Riyadh / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KAFD
King Abdullah Financial District
http://www.kingabdullahfinancialdistrict.com/

Follow the KAFD Thread in the Saudi Arabia SSC Forum:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=348428


It will be the Middle East's first financial district on a scale, and of regulatory and technological standards, to match the major global financial centres.
Explaining the background to the Kingdom's ambitious but attainable strategy, His Majesty said:

'We are blessed with a robust economy, a stable currency and a strong financial sector with equally strong supervision.'
The intention to construct the world's first major financial district of the twenty first century is the latest stage in what is already a carefully planned and implemented programme of financial modernisation by Saudi Arabia. It will follow the successful launch of:-

• Tadawul, one of the world's most technologically advanced stock exchanges;

• The Capital Market Authority, which has introduced international-class regulation to the capital market;

• And a host of other reforms such as the licensing of international banks, insurance and investment companies.

Saudi Arabia's financial district will be built close to the business centre of Riyadh. The site is 1.6 million square metres and the development will have floor space of over 3 million square metres. It will be a multi-year project during which Saudi Arabia - already the world's oil capital - will consolidate its position as the Middle East's financial capital.

The master plan for the King Abdullah Financial District will be completed by the end of the year. Construction will begin in 2007 and will create thousands of construction and related jobs over an intense three year period of building and development.

The King Abdullah Financial District is designed as a state-of-the-art and fully self contained centre for doing business and facilitating investment and enterprise in the Kingdom and, in due course, in the wider region.

Many of the world's major banks, financial institutions and professional service companies - already operating in Saudi Arabia - have indicated their intention to locate in the District in order to play a major part in the diversification of the world's major oil economy.

The King Abdullah Financial District will be the headquarters for the Capital Market Authority (CMA) and the Stock Exchange (Tadawul), and for financial institutions and other service providers such as accountants, auditors, lawyers, analysts, rating agencies, consultants, and IT providers.

His Excellency, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance, said:

'Our common goal in establishing a new financial district is to provide an attractive working environment for the growing number of Saudis working in the financial sector.'

The CMA has been designing the strategy underpinning the development of the District together with the Public Pensions Agency (PPA). One of the cornerstones of their strategy is the development of a public/private partnership.

His Excellency Jammaz Al-Suhaimi, Chairman of the CMA, said: 'We are working hard to strengthen and develop our capital market. The role of the King Abdullah Financial District will be to facilitate the financial sector's contribution to our national economic growth in every way we can.

'We will provide young people and others who want to learn with an opportunity to enhance their skills and develop their full potential to help deepen our financial markets. Thus, in addition to facilitating business and investment, a centerpiece of the District will be a new financial academy and conference facilities for financial services.

'The purpose of this new financial academy will be to enhance the skills, training, and capabilities of current and future generations to consolidate Saudi Arabia's position as the largest economy in the region.'

His Excellency H.E. Mr. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Khrashi, Governor of the PPA, said

'The Public Pension Agency (PPA) sponsors investment projects that are beneficial to the equity of the pensioners, and help to support the financial revenues of the Agency. The Agency's investment in this project is in line with this policy. The Agency will own and develop the whole project, and will provide opportunity for the CMA and other government agencies such as SAMA, and other related companies, such as insurance companies, banks and financial services to find suitable locations and offices that are equipped with the world's modern technologies. It has already taken the necessary steps towards achieving this objective, and it expects that the project will create an excellent working environment that will attract excellent investment opportunities.'



Amazing Video of the Old render :

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new video showing 3 buildings

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new video showing 1 building

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Site tour through some of the KAFD


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Site tour of KAFD 07-19-10

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THE REVEALED TOWERS


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Old render of the area

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NEW

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Consultant Cyril Sweett has been appointed to work on the Crystalline tower in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh for the Capital Market Authority.

The 385m tower will be the tallest of five towers in the financial plaza scheme.

The CMA will occupy the upper section of the tower whilst the remainder of the floors are to be leased to other world leading financial organizations and banks.

Cyril Sweett will be providing cost and project management services on the CMA Tower project, which is being designed jointly by HOK and Omrania & Associates.

The project is due to complete beginning of 2012.


Link: http://www.cnplus.co.uk/technical/tall-buildings/images-cyril-sweett-appointed-to-crystalline-tower-job/5210935.article

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IT will looks some what like this

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great video , with much needed details :banana: ! :
can you imagine that all of theses buildings are under construction right now ! :

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new pix of world trade center-riyadh by gensler

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GCC Bank Headquarters in Riyadh
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http://www.worldarab.net/content/gcc-bank-headquarters-riyadh

Also positioned at the heart of the KAFD district, Parcel 1.14 is a new headquarters building that will offer state-of-the-art office and amenity space. Intended to be the home for the newly formed GCC Bank, the tower’s timeless architectural design has been specifically tailored for occupation by the Gulf region’s governing financial institution.

Pivotal to the scheme’s architectural expression is its highly contextual response to environmental requirements. It is clad in a distinctive copper/stainless steel shell, which protects the interior working environment from intense solar gain, significantly reducing energy loads whilst creating an elegant aesthetic response.

The buildings functional and spatial arrangements have been carefully considered to support the business activities of its occupier. The floor plates have been refined to effectively support contemporary working practices creating dynamic, collaborative areas adjacent to the Financial Plaza with discreet space for focus work and framed views of Riyadh’s cityscape..

Space highlights include double level lobby/skywalks, executive spaces at roof level with access to landscaped shaded roof terraces, the three sky-lobbies and amenity floors easily reached from any of the tower’s 53 stories.


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Situated within the heart the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s new financial centre, the King Abdullah Financial District, Parcel 1.15 will be known as the KAFD World Trade Centre. Gensler were commissioned by the Riyadh Investment Company (owner) and Saudi Bin Laden Group (builder) after successfully winning an international design competition for the design of the tower. The World Trade Centre is scheduled for completion in November 2012.

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The videos of the building you have share are really mind blowing

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Photos by engineer. irfan rashid
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October update

This saudis financial district can put Dubai to shame.. saudi is a new awaken giant in the middle east,i believe saudis can go far beyond than this,they just start n when everything is finished they will become the latest up to date infrastructure,architecture,engineering better than old outdated UAE n Qatar..

العساف: المشاريع القائمة في مركز الملك عبدالله المالي لم يحدث لها أي تأخير وتسير كما مخطط لها

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عبدالله من الفهيد من الرياض
عقد مجلس إدارة المؤسسة العامة للتقاعد برئاسة وزير المالية الدكتور إبراهيم بن عبدالعزيز العساف اجتماعه (207) اليوم في مقر مشروع مركز الملك عبدالله المالي. وقام أعضاء المجلس بعد ختام الجلسة بجولة تفقدية للاطلاع على ما تم إنجازه من مراحل المشروع ، حيث أطلعوا على ما تم تنفيذه من المرحلة الأولى من المباني التي من المتوقع أن تكون جاهزة في شهر مايو القادم بإذن الله ، كما اطلعوا على مراحل تنفيذ المرحلة الثانية للمشروع التي من المتوقع أن تكتمل في شهر مارس 2012م.

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واستمع المجلس إلى شرح مفصل من المهندسين السعوديين في المشروع حيث انطلقت معظم أعمال البنية التحتية والطرق ونظام التبريد ونظام القطار , وأن مراحل العمل تسير حسب الجدول الزمني المعتمد فيما يتعلق بمناطق الجذب ومواقف السيارات. وأبدى المجلس ارتياحه للمستوى الذي يتم بموجبه تنفيذ أعمال التشييد والبناء ، وحث المجلس إدارة المشروع على الاهتمام بسرعة التنفيذ واستكمال ما تبقى من مراحل المشروع حسب المواعيد المحددة لذلك.

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وأكد وزير المالية في تصريح لوسائل الإعلام عقب انتهاء الجولة في المركز متابعة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز لسير أعمال مشروع مركز الملك عبدالله المالي من ناحية متابعة التقارير الشهرية التي توضح ما تم إنجازه وتطويره شهراً بشهر. وبين أن المشاريع القائمة في المركز لم يحدث لها أي تأخير من الناحية الزمنية وتسير كما مخطط لها , وراهن على تميز المركز بعد انتهائه عالمياً من نواحي منها التصميم والبيئة العملية والنشاط الاقتصادي الموجود في المركز.
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وأوضح الدكتور العساف انسيابية الحركة المرورية في المركز ومعالجة مشاكل السير ، حيث تم عمل ممرات من تحت الأرض وعمل ثلاث طرق رئيسية بالمركز من خارج المركز ، أما من داخل المركز فهناك وسائل نقل حديثه , بداية بإيقاف الشخص سيارته بالمواقف ويكون آخر عهده بها لوجود ثلاثة وسائل نقل وهي القطار المعلق والجسور المغلقة المرتبطة بالمباني من دون حاجة الشخص إلى الخروج أو المشي في الطرقات المخصصة للمشاة.

يذكر أن شركة الاستثمارات الرائدة " الذراع الاستثماري العقاري للمؤسسة العامة للتقاعد " تتولى الإشراف على تنفيذ هذا المشروع والمشاريع العقارية الأخرى للمؤسسة ويعمل بالشركة مجموعة من المهندسين السعوديين المؤهلين كما يساندهم اثنتان من الشركات العالمية المتخصصة في مجال إدارة المشاريع هما شركة " هيل أنترناشونال " وشركة " وهانمي بيرسون ".
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ويحتوي المشروع على عدد من المباني الخاصة بالمكاتب الإدارية المجهزة بأفضل التجهيزات والمتطلبات المكتبية وكذلك مباني خاصة للمساكن حيث تبلغ نسبة المساكن حوالي 26% من مباني المشروع ، ويوجد في المشروع ثلاث فنادق خمس نجوم لرجال الأعمال تديرها شركات خدمات فندقية متميزة إضافة إلى مباني الخدمات المساندة الأخرى ومباني الجهات الحكومية الخاصة بالأمن والدفاع المدني.

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ويتوفر في المشروع سبعة مساجد إضافة إلى مناطق الجذب والترويح مثل منتزه الوادي وحوض الأسماك وصالة العرض ومتحف العلوم ومتحف الأطفال التفاعلي والمرافق التعليمية الأخرى ويسير العمل حالياً في المشروع على مدار الساعة ويبلغ عدد العمالة في المشروع حوالي ثلاثة عشر ألف عامل ومن المتوقع أن يرتفع العدد إلى خمسة وعشرين ألف عامل في منتصف العام القادم.

http://www.aleqt.com/2010/10/16/article_456530.html

from the saudi thread

^^ we are waiting for that too .....

SKYWALKS

Project facts
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: RIC
Year of design: 2009 - 2010
Type of assignment: Winner of international competition
Number of bridges: 61 (to be extended to 97)

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The Sky walks are designed by : Henning Larsen
http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1033-skywalks.aspx

The vision behind Henning Larsen Architects’ masterplan for the new financial district in Riyadh is to create a modern, sustainable city based on a minimum of private motoring.


From the decentralised parking garages, a monorail brings people to six different stations in the new district. A network of footbridges – so-called Skywalks – departs from the stations and connects the various buildings in the area.

The footbridges are placed at an elevated level separated from the street traffic. Due to the hot climate in Riyadh, it is expected that most people will use the secured, ventilated bridges with a floor width of four to six metres. Here, business people will meet to interact and the cafes and shops of the towers will contribute to create a vibrant and attractive environment in the area. A visual connection from the Skywalks to the streets and plazas of the city will help pedestrians to find their way on the elevated bridges.

The footbridges are built of separate geometric modules, which can be pieced together in different lengths and whose flexible construction can easily be adapted to the various building facades of the city.

close up pictures



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Klaus Troldborg
Architect and Project Manager
kt@henninglarsen.com
Phone: +45 8233 3028

Farid Fellah
Communications Manager
ffe@henninglarsen.com
Phone: +45 8231 3160


Project facts
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: RIC
Year of design: 2009 - 2010
Type of assignment: Winner of international competition
Number of bridges: 61 (to be extended to 97)

those guys with the white faces look funny :)

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hey guys I was looking for more infos about the skytrain in this projects and look what I found >>> two pics for the project :banana:

http://www.m5zn.com/uploads/2010/10/16/photo/101610211000h5quxv2koindkrkcbo.jpg (http://games.m5zn.com/cooking_games.html)

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so lets keep our fingers crossed and wish that the train will be similar to the picture :)

here is the surce, you will find more infos if you like
http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/products-services/transportation-systems/driverless-systems/automated-monorails/riyadh--saudi-arabia?docID=0901260d80129a7a

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SITE PLAN : Link

http://kafdblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/sbg_phase1_sitelogistics.pdf

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look what i found
a blog belongs to lonnymo our friend on youtube!
he runs it and it also has enjoyable sections!Do not forget to visit Off Site link!
we are really greatful lonny!

here some about the blog by lonny him self:

I started the blog for the primary purpose of sharing experiences on the site. The blog has since evolved into a daily tale of our lives here in the Kingdom. Please feel free to post comments if you like or contact me at bloggermo at kafdblog.com. I purposely wrote the email address this way to avoid crawlers and spam machines from finding my email. Just put the @ sign where I wrote “at” and it will work.

The project is literally a entire city being constructed at once. It consists of numerous high rise structures ranging from 6 stories in height to huge CMA tower which nearly 400 meters tall. Currently there are a number of structures that have been topped out or are nearly topped out and many more that are at various stages of being structurally complete. Large holes are being dug from the hard rocky ground all around the site using excavators with breakers mounted. The work goes on 24 hours a day 6 days a week. The contractors have been tasked with turning over the project by mid 2012. Considering the amount of work that remains to be done that is a very ambitious task indeed.

The contractors on site are; Saudi BinLadin, Saudi Oger, El-Seif, and Saudi Constructioneers (SaudiCo) with the bulk of the work being performed by Saudi BinLadin. The project is broken down into packages called PPA 10, currently underway and PPA 30, the largest portion which is currently just starting up.

Our task here is to perform high level audits of the work in place and in progress. We will look for and evaluate general workmanship, adherence to project plans and specifications and determine whether international standards of quality are being delivered. Our evaluations will be performed without consultation with the contractor and will be reported to the board of directors through the Riyadah Investment Company.

There is much to see and much for us to do. In the coming weeks we will be refining our plan for what will be involved with carrying our our duties. Stay tuned…

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Gensler's designs for a new financial centre in Riyadh
Located in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Plot 1.15 will be the second tallest tower situated within the King Abdullah Financial District cluster. The master plan guidelines stipulated a ‘faceted’ architectural design, and clear regulations regarding the height (303m) and parcel footprint. However, the client brief was simple; to provide 1.5 million sq ft of office space. Through an ‘optioneering’ process Genlser were able to quickly define the client’s key business objectives, whilst allaying client concerns regarding the adjacent CMA Tower, which would be taller with larger centre core floor plates.
Envisioned by Gensler as an iconic architectural landmark and gateway for international trade, the super-tall tower is differentiated by its positioning to attract small to medium sized tenants requiring the prestige and facilities normally associated with global headquarters. In doing so Gensler created the ‘Vertical Wadi’; a formal and organisational spine that linked the tenants and created a living environment at the heart of the tower.
The floor-plate is effectively split by the Vertical Wadi. The default setting is 4 tenants per floor, each with their own front door into the atrium areas and no disorientating race-track landlord corridor, and access to views of the city.
The Vertical Wadi generates the formal and organisational structure to the tower, linking all internal functions and cleaving the building mass in two. It is broken down into office zones of 12 floors and then again into business communities of 3 levels creating a scalable working environment. To support the needs of the smaller tenants, the tower provides a high proportion of managed amenity space, ranging from a full conference auditorium to executive club areas and business lounges. The general public is also encouraged to experience the building with an observation deck at 300m.
The monolithic facade is derived from the early design concept driver of the building - a solid rock, cleft in two to create a Wadi. Whilst appearing to be random it is actually formed from a series of repeating modular GRP moulds. The Vertical Wadi dramatically meets the Financial Plaza, opening the building to the public realm. Pedestrians can move through the base of the tower, connecting the plaza to the main retail and cultural areas in the wider district. The interior volumes created are animated and interconnected, promoting meeting and exchange. The interior of the building is clad primarily in back-painted glass of varying tones and transparency, creating a smooth and gradually intensifying colour experience as it travels deeper into the building, much like a slice through a gorge



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awesom nice work !!!!!
lots of towers
in the newspaper I read it's about 104 towers!!!:nuts:
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Tall BUILDING THAT RESPONDS TO ITS ENVIRONMENT
Samba Bank Tower
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

Walter P Moore entered a design competition with HOK for a 38-story office tower for Samba Bank in Riyadh's King Abdullah Financial District. The proposed tower consists of two individual triangular masses connected by an atrium space. The taller tower is 160m tall, and the shorter tower tops off at 140m. Each individual tower contains a triangular shaped core to house elevators, stairs, and services.
Working with a basic cast in-situ construction methodology appropriate to the Riyadh market, different forms of structural concrete systems have evolved on the four faces of the building to respond to the unique solar, thermal, and view conditions. The structural system for the proposed SAMBA tower design consists of a hybrid diagrid frame and an outrigger-braced concrete core.

By incorporating the latest advances in tall building structural forms realized through familiar local construction practices, a highly efficient structural system has been developed as an integral component of the building design.

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WOW, that's amazing! Congratulations Riyadh.

RIYADH | Capital Market Authority Headquarters CMA | 400m | 1312ft | 80 fl | Prep
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Walter P Moore provided structural engineering design services for this 80-story high-rise office tower in Saudi Arabia. At 400 meters tall and 1,991,000 square feet, this world class office tower is to be the landmark project of the new King Abdullah Financial District in Northern Riyadh.
Walter P Moore analyzed over 20 lateral systems for the tower during a six month design period, and ultimately recommended a composite scheme. In the composite scheme, a central Y-shaped concrete core works in conjunction with a composite perimeter braced frame. No columns are vertical, as they sweep in and out with the faceted curtain wall. In keeping with Walter P Moore’s theme of integration of building systems, the sloping braces and columns are fully integrated with the façade which maximizes lettable floor area and minimizes structural materials.

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It's Under Construction :

Cyril Sweett manages single largest foundation pour in history of Saudi Arabia

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Cyril Sweett International (Cyril Sweett) is pleased to announce that the concrete pour on the foundations of Saudi Arabia's prestigious Capital Market Authority (CMA) tower has been successfully completed, following a deep excavation of over 30 metres and over 4,000 tonnes of steel reinforcements.

The pour was executed by the Saudi Bin Laden Group (SBG), under direct management of Cyril Sweett. The CMA tower is the tallest tower in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia currently under construction and this was the single largest concrete pour recorded in the history of the Kingdom to date. With one and half consecutive days of concrete being pumped into the raft foundation, 13,000 cubic metres of concrete mix were used to complete the 4.5 metre high foundation.

Commenting on the pour, Des Pike, Project Director of Cyril Sweet, said, "The concrete pour was scheduled to last 42 hours but was successfully completed within 36 hours. Throughout the operation, mobile truck mixers were arriving on site at an average of one every 90 seconds, a significant logistical feat in itself. This is a great achievement for all parties involved who worked continuously around the clock to ensure its success."

Dr. Said Rabiah, CMA Project Department Manager, said, "We are delighted to see the foundations of the CMA Tower have been completed on schedule. The success of this massive undertaking was the result of the remarkable efforts and collaboration of all parties involved. This could not have been achieved without the strong leadership of Cyril Sweett's project management team. I would like to thank the entire project team for achieving this monumental task and very significant milestone."

The CMA tower is the focal project of the King Abdullah Financial District and when completed will soar 385m above ground level. Designed by renowned American architects, HOK, and leading consulting firm Omrania & Associates, the building combines architectural ingenuity with the very best in environmental credentials to achieve a Gold LEED standard.

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King Abdullah Financial District: Riyadh's Wall St
03/11/2010
By Lahem al-Nasser




Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- If the last time you visited the city of Riyadh was five years ago, then you are in for a surprise if you visit it again today. The city is like a huge construction site, with cranes dominating the skyline; the streets are crowded with trucks, and giant high-rise towers are encased in scaffolding. It is as if this is part of a fierce race against time to complete development projects; as if the city is trying to make up for lost time. Perhaps the most notable or prominent of these development projects is the King Abdullah Financial District, which will become the financial center for the city of Riyadh, in the same manner as New York's Wall Street or London's Canary Wharf. The King Abdullah Financial District encompasses an area of approximately 1.6 million square meters, and when completed will house the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority and the Stock Exchange, in addition to the country's largest banks and companies, as well as an academy for studying financing and banking.

Due to Saudi Arabia’s enormous liquidity, its economic and political stability, and the strategic location of the country; the King Abdullah Financial District is expected to attract a number of international financial institutions, especially after Saudi Arabia recently joined the World Trade Organization [in 2005], which opened up the country to the financial services industry. In light of the fact that the Islamic banking industry [in compliance with Islamic Shariaa law] currently dominates the Saudi financial industry in general, and that Saudi Arabia's Islamic financial assets currently stand at somewhere between $91 billion and $120 billion, Saudi Arabia is now the world's second largest economy – after Iran – in terms of Islamic assets. In Saudi Arabia today approximately 98 percent of personal financing occurs via Islamic Shariaa compliant methods, in addition to 67 percent of corporate financing.

As for the stock markets, the bulk of Saudi shares are also Shariaa-complaint. Furthermore, the sukuk market only trades in Islamic Shariaa compliant sukuk's and bonds. Therefore the King Abdullah Financial District has the potential to be the world's number one center for Islamic finance, especially after officials realize that this is an achievable goal. This objective is not difficult to achieve if we have the will and strength to see this through, and if we draw up goals and make sure that they are implemented.

Perhaps one of the most important factors that will ensure that the King Abdullah Financial District will become a center for Islamic finance is the government enacting legislation and establishing specific regulations for this industry, as well as establishing special courts to deal with financial disputes arising from this industry, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Justice, away from the judicial and semi-judicial committees that misrepresent the Saudi Arabian legal system today. This is in order for potential investors to have confidence in the investment climate in Saudi Arabia. The other important factor is governmental support for this industry by providing it with the required infrastructure, such as ensuring that staff has proper vocational training through the establishment of academies and university departments devoted to teaching finance and Islamic banking. Research centres should also be established, and independent professional organisations encouraged, to work alongside the government’s already tireless efforts to operate in line with the mechanisms of the Islamic finance industry: For example, issuing sovereign sukuk instead of [conventional financial] bonds, and encouraging government and quasi-government treasuries to use Islamic financial products, particularly as this is one of the demands put forward by those who benefit from the services of these treasuries. It is also important to work towards convincing international bodies to recognize the special standards that come with this industry. Saudi Arabia is capable of demanding such conditions, in view of its economic, financial and political strength in the international community, and because the Islamic financial industry has already proven itself.

Saudi Arabia's efforts to make the King Abdullah Financial District a hub for the Islamic financial industry will have a positive impact on the country, for it will return financial capital to the country, and attract international financial corporations that seek to derive benefits from the liquidity of this industry. The King Abdullah Financial District will also ensure that Saudi Arabia has a leading role and huge influence in the Islamic financial industry. This will ensure that Saudi Arabia is the most important player in this industry, and will enable Riyadh to decide the industry's principles and criteria. Looking at the tremendous growth rate of this industry – which achieves growth rates that exceed 20 percent annually – we can only estimate the economic influence that Saudi Arabia will enjoy in the near future.

Source:http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=6&id=22906

Saudi mega cities challenge the private sector

By MOHAMED A. RAMADY
Published: Nov 8, 2010 22:44 Updated: Nov 8, 2010 22:44

SAUDIA Arabia is being literally transformed, but unlike desert mirages, the Kingdom is witnessing the birth of some of the most ambitious economic and social engineering projects in the Middle East through its planned mega economic cities.

Compared with some other Arab economies hard hit by the global financial downturn, there is a mood of quiet optimism in Saudi Arabia and consumer confidence indexes reveal that Saudi citizens believe they will not be as badly affected as other countries worldwide.

This sense of self-confidence seems sustained by bolder strategic economic and social reforms implemented by King Abdullah, whether in the judiciary, educational or economic fabric of society.

Buoyed by several years of budget surpluses, the Kingdom has embarked on structural economic reforms in both capital infrastructure and human capital development and the planned mega economic cities are but one manifestation of this mood of self-confidence.

Unlike earlier large infrastructure developments, a key element of this strategy has been reinvigorated regional economic diversification and more equitable wealth creation for Saudi citizens. This has been translated into the launching of special economic zones, seemingly alike, but in reality each planned to specialize in certain niche core activities to leverage on each area’s location advantages. As of 2009, four economic cities have been launched with two more economic cities expected in Tabuk and Dammam. The planned infrastructure expenditures on these mega cities are enormous, totalling some $140 billion in the first phase. The largest is the King Abdullah Economic City at Rabigh on the Red Sea coast, with a planned area of 168 million sq meters and $ 80 billion in basic infrastructure cost. It will be the largest government and private sector integrated development project since the 1980’s when the Kingdom embarked on creating the Jubail and Yanbu industrial cities. Unlike the capital intensive projects of the earlier period, Saudi Arabia is now focussing on job creation and private sector participation from the start, and the King Abdullah Economic City, upon its completion in 2020, will aim to generate 1 million new jobs, promote energy and transportation related industries, and establish a new sea port of 13.8 million sq. m. and handling some 300,000 pilgrims.

The other planned mega economic cities are also just as ambitious with some $ 23 billion planned expenditure for Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Musaed Economic City in Hail, supporting agro industrial and mineral exploitation projects in that region, and a $30 billion planned expenditure in Jizan Economic City, the southern region of the Kingdom, concentrating on heavy industries (aluminium, refinery, steel, power) as well as secondary industries such as fisheries, and pharmaceuticals and generating 500,000 new jobs. Phase 2 of the project is expected to be completed by 2013 and the final phase by 2037. The fourth planned mega economic city is in Madinah and will focus on knowledge-based industries, create 20,000 new job in this high value sector, attract 150,000 new residents and complete by 2020 at a cost of $ 7 billion.

By 2020, it is expected that the major phases of the economic cities will have been completed and the forecasted impact on the Saudi economy are far reaching. According to the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA) some 1.7 million new jobs will be created, with the economic cities adding $150 billion to the Saudi GDP. They will attract over $100 billion of new investments domestically and from abroad, and their population will be three times that of Dubai, with an area four times that of Hong Kong.

The government of Saudi Arabia is forecasting that from both the private and public sectors, a staggering $800 billion will be invested in these economic zones and other mega projects including those being planned by Saudi Aramco and SABIC in these mega cities.

No other country in the Middle East can match such grand project expenditures, which upon completion, will unleash Saudi Arabia as one of the major economic power houses of the world in league with India, China and Brazil as the undisputed leaders of the developing world. What is of more significance for Saudi Arabia, is the potential for the direct and indirect multiplier effect of these mega projects on secondary local industries and job creation in the wider Saudi economy.

The real test of success will be the level and scope of private sector participation in the grand projects, whether from Saudi investors or from abroad. Given international economic and financial uncertainties, Saudi investors and others from the Gulf, seem to have been encouraged at the opportunity to share in local risk as the Saudi government has spent political capital into ensuring that the second phase of its economic diversification strategy succeeds. It is not a coincidence that one of King Abdullah’s favorite project- the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), with an independent endowment fund of over $15 billion, is also taking shape at Rabigh near the King Abdullah Economic City. The hope is that an infusion of knowledge, technology, new skills and job creation unleashes a new dawn of prosperity for the Kingdom. Dr. Mohamed A Ramady is a former banker and visiting associate professor, finance and economics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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CITYSCAPE RIYADH
12-14 December 2010

For the rest of the displayed projects open links:
SkyscraperCity Thread link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1275129
SkyscraperPage Thread Link: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=187251
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the lovely KAFD ... u can see the plazas they're planning to make. I
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another building in KAFD

update

fresh photos..from this morning :D

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thanks to JH1 : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=348428&page=55

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Ok guys, so .. I made this kmz Google earth File, that shows the parcels map over this project to make it easer to keep up with the various buildings there
it looks like this :
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you can download it form here and open it on Google Earth (tell me if it works) :
DONWLOAD
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Very nice.

Great projects! I keep fingers crossed!

nice where its located?

yoi-bE09UxY

from Saudi/SSC:

Today

July 29

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هذا برج سامبا وشوفو شكل الزجاج الخارجي

صورة تصميم
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صورة المبنى بعد البناء
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تلاحضون لوحة سامبا مكتوبة
فهو افضل من التصميم



Closer View inside Kafd Project hope u guys like it .

some photos r other r not . However some photos not more than 1 month back .



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this is the highest tower in Kafd

102 floors (Parcel 106)

http://im13.gulfup.com/2012-07-30/1343664051851.jpg

this is 62 floors

(Parcel 115)
http://im13.gulfup.com/2012-07-30/1343664051552.jpg



http://im14.gulfup.com/2012-07-31/134374714631.jpg



http://im17.gulfup.com/2012-07-31/134374782891.jpg





http://sabq.org/files/news-image/96370.jpg?1343861662 تصوير : عبدالملك سرور





http://sabq.org/files/general/68689_42838.jpg

http://sabq.org/files/general/74868_87872.jpg

http://sabq.org/files/general/15926_78437.jpg

http://sabq.org/files/general/72766_92901.jpg



شكلك ماتدري البرج قرب يخلص وانت تقول مابدو فيه

http://im14.gulfup.com/2012-07-31/134374714631.jpg



http://im25.gulfup.com/2012-08-02/134390764761.jpg

ولاحظو في الصورة النفق اللي لاف حول المشروع اروع شيء



برج سامبا 43 طابق
Source (http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20111019/Con20111019452362.htm)

لكن هل راح يكون فعلاً أرتفاعه 230 متر

http://www.eversendai.com/images/project/Samba_Head_Quarters.jpg
أحس من تصميمه بالصوره مايوصل لهالارتفاع إلا إذا كان يحسبون الساريه مع أرتفاع البرج

هنا سير العمل :cheers:
http://im12.gulfup.com/2012-07-29/1343530238222.jpg

وبالنسبة لبرج تداول هل تم البدء فيه وكم راح تكون عدد طوابقه ؟

برج هيئة سوق المال هل بيكون 102 طابق مثل ماقلت يعني ارتفاعه ممكن يوصل لـ 500 متر ؟؟:nuts:



Today 4/Aug/2012

Dust storm :no:

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5532/img3972nj.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1927/img3973u.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6343/img3974gi.jpg

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http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8581/img3985k.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6820/img3989i.jpg

Absolute quality designs! This might be the best cluster of skyscrapers anywhere in the world. Better than Shanghai or Guangzhou. We'll see in a few years

Gensler's design for Parcel 4.09 and 4.10 (http://imageshack.us/a/img717/5543/kafdmap1599.jpg)
http://imageshack.us/a/img513/5513/kafcgensler1.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/4949/kafcgensler3.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img440/930/kafcgensler2.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

Foster + Partner's design for Parcel 4.06 (http://imageshack.us/a/img717/5543/kafdmap1599.jpg)
http://imageshack.us/a/img838/9867/parcel4061.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img525/3433/parcel4062.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img194/2114/parcel4064.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

http://imageshack.us/a/img339/9492/parcel4063.jpg
Illustration by Vyonyx (http://vyonyx.com/)

You Saudis sure are a bunch of wild and crazy guys!

That's simply amazing!

from the Saudi forum here in SSC :

Also took these photos this noon my first time seeing the project live its very big

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King Abdullah Financial District 5.05
Architecture, Engineering
King Abdullah Financial District

Parcel 5.05
The King Abdullah Financial District is a new development being undertaken by the Rayadah Investment Corporation on behalf of the Pension Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and involves the construction of a new financial center for the City of Riyadh. The district includes over one hundred parcels, a new monorail system as well as numerous civic and infrastructure projects.
Each parcel includes four levels of below grade parking, a podium with retail and office and mixed use towers and is bordered along one edge by a continuous, “Wadi” greenway.





Key project information
Engagement with Buro Happold
Client Saudi Bin-Laden Group
Architect FXFowle Architects [http://www.fxfowle.com/projects/international/king-abdullah-financial-distnew link]
Project value Confidential
Date 2010 - 2012


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1) Capital Market Authority Tower -400 m (http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315347.jpg)
2) The World Trade Center- 303 m (http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315484.jpg)
3) The Gulf Council Tower- 240 m (http://im12.gulfup.com/2012-07-29/1343530238503.jpg)
4) SAMBA Bank Tower- 230 m (http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315616.jpg)
5) Tadawul Tower- 200 m (http://www.saudishares.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=12122&d=1337595470)
6) 48 floors Tower (http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5130/screenshot20100901at958.jpg)
7)40 floors tower (http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/6417/screenshot20100901at955.jpg)
8)38 floors tower (http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8004/screenshot20100901at955m.jpg)
9) 38 floors tower (http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8890/screenshot20100901at956.jpg)
10)38 floors tower (http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5130/screenshot20100901at958.jpg)
11)33 floors tower (http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/6881/screenshot20100901at959.jpg)
12)32 floors tower (http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8399/screenshot20100901at953.jpg)
13) 32 floors tower (http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8890/screenshot20100901at956.jpg)
14)31 floors tower (http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5130/screenshot20100901at958.jpg)


those are the confirmed towers until this moment...most of them are under construction








September updates>>>>


http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315342.jpg

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http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315484.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315205.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315616.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315347.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315389.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/13480993169210.jpg

http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315698.jpg
http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315698.jpg



http://imageshack.us/a/img688/4019/a26d4zcyaaqpaw1.jpg




http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315347.jpg
This is CMA



http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315484.jpg
This is WTC



http://im27.gulfup.com/2012-09-20/1348099315347.jpg
بسم الله ماشاء الله


on the national day>>>

http://sabq.org/files/general/13539_77821.jpg

http://s.alriyadh.com/2012/09/22/img/618610403267.jpg

From the Saudi section...

السلام عليكم

بعض الصور بتاريخ 27-9 2012 اتمنى أن تحوذ على أعجابكم

http://im19.gulfup.com/TGZy1.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/YtNt2.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/lCwq3.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/3mfd4.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/tpOg5.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/cbpX6.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/ct3A7.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/GuDq8.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/rCL99.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/vVbt10.jpg




http://im26.gulfup.com/MeXo2.jpg

http://im26.gulfup.com/MVHw3.jpg

http://im34.gulfup.com/Uc701.jpg

From instagram

Interesting ^^

WOW!

http://im32.gulfup.com/4lH81.jpg


http://im32.gulfup.com/QD3M2.jpg


http://im32.gulfup.com/tB2C3.jpg

http://im33.gulfup.com/ouTc1.jpg

http://im33.gulfup.com/Znaj2.jpg

great pictures, thanks for share

http://im34.gulfup.com/Uc701.jpg

من الانستغرام

from saudi forum

http://im35.gulfup.com/KMaW2.jpg

http://im34.gulfup.com/ijSI2.jpg

http://im16.gulfup.com/hNyI2.jpg

http://im18.gulfup.com/FBgz2.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/ukSM2.jpg

http://im35.gulfup.com/1NH32.jpg

http://im18.gulfup.com/WrVm2.jpg

http://im16.gulfup.com/IDgS2.jpg

http://im19.gulfup.com/lWBU2.jpg

http://im17.gulfup.com/QREA2.jpg

http://im33.gulfup.com/n9cd2.jpg

http://im31.gulfup.com/grv22.jpg

from saudi forum

http://im32.gulfup.com/4lH81.jpg


http://im32.gulfup.com/QD3M2.jpg


http://im32.gulfup.com/tB2C3.jpg

From instagram
from saudi forum

https://www.bncnetwork.net/PGS/Search/ShowImage.aspx?DispImage=PRJSA0840345.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/14208_2_Monorail3.jpg

http://www04.abb.com/global/seitp/seitp202.nsf/0/5259fceec4e33062c12578d40034f0be/$file/Monorail_Bombardier250.jpg
from saudi forum

http://im32.gulfup.com/7WoY1.jpg
from saudi forum

yesterday ..


http://im31.gulfup.com/Sc5q1.jpg (http://www.gulfup.com/?oYQO1O)

from Saudi forum

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCf4aP3CAAARES-.jpg:large

http://im32.gulfup.com/9fUq4.jpg


قبل شهر تقريبا ماخذها من الانستقرام

from some blogs and some pics little old
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/83280104.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/83280020.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/83430497.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/74447987.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/81177986.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/71164398.jpg

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pictures/Aldar/KAFD_1.jpg

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-20003-site-visit-kafd-riyadh/#.URZRUqU81c8

http://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/47af42c871ad11e2873222000a1f9e77_7.jpg

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http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/76c59e943fd611e2930d22000a9f12ad_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/79f76d0048c711e2862522000a1f9c96_7.jpg

from Saudi forum

http://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/113f7964d95611e1aaa822000a1e8cb3_7.jpg

I liked this tower design more than wonderful :nuts::nuts:

any one knows how many floors, and his name

I mean right :)

^^

any time bro

Tadawel Tower

http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/058ca7fe57fa11e2be8622000a9f192b_7.jpg

http://statigr.am/aalmosa86

العمل على أساسات برج تداول صورة قبل شهر



http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/49607ea257f911e2b46022000a1f9be1_7.jpg

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/404377_598289266863881_976163000_n.jpg

:cheers:

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from Saudi forum

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/6n/6nw72n16s7ctp8fg.jpg

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/vn/vn19eohb8rhusuk7.jpg

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http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/ko/ko5d2sbkt1z2oyxr.jpg

http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1200x/o5/o50pxnzvcl6peq8s.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/2544/phuppimageuis.jpg

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http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5595/dsc0126ts.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7779/dsc0114ov.jpg

من طريق صلبوخ المخرج الل بعد مخرج العماريه
ما جا على بالي اروح الجهه الثانيه من الكبري مالت

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http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5081/phuppimagedad.jpg

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from Saudi forum

http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/51d95e2a69ea11e29a8f22000a9f195b_7.jpg
http://statigr.am/p/379387944996071061_32810920
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http://statigr.am/p/380462400774497522_32810920
http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/7a46c114699411e2844022000a1f9adf_7.jpg
http://statigr.am/p/379078666288522457_32810920

http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd02.jpg

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http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd01.jpg

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http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd16-copy.jpg

http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd05.jpg

http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd04.jpg

http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd03.jpg

http://www.benjaminkroll.com/files/gimgs/11_kafd20-copy.jpg

i like it :D

great updates, thanks for share

Today :)
http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/a38620047ff811e2890a22000a1fbc9a_7.jpg

:cheers:

Fro the Saudi fourm

http://im32.gulfup.com/FVq2G.jpg

من الانستقرام ما شاء الله تبارك الله

من تصويري صباح اليوم

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/309/phuppimagehel.jpg



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:nuts::nuts:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEMHnBGCYAEIkwT.jpg:large

from saudi forum

WTC Tower

http://www.di.net/almanac/site/assets/files/1013/gensler_riyadh-world-trade-center-saudi-arabia.jpg

WTC Tower

http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/dd746982438611e2a9de22000a1f92c9_7.jpg

http://statigr.am/p/343980808021845297_254193176

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http://statigr.am/p/341699164099421296_254193176

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thanks for the updates!

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project info:
location: riyadh, saudi arabia
client: saudi binladen group
area: 41,000 m2
year of construction: 2009 - 2013
type of assignment: commission
structural engineers: thornton tomasetti
mep: hoare lea consulting engineers
quantity surveyors: geoffrey barnett associates

location :

located on 2:13
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Renders

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Design plan

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Work progress
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Villas in the Sky Tower left side

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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: Saudi Binladen Group
Gross floor area: 93,000 m2
Year of construction: 2009 - 2013
Type of assignment: Commission
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
Quantity Surveyors: Geoffrey Barnett Associates

location :

located on 2:10
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Renders
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Working progress

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design plan:
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http://www.urbika.com/projects/images/3170-crystal-towers
http://www.emporis.com/building/crystal-towers-1-riyadh-saudi-arabia
http://www.emporis.com/building/crystal-towers-2-riyadh-saudi-arabia

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from Saudi forum

صورة اوضح لمحطةالمركز المالي احد محطات #مترو_الرياض الرئيسية تضم 3 خطوط العليا - المطار - سعود بن مقرن

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صورة أخرى لمحطة المركز المالي على طريق الملك فهد شرق المركز المالي تضم 3 خطوط #مترو_الرياض (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6&src=hash) #Riyadh (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Riyadh&src=hash) #Riyadh_Metro (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Riyadh_Metro&src=hash)

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the metro of KAFD

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felt in love with the metro of KAFD

^^

indeed :D

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Today 11/3
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from Saudi forum

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from Saudi forum

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amazing.

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from https://twitter.com/dhaferphoto

,,,,

I fell in love with that World Trade Center. :O

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Pics by me Yesterday

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By me Yesterday

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Schindler gains ground in Saudi Arabia

Two major contracts – one in commercial high-rise, the other residential – point to the company’s growing reputation in the country
Schindler has been awarded two large scale and high profile projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA):

http://www.schindler.com/content/com/internet/en/mobility-solutions/success-stories/news/schindler-gains-ground-in-saudi-arabia/_jcr_content/contentPar/textimage_f9c6/image.spooler.textImageBig.600.jpg/1363884370565.jpg

Tadawul Tower
In the high-rise commercial segment, Schindler has been chosen to supply mobility solutions for Tadawul Tower, a prestigious project in the King Abdullah Financial District of the Saudi capital city of Riyadh. This 41-story, 208-meter skyscraper will be the new home of the Saudi Stock Exchange, or Tadawul. The installation will feature 26 elevators, including 19 Schindler 7000 elevators with speeds of up to six meters per second, as well as eight escalators.
Enabling Sustainable Architecture
Visitors to the new Tadawul Headquarters will profit from Schindler’s latest innovation in transit management, PORT Technology. Schindler’s PORT capabilities will provide the building with substantial energy saving, access control and transit management benefits.
The Tadawul Tower development is designed by the Japanese architectural firm Nikken Sekkei – the world leader in sustainable design. The architects sought to incorporate several energy-saving technologies in their planning in order to be compliant with the latest LEED standards as well as the green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Innovative features include a "sunlight scooper" introducing natural sunlight, photovoltaic panels to reduce energy consumption, solar shading to help reduce cooling, mirror ducts introducing natural light to basement levels and deep inside the building, and dry mist cooling of exterior space.
Source (http://www.schindler.com/com/internet/en/mobility-solutions/success-stories/news/schindler-gains-ground-in-saudi-arabia.html)

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cool video :)

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from Saudi forum

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هذي صورة للمركز
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واعذروني كنت اصور وانا بالسيارة وتراني مصورها بالكام لكن باذن الله ابصورها ثابتة واحترافيه الايام القادمة

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KAFD Info.HUB
King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), Riad, Saudi-Arabien

Gerber Architekten international GmbH,
Dortmund | Hamburg | Berlin | Riyadh

Architecture | Landscaping Architecture | Interior Design
Owner, Overall Direction:
Professor Eckhard Gerber
Managing Director: Thomas Lücking

Design Director: Nicole Juchems
Project Team:
Gordon Lauder, Carsten Nagel, Sarah Meinke
Landscaping Architecture, Design Director:
Tim Kraus
Project Team:
Magda Cieslicka, Timo Thorgauer
Interior Design: Annette Korte, Mareike Köhler
Client: Rayadah Investment Company,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Area including parking: 38,160 m2
GRF: 44,026 m2
Gross volume: 148,854 m3

As the most significant commercial real estate development in Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) will cover an area of 1.6km². Currently under construction the development is a mix of commercial office, hotels and serviced apartments sitting alongside museums, education and civic amenities which all have a connection to the vibrant financial community.
Gerber Architekten international GmbH are in the process of designing the unique public library and community center, conceived as a visionary information hub and networking center combined with a hybrid and fluid library. It will be equipped with the latest media resources and will serve also a forum for cultural exchange.
The integrated functionalities of library, tourist information, exhibition space, community services and informal communication zones will help the inhabitants, the employees and also the temporary visitor to get a better understanding of the development, its community and its cultural context. The building is divided between a lower open public area and an enclosed upper level which contains the library functions and provides shading for the levels below. The public areas connect the street level functions of the Financial District with the landscaped park (the “Wadi”) which runs through the site.



Hansgrohe selected to supply Saudi’s KAFD

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Bathroom supplier Hansgrohe has been selected to equip Saudi Arabia’s first financial district with products from its Hansgrohe and Axor designer ranges.

Products such as Hansgrohe Crometta, Raindance hand showers in addition to Axor Citterio and Axor Starck designer ranges have been selected for several parcels of the King Abdullah Financial District project.

Central to the design of the development are the environmental requirements, which include the use of distinctive copper and stainless steel materials to protect the interior work environment from intense solar gain.

All the products selected incorporate Hansgrohe’s EcoSmart technology, which uses flow limitation, special spray jets and the mixing of water with air to reduce water consumption and save energy.

King Abdullah Financial District is set to become the top financial centre in Riyadh, spread across 3 million m2 of floor space.

Situated close to Riyadh’s business centre, the project including offices, hotels, conference centres, shops and recreational facilities.


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great pictures, thanks for share it!

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I like this tower what is its name ?

^^

it called villa in sky :)

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wooooooooow


من حساب المبدعين مشاريع الرياض
https://twitter.com/RriyadhProjects

from Saudi Arabia forum

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Instant skyline!

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Creativity !! :eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:


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برج سامبا صاير رووعة

من صفحة مشاريع السعودية

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فندق الانتركونتينتال برضضوا من صفحة مشاريع السعوديةhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHvwqEDCEAA_cbz.jpg

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King Abdullah Financial District

Description
With a master plan by Copenhagen-based Henning Larsen Architects, the King Abdullah Financial District is a pedestrian-oriented urban development where HM White collaborated with FX FOWLE, responsible for developing the a comprehensive public realm design. As one of the first design teams to complete the final design and construction documentation for the project’s overseeing agency, Rayadah Investment Company, HM White’s documents are considered the standard by which all other development parcel are measured and evaluated. One of Saudi Arabia’s first set of LEED certified commercial buildings, HM White has employed a rigorous environmentally sensitive doctrine that is governed by water conservation and micro-climatic mitigation strategies with each landscape intervention. Designs for streetscapes, plazas, courts, pubic roof gardens for four separate mix-used commercial and cultural development parcels, emerge as a network of inter-related landscape systems that seamlessly merge into the central Wadi’s public park. Each site design’s goal is to increase permeability and connectivity to the Wadi’s through the easing of a 5.5 meter level change from street level. Designed as an urban landscape recreational and social gathering space collector, each public landscaped has been inspired by regional topographic and vegetative typologies. Principles of environmental sustainability are integrated through strategies that maximize gray and storm water harvesting and filtering and have informed landscape design initiatives that vastly improve human comfort levels. By creating a supporting infrastructure to sustain an ambitious scope of well defined landscape characters, a strong legible, memorable and comforting connection to regional environmental conditions is established by city dwellers and visitors.

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KAFD Parcel Overview

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KAFD Parcel 407/408
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KAFD Parcel 214
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KAFD Parcel 214
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KAFD Parcel 209

http://www.california-architects.com/en/projects/31129_king_abdullah_financial_district/all/indexAZ

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The Waterfall, KAFD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

RMJM were appointed as one of 12 international practices to deliver a series of high-end mixed use projects.

The Waterfall provides unique accommodation and space with a difference.

To attract investment and interest for the development of this building, we have considered a design approach that offers the public increased choice and the marketable benefits that can be derived from mixed use activity within the single super block building. For example collocating small to medium scale businesses in space that has both character and a more social outlook reflects the international trend of the ‘loft office' concept.

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1.09 Parcel has changed the design

the old design

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the new design

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or this how it looks from behind, but they reduced the floors from 36 to 31

Vila in the sky :)

old/new

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Wow this place seems that Will be amazing

Wow this place seems that Will be amazing

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the third kafd pics collections

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underground road

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صور فريش

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yesterday

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Conference center design project receives NY ASLA 2012 Honor Award

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Original concept for the King Abdullah Financial District Conference Center

We’ve done a lot of unusual projects over the years, but the KAFD Conference Center is probably the most exciting one we’ve come across. Located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the structure is covered with over 15,000sf of modular green roof, with nearly 10,000sf of living wall inside.

Tournesol Siteworks was invited to participate on the design team by HM White Site Architects, who are responsible for the breakthrough modular green roof design. The building, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in New York City, is the first major element in the new development slated to be the home of new banking and financial infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The project will utilize a number of remarkable environmental construction technologies to reach an expected LEED Gold status.

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KAFD Elevation

This past winter HM White was recognized with an NY ASLA Chapter 2012 Honor Award for their role. They’ve described it better than we could have:

HM White’s landscape and living roof design for the conference center in King Abdullah’s Financial District represents state-of-the-art technological and design innovation applied to the dynamic fusion of landscape and building. HM White has invented a new modular planting system as part of SOM’s “exoskeleton” building skin to solve inherent complex growing conditions using a custom hypertufa growing medium and a capillary layering system to emulate natural limestone cliff growing habitats. For the first time in a Saudi Arabian public landscape design, native arid grasses and flora are introduced into a large scale public space setting where indigenous plant communities spatially organize and blur the boundaries between the building’s undulating skin and HM White’s surrounding structural desert landscape design.

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Images courtesy HM White Site Architects and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Tournesol Siteworks has been expanding its design capabilities, and this proved to be a perfect opportunity to contribute. We’ve spent the last 30 years informally helping with custom and unique projects, but recognized as the challenges grew greater, we needed to up our game. Last year we brought on Doug Rooney, a registered landscape architect in California and Oregon, to help. Doug’s background is perfect for our type of work – not only has he practiced as a landscape architect for years, but his original training and experience was as an architect. In addition to his technical expertise, his understanding of the design process has helped us hold up our end of the deal.

We have worked very closely with HM White, acting as technical advisor on the modular planting system described above. They came up with the concept, and we worked out many of the details. Of particular interest has been the hypertufa growing medium. Our experience with GFRC and our concrete manufacturing facility has been useful in testing out formulations and determining what will work in a challenging environment like Saudi Arabia.

There are a number of innovations incorporated in the design of the project that we’re continuing to work on, with the hope that they can work for a wider spectrum of projects. The conference center project has broken ground in Riyadh, and we’re working to be named the provider for the interior living walls and modular green roof system. We’ll keep you updated as the project develops!

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MY NEW COLLECTIONS :)

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What is this tower in the middle has a amazing cladding :nuts:
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من انستغرام

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طرح مناقصة متحف العلوم والجيولوجيا في المركز بمبلغ ٣٠٠ مليون دولار (اكثر من مليار ريال)
اخر موعد لتسليم العطاءات بداية شهر مايو


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صفحة المشروع من موقع مكتب التصميم المعماري المسؤول C7A:
http://www.c7a.com/work/kafd-science-museum-geo-climate-centre

المصدر
https://www.bncnetwork.net/News/Contractors_submit_bids_for_US$_300_million_museum_project_in_Ri/ygfyED05SlU=

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KAFD Geo-Science Centre

The Science Museum and Geo-Climate Centre celebrate Saudi Arabia’s contributions to science and environmental education in a pair of buildings centrally located in the King Abdullah Financial District. C7A’s design is derived from the fragmented and faceted forms of giant crystals found in nature. Crystalline shapes appear to grow out of the Plaza, creating the fractal architectural character of each building. Visitors enter each of the Museums at the Wadi level through lobbies, which act as information/orientation foyers for visitors. The Geo-Climate Centre’s lobby provides access to the museum and IMAX Theatre while the Science Museum features a multi-level lobby providing access to and from the Skywalks, Monorail, and Underground Garage


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Saudi National Aquarium

The National Aquarium of Saudi Arabia will be located prominently in the King Abdullah Financial District. C7A’s concept reflects the dynamic nature of ocean currents, extending this metaphor to create an architectural expression of sweeping, faceted building forms. The plan captures the energy and dynamics of ocean currents as the geometry of the floor plates sweeps on both sides of the building, containing a central Grand Hall for vertical circulation and creating a fluid sense of place for the exhibit experience. Visitors come to a central ticketing lobby and move upwards in dramatic fashion on glass elevators, bringing them to the top of the building and the terrestrial habitat. They then travel downward into the various living exhibits, crossing from one exhibit to another through the central space.


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https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/419636_531043736930208_1405897959_n.jpg

قبل ساعة من الان تقريبا


http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/9179e1feb25a11e29a9c22000a1fbe09_7.jpg




http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/9f2e5e5ab25611e2867a22000a9f1266_7.jpg

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من تويتر & انستغرام

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/8823/bjlxo5ecuaavcyc.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/3783/capture1234567890.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/1958/bjgpqttcaaar3qd.jpg


:nuts: :eek: :cheers1: :eek: :nuts:

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http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/8e37419eb2a511e2852722000a1fbd42_7.jpg

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http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/8cf57e52b1bc11e28d1322000a1fb079_7.jpg

من تويتر :)

http://imageshack.us/a/img713/8618/bjn2yqxceaead9o.jpg

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http://s.alriyadh.com/2013/05/02/img/101344266377.jpg

http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/3bc7bda2b2a111e2845f22000a9f3c3e_7.jpg




http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/a137e5f4b26a11e2b23022000a1f9ad5_7.jpg



http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/c17baa50b27711e2902122000a9e5160_7.jpg

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من انستغرام :)

http://imageshack.us/a/img28/387/capture999999999999.jpg


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NATIONAL AQUARIUM AT KAFD - RIYADH

http://www.livescalemodels.com/img/_DSC5071[1].jpg

http://www.livescalemodels.com/img/_DSC5349_1[1].jpg

http://www.livescalemodels.com/img/_MG_8096.jpg

http://www.livescalemodels.com/img/_MG_8097.jpg

Pretty cool to see these rainy pics of a city on the Arabian peninsula :) I assume the winters are more or less rainy and cloudy, andere he summers are hot and basically w/o any rain.

^^

yeah it's unusual to see Riyadh has rain like this year :)

من انستغرام & تويتر

http://imageshack.us/a/img819/4926/bi2ryjocaaixlie.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img547/5078/capture09090909.jpg

:)

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJWQ-mwCYAA2Qas.jpg:large

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From Al Nakhil distrect
http://imageshack.us/a/img853/2377/89599640.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/9991/89597894.jpg
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جبت لكم مجموعه ثانيه من الصور
و فيه منها قديم شوي لكن كلها 2013
و طبعاً مو من تصويري :)
اتمنى تعجبكم :)

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/575443_407487932603006_861477166_n.jpg

^^
2012

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/36334_493943510624114_599200897_n.jpg

^^
2012

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/558085_555667244451740_2005784539_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580621_10151364681008281_2086852940_n.jpg

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/428403_409999925773771_344447834_n.jpg

^^

اعداد هائلة من العمال :nuts:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/481009_407698846003879_1324631717_n.jpg

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/21109_407698406003923_1709352880_n.jpg


قبل فتره فيه احد كان يتسائل عن وجود مسطاحت مكتوب فيها مركز الملك عبدالله المالي
هذي هي واضحه في الصوره :banana:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/319932_402071716566592_1930897735_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/934939_407698522670578_2095326782_n.jpg

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531816_10152531789720532_1758328230_n.jpg

^^

من بنك سامبا

Bombardier Innovia 300 -KAFD Riyadh

http://www.monorails.org/webpix%203/Innovia300SPart1.jpg

http://www.monorails.org/webpix%203/Innovia300interiorA.jpg

http://greg-vassilakos.com/monospec/bombardier_innovia_300.gif

http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/d7a9f4fcb32211e2911522000a9e087e_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage5.ak.instagram.com/7427d822b37711e2a96422000a1fbc12_7.jpg

:cheers:
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توضيح بسيط
البعض ممكن يفكر الاعمدة الموجودة في هذي الصورة هي اعمدة الميترو
وهذا غير صحيح
هي اعمدة السكاي واك

وشوفوا هذي الصوره

http://www.dnec.com/wp-content/gallery/kafd-skywalk-bridges-contract-c17/bridge-cross-section-1.jpg

http://im38.gulfup.com/ZZFEv.jpg (http://www.gulfup.com/?MQaUW8)
.
http://im38.gulfup.com/dpX7n.jpg (http://www.gulfup.com/?nw4iao)
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http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/ec1627e8b71511e2866922000a1fbcb1_7.jpg

thx bro

crah-zey