 and 1981. After several changes of ownership, the plot was redeveloped and the new tower was completed in February 2011 as 50 Connaught Road Central. In May 2012 the whole building was sold to the Agricultural Bank of China for HK$4.88 billion, and it was renamed on 11 June 2012.
The building was completed in February 2011 as 50 Connaught Road Central, abbreviated 50CRC, and took its present name on 11 June 2012 after the Agricultural Bank of China bought the whole block for HK$4.88 billion. Its Hong Kong branch moved in on 26 October 2012. The ground floor holds a Starbucks and the ground and first floors a White Cube gallery.
The tower stands at 50 Connaught Road Central in Central, rising 136 metres with 5 lifts serving its office floors. The ground floor holds a Starbucks and the ground and first floors house the White Cube gallery, so those levels are the ones a visitor can enter.
The site was previously occupied by three buildings: Crocodile Garments Building Phase 1 (No. 50, built 1981), Phase 2 (No. 55, built 1979) and Suntec Group Building (No. 59, built 1978). The tower was designed by British firm Aedas together with the office of American architect Robert A. M. Stern, for whom it was the first skyscraper in Asia.
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