8/10.

8.5

Its different! 9/10

kinda stupid looking

6/10

Strange, but rather quite beautiful. 8/10

very weird. 6.5

9/10

Very original design!

Looks like a futuristic steeple. I don't like it. 2/10

8.5/10 this tower has unique design.at nigth when all the ligth is shining kinda like a giant christmas tree =)

You've rated Al Faisaliyah Centre 7.36 on average. Go to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (http://gbuscraper.blogspot.com/2010/07/al-faisaliyah-centre-riyadh-73610.html) to read more.

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8.5/10, my favourite in Riyadh after Kingdom Centre.

It's not 30 floors it's 65 floors with the lobby and under ground parking . and jeddah city will have a tower with 550 floors ( Mile high tower ) 2014 will completed.

oo I like it. 9/10

It's not 30 floors , it's 65 floors. and 288 meters high,

Al Faisaliah Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: 267m/876 feet
FLOORS: 65floors
COMPLETION: 2000
ARCHITECT: Foster and Partners

The Al Faisaliah Complex in Riyadh plays a key part in the city's urban development. The 240,000-square-metre complex includes Saudi Arabia's first skyscraper - a distinctive 288-metre-high office tower - a five-star hotel, a banqueting and conference centre, luxury apartments and a three-storey retail mall. The scheme carefully balances cost-effectiveness, flexibility and architectural interest to produce buildings which are efficient in services, planning and operation, easily maintained and responsive to the Middle Eastern climate.

The office tower is square in plan, designed around a compact central core, and tapers to a point, with four main corner columns defining its unique silhouette. Observation decks at stages up the building correspond with giant K-braces, which transfer loads to the corner columns. The building is clad in silver-anodized aluminum panels with cantilevered sun shading devices which minimize glare, allowing the use of non-reflective, energy-efficient glass. These layered facades provide maximum control over the internal environment.

Above its thirty floors of office space, the tower houses the highest restaurant in Saudi Arabia, set within a golden glass sphere 200 metres above ground level. The observation deck below the globe provides a breathtaking panorama of Riyadh and the surrounding landscape. At its pinnacle, the tower narrows to a brightly lit lantern, topped by a stainless-steel finial.

The tower is set back from the King Fahd Highway to create a landscaped plaza. Beneath this is a banqueting hall which can accommodate activities ranging from Islamic wedding ceremonies for up to 2,000 people to conferences for up to 3,400. A high degree of flexibility is achieved by a unique long-span arch system, which provides a column-free space 57 metres wide and 81 metres long, with a moveable partition system that can divide the hall into a maximum of sixteen separate rooms.

A five-storey lobby at the tower's base forms a link between the hotel to the north and the apartments and shopping mall to the south. A spectacular coloured-glass wall in the lobby by the artist Brian Clarke has a desert theme interspersed with images representing natural regional and environmental features.

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it isn't 30 floors it's 65 floors, and for no one think that it's the highest in riyadh there is Kingdom tower ( 101 ) F and 300 m high

9/10

5/10

don't think it gets much tackier than this thing... 3/10

7/10

Major F A I L
3 or less

5.5

10/10 very unique design!!
love it!

8/10 nice ;)

9/10. Something different.

3/10 that ball is the ugliest thing ive seen...ever

8/10

7/10

9/10, i love it

8/10

10/10

Wow!Dont mess with Riyadh!:lol:

9.5/10!

6.5/10

7.5/10 from MEDAN, INDONESIA

8/10

8,10

Hideous 0.5/10 :puke:

4/10

6.0

9/10. Very unique :)