Hi everybody! I was browsing thru youtube when I found this video of QNB Headquarters Building in Doha! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbTdOKSQAj8). It was posted one week ago. The video doesn't contain any factual info though, although the Atkins logo appears, and the architect's name: James Noble.
I remember the former proposal was cancelled. So logically this is the new one? If anybody has any info about it please share!
Personally I LOVE this proposal ;)

Some screen shots from the video :) :

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5049/241191807me.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/241/2z3wu.jpg

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2348/copyof2z1yk.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/741/copy5of2z0at.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6849/copy6of2z6qk.jpg

Nice view on the bay and on ex-Palm Tree Island ;)
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5309/copy7of2z8ps.jpg

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7097/copy8of2z7pj.jpg

Sheraton in the background..
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/673/copy4of2z0ex.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5886/copy3of2z8kq.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5711/copy2of2z8le.jpg

That's a great find Massillia .... Thanks


I was wondering before for whom the empty land in front of Al Naser Twin towers (the burned twin :D).... from the Video I can see it is for QNB !!! ...

I think it is more than 70 floors ...




For some reason the link did not work ...

So I embedded the video here under ....





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Nice tower!
But QNB? I think they had another render if I am not wrong?

I like the rendering of this tower...

Quite creative compared to plenty of projects under construction or approved in Doha...

Nice tower!
But QNB? I think they had another render if I am not wrong?

Yes Suzan, this is the picture of it, but it was cancelled because of economical reasons.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3073/qnbnewho023iu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks Bert for the find! I find the music to the most amusing part of the whole video. The tower looks like a Florida '50's concrete slab apartment building--nothing very creative in the design.

I think that the current Qatar Tower (Jean Nouvele) building is destined to the future HQ of QNB. Isn't it?

great find i like it you know i dont understand why qatar airways dosent make its own tower

may be a tower or building like a plane would be good and exclusive!!!!

^^ Maybe office space is included in the NDIA project?

Thanks Bert for the find! I find the music to the most amusing part of the whole video. The tower looks like a Florida '50's concrete slab apartment building--nothing very creative in the design.

LOL for the music, to me the most :wtf: part of the video has to be this:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8618/copy10of2z1wq.jpg
:dunno:

I think that the current Qatar Tower (Jean Nouvele) building is destined to the future HQ of QNB. Isn't it?

That's what I read on the forum too...we'll have to wait for some kind of official info to know that I guess.

^^ this is kindda weird :lol:

LOL for the music, to me the most :wtf: part of the video has to be this:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8618/copy10of2z1wq.jpg
:dunno:



That's what I read on the forum too...we'll have to wait for some kind of official info to know that I guess.

How on earth could THAT be the concept? To me it looks like a mere coincodence. Lets face it. The tower does not look very creative at all. These days, glass curtain wall is favored.

what the height of this tower ??

I would say 350 to 400 M what do u guys "the civil engineers" say ? :)

I would say 350 to 400 M what do u guys "the civil engineers" say ? :)

I would say about 200-250 meters :P

I dunno... but this really looks like an amateur-ish video to me.
I mean the music and that so called "structural concept" are enough for QNB to refuse this proposal and look for another design! :D

Guys, works have begun on the plot of land in front of Al Nasr Twin Towers next to Commercial Bank Tower. As this plot belongs to Qatar National Bank, rumour is that ongoing works are for QNB Tower. It's said that top QNB employees have received an email with the render of a 115-floor tower. This is only gossip but I just wanted to spread it :D hehe...anyway let's see but there is a big chance this development is for QNB anyway.

yeah qnb needs a good tower in westbay... aint they too late..???

no, not really, cuz work came in a good time (construction period), i always thought why the plot in front of alnasr towers wasnt taken or proposed for construction..... thank god these people are doing somthing.....

This is the plot where work has begun:

http://i35.************/14ctysh.jpg

http://i36.************/95yo87.jpg

Some very good news in that article :D :banana: :banana: :banana:


Qatar National Bank set to build high-rise head office on Doha Corniche

Headquarters building for Qatar National Bank will be 510 metres tall.

Qatar National Bank (QNB) plans to build its new headquarters to a height of 510 metres on Doha Corniche, making it one of the world's tallest towers and the latest in a series of skyscraper projects in the city.

If it goes ahead, it will be taller than the 509-metre Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, which is the world's tallest completed building. However, the Burj Dubai in the UAE will become the world's tallest building when it is completed in 2009. It is expected to be 815 metres high.

The QNB project is being split into three packages. One involves enabling works, installing a diaphragm wall, excavation and piling. It is already on site and is scheduled for completion in February 2009.

Selected contractors have been invited to express interest in the largest package, which is for the construction of the shell and core of the 61-floor building.

Tenders are expected in September, with an award in January. The package involves building the concrete substructure, basements, structural steel and curtain walling, as well as the installation of lifts, escalators and the mechanical, electrical and plumbing works.

It will have a total built-up area of 235,000 square metres, with five basement levels, 88,000 sq m of parking, 9,000 sq m for the entrance and banking halls, and 138,000 sq m of office space.

The other package, also to be tendered this year, will be to fit out the buildings. This involves the internal walls, partitions, doors and screens, raised access floors, toilets, furniture and finishings. The project manager is the local office of KEO International Consultants. The architect is Australia's Peddle Thorp Architects.

The QNB headquarters building is part of a trend that will result in the city becoming home to some of the tallest towers in the world over the next five to 10 years.

Abu Dhabi-based Al-Jaber Group plans to build a 100-floor tower on Doha Corniche. The mixed-use building will include residential and office space, together with a luxury hotel. Chicago-based SOM is the architect.Negotiations are also under way for the $250m Doha World Trade Centre tower. Australia's Multiplex is understood to be in talks with Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Company for the contract to build the tower.

The project, which will be located close to the convention centre on Doha Corniche, involves the construction of a 55-floor building with four levels of parking and a total built-up area of 140,000 sq m.

Bahrain-based Projacs is the project manager (MEED 9:7:08).

A fourth tower is planned by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company as part of its Doha Convention Centre development. It will be at least 400 metres high and will have a built-up area of 180,000 sq m. It will contain a hotel, apartments and shops.

The US' Murphy Jahn prepared the concept designs for the project and US-based Turner Construction International is the project manager.

Good news indeed :)

OK. WHOA. never expected it to be more than 300m maximum... are they sticking to the design in the first post ? or is it a deffrent design ? i hope its diffrent... oh and btw the distance between this tower and dubai towers is conserning me.... it seems way to near to it..... squashing the skyline ! :bash:

Some very good news in that article :D :banana: :banana: :banana:


Qatar National Bank set to build high-rise head office on Doha Corniche


Abu Dhabi-based Al-Jaber Group plans to build a 100-floor tower on Doha Corniche. The mixed-use building will include residential and office space, together with a luxury hotel. Chicago-based SOM is the architect.Negotiations are also under way for the $250m Doha World Trade Centre tower. Australia's Multiplex is understood to be in talks with Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Company for the contract to build the tower.



:shocked: that means total of 4 towers with more than 100 floors correct ?

what ? i counted 2.....

oh and btw this tower mad it to the supertalls section :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=23863638#post23863638

:shocked: that means total of 4 towers with more than 100 floors correct ?

You are right Salman, the article talks about 4 towers :cheers:
Three are supertalls:
- Qatar National Bank Tower (61F but 510M)
- Al Jaber Group Tower (100F)
- Doha Convention Center Tower (108F)
and the article also mentions the Doha World Trade Center (55F).

By the way I'm pretty sure the design is not the one posted on page 1, as it was taken some time ago from a video where the Atkins logo appeared, whereas the recent article posted yesterday states that the architect's name is Peddle Thorp...

^^ no information on there site.....

i think it's the beginning for more tallest tower at Qatar :)

^^ good theorey... now we have 3 super talls underconstruction (doha tower, dubai towers, QNB tower), 1 approved (alquds tower) and 1 proposed (the constlettion) << bad spelling lol......

may lead to ultra super tall tower to compete with other GCC crazy towers.... burj dubai, mubarak tower, mile tower etc

QNB still hasn't decided on a design.

then how come they started construction ?????

^^ man take it easy look like same of " alburj tower " situation in Dubai .

^^ i thought they were going to build the same design ! wasnt the plot area changed to somewhere in jabal ali ?

They've been setting up the foundations with the design to be agreed upon very very soon.

Could this be a render? I found it in flick.com

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2375/qatarbankqd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/2375/qatarbankqd5.76a8eb92d9.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=365&i=qatarbankqd5.jpg)

thats qatar international islamic bank see the sign down here
http://i38.************/335fg43.jpg


which means a new thread :P

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Like OMG already !!!!! i really hopes this gets built soon in west bay both towers offcourse lol (QNB and QIB), didnt anyone notice we seen to start running out of plots in west bay ? i guess verybody is going to go more to the north.... towards the lagoon....


Btw Salman, why dont you open a new thread ??? your his best friend no ?

Actually there is a thread for the QIB Tower... however with a very small render and no indication of height, floors, etc. If this is the same design as above, great news!!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=490849

^^ acctually that Qatar INTERATIONAL Bank not Qatar ISLAMIC Bank...........

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG DIFFRENCE acctually this mean this is the 3rd bank tower we find out about in this thread loooooooooool

Qatar International Islamic Bank

QIIB

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:


Btw Salman, why dont you open a new thread ??? your his best friend no ?

I dont know if there is a thread or not. will let u guys decide first :P

Four groups shortlisted for Qatar National Bank tower

Published: 16 October 2008 09:01 GMT Author: Colin Foreman More by this Author Last Updated: 16 October 2008 19:09

At least four contracting groups have been shortlisted for the contract to build the 510-metre tall Qatar National Bank (QNB) headquarters in Doha. When complete the tower will be one of the tallest buildings in the world.
The groups are a joint venture of Dubai-based Al-Habtoor Engineering Enterprises with Australia's Gulf Leighton, Dubai-based Arabtec Construction, Lebanon's Qatar Arabian Construction Company (ACC), and Australia's Multiplex.

The four groups have been shortlisted for the largest package on the project: the shell and core of the 61-floor building.

It involves building the concrete substructure, basements, structural steel and curtain walling, as well as the installation of lifts, escalators and the mechanical, electrical and plumbing works.

It will have a total built-up area of 235,000 square metres, with five basement levels, 88,000 sq m of parking, 9,000 sq m for the entrance and banking halls, and 138,000 sq m of office space.

The project is split into three packages. One involves enabling works, installing a diaphragm wall, excavation and piling. It is scheduled for completion in February 2009.

The other package, also to be tendered in 2008, will be to fit out the building.

This involves the internal walls, partitions, doors and screens, raised access floors, toilets, furniture and finishings.

The project manager is the local office of KEO International Consultants.

The architect is Australia's Peddle Thorp Architects

tower completed by feb 2009 ??? cant be... there talking about the excavation and piling right ???

^^ The excavation, piling, groundwork is scheduled for completion in Feb 2009 not the tower!

where its gonna be build

yeah i was thinking about that... bablo... the tower is located right in front of alnasr towers....

http://i42.************/333v1ph.jpg

http://i39.************/nysl6d.jpg

now its upto qnb to built a tower.. aint they late to start building..??

Bert, are u sure that is the site, and that proposed tower will actually be built?

.... how many times will we debate about this ? lol... yes... i pretty much think its over there because the previous design was (according to the video) supposed to be there....

great pictures !

Halawala, it could be a confusion, but the excavation contractor is the one supposed to work on QNB tower, and a QNB retail branch was destroyed there right before the excavation works started... not 100% sure but next wadi al sail is on me if I'm wrong! : P

LOooooooooooL! No, I think your definetly right. This building used to house Bechtel Engineering Main Office in downtown Doha.

Piling done!

http://i39.************/21j6tzt.jpg

http://i42.************/9kotav.jpg

http://i40.************/wf8n.jpg

so the tower is infront of alnasr twin towers =O cool ;) , Cant wait to see floors rising up inshallah

I AM LOVING THIS TOWER...and seriously so impressed by the both the concept and the design....well done....

I thought this was 610m tall, maybe i wasn't too concentrating.

I still dont see how this structure could possibly be more than 500 meters!

The building is pretty, design is not different!

its so hidden. That's why I never knew about it

I read in Meed News that the QNB Bank had invited companies for QNB tender


Finally things are moving:banana:

^^ you're absolutely right! :)

Qatar National Bank tenders Doha corniche skyscraper

Firms have until 10 September to bid for contract to build high-rise headquarters.

Qatar National Bank (QNB) is inviting bids from prequalified contractors to build what will be the tallest building in Qatar, and one of the largest skyscrapers in the world.

Firms have until 10 September to submit bids to build the bank's 101-storey, 510-metre tall headquarters building on the Doha corniche.

Firms prequalifying to bid include Lebanon's Qatari Arabian Construction Company (ACC); the Australian/UAE Al-Habtoor Leighton Group; a joint venture of the local Midmac Contracting Company and Belgium's Six Construct; Australia's Multiplex; and South Korea's Samsung Corporation (MEED 8:8:08).

The consultancy team includes Doha-based KEO International Consultants as the project manager and Australia's Peddle Thorp Architects.

Contractors originally expected the tender to be issued in September last year, but say it was delayed because of the global financial crisis. The subsequent fall in construction costs across the Gulf will lower the cost of the project.

"It was due out towards the end of last year, but I think QNB and all the other banks were more concerned about what was going on with the financial system then," one contractor considering bidding for the project tells MEED. "From the client's point of view, there are probably some cost benefits too. Prices have come down."

Developers in Abu Dhabi say that tender prices are now about 30 per cent lower than they were in the third quarter of last year, as material prices have fallen and contractors have cut their margins to secure work.

The project is the only major tower scheme to be tendered in Doha this year, as developers have put plans for a series of other high-rise buildings on hold.

However, unlike in nearby Dubai, where many projects have been cancelled because developers can no longer afford to build them, the schemes in Qatar are likely to go ahead.

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company has delayed the 400-metre-tall tower it planned to build as part of its Doha Convention Centre development, partly so that it can benefit from further falls in prices.

The project's prequalifiers included Multiplex, Samsung and Japan's Taisei Corporation. The US' Murphy Jahn prepared the concept designs and US-based Turner Construction International is the project manager.

Abu Dhabi-based Al-Jaber Group has also delayed plans for a skyscraper on the corniche. It had planned to build a 100-floor tower, but has delayed the scheme while the design is reviewed to make sure it caters to the new market conditions. US-based SOM is the architect.

If the QNB project goes ahead, the 101-storey tower will be higher than the 509-metre Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, which is currently the world's tallest completed building. The 818-metre tall Burj Dubai in the UAE will become the world's tallest building when it is opened in September 2009.

The development of towers in Qatar has been restricted in the past by limits on the height of developments close to Doha International airport's flight path.

However, these will be lifted when New Doha International airport opens in 2011.

long way to go

any updates??

nope

pictures please.

MEED magazine, Dec 17,


The tower will have a total built up area of 235,000 Sqm with five basement levels, 88,000 Sqm of parking, 9,000 Sqm of entrance, 138,000 Sqm of office space.
When completed, the tower will be the second highest tower in the world after Burj Dubai.
the 101 storey, 510 meter tower will be awarded in March.

MEED magazine, Dec 17,


The tower will have a total built up area of 235,000 Sqm with five basement levels, 88,000 Sqm of parking, 9,000 Sqm of entrance, 138,000 Sqm of office space.
When completed, the tower will be the second highest tower in the world after Burj Dubai.
the 101 storey, 510 meter tower will be awarded in March.

I dont understand them. The render and video of the proposed tower is not 101 stories! And if it is, it certainly is not that aestic!

MEED magazine, Dec 17,


The tower will have a total built up area of 235,000 Sqm with five basement levels, 88,000 Sqm of parking, 9,000 Sqm of entrance, 138,000 Sqm of office space.
When completed, the tower will be the second highest tower in the world after Burj Dubai.
the 101 storey, 510 meter tower will be awarded in March.

^^it cant be the second tallest , since Doha tower is 570m !

^^ i dont think that tower will be done by the time this one is...

^^it cant be the second tallest , since Doha tower is 570m !


well, It cant be the third tallest too :ohno:


I believe Chicago Spire, which located in Chicago city,IL, will be the second with 600 m high. it's on hold but they already finished underground works and it going to be built very soon.

Also, there is a tower in Mecca with a big clock. I can't remember the name of the tower but it will be 590 m high. it's under construction and I believe it will be completed at the beginning of the next year.

^^ thats abraj albait... lets wait and see hopefully we will make it into the top 5 or 10...

The Abraj Al Bait will be finished well before this and yes, just below 600m I think.
Also the World Trade Centre 1 is rising and will reach 540m. Also don't forget about the Shanghai Tower (still have to pour the foundation but I bet will rise very quickly) and the Pentominium (foundation is completed and is starting to rise)

taken from the supertalls forum:

Hi I'm new, but I have been looking into this forum a long while now.

None of the renders previously posted are correct. Here are two more acurate ones

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q296/T-2_bucket/Picture1.png

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q296/T-2_bucket/QNB.jpg

I believe it should start moving sometime this year.

WOW !!!

WOOOW! Really that is really different and unexpected! BTW, where is the original thread. It tells me unspecified!

OMG!!! . i'm speechless
this is really something @@
i hope it gets built sooon

^^ yeah, same expression here guys... but too bad we were NOT thew first ones to see it.... how is progress ? and the title is still proposed while its under construction....

^^
mm . .when did they say its gonna open?

I think its on hold right now... there is no work going on at the moment.

I think its on hold right now... there is no work going on at the moment.

That's a shame... it's an excellent tower.

http://i50.************/104ov0x.png

I dont know which one is being built, but i just found this. was is published here before ?

http://www.peiaassociati.it/

^^ It wasnt published before cause its tooo UGLY to be published. Looks like a 70s worn out building in Egypt!

yeah it's moving slow. The GC hasn't been picked yet.

A 510-metre tower with only 61 floors? You are looking at some extreme floor-to-ceiling heights. How about the floor count is increased to about 100, unless the design does not permit it.

A 510-metre tower with only 61 floors? You are looking at some extreme floor-to-ceiling heights. How about the floor count is increased to about 100, unless the design does not permit it.

On some sites, it says 100 Floors. So really we know NOTHING about this project.

this tower is really bothering me :ohno: so futuristic and massive but no information,
im doubting this will get built even though most sites say under construction im dying for some photos :bash:

Its been under tendering for quite sometime now. BNC, ProLeads have all not changed their Bidding/Tender status since Jan 2010.

But on the positive side, I hear that no high rise in Qatar has been cancelled, they have just been put on hold until Dec 2011 for the Airport to start operations.

Is there anybody can tell me which company has win this project??

Its been under tendering for quite sometime now. BNC, ProLeads have all not changed their Bidding/Tender status since Jan 2010.

But on the positive side, I hear that no high rise in Qatar has been cancelled, they have just been put on hold until Dec 2011 for the Airport to start operations.

Is there anybody can tell me which company has win this project??

filler filler filler

A marvel of science , architecture and engineering.

Any updates? Still On Hold? Does anyone have photo of site?

Sorry for many questions, but the project is simply amazing :)

Any updates? Still On Hold? Does anyone have photo of site?

Sorry for many questions, but the project is simply amazing :)

Someone at QNB told me it was cancelled and possibly moved to Lusail

Someone at QNB told me it was cancelled and possibly moved to Lusail

well there is no location for skyscrapers in Lusail, only the marina will host 100 towers and these 100 towers will be no higher than 200 m !!! i believe !!

well there is no location for skyscrapers in Lusail, only the marina will host 100 towers and these 100 towers will be no higher than 200 m !!! i believe !!

It doesn't have to be that tall!! and i'm pretty sure that they're gonna change the design according to an article that i have read before

It doesn't have to be that tall!! and i'm pretty sure that they're gonna change the design according to an article that i have read before


what article !! can we see ?! cuz that bad news has made me crazy :bash:

what article !! can we see ?! cuz that bad news has made me crazy :bash:

Sure bro, here it is

http://www.al-sharq.com/articles/print.php?id=276587

يجب أن تكون نسبة الزجاج إلى الحجر نسبة محددة بـ 50% فقط

so their glassy tower is definitely gonna change ;)

Sure bro, here it is

http://www.al-sharq.com/articles/print.php?id=276587

يجب أن تكون نسبة الزجاج إلى الحجر نسبة محددة بـ 50% فقط

so their glassy tower is definitely gonna change ;)



thank you, but i'm not happy though :ohno:

what will they do in their old location ?? is there any tower is gonna build there ?

Sure bro, here it is

http://www.al-sharq.com/articles/print.php?id=276587

يجب أن تكون نسبة الزجاج إلى الحجر نسبة محددة بـ 50% فقط

so their glassy tower is definitely gonna change ;)

this is one of the rules that I didnt like in Lusail. why would they force you to have 50% glass only !!!!

this is one of the rules that I didnt like in Lusail. why would they force you to have 50% glass only !!!!


They want to be environmentally friendly

QNB tower definitely not going anywhere - the hole is being filled up and no effort is being made to protect the piles...

For some time the hole was actually filled with water - now they have some pumps so the water level is no longer as high as previously. (note the "high tide" marks on the photo below...)

sorry for the bad pic - ignore the reflections of table and my colleages... http://i49.************/es6cft.jpg

Updates?

Updates?

I think its cancelled. But Im not positive

I think its cancelled. But Im not positive

Why :ohno: tho I was thinking its cancelled because they already sign up to construct a building in Lusail Marina !! and I heard they moved from diplomatic area to their !!!