Langham Place 朗豪坊 is an urban renewal project in the heart of Kowloon over a 4-block previously dilapidated area known for prostitutions. Designed by California based architect Jon Jerde, this complex consists of a 59-story office tower, a trendy shopping mall, and a 5-star hotel. When it opened in 2005, the office tower was the tallest building in Kowloon.
Jerde is often criticized for following the wish of his commercial clients in designs that prevent "horizontal drift" of shoppers away from his malls. Here at the Langham Place Mall, he utilized 2 sets of “Xpresscalators”, each spanning 4 floors to bring shoppers into the upper floors. Nevertheless, Langham Place does have a positive impact by making its neighborhood more vibrant. Although it has a direct pedestrian tunnel access to the MTR Mong Kok station, most people, including us, prefer to take a different MTR exit and walk across Portland Street to this entrance. Because of additional foot traffic to this trendy mall, prostitution is driven out by the gentrification and rising rent of this neighborhood.

The name of this shopping mall comes from its corporate parent, the Langham Hotel International, which is now based in Hong Kong. The original Langham Hotel in London is named after its address on the very short street called Langham Place. Across the street is the All Souls Church, where John Stott was the Rector for 25 years.