Kowloon East Regional Headquarters
Kowloon East Regional Headquarters, Kai Tak city Development, HK Office Architecture Project Photos
Kowloon East Regional Headquarters, Kai Tak
4 Mar 2021
Kowloon East Regional Headquarters
Design: Farrells
Location: Kowloon, HK
Kowloon East Regional Headquarters ?Takes Off?
The Kai Tak runway was a bustling international airport of Hong Kong operating from 1925 until 1998. It was officially retired on 6 July 1998 when the last aircraft departed for Chek Lap Kok to relocate to its new airbase. The airport strip had its significant historical past as a transportation hub and was located in the heart of a very dense urban setting surrounded by rugged mountains.
At the closure of Kai Tak Airport, the government drew up a redevelopment plan to turn the runway strip and surrounding area into a vibrant commercial district that included public housing, residential, hotel, office, sports stadium and leisure park. Kowloon East would become an attractive new region with its own CBD that is envisioned to be people-centric, vibrant and sustainable. Farrells? new Headquarters project in Kai Tak, the Kowloon East Regional Headquarters which opened for service late 2020, is one of the latest urban additions to the new Kai Tak city.
Farrells won the commission of this 47,000 sq.m. civic building project, a Hong Kong Government Design and Build contract, in 2013 as lead architectural consultant. Located on Concorde Road of Kai Tak (northern portion of the Kai Tak masterplan) and built o...
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