السعودية ماشية صح
دحين مدن اقتصادية و صناعية بتنبني غير عشرات الجامعات و المستشفايت الضخمة
اوكي الامارات و الكويت و قطر كلها ابراج
بس ما في مقارنة بين التعليم و الصحة و الصناعة
و في السنوات الجاية راح نسبقهم
و خلي الابراج و السياحة تفيدهم
لبى السعودية بس

اديكم المشاركة الـ 900 ولا بلاش هع

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مبروك المشاركة 900 وعقبال ال9000 :cheers:

أهم شئ يكون لهذه المشاريع مردود إقتصادي على قد هالفلوس اللي تنصرف

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via. Panoramio

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wow ... the new glass planes are so beautiful ... better than the two
building at the southern side of the district

but still one question in my mind ...





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what is that thing for ?

^^^^
sky-bridge

^^

well if you are talking about sky walks ... then they for connecting
two different buildings , and this one is on the top of the same building

what is that thing for ?

http://www.bonah.org/images/newspost_images/thumb_11646_1_king_ab1big.jpg

http://www.gpchicago.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=2020&SubCat=europe+%2F+middle+east+%2F+africa



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i think that its only a structural solution to span over the opening and support the remaining floors .

its simply there to satisfy the architect design. :)

Nice updates faisal...:okay:

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oh I see now ... thanx for the clarification faisalx

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http://www.gpchicago.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=2020&SubCat=europe+%2F+middle+east+%2F+africa



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i think that its only a structural solution to span over the opening and support the remaining floors .

its simply there to satisfy the architect design. :)

Yes its for the Hotel :)

Thanks faisalx

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oh I see now ... thanx for the clarification faisalx

thanks for asking in the first place XD I was completely confuse till seeing the answer! I was questioning myself is that small building in the background!!? how it does come that way lol

http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles//Assets/Richmedia/Image/SaxoPress/AD20110401903717-The%20offices%20of%20.jpg

http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/sweeping-changes-proposed-for-saudi-arabian-mortgages

^^^^

Great shoot

http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles//Assets/Richmedia/Image/SaxoPress/AD20110401903717-The%20offices%20of%20.jpg

http://www.thenational.ae/business/property/sweeping-changes-proposed-for-saudi-arabian-mortgages

that looks amazing! if only we had a larger version.

ما ذبحنا الا اكبر واوسع واطول

مركز الملك عبدالله مسحاته 1.6 ملايين متر مربع
مركز كناري وورف المالي في لندن مساحت مساحته 345 ألف متر مربع

ياخي تخيل انك رايح على طريق الملك فهد وشاق المركز المالي والقطارات رايحه جايه فوقك منظر جميل

Great updates guys ^^

Once a city known for just two iconic skyscrapers, Riyadh’s skyline will soon be a sea of them.

AECOM, Gensler, Goettsch, SOM and Foster and Partners are all among the firms that have tall towers under construction at the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) while a few miles away, the Burj Rafal is racing ahead, set to eclipse both the Kingdom and Al Faisaliah Towers on King Fahd Road.

The CTBUH recently announced that 2010 was the best year on record for tall towers, with 66 buildings of 200m or higher completed in 2010. China had 21 tall buildings completed in 2010, and the UAE 11, including the Burj Khalifa, which was one of eight supertalls (buildings over 300m in height) completed that year.

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All this suggests that the trend for building tall in emerging markets like China, Saudi Arabia and the UAE is still going strong despite the financial crisis. At the same time, as Riyadh’s spate of tall towers shows, it is getting a lot easier to hit 200m or 300m when building new skyscrapers.

“The knowledge base in the profession has definitely changed. I think the idea of doing a tall building isn’t seen as being a particular challenge,” explains Duncan Swinhoe, Gensler principal and lead architect on the 300m World Trade Centre at KAFD. “There’s a lot of competent architects and engineers that have the knowhow to do these things.”

“I think we’re now into the next bracket up, which is into the super tall buildings, those that are 300m plus, that are still a technical challenge.”

Gensler’s WTC tower is one of two that the firm is developing at the KAFD, both commercial and both utilising a range of new technologies in order for them not just to be tall, but to be aesthetically interesting.

In the past, where the emphasis may have been on building tall for the sake of building tall, technology is allowing new towers to be both big and beautiful.

“The material we are using on the facade is glass reinforced plastic (GRP). It’s not a new thing but it’s very lightweight, very durable and very strong,” Swinhoe explains.

“As a structural element it is self supporting, so that has allowed us to create these very distinctive facade profiles. They’re made out of moulds so it gives you much more flexibility to create apertures that are much more architecturally interesting. It allowed us to mould to the facade to respond to the environment.”

Another key element to GRP, Swinhoe says, is that it allows an architect to use large windows without compromising on sustainable targets. At the KAFD, where green benchmarks are extremely strict, Gensler was able to protect the glass from excessive heat gain without overtly reducing the windows in the south and west facing facades.

“There are very few ways of accommodating a regular arrangement of windows that allows offices to be put into a commercial floor plate and create a usable workplace around the whole perimeter of the building, especially one that allows the interiors to work and allows you to have a relatively opaque wall,” he says.

“Using GRP allowed us to hit those numbers in terms of opacity and transparency but in a way that makes the building look much more fluid and dynamic and contemporary.”

Niall Mc Loughlin, senior vice president at Damac Properties, agrees that materials have come a long way in the last decade, but points out that cost and an aversion to the risk of using new products is keeping some architects away.

“Some innovations, such as photovoltaic glass, are likely to be increasingly important in the future, but right now are very expensive for the early adopters,” Mc Loughlin says.

He adds that while Damac uses new materials in its designs where there is a strong case for them, they are not reckless.

“We are not experimental with new technology, because the risks are too high if we make the wrong decision,” he says.

Materials isn’t the only area where technology has allowed architects to build taller, more aesthetically pleasing towers in recent years. Modelling too, both in terms of BIM and wind tunnel testing, has come on in leaps and bounds.

“Wind modelling has improved and, more importantly, there seems to be a greater acceptance amongst clients that they now recognise the worth of it. Before it was seen as a bit of an unnecessary expense,” says Mark Lavery, an associate director of tall buildings at Buro Happold.

He cites both the Burj Khalifa and the as-yet-unbuilt Nakheel Tower as examples of where wind modelling not only tested the strength of the buildings, but also had an effect on the design. The facades and other design elements were actively effected by how the models performed.

“The facade was integral to the structural design,” Lavery says. “The slots and the shapes and the angles and so on all had a huge impact and were studied at very early stages to try and define and overall external geometry that was optimised for wind.

“There is a real move towards that now,” he adds. “We can get earlier testing and earlier results. The earlier you get these results the more options we’ve got in the geometric design and addressing the geometric properties of the building and the facade and shape issues.”

And it’s not just in terms of design where modelling can have a major impact, Swinhoe adds, it’s cost too. At Gensler’s Shanghai Tower, due to be the tallest building in Asia when it is completed next year, wind modelling was able to save a great deal of money.

“The modelling that we carried out took 25% out of lateral structural stability system. It was aerodynamically tuned through the CFD modelling, and then eventually in the actual wind tunnel testing verified that we were able to fine tune the structural form and the architectural form to make the building cheaper,” he says.

It’s also aiding the construction process, according to Lavery.

“There is a more integrated platform that allows engineers and architects to fine tune the forms and structures to make them more efficient. This is allowing us to build tall with less risks involved,” he says.

But Lavery also feels that there still needs to be more testing of buildings, especially those that have already been built, to study how they are effected by factors such as seismic movements and wind.

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-11756-sky-high/3/

http://buildinginsightblog.com/?p=328

Hi guys I couldn't post this site's content but iI thought you might find it interesting

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KAFD CMA Tower in Saudi Arabia Presents Unique Facade Challenges

Lerch Bates, as part of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Capital Market Authority (CMA) tower Design Team, which includes HOK and Omrania, have been commissioned for the design of a new iconic 400 meter tower in Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia.

The CMA Tower will be taller than any current building within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia once constructed. As such, the building has unique challenges associated with Façade Access. The main body of the tower has laminated metal fins laminated externally fixed to a unitized curtainwall. Triple glazing is paired with a monolithic light to create a cavity system encapsulating operable internal blinds, all of which will make for a complicated Façade Access equipment solution.

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KAFD CMA Tower in Saudi Arabia Presents Unique Facade Challenges

Lerch Bates, as part of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Capital Market Authority (CMA) tower Design Team, which includes HOK and Omrania, have been commissioned for the design of a new iconic 400 meter tower in Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia.

The CMA Tower will be taller than any current building within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia once constructed. As such, the building has unique challenges associated with Façade Access. The main body of the tower has laminated metal fins laminated externally fixed to a unitized curtainwall. Triple glazing is paired with a monolithic light to create a cavity system encapsulating operable internal blinds, all of which will make for a complicated Façade Access equipment solution.

Thanks

I could've copyed the paragraph and pasted it what about the CMA photo

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some of this renders is truly amazing!

if this is only SBG part what about the other company,,,, I love this project

مجموعه اكثر من رائعه الله يعطيع العافيه على الصور

if this is only SBG part what about the other company,,,, I love this project

مجموعه بن لادن استلمت جميع ابراج المرحله الثانيه ولها الاحقيه في طرح المشاريع في هيئه سب كونتراكت

Some renders are really awesome....:happy:

Thanks for this updates

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فية لوحة بنك سامبا مركبة داخل المشروع

فية لوحة بنك سامبا مركبة داخل المشروع

عندهم برج بارتفاع 40 دور في المشروع المقاول شركه السيف

عندهم برج بارتفاع 40 دور في المشروع المقاول شركه السيف

للاضافه يعد البرج خامس اطول برج بالمركز المالي

فية لوحة بنك سامبا مركبة داخل المشروع

this is the building
http://sbgpbad-ryd.com/sbg/30parcel/3p-00020.png

they should come up with creative name for this project beside KAFD

this is the building
http://sbgpbad-ryd.com/sbg/30parcel/3p-00020.png

hot!

I found some amazing pics of that project...

February 2011

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March 2011

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King Abdullah Financial Project 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bktoor/5540942146/) par BKTOOR | عبدالله (http://www.flickr.com/people/bktoor/), sur Flickr

Wonderful images Roukaya...
Thanks a million

Why are flicker pics not showing lately?

Can't see the pics...

^^I have the same problem too, I just go to flicker and watch them there:)

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Same here and i am using aramco network... Weird..

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Well ... I can see them when I use my
phone ,, but I can't with the laptop

Hey! a see all now! ^^

WOW! ibib you posted larger size!...lol

Nice pics....:applause:


Now, I can see them...

Finalemente! :banana:

April 15, 2011

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Nice updates....:okay:


So, we have Fruad Examiner for Riyadh updates, DAMAC for Jeddah updates & EMG76 for Khobar updates.....:banana:

maaaaaaaaan this baby is growing up fast, thnx millions for the update :cheers:

^^ you think so? im beginning to think they're slowing it down lately..

go kAFD :)

nice, but the cladding looks much better in the renders!

كلها ان شاء الله شهرين او ثلاثه ونشوف ابراج المرحله الثانيه

يعطيكم ألف عافيه على الصور

موجوده لكنهم يحفرونها للحين ^^

ماشاء الله تبارك الله

المرحلة الثانية راح تكون مذهله جداً الأبراج أكثر من 45 برج وأطول بكثير
بصراحة المشروع كبير وخورافـي وراح ينقل الرياض نقلة كبيرة جداً
ننتظر بكل شغف

ماشاء الله تبارك الله

المرحلة الثانية راح تكون مذهله جداً الأبراج أكثر من 45 برج وأطول بكثير
بصراحة المشروع كبير وخورافـي وراح ينقل الرياض نقلة كبيرة جداً
ننتظر بكل شغف

45 R U sure ??
:banana: :banana: :banana:

45 R U sure ??
:banana: :banana: :banana:


Yes, I am sure

وأزيدك من الشعر بيت قريت قبل فترة أنه أحتمال تصل الأبراج إلى 100 برج وذالك حسب حاجة المركز المالي:nuts: :nuts:

SAMBA HQ Competition

This competition held on may 2009. SAMBA headquarter in KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District) is one of the most important tower in the district. It has strategic location. This gives nice view towards the financial plaza in the heart of the main 5 buildings in the district.

Omrania worked with HOK (USA) as joint venture. My Design was one of the 2 designs submitted to the final jury. it was a nice experience to work with experts. However, I wasn't too happy with design development since the main concept distorted a little bit.

The main concept is to have formal and elegant elevation toward the main entrance of the bank. Since this is what costumers see while they enter the building. And this formal elevation is holding behind it a crystallized atrium to break the formality and give comfort feelings to the employees inside the bank. Also to have refreshing view toward the financial plaza.

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http://rahimarchitect.blogspot.com/2009/07/samba-hq-competition.html

^^^^
WOW love it

Very good
Thanks for the photo layouts

^^

Many thanks ,, but i think this one was another design option ..
and may be not a winning one

So lovely, so amazing ... as always, holding kingdom companies are the leading ones
among the others

the pics' size is distracting. can someone repost them in a better size please?

this one looks good but I prefer the old design!

Here's a shot I took from our neighborhood http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8311/kafd.jpg

King Abdullah Financial District- KAFD Packages 5.07 and 5.08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgMEP145jk

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it says in one of the pics that the tower will almost have no sunlight
reflection because of the surrounding towers ... I wonder if they already
have an idea of how to light up the tower during afternoon hours

Thanks for this updates :)

Here's a shot I took from our neighborhood http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8311/kafd.jpg

For some reason I really like this photo, it symbolizes whats happing in KSA in one shot.
guessing you wanted to show the reflection of the project on water of a beautiful lake or something which we dont have xD, but you worked with what you got :P
Thnx for the pic mate.

For some reason I really like this photo, it symbolizes whats happing in KSA in one shot.
guessing you wanted to show the reflection of the project on water of a beautiful lake or something which we dont have xD, but you worked with what you got :P
Thnx for the pic mate.

thanks! yeah i saw this after the rain and liked the view. so i tried to be "artistic" about it :)

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thanks >> this is better:cheers:

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I love the cladding! :)

Clear progress of the project

Thank you for this update

Nice updates...:okay:


Going nicely..

http://s.alriyadh.com/2011/04/26/img/257143501550.jpg

دائما صور جريدة الرياض قديمة ما ادري ايش السبب

دائما صور جريدة الرياض قديمة ما ادري ايش السبب

^^ Maybe they are far away from the location on the other side of the street (Sahafa District):lol:

Another predictable design by SOM for SAMBA HQ:
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/samba_headquarters_building

^^

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May 7, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2wQJhFosY

WHAT'S WRONG WITH U GUYS .... BEFORE 3 MONTHS THERE WERE SOME ACTIVE USERS AND THEY WERE KEEP POSTING UPDATES ...BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS.... IT'S NOT HARD TO TAKE A PIC WHILE U ARE PASSING AROUND...

^^ Cool down dhoom, Naif has just shared video for you...

G-2wQJhFosY

Courtesy: Naif

WHAT'S WRONG WITH U GUYS .... BEFORE 3 MONTHS THERE WERE SOME ACTIVE USERS AND THEY WERE KEEP POSTING UPDATES ...BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS.... IT'S NOT HARD TO TAKE A PIC WHILE U ARE PASSING AROUND...

I missed you.. :(

WHAT'S WRONG WITH U GUYS .... BEFORE 3 MONTHS THERE WERE SOME ACTIVE USERS AND THEY WERE KEEP POSTING UPDATES ...BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS.... IT'S NOT HARD TO TAKE A PIC WHILE U ARE PASSING AROUND...

I agree with you

We want more activity to cover the projects Riyadh

And in particular the draft of the King Abdullah Financial District

Move video from YouTube is not for me :)

Hey dhoom ... Sorry if I was meant by what you said, I'm just going
through tough exams in college ... Whenever
I'm done with'em I'll be bringing updates as I
can

برجين في الفاينانشل بلازا اتوقع برج هيئة السوق الماليه وبرج التجاره العالمي تقريبا راح يخلصون اول دور

والمرحله الثانيه بدأيطلع الحديد حق الدور الأرضي

عدد الرافعات زاد في المشروع بشكل كبييييير
امكن راح يبداو المرحلة الثانية مدري

http://s.alriyadh.com/2011/05/12/img/792568772894.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/52569770.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/52569795.jpg



via panoramio

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/52569776.jpg

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via panoramio

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via panoramio

^^^^^^

that's what i'm talking about ...!!

many thnx faisal ...

:master::master::master::master:

^^^^^^

that's what i'm talking about ...!!

many thnx faisal ...

you`re welcome .

hope you chilled out now :)


:master::master::master::master:

:smug:



thnx bro. :)

Nice updates....:okay:

that's great update, thanks Faisal.

wow
Many changes have occurred

Very very great

Nice updates

faisalx
Thank you so much for these wonderful pictures

:master::master::master::master:
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Great update Faisal! Thank you!

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بسبب سيجارة أحد العمال وقلة وسائل السلامة

اندلاع حريق في مركز الملك عبدالله المالي


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اندلع صباح اليوم السبت حريق في مركز الملك عبد الله المالي في مبنى رقم 28 لم ينتج عنه أية خسائر بشرية.

وقد أفاد المهندسون المتواجدون في المشروع لـ"الرياض" التي كانت متواجدة في موقع الحادث أن سبب الحريق يعود إلى اشتعال مواد بترولية قابلة للاشتعال نتيجة إلقاء سيجارة من قبل أحد العمال العاملين في المشروع (حسب رواية عدد من العاملين في المشروع)، حيث أن تلك المواد لم تغلق بشكل محكم بوسائل السلامة من قبل الشركة المستلمة للمشروع، كما كانت هيئة الهلال الأحمر و الدفاع المدني متواجدة في موقع الحدث.

يذكر أن هذه الحادثة ليست الأولى في المشروع منذ بدايته، وقد سبقتها العديد من الحوادث ما بين انهيار في السقالات وعدة حرائق.


Source (http://www.alriyadh.com/net/article/632620)

صح أن الخبر يضايق شوي

لاكن الحمدلله مافي اي خسائر في الأرواح

شئ طبيعي مشروع كبير يكون فيه مثل هذة الاشياء لكن الغريب تهويل الموضوع وانا اعتب على جريدة الرياض

+1

this is how our newspapers usually, exaggerations on everything..
this stuff happens all the time, everywhere, specially at a huge development like this one...
by the way greaaaaaaaat update you guys, I cant wait to see the updates from late 2012 :)

the newspaper did nothing wrong, NOTHING.

شئ طبيعي مشروع كبير يكون فيه مثل هذة الاشياء لكن الغريب تهويل الموضوع وانا اعتب على جريدة الرياض

إللي يخليه غير طبيعي لو هالكلام صحيح

بسبب سيجارة أحد العمال وقلة وسائل السلامة

Well, I agree with Sdare everything good or bad must be published.

السلام عليكم هذي اول مشاركة

هل يوجد في المركز المالي مول تجاري ؟؟؟؟

شفت صور بوتيكات تفتح على الشارع تحت الأبراج

الصراحة أنا ساكن بالقرب من المشروع والمشروع هائل جداً

والرافعات شكله مروع وكثييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييرة جداًجداًجداً

شفت صور بوتيكات تفتح على الشارع تحت الأبراج

اتوقع لما يخلص المشروع
ازا دخلتو راح تحس انك برا الرياض
ظل + محلات الشوارع + ابراج عالية = داون تاون عالمي
:banana:
تحسو رحت بعيد ولا كلامي صح :nuts:

اتوقع لما يخلص المشروع
ازا دخلتو راح تحس انك برا الرياض
ظل + محلات الشوارع + ابراج عالية = داون تاون عالمي
:banana:
تحسو رحت بعيد ولا كلامي صح :nuts:

Don't worry, the walking tents and beards will always remind you that you're in nowhere but Riyadh.

^^ and what a beautiful reminder it will be :) please Mesh, keep your "liberal" crap out of this thread .

Don't worry, the walking tents and beards will always remind you that you're in nowhere but Riyadh.

:lol: :lol::lol: :lol:

Don't worry, the walking tents and beards will always remind you that you're in nowhere but Riyadh.

Dude.. U r cool... and right to the point... not saying that Riyadh is no good.. just saying that what ever pristigous project they will do in Saudi.. you will always have something to remind you.. you are still in Saudi :)

Don't worry, the walking tents and beards will always remind you that you're in nowhere but Riyadh.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
حرام عليك والله العبايات كشخة
مو زي بعض البلدان بره
بعدين دا الداون تاون فـ سيدات الاعمال نعرف كيف الحجاب حقهم
فـ لا تخاف :lol:

Don't worry, the walking tents and beards will always remind you that you're in nowhere but Riyadh.

lolz

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Samba and other tower start to be seen now

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Nice updates RS....:okay:

:banana::nuts:

روعـــة التحديث يعطيك ألف عافية

وياجعل شمسك ماتغيب ياشمس الرياض :lol:

thanks for the updates, Riyadh Sun.

RS .... as we say in germany " ICH LIEBE DICH ''

ماهو أطول برج في المركز وكم ارتفاعة؟

ممكن احد يعلمنا أطول 5 أبرج في المركز ؟؟

^^

see article no #845 ///// all information you will find it there

RS .... as we say in germany " ICH LIEBE DICH ''

Hey man <<< I love you all :smug:

I don't know really which one is the selected design?

this:
http://www.at-ph.co.jp/phphoto/2009tadauwl.jpg

or this one: Storeys 52 with 200m high
http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/Asp/uploadedFiles/image/5810_Tadawul/5810_N6_w.jpg
http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/Asp/uploadedFiles/image/5810_Tadawul/5810_N5_w.jpg


http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,1721&showImages=table&thumbnails=true&pageID=1

Both are killers. I like the second one more though. :)
Also, which tower is that?

^^^^^^^^^
Hi there, how are you?!

This is Tadawl Tower :)

yeah and the first one was chosen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWgMEP145jk

http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/Asp/uploadedFiles/image/5810_Tadawul/5810_N5_w.jpg
wow

I liked this design:nuts:

QuZada9oW-Q&feature=channel_video_title

الله يعطيك العافيه على الفيديو

اخيرا شي مفرح يعني كلها ست شهور باذن الله ونشوف ابراج جديده تعانق السحاب

Nice video dhoom....


What a scene it will be in a 2 years time...

CMA tower at :30?

Most likely......

CMA tower at :30?

yb thats right

نفسي يكون لي مكتب وشقة في هالمشروع لو انتهى

Hi guys! there was a lot going on! but sadly no updates!:bash:

Museum of the Built Environment
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_1.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_2.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_3.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_4.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_5.jpg

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/05/110527-Saudi-Museum/Saudi_Museum_6.jpg

Like many global design firms, FXFOWLE is finding fertile ground in Saudi Arabia. In Riyadh, the country’s capital, the New York-based firm has six active projects in the King Abdullah Financial District, a 55 million-square-foot, mixed-use development. Among them is the Museum of Built Environment, which aims to explore the role that social, economic, and environmental forces have played in the region’s constructed landscape, both historically and in recent times.

The 340,000-square-foot museum will be sited near a large plaza bisected by a sunken pedestrian parkway. It will house galleries for permanent and temporary exhibitions, a 150-seat auditorium, and a restaurant, in addition to a monorail station and a network of skywalks.

The museum’s lower levels will be largely transparent, while its upper portion will be more opaque, according to the architects. Resembling a chiseled rock and partly clad in prismatic laminated glass panels, the building’s design was inspired by two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia: Mada’in Saleh, an ancient city featuring rock-cut architecture, and At-Turaif, a 15th-century complex made of adobe.

Site excavation for the museum has begun, with completion slated for 2012.

Crystal Towers in the King Abdullah Financial District is driving ahead with construction despite being slowed by design changes and consultancy that is spread around the world, says the project manager.

The SAR600m $160m twin-tower project, situated between the Financial Plaza and the Wadi, the multi-billion riyal complex has been under construction since October, when Specialised Contracting Company began the main structural work following the dredging by Saudi bin Laden, the main contractor that hired Specialised.

The first tower will comprise 18 additional floors above the podium it shares with the second tower, which will have 26 additional floors.


“Bin Laden had also completed some of the raft and excavation, now we are about to reach ground level, hopefully by the end of June,” said the project manager to CW. “But the problem is that the project is design-build. The design is based in Jeddah and this is different for different parcels. The structural engineering is being done in England, the technical in Germany, as well as some in the US.”

Design changes had delayed the timescale for the project, he said, and sometimes there can “be too much revision”. The company, based in Jeddah, has also battled with the logistical challenge of delivering material o site amid a crowd of other tower projects.

“The logistical problem is very big, especially with concrete delivery,” he said, adding that the company was using three local concrete suppliers, including Saudi Ready Mix.

The coordination has also been a challenge, he said, and the company has been asked to store much of their materials in the basement of the structure.

Source (http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-12645-kafds-crystal-tower-to-reach-ground-end-of-june/)

The question is why we always get the news from the foriegn media not from the local ones!

The question is why we always get the news from the foriegn media not from the local ones!

same question ????????

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Courtesy : MUHA

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museum in the district ... now I can say the project all in all is turning
to a master peice

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museum in the district ... now I can say the project all in all is turning
to a master peice

don't forget the parks :banana:

the building’s design was inspired by two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia: Mada’in Saleh, an ancient city featuring rock-cut architecture, and At-Turaif, a 15th-century complex made of adobe.



I looked at the pictures countless times and I failed to see any resemblance to mentioned UNESCO sites :nuts: . am I missing something or is this just a load of BS ?

don't get me wrong, it looks modern and good and I like it but the last lines were unnecessary IMHO .

I looked at the pictures countless times and I failed to see any resemblance to mentioned UNESCO sites :nuts: . am I missing something or is this just a load of BS ?

don't get me wrong, it looks modern and good and I like it but the last lines were unnecessary IMHO .
well, that's kinda true tho.

http://summitsnw.com/kafdblog/pagelinks/KAFD%20Org.pdf

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Nice pics....:applause:

nice

wow

I liked the first picture

3baaad 4 Jeddah

Thank you very much

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جميل جدا

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Nice pics ... Specially the first one, good work

رووووعة

يعطيك ألف عافية
ماتقصر

Nice updates...:happy:

ugh. when are they starting the next phase? it's becoming boring..

i think they already started the second phase
can't you see the Cranes ??

blue is dominating the whole complex.

ugh. when are they starting the next phase? it's becoming boring..

They started 4 months ago, as a matter of a fact you can see a couple of cores being costructed in the pictures above ^^

this is what I mean ^^

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Cool. We'll have double the towers soon. :)

ممكن تعطونا أخر التطورات في المشروع ؟؟؟



انا اليوم شفت مباني جديدة

الأن اشوف 5 مباني جديدة وثنين متلاصقين وصلو لدور 3 او 4





ورافعاااات كثيرة في الجهة الشمالية

ممكن أحد يعلمنا وش صار على برج تداول ؟

وش التصميم حقه

الفاينانشل بلازا ابراجه في الدور الرابع او الخامس تقريبا وراح تكون اوطول الأبراج في المشروع

ماشاء الله تبارك الله
واضح ان فيه تطورات جديدة في المشروع بالتوفيق وننتظر تحديثات جديدة وأجوبة على أسئلة الأخ للي متابعين المشروع عن قرب ^_^

I Just Passed by the project the construction is going very fastly samba tower has reached the fourth floor and the core of the CMA tower has reached the seventh floor. moreover the world trade center tower and the GCC tower are strating to appear ( Thumbs UP)

I Just Passed by the project the construction is going very fastly samba tower has reached the fourth floor and the core of the CMA tower has reached the seventh floor. moreover the world trade center tower and the GCC tower are strating to appear ( Thumbs UP)

:)
Good news

Thank you very much dear

:ohno:No Pictures?
:ohno::bash:

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3abaaaaaaad you r the MAN... Love the update

thank you am trying lol

Nice shots...

3baaad 4 Jeddah

Thanks for this update

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Finally ooooh

Great pictures.. Can u see the numers of cranes in this projects... Amazing!!!
Which tower do we see rising in the 2nd picture from bottom... ? Looks like a massive base..

Views are truly AMAZING! kinda similar to SZR during 2006!

Reload Excellent:)

Excited for the coming months:nuts:

3baaad 4 Jeddah

Thank you very much:banana:

Reload Excellent:)

Excited for the coming months:nuts:

3baaad 4 Jeddah

Thank you very much:banana:

you welcome

عاد اليوم من 3 الى 5 حول المركز المالي و برج تمكين عشان اصور و اشوف فتحات ادخل منها :lol:
و مشيت في طريق الامير سلمان 4 مسارات و تتهز خفيف بس حلو باقي بس يزبطو المداخل و المخارج و الارصفة و خلاص
:banana:

Nice updates...:okay:


Amazing view...

Amazing!!!.................thanks buddy.........Love the stuff.................!!!!

Aww, our 3baaad has grown into an 'arch booodi'! :hug:
great updates, mister booodi.

Aww, our 3baaad has grown into an 'arch booodi'! :hug:
great updates, mister booodi.

LOL am studding in architecture and planing college KSU
so yeah what the hell
and my bbm nick name it's arch Abdullelah :lol:
mesch :hug:

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great pics Mr.booodi

so you're a KSU student? hmm ... okay

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pictures/gallery/CMATower.jpg

King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is an unprecedented development that seeks to transform the Saudi capital Riyadh into a major hub for Middle Eastern business.

The CMA Tower, at its ultimate height of 385m, is arguably the stand-out structure of the near-50 skyscrapers rising from the ground at the site.

It will also be the centre piece of the KAFD’s Financial Plaza, which incorporates the five tallest structures in the development, including the CMA Tower, over a space of 50,000m2.

“It is a focal point and a landmark, visible from the North Gateway to the city,” said Ramzi Nawfal, regional director of Cyril Sweett, the project and commercial manager for the tower, in a presentation at last month’s Construction Week conference in Riyadh. He added that the structure will “eclipse” the present tallest structure, the 302m Kingdom Centre.

The slim tower with the wavy glass façade in the dreamy artist renderings will be just one of the distinctive features of the building that will house the Capital Markets Authority(CMA), Saudi Arabia’s chief financial regulator.

The tower’s inner total floor area is 185,000m2 and will contain commercial and corporate offices, a 450-seat auditorium, dining areas, leisure facilities, with the CMA occupying 28,000m2 in the top section.

The first stand-out fact about the tower’s construction is that it is built with no piles and no dampers. Nawfal says it was a challenge to build the four basement levels in the solid rock excavation. After that there was the challenge of dewatering – with the foundation level being the lowest in Riyadh, approximately 11,000m3 per day flowed into the area.

The second stand-out fact about the CMA Tower’s construction is that it contained the biggest raft pour ever in the Middle East. Supervised by Cyril Sweett, Saudi Binladin poured 13,000m3 of concrete over a 36-hour period last October.

The concrete pour was scheduled to last 42 hours, but was successfully completed within 36 hours,” says Des Pike, project director at Cyril Sweett.

“Throughout the operation, mobile truck mixers were arriving on-site at an average of one every 90 seconds, a significant logistical feat in itself.”

The pour followed a 30m-deep excavation and more than 4,000t of steel reinforcement. Texas-based Walter P Moore, the structural engineering firm for the tower project, had thought long and hard about the materials needed for the structural system, and conducted a carbon emissions study to help the building to achieve its target of a LEED Gold rating.

Despite the huge order for steel, the company calculated that this choice would cut by 40% the amount of concrete needed in the composite structure, reducing emissions by 30%.

The inner structure of the building is perhaps the most substantially different element, and combines many engineering feats to be able to securely support the lofty building above.

The core wall, usually square or elliptical in most towers, is instead nine-sided, and the inside of this core is split into three sections to create a Y-shaped concrete shape looking from above.

:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2::cheers2: ........................................



is it 400m...........?

:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2::cheers2: ........................................



is it 400m...........?

Yes It Is 400m & 80F

Not by me

One of the sites

Taken yesterday

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KAFD
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) is a proposed new international district located at the crossroads of two of Riyadh’s major highways. The district is comprised of 5-million square meters of office, residential, educational, sports, and cultural development held together by the Wadi and a series of connected public spaces. The concept development for one of the mixed use buildings features an office tower and adjoining ten storey residential building with five-levels of commercial accessible to both the Wadi (the green belt pedestrian avenue) and the internal courtyard.

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http://www.youkel.com/projects/05--Saudi-Oger/saudiOger.html

KAFD CONFERENCE CENTER
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The proposed design study for the Conference Center building and the surrounding plazas are expressed as extrusions of the scorched desert soil patterns with lush vegetation and running water elements that make up a Wadi. The structure is situated at a topographically important location in the King Abdullah Financial District along a bend in the Wadi. This iconic building serves as focal point at the crossroads of the Wadi, creating a sense of place and destination. A mono rail transit system that is part of pedestrian ring road throughout the KAFD runs through the conference center.

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:):cheers:

please check these two links and their gallerys as well:
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/kafd_vertical_medina
http://www.som.com/content.cfm/kafd_muqarnas_tower

thanks

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I've always questioned ... What if all these different styles and different towers' designs don't match each other. I mean what if they don't fit along in the over all look of the district ... How is it gonna look?

don't worry

updates?

today
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thanx Wolf ... it's really amazing

Nice updates....:okay:


Some buildings are shaping up nicely...

Great update. Thanks Wolf. :)

Intercontinental King Abdullah Financial District

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Set within the purpose built King Abdullah Financial District which is a key part of Saudi Arabia's economic diversification plans, the development will be the Middle East's first purpose built financial district on such a large scale, having strict regulatory authority and modern technological standards that will rival any of the major global financial centres, all located within 15 minutes drive of the current CBD of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

InterContinental Riyadh King Abdullah Financial District is set to open in 2014 as an integral part of the overall Financial District, it will build upon the strong brand position of InterContinental which has been in the Kingdom since 1972 and brings with it the very latest and best of global service and quality which our guests have come to expect and trust.

InterContinental Riyadh King Abdullah Financial District will blend together both the traditional warm Arabic hospitality with cutting edge design and technology as part of this integrated development, to create the trusted global service and style of InterContinental our guests expect. This very modern setting will introduce a new level of global sophistication in dining and hospitality to Saudi Arabia.

These amazing developments all around KSA continue to amaze and excite me .. :)
I guess there'll be around 5 or 6 buildings above the height 200m in the district right?
WOW :D

Any news about the Tadawul Tower | 480m is it going to be build ...... ??
any one please give an update :?

قبل قليل ظهر دخان من المركز المالي واقترب من حينا لاكن والدي قال يمكن يكون حرق بقايا البناء لاكن الدخان الحمدالله خفييييف

هل يوجد في المركز المالي مول وا مركز تجاري ؟؟؟


بسرعة

^^^^

ياحبيبي ياقلبي هالسؤال انطرح مليون مرة .... نعم فيه مركز تجاري

^^^^

ياحبيبي ياقلبي هالسؤال انطرح مليون مرة .... نعم فيه مركز تجاري

:lol: اعصابك حبيبي

KAFD National Aquarium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Design Inspired by the Ocean Currents



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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Source (http://www.c7a.com/Portfolio/aquariums/kafd_national_aquarium.asp#)

I wish it become something similar to Georgia Aquarium (http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/) It would be such an amazing touch to have in this project.
Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Aquarium)

I wish the architecture was TVS, their buildings are stunning for real!
www.tvs-design.com

PARCEL 1.11, KING ABDULLAH FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Parcel 1.11, part of the prestigious King Abdullah Financial District development, is a high-quality office building with retail spaces on the Wadi, Parcel Ground and Skywalk levels.

The Master Plan for the entire King Abdullah Financial District defines a set of precise design criteria for the project. Working within these parameters, the building’s massing developed in the form of two interconnected towers. The north tower achieves the maximum building height of 83 meters above the parcel ground level, while the lower south tower steps down toward the mosque. The separation of the two towers affords a unique and instantly recognizable building form and establishes important visual connections across the site.

Flanked to the South and the West by the Wadi – a generously planted public concourse that runs through the center of the entire development. The Wadi itself provides clues to the character and arrangement of the new building with abundant vegetation continuing to climb up between the two towers over a series of terraces, creating seasonal outdoor meeting spaces that serve as valuable amenities for the respective office suites. These high quality outdoor areas are complemented by lobby/reception areas, representative waiting areas, business lounges and conference room spaces that serve as the communicative heart of the building.

Each of the towers is served by its own bank of elevators. Various configurations of one, two, three and/or four suites per floor are possible to meet future tenant requirements. The modern, flexible and future orientated office building has the potential for tenant suites to expand horizontally and also vertically since tenants can occupy two or more interconnected floors. The floor plates are punctuated throughout the building by generous voids and stairs, creating representative double-height spaces, promoting collaboration amongst the workforce. In addition, the multi-story bridge spanning between the towers allows for office suites to spread across the north and south towers, or alternatively allows for the building to be occupied by a single tenant.

The envelope design is comprised of two unitized layers – a fixed shading elements and a simple, glazed thermal façade. The expressive form of the story-high, fixed shading elements lends the building a distinct appearance: the configuration of large-scale apertures responds to orientation and proximity to neighboring buildings in allowing for views to the outside, while importantly controlling solar gains.

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Client
Rayadah Investment Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Architect
Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart
Planning and construction
2009-2012
Completion
2012
Gross
54,000 m² / 581,251 sq.ft.
Volume
259,252 m³ / 9,155,402 cu.ft.

Source (http://behnisch.com/projects/619)

Wow! I'm loving the Aquarium. :banana:

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One day when I was a kid ... My dad brought me to an aquarium in
a park abroad, ever since I've been so in love with it ... Great project
inside a marvellous one


Thanks MUHA for such a nice piece of info

King Abdullah Financial District (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0700-0799/0770-king-abdullah-financial-district.aspx)

Skywalks in King Abdullah Financial District (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1033-skywalks.aspx)

Crystal Towers (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-crystal-towers.aspx)

Villas in the Sky (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-villas-in-the-sky.aspx)

Gem Building (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-gem-building.aspx)

^^

Have a look at the "Show text" & "Gallery"...

King Abdullah Financial District (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0700-0799/0770-king-abdullah-financial-district.aspx)

Skywalks in King Abdullah Financial District (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1033-skywalks.aspx)

Crystal Towers (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-crystal-towers.aspx)

Villas in the Sky (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-villas-in-the-sky.aspx)

Gem Building (http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-gem-building.aspx)

Thanks but nothing new it is been mentioned before in this thread

may be old pic but it is so beautiful

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may be old pic but it is so beautiful

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what a charming scenery!! :cheers:

My dream swimming pool <3
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very small!

^^ and the view is not that great .

^^ and there's an Iranian lady, looking distressed, standing next to the pool.

http://www.som.com/content.cfm/kafd_muqarnas_tower

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Muqarnas tower looks cool...

Sie visit: KAFD's Crystal Tower

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For novelty and innovation, look no further than the Crystal Tower, also known as Parcel 1.10.

The scale and ambition of the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh has allowed room for not only new and fresh construction designs, but a variety of contractors and suppliers.

With around 50 buildings planned and many seeing swift progress, it seems a necessity for each designer and contractor to be distinctive, from superstructure to façades and interiors.

For novelty and innovation, look no further than the Crystal Tower, also known as Parcel 1.10. One of around 30 large structures to be built by the Saudi Binladin Group, the twin-tower project will serve as a substantial commercial offering to white-collar tenants and retail outlets, as well as constituting a gateway to the heart of KAFD, the six-tower Financial Plaza.

One tower will be 18 storeys, at 95m, and the second 26 storeys at 135m. These are relatively low in height compared to surrounding towers, but it is not on scale that the building is seeking to break new ground.

The walls of the towers that face each other lean away and narrow gradually as they go up, creating an unusual, asymmetrical architectural vision. Rather than the standard corporate walls of glass, the stone façade will be studded with what looks like scattered diamond-shaped embedded crystals in varied patterns, which in fact serve as regular windows.

“We wanted to carry on the crystalline tradition,” Jacob Kurek from designer Henning Larsen Architects comments on the outer design. He adds that the façade is very deep, with the crystal windows set as far back as 30cm. This technique, and the direction the building faces, both help to minimise the direct exposure to sunlight for the occupants behind the windows.

The building represents the entry point between the carefully-cultivated Wadi area and the Financial Plaza. The two towers are connected by a raised podium 70m in length that slopes from its higher point of entry to the 18-storey tower to the 26-storey tower.

This will link the two towers and, with the vertical, sloping tower walls, forms a frame for the Financial Plaza, which will contain the CMA Tower, among other structures.

This will create a dramatic entrance to the lobbies and allow a shaded meeting area and small shopping hub underneath, cooled by the breeze coming over the Wadi.

At the heart of construction is Specialised Contracting, a Jeddah-based company for whom Crystal Tower is its first project in the capital. Project manager Joseph Felfly says the company mobilised on-site in the first week of October last year.

Its first job was to complete the excavation started by Saudi Binladin, which technically is the main contractor on the project, but which has mandated Specialised with the construction in line with a wider government effort to involve Saudi firms.

“When we came [on board], some of the work was done in some areas, the raft work, but in some areas the excavation was not yet completed. So we came in and completed the job,” says Felfly. The dewatering, however, had already been completed – one of the benefits of working in Riyadh compared to a coastal development such as Jeddah’s Corniche.

At the time of CW’s visit, the company had reached the top of four basement floors, and was closing in on the ground floor by the end of June. Felfly explains that Specialised is also constructing two towers for what is currently known as Parcel 1.11.

The two projects have a combined value of $159.9m, he estimates. The company will carry out all structural, civil and architectural work on Crystal Tower. Structural engineering has been provided by Thornton Tomasetti, the US-based engineering firm that has a Riyadh office and helped design the record-breaking Kingdom Tower.

Hoare Lee Consulting Engineers, the UK company with an office in Abu Dhabi, also played a significant part in the MEP design.

Doka will provide the formwork throughout construction, with its Staxo 40 system used for the main slab. “It is a very flexible system,” says Felfly.

The contractor will use the climbing system for the two core walls. Despite steady progress, Felfly says the international mix of companies contributing to the design and engineering creates the occasional schedule challenge.

“The problem here is that the project is design-build,” he says. “And the design is going on in Europe, not here or in Jeddah. They have different designers for different parcels.

The structural designer is in England, the mechanical design is in Germany, some designers are in the US. Many times we are finding problems where the design is not ready, and sometimes too much revision of the design. We finish a slab, we are about to concrete, and then a modification comes.”

Felfly adds that this area of the KAFD presents some significant logistical difficulties. With so many construction projects ongoing in an increasingly crowded space, makeshift roads are often clogged with deliveries and heavy machinery.

“The roads are very bad here, and the subterranean sub-contractors are excavating tunnels. This is disturbing all parcels.”

Space shortage has meant that the company has had to be efficient and tidy moving the majority of its materials into the basement floors of the structure, at the request of the client.

At the same time the company has a hasty operation to also set up its site office in the basement. By June, the company was still looking to procure an air-con unit and septic tank for this office, among other items. The next two major issues are deliveries and sourcing materials.

Doka formwork, for example, needs to come a long way from Jeddah, where it receives the equipment from the port and has its major storage facility. However, Saudi Binladin has a specially-dedicated yard near to KAFD in which it manages all formwork inventory for the parcels it oversees.

A source at Saudi Binladin’s formwork yard explains that Specialised is only one of two contractors that are dealing with Doka directly for its formwork. The turnaround time between order, design and delivery is between six to eight weeks. Saudi Binladin, incidentally, has around $30.66m worth of Doka material for all its parcels on KAFD.

Felfly says that basic materials are easily sourced locally, but as a building aiming for a LEED rating, the requirements for more specialised products have been more difficult to fulfil – and more expensive. “All the materials like doors, some false ceilings, tiles, we can find in Riyadh, no problem. Concrete is nearby.

More related items like wood and steel are available here. But Parcel 1.11 specifies a false ceiling made of special stainless steel. Only one factory manufactures this, in Germany.

One square metre is around $2,133. This is very high specification; no one is using it in Saudi Arabia. This is a LEED project, so we need to get our materials from 500km away in Riyadh, and no further. But it is under review, our materials schedule; some materials come in from outside – maybe we will have to use some alternatives,” comments Felfly.

The project is scheduled for completion in 2013. Long before it needs to think about the interior materials, Specialised seems itching to be able to finalise the ground level, whereafter it can proceed with the more regular slab construction of the two towers.

Felfly seems to be relishing the construction and logistical challenge posed by the sloping sides of the two main tower structures, explaining that gradual adjustments of each slab mean that what seems like a highly complex task can be achieved with relative ease.

“The whole area is 7,500m2. After that, the smaller tower, the area is around 1,400m2 on average, as it reduces in area as it goes up. Working at the edge of the slab, there is essentially no problem, as you simply make it shorter with every slab. This is just a survey issue,” explains Felfly.

Suppliers
Client: Ministry of Finance
Main contractor: Saudi Binladin
Sub contractor: Specialised Contracting
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
Quantity Surveyors: Geoffrey Barnett Associates
Formwork: Doka
Steel: SABIC (through Saudi Binladin)
MPM: Joints
Concrete additives: Foscroc
Wood: Al Rashid
Concrete: Saudi Ready Mix, Al Bustan Readmix Concrete & Blocks, Al Falwah

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-13761-sie-visit-kafds-crystal-tower/

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Owner Tadawul (Saudi Stock Exchange Co.)
Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Site area 5,166 sq.m.
Building area 3,951 sq.m.
Total floor area Approx. 145,000 sq.m.
Structure RC
Floors 41 aboveground, 5 underground
Building height 200m
Construction period ongoing

Located in Saudi Arabia’s financial center in Riyadh, this stock exchange building is endowed with technologically advanced functions while asserting the identity of this pivot of the economy of the Middle East. Chosen in an international competition, the exterior is equipped with louvers to allow for both panoramic views and shielding against the heat of the sun. The design mobilizes numerous state-of-the-art technologies to assure sustainability in the desert environment.


Source (http://www.nikken.co.jp/en/projects/global/saudi-arabia/tadawul-tower.html)

I don't know what to say! kinda disappointed!
200m! which is goddamn short which makes it a little tower! and the other new photo from the top ruin my old impression!
I cannot believe how do they go with these factors for a billion riyal!
such a tasteless people! and money wasters!

I'm in love with Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters,
our loser guys should have learned from them if you gonna do something , do it cool.
http://www.aedas.com/ADIC-Headquarters
enjoy the video!

I like it! :)

KAFD - Conference Center (Parcel A01)
Guided by the master plan by Copenhagen based Henning Larsen Architects, HM White has collaborated with FXFOWLE Architects in completing four of the first mix-use development parcels and responsible for designing the surrounding public spaces which reinforce the urban plan’s design principals. As Saudi Arabia’s first LEED certified buildings, each site adjoins a central meandering public park known as the ‘Wadi’ which serves as a central organizing public landscape that connects a sequence of smaller neighborhood districts. HM White’s designs for streetscape, building entrances and adjoining courtyards and plazas have been configured to increase the Wadi’s permeability and connectivity through transitional topographic landscape manipulations. A rigorous environmentally sensitive doctrine governs each landscape design intervention through water conservation and micro-climatic mitigation strategies. Each parcel’s modest irrigation needs are met and sourced from gray and storm water harvesting. Vegetated areas on both the street level and numerous public roofs employ water conserving plant communities, indigenous to regional arid conditions. The planting network performs a vital role in spatially organizing and comforting the public spaces. Indigenous stones and their surface patterning are integrated with each landscape and seating element to establish a visually compelling and memorable sense of place. Sustainable, healthy vegetative growth are ensured through an extensive subsurface planting and growing media infrastructure which has been integrated and coordinated with the buildings’ super structure and site utilities. Legible landscape typologies reference regional environmental conditions and are revealed through the networked sequence of plazas, courts, streetscapes and roof terraces.

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Source: http://www.hmwhitesa.com/king-abdullah-financial-district.html

One of the five programmed “Attractor Parcels” within Henning Larsen’s urban plan for KAFD features the Financial District’s international conference center. HM White has assembled highly acclaimed horticultural and garden wall assembly specialists to assist in developing a structural landscape for SOM’s iconic building design. Extensive collaborative research has conceived precedent setting modular vegetated roof and wall growing systems that are embedded within the building’s framework and skin. HM White has developed a hypertufa substrate growing medium to work across the building’s varied planar interior and exterior surfaces to evoke familiar and revered regional wadi and cliff landscapes and their growing conditions. The revolutionary building/landscape design has warranted it as the planned and celebrated location for King Abdullah’s KAFD development dedication speech.

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Source: http://www.hmwhitesa.com/newsline_KAFD%20Conf%20Center.html

King Abdullah Financial District Mosque

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum awarded and recognized HM White for its work with FX FOWLE International for the building and urban design for the King Abdullah Financial District's Mosque and its surrounding public space design. This International Architecture Award for the Mosque building was one of ninety (90) new distinguished building projects, urban plans and landscape architecture selected. "This Awards Program," states Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, President, The Chicago Athenaeum, "draws import public and professional focus for the celebration and recognition of the most important key buildings produced in this decade, underscoring the highest level of imagination and inspiration of the 'best of the best' architectural minds practicing design today.

http://www.hmwhitesa.com/Images/2011%20updates/KAFD%20Award/FXFOWLE%20Architects_Aldar_Abu%20Dhabi%20Plaza,%20Astana_FINAL.pdf%20-%20Adobe%20Acrobat%20Pro.jpg

Source: http://www.hmwhitesa.com/newsline.html

niiiiiiiiiiiiiice , keep going !

transportation solution and Bombardier Transportation Jobcast at KAFD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZyjnjmVhw

:nuts:



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I can see KAFD

:banana:

New Pictures of National Day:)

:nuts:

:nuts:



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I can see KAFD

:banana:

New Pictures of National Day:)

اجل طلعك السكيروتي حق عمارة بالشرف؟؟

يعطيك الف عافيه على الصرور الروعه

ودك كذا مستوا الرؤيه في الملك فهد عشان الواحد يشوف كل شي وهو ماشي

اجل طلعك السكيروتي حق عمارة بالشرف؟؟

يعطيك الف عافيه على الصرور الروعه

ودك كذا مستوا الرؤيه في الملك فهد عشان الواحد يشوف كل شي وهو ماشي



الصور مو لي

بعدسة مصور محترف اسمه السامي

يعطيه العافية

It's been a while since we had a decent update of the project....

any updates ?

:nuts:



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I can see KAFD

:banana:

New Pictures of National Day:)

يسلموؤوؤوؤوؤ نيووف على الصوره الحلوه ياجمييل:nocrook::okay: