Hong Kong’s first skyscraper, once the tallest building in Asia, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. Designed by James Kinoshita of P&T, the  building set new standards with its robust design, fastest lifts, largest air-conditioning chillers and 1,748 porthole windows, many offering unobstructed harbour views. The windows’ circular design was inspired by Victor Vasarely’s Op art movement, as well as the practical need to reduce the tower’s weight, because it was constructed on reclaimed land. It was completed with interior elements by Henry Steiner (‘the father of Hong Kong design’) and an outdoor Henry Moore sculpture, but its artistic value may today find competition from the wildly popular BaseHall food hall in its basement.