Rehman Towers

Designed by: Khalid Abdur Rehman [Landmark Consultants]
Developers: Urban Developers
Contractors:
Height: 120'
Shopping Floors: 3
Appartment Floors: 8
Parking Floors: 0
Total Floors: 12
Location: 9-E, Gulberg-II, Main Market, Lahore

Rendering
http://www.landmarkpk.com/pics_1%25/14.jpg

Front View from Main Market....estimated time of completion is 4-5month~!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/511.jpg

Top Floors
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/512.jpg

Framework for cladding
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/513.jpg

Rear side
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/514.jpg

Pix Feb 2006

View from Gulberg Arcade
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/840.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/841.jpg

View from Main Market
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/842.jpg

Zoom at the Top floors
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Lahore%20UC/6176d0e1.jpg

Pix APR 2006

in the rendering the picture has green glass but the real building has got blue glass.

I like the blue glass better... Must say this buildingb really looks pretty ood in its location.

can anyone explain to me why the hell do they combine residential and shopping areas into one building. residential apartments should be in suburbs with some green space around them. even if they are in commerical area, a residential building shouldnt have lots of shops in it.

when cities expand horizontally, the land in the inner city becomes expansive, the old areas are bought and multi-storey construction begins. Poor and middle class ppl prefer to live closer to the CBD of the city since they want to limitize their expenses for transportation. The reason of combining apartments which shops is that commercial areas usually doesnt not goes higher than 6floors for max in most cases.....therefore for the rest of the floor u hafto introduce apartments.....if u compare the price of an apartment in gulberg that will cost u more but in a multistorey living the cost is divided among the various number of aparmtents within the same space.......! Mostly the working class lives in such types of aparments or ppl use them as offices.......but living with a family isnt suitable since u living becomes very suffocation as i say due to lack of green areas and open spaces!

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Progress of finishing is going at good speed

http://www.lahorerealestate.com/ads/public/img-1148396517.jpg

will they ever knock down that hideous brown building next to it?

sooner or later it will be every one wants to make money in pakistan so the owner of that building must have some plans to get ricccch^^

will they ever knock down that hideous brown building next to it?


the whole main market is covered in those, if you go to the area this tower looks like some urban struchure in a ghetto.

Haven't seen any pics of RT completed. Must be looking nice now.

Haven't seen any pics of RT completed. Must be looking nice now.

Yes it had been completed about an year ago.

yes its a good addition to the dull main market.

yes its a good addition to the dull main market.


This 12 floor plaza does not have a parking space even for a single car. I dun know where da authorities r snoooooring:sleepy:

it will make main market even more clogged during working hours..:ohno:

^^ wht can authorities do.. if they do something they are removed from there positions like our judges... so they like to sleep cause they know if they do something good they will be sacked.

^^ :ohno:

^^ wht can authorities do.. if they do something they are removed from there positions like our judges... so they like to sleep cause they know if they do something good they will be sacked.


:nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

:crazy:

Looks much more sleek than buildings in Pakistan usually do. I like that they're covering up the concrete with some sort of shiny material.

there is another building close to it called ashrafi towers having the same issue.. no freakin place for parking.... it has 11 floors...

This 12 floor plaza does not have a parking space even for a single car. I dun know where da authorities r snoooooring:sleepy:

it will make main market even more clogged during working hours..:ohno:

It is not the fault of the plaza owner. Juss to let you know why parking isnt possible here is for the reason that you ample space for two way ramps to go down in the basement, plus the column spacing must be sufficient and efficient to provide easy movement of vehicles as well as parking. When this market was designed, the future parking problems were not taken into consideration therefore the market is a mess in terms of parking. No proper urban guideline have been made due to which you will see the entire market is a mess. Horse shit lying here n there, fruit wala's dumping their rots, your billboard visually polluting the space, n the green space of the roundabout being used as a leasure sitting place after sunset by the charsis! So you can imagine the what a poor state this urban space has!

The authorities juss commercialze more n more market without taking into consideration the future fate of such places!

there is nothing wrong with the planning of main market, its done perfectly and they have given as much space as they can to parking, just cause there are too many cars there thats not there problem, things like this are all over London, new york etc.
the only difference is a urban metro transport system which lahore badly needs, in london such places dnt even have car parks to encourage the use of buses and trains, same thing needs to be done in lahore and especially in this market.

It is not the fault of the plaza owner. Juss to let you know why parking isnt possible here is for the reason that you ample space for two way ramps to go down in the basement, plus the column spacing must be sufficient and efficient to provide easy movement of vehicles as well as parking. When this market was designed, the future parking problems were not taken into consideration therefore the market is a mess in terms of parking. No proper urban guideline have been made due to which you will see the entire market is a mess. Horse shit lying here n there, fruit wala's dumping their rots, your billboard visually polluting the space, n the green space of the roundabout being used as a leasure sitting place after sunset by the charsis! So you can imagine the what a poor state this urban space has!

The authorities juss commercialze more n more market without taking into consideration the future fate of such places!


Arrite Techno i get ur point n ur argument is strong as well... but don't u feel if dere is no ample space den who on earth allows dem to build 12 story plazas at main market. If u have small plots why can't u make just 2-3 floors dats it... nothing more nothing less...

tomorrow if shops like shezan, jalal sons, iqbal book corner n anees book n many more think that we should also make plazas den wats gona happen 2 this place?? i can't imagine..

n besides dey can clear encroachments to create ample parking space but i guess it's not da call of the day fr authorities..

there is nothing wrong with the planning of main market, its done perfectly and they have given as much space as they can to parking, just cause there are too many cars there thats not there problem, things like this are all over London, new york etc.
the only difference is a urban metro transport system which lahore badly needs, in london such places dnt even have car parks to encourage the use of buses and trains, same thing needs to be done in lahore and especially in this market.

Yeah, but London's transport system is one of the best if not the best in the world. Plans to encourage the use of buses and trains won't work if the quality of the service doesn't improve.

Arrite Techno i get ur point n ur argument is strong as well... but don't u feel if dere is no ample space den who on earth allows dem to build 12 story plazas at main market. If u have small plots why can't u make just 2-3 floors dats it... nothing more nothing less...

tomorrow if shops like shezan, jalal sons, iqbal book corner n anees book n many more think that we should also make plazas den wats gona happen 2 this place?? i can't imagine..

n besides dey can clear encroachments to create ample parking space but i guess it's not da call of the day fr authorities..

According to the new LDA Building Codes, the building can go upto a variable height from 100'-0" to 250'-0" (*this varies according to road width and a formula for increasing height). This project was entirely a new construction and the building codes gave the flexibility to go higher, max of 12 floors so the investor wanted maximum output from this tiny plot. But due to small size of the plot, parking wasnt provided in the basements. It depends entirely upon the economic condition as well as several other market oriented factors due to which developers prefer to go to the maximum heights. On a general survey of economic now a days, as according to my Structure teacher who is a well know Strucutural engineer of Lahore, a building height upto 20 storeys is most economical in gulberg area due to it structural cost and payback. That is why you will now notice that projects like Ashiana Centre which has a 8 Storey render, and now going upto 16 floors.

The problem lies with the authorities dealing and designing such building codes and the govt too, when the govt promotes development it should provide a resonable nourishing infrastructure to support such development.

Shops like Shezan and Anees wouldnt go up. Reason is that their building structure is approved for 5-6 floors and LDA would never allow an addition of an extra floor to it. There have been structural disaster already in many parts of Lahore so they avoid it. But incase if they rebuild something new, then it is their RIGHT. Why> read para 1.

Authorities only wake up when there are complaints for very superior level ppl or in case of Orders from the courts. Otherwise they work more under table than in the city! :D

there is nothing wrong with the planning of main market, its done perfectly and they have given as much space as they can to parking, just cause there are too many cars there thats not there problem, things like this are all over London, new york etc.
the only difference is a urban metro transport system which lahore badly needs, in london such places dnt even have car parks to encourage the use of buses and trains, same thing needs to be done in lahore and especially in this market.

You are talking about 1 aspect. Im mentiong 5 at a time! All inter-related from an urban designer's perspective!

Yeah, but London's transport system is one of the best if not the best in the world. Plans to encourage the use of buses and trains won't work if the quality of the service doesn't improve.

best?????? :ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno:

its one of the worstest, trains are always delayed and stations and lines close so regulary, and on top of that its discusting, smelly and dirty, stations have more rats then people, and dnt get me started on the buses.

You are talking about 1 aspect. Im mentiong 5 at a time! All inter-related from an urban designer's perspective!

it doesnt matter if your an urban designer or not or state 5 points or 100 points, the main point is that some of the world best designers have planned areas in conjested areas in london, new york etc without putting car parks there.

best?????? :ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno:

its one of the worstest, trains are always delayed and stations and lines close so regulary, and on top of that its discusting, smelly and dirty, stations have more rats then people, and dnt get me started on the buses.

Still better than most of the world. Believe me. :yes:

Still better than most of the world. Believe me. :yes:

maybe better then most of the worlds, but stil doesnt even come in the top 10.

even iran has a better one

HAPPY to announce this PROJECT is COMPLETED

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2012%202008/REHMANTOWER.jpg

nice pic...the building on the right look a bit shabby though.

Its a shame that it is only 12 storeys tall and the surrounding buildings look so crap!

the whole area around the roundabout is changing new plaza are coming out hope buildings next to it are also renovated .

Wow finally some completed project. :applause:

thank God.

First completed project since I joined SSC!








I think







HORRAAAAAY!

I had alos not seen any project completed since i joined SSC

^^ The national monument in Islamabad, the Rawal lake promenade, 7th avenue, 9th avenue, underpass at kulsoom plaza are a few examples from Islamabad.

For skyscrapers, they take more time for finishing e.g ISE tower building structure is finished but lots of other things remain like interior, cladding, etc.

what a comment, you must be sleeping, what is noor jehan road, many housing schemes, bahria projects, eden projects, etc, liberty market, gulzar underpass, few other underpasses, etc.

2 buildings in Dolmen

Creek Vistas.. almost

Talking of completed projects. Whats the update on those 20 towers in Goldcrest DHA ISB??? Shouldn't they have been completed by now??? Anyone got any updates? :?

Talking of completed projects. Whats the update on those 20 towers in Goldcrest DHA ISB??? Shouldn't they have been completed by now??? Anyone got any updates? :?

Well during my last visit about three were under construction and the tallest was five storey tall by then, if i take 3 months in between my approximation is that it will be 11 storey by now,so hold on folk I see them completing around December 2008 and that again the first phase.

^^ Thanks Man! :)

HAPPY to announce this PROJECT is COMPLETED

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2012%202008/REHMANTOWER.jpg

Can't believe the project is completed. I thought its the render.

Doesn't look that good sitting next to those ugly buildings.

This building has an average interior especially shops, but the residential apartments are better then lower floors. Its completed many months ago.