Approved:Al Quds Endowment Tower "100F" supertall

[Halawala]

Sunday, 3 December, 2006, 09:26 AM Doha Time

HH THE Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya attended the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Al-Quds Endowment Tower project in Doha yesterday.

in al-sharq news, it says 100 floor. the other newspaper didnt mention
it.



The endowment is donated by the Emir to support projects in Jerusalem.
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2987/22010661205ns3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9594/22010671209ux9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Guys, constructive critisim ONLY.

[Qatar Son 333]

so this is going to be near W hotel

[salman515]

Found something

in one of MillenniaL posts I found this and it says the tower name is al qouds

http://www.al3nabi.net/upload/show.php?pic=87738

it doesnt look tall but maybe they change it later.

[suzan]

Doesnt look tall? It looks tall to me!
Nice found. Very simple.
And the reflection in the glass... it is the Sheraton.

[omarmakki]

It doesn't look that tall to me... I mean compare it to the City Centre on the right. City Centre looks quite big here, which means the tower isn't that tall. Of course as someone mentioned before, the screw up scales and ratios in renders. Well, I hope he/she was right. 'Cause I really think this one looks good! :)

[Halawala]

I don't think this is the one. The design looks plain ugly and unoriginal--very 50's design.

[superinfiniti]

It doesn't look like the one in this pic >>


http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2987/22010661205ns3.jpg

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[hazeem]

guys ..chek out behind the ppl......its dat box like tower with silver square in the middle i forgot the name of that tower....i think its near 44 west bay tower...

[QatPhils]

m tower

[Hosain85]

not bad, if they ever get a resolution to the israeli-palestinian conflict it would be nice to develop the gaza coastline.

btw its good to see the leaders in the gulf are the first to help out their palestinian brethren financially...

[hazeem]

m tower


yea ....right!!

[QatPhils]

Is it underconstruction?

[Massilia]

Found something

in one of MillenniaL posts I found this and it says the tower name is al qouds

http://www.al3nabi.net/upload/show.php?pic=87738

it doesnt look tall but maybe they change it later.

Maybe an old proposal indeed...cause if we consider the building in the background to be City Center, the spot looks pretty much the same as the actual one on the photos!

[salman515]

actually it looks like its in alfardan twins place to me.

[Massilia]

lol look at what I found ;)

http://i32.tinypic.com/2lszih1.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/2llzy1s.jpg

[amnesia]

imagine the foundation stone placed on 2/12/2006 and they've still done nothing...

[Qatar Son 333]

wow almost 2 years with nothing....

btw massilia please show us where this tower is supposed to be on a google earth image. i would really appreciate it becasue i hve no idea where this is....

[Massilia]

It's behind the W Hotel:

http://i25.tinypic.com/34g4lr5.jpg

[Qatar Son 333]

Hmmmm not such a good spot for a super tall but anything in west bay is good... i really hope now that those embasies are removed and translocated to somwhere far far far away like abu samra for example......

[amnesia]

it would be great if they made like an "embassy village" and each embassy could be designed in the way of their country.

I wish I knew someone in the hukooma that could do something with my ideas :P

[Massilia]

Someone had posted this render before, which is definitely a proposal for Al Quds tower:

http://i38.tinypic.com/mjmzj8.jpg

[CrazY]

i like the tower! but the bottom part is too vegas style.

[salman515]

I love it, thanks Massilia, finally a render for this tower.
if you dont mind i will post it in the supertall section :D

[s22.travian.ae]

^^ yet a hundred years has passed and this didnt start yet.... btw this means 5 supertalls in westbay alone !!!! Dubai Towers, Barwa Tower, QNB Tower, Al-Quds Endowment Tower and ofcourse the mysterious Al-Jaber Tower !!!!

[s22.travian.ae]

Salman posted the previous one in the discussion thread....

http://i38.tinypic.com/20t5e1l.jpg

[Halawala]

Nice render, Bert! It looks great!

[suzan]

OMG thanks for postng this!
It looks amazing!!

[s22.travian.ae]

so what is this tower ? some kind of hotel ??? since it has swimming pools in the render posted by salman.. and it was an article about hotels in Doha.... anyone ??

[Massilia]

Guys, the big news of the day is that tenders have been issued for the foundations of the tower!!! Some companies have already replied to it.. The documents mention that the tower is 5B+G+100!

:banana:

[nihad]

wow..

[Halawala]

Now well have 4 super-tall buildings: Dubai Towers, Barwa Tower, QNB, and now this! With the possibility of a couple in Lusail also.

[Massilia]

More renders:

http://i39.tinypic.com/qx1mbq.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/xmn5ld.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/zivjue.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/rgzfbb.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/scbazs.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2hxqek2.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/10opikw.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/65daw5.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/v7ukb6.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/s336hd.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/29m1vs2.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2qibngy.jpg

[suzan]

Oh wow. That tower is fantastic. I think someone should promote this project at the Super Tall forum!!
Thanks Massilia for the pics!

[Massilia]

I agree Suzan, the problem is we're not actually sure this will eventually get built...hehe

[Qatar Son 333]

I am pretty sure inshallah this building will get built =D

[Halawala]

I love this building; however, I think the topmost dome should be replaced by a very tall mast. This will give it more like an Empire State Building feel. Im assuming this building is more than 350 meters tall.

[Massilia]

A piling contractor is getting ready to start work on the Al Quds plot :banana::banana:

http://i43.tinypic.com/6yl7r9.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/5d747p.jpg

[Massilia]

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/dermonch/doha/CIMG0470.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/dermonch/doha/CIMG0473.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/dermonch/doha/CIMG0474.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/dermonch/doha/CIMG0475-1.jpg