Jardine House

Jardine House in Hong Kong – formerly known as the Connaught Center – was the tallest skyscraper in Asia at the time of its completion in 1973, and was Gartner’s first project in the region.

The building features a unique metal façade characterised by porthole-shaped windows that are inspired by the city’s nautical history and the building’s waterfront site with views of the harbour.

Brand: Gartner

Architect: Palmer & Turner

Client: The Hongkong Land Company

The project

The concept

The building itself is a reinforced concrete box, with most of the structural frame on the edges of the building, allowing the interior to be column-free. Due to the external structural load, the windows needed relatively small openings.

What did we do?

We clad the 1 Connaught Place office building with 4mm thick aluminium panels, including rounded window openings and conical soffits, roof cladding, podium soffits, and ground floor columns cladding.

Key facts

Year completed

1973

Building height

178m; 52 storeys