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Height and construction costs of buildings in Hong Kong

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  • David Picken
  • Ben Ilozor

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The majority of buildings in Hong Kong come into the multi-storey category. The conventional wisdom of construction economics suggests that the cost of construction per square metre increases as buildings become higher. This paper summarizes earlier research on the subject and adopts a descriptive approach to present investigations into the cost-height relationship of buildings constructed in Hong Kong. Initial findings seem to suggest a different situation in Hong Kong - arguably the epitome of a 'tall' built environment. Possibly, there are factors concerning the design economics of tall buildings that are specific to those urban locations where they are more common. This point would suggest that a different set of criteria should be applied in the judgement of how height affects cost depending on the context and commonality of tall buildings in the location under consideration.

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  • David Picken & Ben Ilozor, 2003. "Height and construction costs of buildings in Hong Kong," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(2), pages 107-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:21:y:2003:i:2:p:107-111
    DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000079671
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    1. Jason Barr, 2010. "Skyscrapers and the Skyline: Manhattan, 1895–2004," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 38(3), pages 567-597, September.
    2. Martin Egozcue, 2024. "An Integer Optimization Approach for Determining Building Height," SN Operations Research Forum, Springer, vol. 5(3), pages 1-22, September.
    3. Jason Barr, 2010. "Skyscrapers and the Skyline: Manhattan, 1895–2004," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 38(3), pages 567-597, September.
    4. Martín Egozcue & Luis Fuentes García & Ričardas Zitikis, 2023. "The Slicing Method: Determining Insensitivity Regions of Probability Weighting Functions," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 61(4), pages 1369-1402, April.
    5. Kwong-Wing Chau & S.K. Wong & Y. Yau & A.K.C. Yeung, 2007. "Determining Optimal Building Height," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(3), pages 591-607, March.

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