Highcliff

{{Short description|Skyscraper in Hong Kong}}

{{for multi|the suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand|Highcliff, New Zealand|the similarly-named town in England|Highcliffe}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{More citations needed|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox building

|name = Highcliff

|native_name = 曉盧

|native_name_lang = zh-hant

|image = Highcliff 13 January 2007.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Highcliff on 13 January 2007

|location = Happy Valley, Hong Kong

|coordinates = {{coord|22|15|54|N|114|11|3|E|region:HK|display=inline,title}}

|status =

|start_date = 2000

|completion_date = 2003

|opening =

|building_type = Residential, parking garage

|antenna_spire =

|roof = {{convert|252.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}

|top_floor = {{convert|241.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}

|floor_count = 73

|elevator_count =

|cost =

|floor_area = {{convert|375994|sqft|abbr=on}}

|architect = Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd.

|structural_engineer= Magnusson Klemencic Associates

|main_contractor =

|developer =

|owner =

|management =

|references = {{cite web

|url = http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1280

|title = Highcliff – SkyscraperPage.com

|access-date = 2007-12-29

}}

}}

{{Chinese

|t=曉廬

|y=Híu lòuh

|j=Hiu2 lou4

}}

File:HK Stubbs Road Highcliff n The Summit.JPG

Highcliff is a luxury apartment building on a south slope of Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The 75-storey building's construction (70 floors of which are liveable space) began in 2000 and was completed in 2003 under a design by DLN Architects & Engineers. It was the Silver Winner of the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award, coming in second to 30 St Mary Axe in London. The tower is the tallest "all"-residential building in Hong Kong island.

Highcliff is thin for such a tall building; it has a slenderness ratio of 1:20 thus being one of the thinnest buildings in the world. Therefore, a passive wind damper was fitted to the top, the first of its kind for a residential building.{{Cite web|title=Highcliff, Hong Kong {{!}} 100639 {{!}} EMPORIS|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/100639/highcliff-hong-kong-china|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513043948/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/100639/highcliff-hong-kong-china|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 May 2015|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Emporis}} This was installed because typhoons approach Hong Kong most late summers.

Because of the obvious similarity with a nearby similar building The Summit, the two have been informally called "The Chopsticks". These two buildings highlight the characters of pencil-thin towers that are highly concentrated in Hong Kong.{{cite web |title=Future City:20-21 |url=https://old.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/VERTICAL_CITIES/walkthrough_slender.php |publisher=The Skyscraper Museum |access-date=1 December 2020}}