Proposed: Qatar National Bank Headquarters Building, 61F, 510 m

[Massilia]

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

[superinfiniti]

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 ....





TbTdOKSQAj8

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[suzan]

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

[SRF78]

I like the rendering of this tower...

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

[Halawala]

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?

[Qatar Son 333]

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

[hazeem]

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

[Massilia]

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

[Massilia]

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.

[suzan]

^^ this is kindda weird :lol:

[Halawala]

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.

[CrazY]

what the height of this tower ??

[salman515]

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

[Halawala]

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

I would say about 200-250 meters :P

[omarmakki]

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

[Massilia]

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.

[nihad]

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

[Qatar Son 333]

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.....

[Massilia]

This is the plot where work has begun:

http://i35.tinypic.com/14ctysh.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/95yo87.jpg

[Massilia]

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.

[bizzybonita]

Good news indeed :)

[Qatar Son 333]

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:

[salman515]

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 ?

[Qatar Son 333]

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

[Massilia]

: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).

[Massilia]

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...

[Qatar Son 333]

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

[bizzybonita]

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

[Qatar Son 333]

^^ 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

[amnesia]

QNB still hasn't decided on a design.

[Qatar Son 333]

then how come they started construction ?????

[bizzybonita]

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

[Qatar Son 333]

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

[amnesia]

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

[Halawala]

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)

[salman515]

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


which means a new thread :P

[Qatar Son 333]

: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 ?

[Massilia]

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

[Qatar Son 333]

^^ 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

[amnesia]

Qatar International Islamic Bank

QIIB

[salman515]

: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

[Massilia]

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

[s22.travian.ae]

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

[Halawala]

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

[bablo124]

where its gonna be build

[s22.travian.ae]

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