International Commerce Centre
Centro de Comercio Internacional
International Commerce Centre (1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon, Kowloon) – The 490m International Commerce Centre, known locally as ICC, is the latest ‘super skyscraper’ to take the title of Hong Kong’s tallest building. Together with the city’s second-tallest building, Two IFC on the opposite shore, the imposing pair create the dramatic effect of a modern day Colossus of Rhodes at the western entrance of Victoria Harbour.
The building’s 118 floors are mostly devoted to office space, but there’s also a Ritz-Carlton hotel as well as restaurants and the sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck. Two of the building’s giant façades serve as a more than 50,000 square-meter platform for a spectacular light and music show, which was recognized with a Guinness World Record for the largest light and sound show on a single building. Using stunning animation and sound effects to convey the theme ‘Love Hong Kong’, this dazzling show happens twice nightly