Thursday, October 2, 2008

Sorrento, Hong Kong

Sorrento is a residential complex on the reclamation in west of , Kowloon, Hong Kong. The complex contains five buildings named Sorrento 1 through to Sorrento 6. In common with many developments in Hong Kong, tower 4 is omitted because the Cantonese number "4" is a homophone for the Cantonese word "death". The tallest tower, Sorrento 1, is 256 metres tall with 75 floors, it is the tallest residential building of Hong Kong, and fifth-tallest residential building in the world. All five buildings of the complex were completed in 2003.

Located at of the MTR, Sorrento comprises five towers with ascending height. Completed in 2003, it was built by and MTR Corporation.

All five towers were designed by Wong & Ouyang Ltd and follow the same design however reduced in height consecutively with the tallest being Sorrento 1 and the shortest being Sorrento 6. There is a gap between Sorrento 2 and Sorrento 3, where a foot bridge connects the Sorrento residential complex to Kowloon Station and the Elements Mall.

There are only two duplexes in the entire complex: Unit 81C and 81D of Sorrento 1.

Buildings of the complex

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