Jockey Club Innovation Tower

Jockey Club Innovation Tower is a building of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University located on Chatham Road South in Hung Hom district, Kowloon. It was designed by Pritzker-prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: University building
Description: building of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Also known as: “Block V”, “Innovation Tower”, and “V座 Block V”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hong Kong Museum of History and Hung Hom station.

Hong Kong Museum of History

Museum

The Hong Kong Museum of History is a public museum that preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon. Hong Kong Museum of History is situated 420 metres southwest of Jockey Club Innovation Tower.

Hung Hom station

Railway station

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Hung Hom is a passenger railway station in Hung Hom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Its livery is dark pink. It is an interchange station between the East Rail line and the Tuen Ma line domestic services of the MTR network. Hung Hom station is situated 390 metres southeast of Jockey Club Innovation Tower.

Pao Yue-kong Library

Library

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pao Yue-kong Library, full name Pao Yue-kong Library, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, or PYK Library in short, is the main library of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Pao Yue-kong Library is situated 210 metres south of Jockey Club Innovation Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hung Hom and Kowloon.

Hung Hom

Suburb

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Hung Hom is an area in the southeast of Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. The areas of Whampoa, Tai Wan, Hok Yuen, Lo Lung Hang, and No. 12 Hill are administratively part of the Kowloon City District, while a portion west of Hung Hom Bay is under the Yau Tsim Mong District.

Kowloon

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Kowloon is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of Hong Kong, directly across from the Hong Kong Island central business district. With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², Kowloon is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.