~ HonG KonG ~

[dedgren]

kelis- Wow!  I have to admit, I had only glanced at HGKG until catching wind of the buzz this month when the staff was discussing OSITM picks.  I've now spent a very enjoyable 20 minutes or so looking at your pics and fine presentation and acknowledge that the situation was my loss.  You have something really eye-catching going here, but what is really enjoyable is taking the time to scope out the nifty levels of detail that you use to build this incredibly urbanized area.  I'm now a certified fan.

Good luck!


David

[Jmouse]

Congratulations, kelis, and best of luck with your month in the spotlight! I really like your most recent update - colorful and well laid out. I'm especially impressed by the buildings you use. Any chance they're available to the public?

Hope you enjoy your time in OSITM - I'm sure we will...
Joan

[paroch]

You've got some great work on show here Kelis.  I think Hong Kong will have a very successful month in OSITM, so enjoy it!!

[bat]

Congrats for the OSITM-award for August '08, kelis!
Looking forward to the next update in this special month...

[kelis]

~ Oooohh, Thank you so much.I am very happy with this..
Thank you all for your comments, I hope this journal will continue to grow..
Tomorrow will surely put a new update, advancement that will be on one
of the most famous buildings the city  .

thank you very much again, and enjoy Hong Kong



• Central Plaza is the second tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong. With a height of 374 m (1227 ft),
Central Plaza is only surpassed by 2 IFC (415 m / 1362 ft) in Central. The building is located at 18
Harbour Road in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island. It used to be the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996,
until the Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, was built. The 78-storey building was
completed in August 1995. The building surpassed the Bank of China Tower as the tallest building in
Hong Kong until the completion of 2IFC •



• Central Plaza was also the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world, until it was surpassed by CITIC Plaza,
Guangzhou. The building uses a triangular floor plan. On the top of the tower is a four-bar neon clock that indicates
the time by displaying different colors in 15 minute intervals, blinking at the change of the quarter •

• An anemometer is installed on the tip of the building's mast, the anemometer sits at 378 m (1240 ft) above sea level.
The mast has a height of 102 m (335 ft). It also houses the world's highest church - Hong Kong City Church •




|| Design ||

• Central Plaza is made up of two main components: a free standing 368 m (1207 ft) high office tower and a 30.5 m (100 ft) high
podium block attached to it. The tower is made up of three sections, to 30.5 m (100 ft) high tower base forming the main entrance
and public circulation spaces, to 235.4 m (772 ft) tall tower body containing 57 office floors, skylobby mechanical plant and five floors
and the tower top consist of six floors and mechanical plant to 102 m (335 ft) tall tower mast •

•  The ground level public area together with the public sitting out area forming an 8400 sq metres (90400 sq ft) landscaped garden
with richly ornate fountain, trees and artificial stone paving dedicated for public enjoyment. No commercial element is included in t
he podium. The first level is a public thoroughfare for three pedestrian bridges linking the Mass Transit Railway, the Convention and
Exhibition Center and the China Resource Building. By turning these space to public use, the building got 20% more as bonus plot ratio.
The triangular shape of the tower building is not truly triangular but with its three corners cut off to provide better internal office spaces •






|| www.centralplaza.com.hk || Official home site of the building ||

EDIT: I've merged your two posts together. Since advancement through the MD sections is based on post-count, double posting is not permitted. - Dustin (thundercrack83)

[bat]

Fantastic update there! Great work on the picture and mosaics!!
Your downtown is looking beautiful!!

Looking forward to more...

[Simpson]

Oh my god it's so beautiful and realistic I would like to see more more and more pics lol 

[rooker1]

Congrtulations kelis on getting your fantastic Md into the OSITM, very well deserved. 
I really enjoy going over your past updates.  There is just so many small details to look at and find, some of them I will be using in the very near future in my own MD.  It will be interesting to see if anyone else notices. 
Anyways, I hope to see alot of Special and Interesting things from you this month.  I can really see you moving to the next level very easily. 

I look forward to your next update,
Robin 

[Manny]

congrats' for your reward! You deserve it amply, your city is incredibly superb!

[kelis]

Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name,
on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.



• On the main part of Lantau, a river splits to the north and west and at this
fork lies the island referred to as Tai O. Two pedestrian bridges cross the
river on its northern and western forks. The village is located mostly on the
banks of the river. The western and northern parts of the island facing the
South China Sea are uninhabited •



• Also known as the "Venice of Hong Kong", Tai O is also a hot tourist spot for
both foreigners and residents of other parts of Hong Kong, despite damage
by a fire in July 2000. The pang uk, a kind of stilt house, built right over the
waterway are still quite scenic. A rope bridge tended by local women used
to be quite popular with visitors, but it has been replaced with a steel pedestrian bridge •

• The traditional salted fish and shrimp paste and storefronts at Tai O. For a small fee,
some residents will take tourists out on their boats along the river and for short jaunts
into the sea. Many tourists come to Tai O specifically to take these trips to see Chinese
white dolphins. It is also a good place to see the sunset •

[Jmouse]

Good job on the village, kelis, and the backstory is especially interesting. You certainly have done your homework. You continue to amaze with your attention to detail. These two photos contain so many interesting elements, I forget I'm looking at in-game shots! That's an interesting banner, too - I'm guessing it's a RL photo, but not completely sure!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work...
Joan

[Manny]

Woua! Your work is splendid, it is very meticulous, you add full with details, it is extraordinary! 

[rooker1]

Wow........   that second picture is....is....awesome.

Robin 

[bat]

Tai O is looking really beautiful! Excellent mosaic!
Looking forward to more...

[Simpson]

Wow this is the best asian city I could see
This is so réalistic so beautiful 

[warszawa]

You are creating such splendid work Kelis. You have such fine city planning. Great selection of BATs for such a realistic MD, it's no wonder why you are in the OSITM!

Alex

[Dylan_CH]

OMG O_o
That's just wonderful ! I haven't got any other word for describe it !

[art128]

I miss a lot of exellent update here    very exellent work 

[paroch]

Hey Kelis,

Great updates here.  Many people just cram skyscrapers into their CBD's and the result is not always great.  But your work here shows that it is well planned and that there is some kind of sense to the placement of all those tall buildings.

And then the contrast with Tai O shows that you are great at more rural/village type environments as well.

Great stuff, I am very impressed.

[KitFisto69]

wow it's very nice 
one of the future best sellers