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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China has at least 7,792 high-rise buildings, with no fewer than 1,268 skyscrapers standing taller than and at least 308 buildings over in height.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/cities )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/most-skyscraper-cities-worldwide )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/skyline-ranking )〕 The tallest of these skyscrapers is the 118-storey International Commerce Centre, completed in 2010, which stands and is the ninth tallest building in the world.〔〔〔 The total built-up height (combined heights) of these skyscrapers is approximately , making Hong Kong the world's tallest urban agglomeration. Furthermore, reflective of the SAR's high population densities, Hong Kong has more people living at the 15th floor or higher, more number of buildings of at least and height than any other place in the world.〔〔〔 Most of Hong Kong's high-rise buildings are concentrated on the Kowloon Peninsula, along Hong Kong Island's north shore and in the New Towns (satellite towns) of the New Territories, like Tuen Mun and Sha Tin. Additional high-rise buildings are found on Ap Lei Chau, along Hong Kong Island's southern shoreline and in proximity to rapid transit stations of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR).〔 (Type "Hong Kong" in Search bar on top center.)〕 The skyline of Hong Kong is considered one of the best in the world,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/play/worlds-top-20-skylines-691351 )〕 with the surrounding mountains and Victoria Harbour complementing the skyscrapers.〔〔 Each evening, at least 44 skyscrapers and buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour light up in a synchronised show called A Symphony of Lights, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest permanent light and sound festival in the world.〔 ==History== The history of skyscrapers in Hong Kong began in 1935 with the completion of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank building, which is regarded as the first high-rise in the city. The building stood tall with 13 floors and existed for five decades before being demolished for the construction of the HSBC Main Building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hongkongshanghaibank-hongkong-china )〕 High-rise construction was limited in the early part of the 20th century, but beginning in the 1970s, Hong Kong experienced a general trend of high-rise building construction that has continued to the present. This trend is in large part a result of the city's rugged, mountainous terrain and lack of flat land.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=101300 )〕 The city entered into a building boom from 1980 to 1993, which included the construction and opening of Hopewell Centre (1980), Bank of China Tower (1990), and Central Plaza (1992), three of the territory's tallest buildings.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hopewellcentre-hongkong-china )〕〔 Beginning in 1998, Hong Kong entered into a second, much larger building boom that lasted until the early 2010s. The second boom saw the inauguration of the International Commerce Centre, the SAR's first building with more than 100 floors, Two International Finance Centre, Nina Tower I, and One Island East.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.diserio.com/hongkongskyline.html )〕〔〔〔 At the height of the construction boom, in the years 2003 and 2005 alone, the SAR witnessed the completion of 56 and 28 skyscrapers over in height, respectively. The proliferation of multi-tower, high-rise building complexes, such as public housing estates and transit-oriented developments at or near MTR stations (known as rail + property development), greatly increased the number of skyscrapers in the SAR.〔〔〔 Unlike the previous building trend of the 1980s and early 1990s, many high-rise buildings of the second boom contained residential uses due to a surge in demand for luxury housing properties in Hong Kong. In addition, the closure of the Kai Tak Airport and relaxation of height restrictions on the Kowloon Peninsula, allowed many tall skyscrapers to rise in Kowloon, like Sorrento, Langham Place Office Tower, and Cullinan Towers, all of which exceed in height.〔〔〔 Tall skyscrapers also rose out of the New Territories, such as the large developments of Metro Town and LOHAS Park in Tseung Kwan O. However, as a result of heightened community awareness of skyscrapers' effects on air circulation (wall effect), air pollution and urban heat island, opposition to tall and broad buildings (skyscraper walls) arose in the latter part of this building boom. As of October 2015, there are a total of 146 high-rise buildings under construction or planned in Hong Kong.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/city/101300/hong-kong-china )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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