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KPF-Designed World’s Highest Hotel Opens in Hong Kong

by Ian Volner | Thursday, April 7, 2011 | 2 Comments

Global hoteliers Ritz-Carlton have just completed work on the chain’s new Hong Kong location, situated inside the 118-story International Commerce Center (ICC) in the West Kowloon district. The hotel, with interiors by Singapore-based LTW Design Works, will occupy the uppermost sixteen stories of the ICC, which was designed by American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox and completed last year.

The 312-room hotel takes full advantage of its world-record height: highlights include a glass-enclosed infinity pool and an outdoor terrace with wrap-around windows, both of them located on the 118th floor (and definitely not for the faint of heart).

Nearly a third-of-a-mile high, the ICC is a new and prominent fixture of the Hong Kong skyline, a simple silver bolt that tapers lightly toward the top and bottom. The majority of the interior is occupied by high-end corporate offices; the hotel now lodged above them will not be, notably, the tallest hotel in the world, only the highest-up: the Rose Rayhaan in Dubai holds the former title, clocking in at 72 floors.

Images courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox.