Union Square Phase 7 - Definition and Overview

Union Square Phase 7 is the formal name of a skyscraper under construction in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has also been known as MTR Tower, after owner MTR Corporation.

MTR is also owner of the International Finance Centre that Union Square 7 will surpass as Hong Kong's tallest building when completed in 2007. The two buildings stand directly across Victoria Harbour from each other.

The height has been scaled back from earlier plans but the roof is still set to reach 474 m (1,555 feet), taller than the latticework and upper observation deck of the proposed Freedom Tower in New York, though shorter than the Shanghai World Financial Center or the spires of the Freedom Tower or Taipei 101.

The tower was designed by the American architectual firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF).

A six-star hotel operated by Ritz-Carlton will occupy the top 13 floors.

External link

• Union Square (http://union-square.com.hk/)
• Skyscrapers.com data page on Union Square Phase 7 (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101555)