Central Plaza

At just under 374m, Central Plaza, which was completed in 1992, is just 3m shorter than the newer Two IFC tower. The glass skin of the tower has three different colours – gold, silver and terracotta – and the overall impression is rather garish. Central Plaza functions as one of the world’s biggest clocks. There’s method to the madness of the four lines of light shining through the glass pyramid at the top of the building between 6pm and midnight. The bottom level indicates the hour: red is 6pm, white 7pm, purple 8pm, yellow 9pm, pink 10pm and green 11pm. When all four lights are the same colour, it’s right on the hour. When the top light is different from the bottom ones, it’s 15 minutes past the hour. If the top two and bottom two are different, it’s half-past the hour. If the top three match, it’s 45 minutes past the hour. So what time is it now?