Lingya District 85 Sky Tower
At a total height of 408 meters, the 85 Sky Tower was the tallest building in Taiwan and the tenth tallest structure in the world at the time of its completion in 1999. The building, planned and designed by C.Y. LEE & PARTNERS and HOK, features five underground floors, 82 above-ground floors, and a total of 300,000 m2 square footage. Internally, the building is comparable to a vertical, three-dimensional “city” that combines different functions (e.g., shopping malls, hotels, offices, and residential areas) with eight independently managed units each operating individual vertical transportation devices. At its top is an Eastern architectural design symbolizing flowers blooming in the sky; and the base and middle of the building were respectively raised and hollowed to create a convex, symbolizing prosperity.
苓雅／東帝士85國際廣場大樓
於1999年完工時為全台第一高、全世界第十高的超高層建築，總高度408公尺，地下五層，地面上多達82層，由李祖原建築師與HOK規劃設計，總樓地板面積多達30萬平方公尺，室內如同垂直化的立體城市，商場、旅館、辦公室、住宅等各種機能在不同高層中分布，並利用八個垂直交通核到達八個獨立管理的空中聚落。
｢特殊的中空貫穿設計，結構體為巨型鋼構架系統，在60層以下箱型鋼柱內，灌鑄八千磅之高性能混凝土，每20層設置桁架加勁層，在77層設置主動式抗風阻尼器，以降低大樓因風振動而產生的不舒適感覺。｣
另外觀察建築的造型語彙，｢頂端象徵的東方建築語彙，花開富貴綻放在天際之上，把基座拉高，中間透空穿風，從風水的角度來看，這是屬陽的「凸」造型，氣旺人旺。｣。
文／侯慶謀
圖／高雄市政府文化局