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Achrafiyeh - Beirut, Lebanon


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Architect: Nabil Gholam

Oh wow, when was this announced?

On the architect website ,it's one of his latest projects along with park clemenceau,which is currently U/C as it was mentioned in almustaqbal newspaper months ago.

U can see it's really taller than the atmium tower :) let's say by 50 meters,so i guess the ICON TOWER will be 160 meters high the spire will give him another 20-30 meters so,it'll be around 170-180 meters high.and taking in consideration the area of ashrafieh"HILLS"so other pple from beirut will think it's more than 200 meters high :)

Ahhh that's great to see Achrafiyeh getting highrises, it's like we have 2 skylines one in Beirut Marina and one in Achrafiyeh :) and hopefully they will build highrises in the south :):) that would be awesome, it will be like tri-skylines hehe

yes,but in the south near the airport,so this is unlickely to happen :)

You never know hehe, the airport is jutted out to the sea, so they can build as high they want on the left side of the airport :) After all the buildings over there were kinda high, they were just old or not modern looking that's why no one was attracted to them.

Hey, guys dont forget the western Beirut skyline, with the Bahri Gardens, Heliopolitan, Crowne Plaza, and other highrises... there already are 3 skylines...

its a nice buliding , aww the website wood not work
my fave beirut discirt Achrafiyeh is going to be great its allready is but they have a few towers being built so its good.

Beirut!,u r right,we can add also the(BCCC) to the western beirut skyline when it's done :)

very nice tower.Nabil Gholam is a great architect.

yes,can't wait to read more news about this tower.second best right after PT :)if u look closer guys to the renders u'll see that it resemples the PT,it's like to towers so close to eachother but one of them is lower than the other.

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WOW,thanx Beirut!
This Tower is GORGEOUS....my 2nd best after PT.

R u sure,it's only 27 floors???,,koz Atmium tower right next to it is known to have 26 floors.

Well the first three floors have very high ceilings... we shouldn't measure by floors but rather by meters (sorry though I dont have the exact number).

Oh,i guess u r right...
with the spire i guess it's about 150 meters,koz the atmium is about 110 meters.

It's perfect as we need more buildings with glass facades (well partially here) in Beirut.. Nabil Gholam designed Platinum Tower as well.. I like his style.

it looks abit like PT.

finally.. more glass, and less concrete! :banana:

exactly i love this one and the platinum tower, so nice!

any updates on this project?? has it been approved?

i guess it's under construction.but i'm not sure,but i really can't wait to see this one rising.

any updates on this project?? has it been approved?

Yes it has been approved.

hi this is my first post i was wondering if any construction work has started on the beautiful project

thanks

^^Hi,Welcome to the Forum :)

well,we really don't have any new information about this Project,we need someone to email Architect Nabil Gholam,and ask for updates.

so is this building being built in the middle of the block? as in in the space left between the other low-rises? so its gonna be surrounded by the lower blocks for the first 10 floors or so? if so, thats pretty good...i think

according to Millenium Developments, this is called Park Hills Residence and it's on hold. Here's more pictures:

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http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2776/slide047copy101600np9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1265/slide018101409av3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ok first of all, this tower will be named PARK HILLS TOWER. so i think someone should change the name, its not icon...and 2nd, what exactly is the definition of a skyline? thanks guys

^^ How did you confirm this information?

Nabil Gholam's website still has this project listed as "Icon"...

http://www.millenniumdev.com/ and its 27 floors.

ok first of all, this tower will be named PARK HILLS TOWER. so i think someone should change the name, its not icon...


http://www.millenniumdev.com/ and its 27 floors.



But on this website the project is listed as "Park Hills Residence"

Interesting that most of the projects they manage are ON HOLD!

^^ maybe they're affected by the financial crisis

^^ I dont think that's the case. Lebanon in general is in good shape. The projects I am refering to have been on hold for years now. At least Landmark was recently re-started.