it would actually be the tallest in West Bay, 600m high!!!


http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7189/oryxtowerbk7.jpg

Traditional muscharabir patterns give a traditional arabic night-identity to the modern building.
The world biggest LED-screen is part of the architecture.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3950/oryxdetail1ou5.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7007/vomhafen500800zn7.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4204/oryxiistadtflagge500800tr9.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1064/hrb14ev9.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1730/hrb15zi3.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3180/hrb11ns1.jpg

Needless to say the design is inspired by the Oryx, national animal and symbol of Qatar:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7434/newbitmapimage2cj2.jpg


Sources:
http://www.podpoddesign.com/pod-l2_6.htm
http://www.gerfriedramsauer.com/
www.retrosolar.de/de/pdf/newsletter.pdf

Thanks for this thread Adrian.

The building looks good and the name and form off the building have a great source!!: Mother nature!! :D

Cheers with discussing on this thread :cheers:

Thanks for making this thread.. but could someone put in the title the actual location of this proposal? It's Doha, Qatar.

impressive design

Monster design

Looks very interesting! are there any more renders?

Why can't people create thread titles in the proper format? Is it really that difficult?

I like the idea of image projections

Tacky in a very cool arabic way ;)

love Qatar but sorry this building is just weird, even Dubai wouldnt build that lol with those horns sticking out looks like the devil, maybe it'll be better upon completion the lights are nice though. Its tall atleast!!!

Good design :)

I don't like it...Strange...

WTF ???

Dam thats what I call a strange tower !?

Very original design. I love the curved spires too...definately keep the lighting feature on those.

wtf :eek:

although its weird I like it

love Qatar but sorry this building is just weird, even Dubai wouldnt build that lol with those horns sticking out looks like the devil, maybe it'll be better upon completion the lights are nice though. Its tall atleast!!!

BS, its an oryx :bash:

Good looking tower, colorful, i think it would suite Doha :)

Hmm... Interesting, for sure. But is the official height 600m, or is the roof height 600m?

Weird but very impressive

:bow: :eek2: Interesting to say the least.

nice design...but would remain a pipedream

Woot! I like it. Like the horns.

It has ANTLERS!!! O_O

^^ no sh*t

very surprising design!

Woot!
its cool... Qataris are so fond of their Oryx..
There's Orry, then the asian games torch and now this...

i noticed that there's an LCD like thing on its sides...

impressive!

^^ Welcome anthology to the SSC forums!!!

Yes this building looks cool in its own way and i like the qatarian spirit off hounoring their unique wildlife with this :D

Cheers :cheers:

a city of afew hundred thousands people can support a building of 600m, i think the property market wil soon burst in the middle east for sure, dont know where the demand come from

i will say that doha is starting early with these tall scrapers compared to dubai... realy nice scraper,, hopes realy it gets aproval man..

this is possibly the ugliest building proposal i have ever seen, and that includes the the thing they proposed in dubai that looked like it had a massive tumour. the proportions are all wrong, the straight side doesnt fit in with the curved side, and the horns just look stupid. I hope this gets rejected, doha has great potential to become an amazing modern city, but this will ruin everything, they'll have to build 700m buildings all around it just to make sure its hidden. Please doha do not build this tripe, the oryx may be the national animal but you dont see them building kangaroo shaped buildings in australia or golden eagles in america etc. Buildings designed to look like animals do not work this is horrible.

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This buildign is quite ugly, can't they think of a better design than this tacky setup.

Umm..... Its certainly something! don't love or hate it..... what purpose does it have though?

Good concept, so so execution. It looks rather generic, except for the top part.

The design is really incredible!!!

its magnificent! the top part is really cool!

Still waiting for anyone with information on whether this is 600m to roof or to spire. From the first render, it appears that the roof is at 600m, but the thread title has 600m as the official height.

Also, all of the renders make it look hallow. It's kind of annoying.

Sorry for being so negative. :)

It reminds me of an insect more than an animal. It looks nice until you get to the spires. Oh I just noticed that it reminds me of "Plankton" from Spongebob Squarepants.

fantastic. just amazing. so how high to antlers?

Oh I just noticed that it reminds me of "Plankton" from Spongebob Squarepants.

Lol.

http://research.soe.purdue.edu/ackerman48/images/planktonevil.jpg

:banana: thanks for the tread adrian!

however the design might change and even the height.

Lol.

http://research.soe.purdue.edu/ackerman48/images/planktonevil.jpg

Ok, this is funny! :lol:

it fits :D

^^:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Nice project. The design concept is interesting.

600m!!! It could almost compete with Burj Dubai. It is cool with the projections.

I was about to say it looks like the animal on the tail of Qatar Airways planes. :) Nice looking building.

Still waiting for anyone with information on whether this is 600m to roof or to spire. From the first render, it appears that the roof is at 600m, but the thread title has 600m as the official height.

Also, all of the renders make it look hallow. It's kind of annoying.

Sorry for being so negative. :)

You were probably hating it so much that you never noticed the 600m level marked on the first render. Looks like roof height to me.

With the antlers, I'd guess 750m or so.

As for the design, I love it. I used the Oryx antler shape for braces once on a pergola I built. We have a herd at the wildlife park in Glenrose [Fossil Rim]., They are very beautiful animals.

i agree...........this tower is very sexy.......i love it. i hope it gets approved soon......it needs some time to get done, i am guessing 2 and a half years from now if they start now.........

600m!!! It could almost compete with Burj Dubai. It is cool with the projections. no not really

I was about to say it looks like the animal on the tail of Qatar Airways planes. :) Nice looking building.

would that animal be an oryx by any chance? clues in the name

amazing.. impressive.. weird antenna tho.. hehe :D:D
kinda reminds me of Dubai's Lighthouse Tower..

I guess it depends on how high the Burj goes huh? If it stops at 700m, we might have a competition. Course I doubt that's gonna happen....

damn this tower is so impressive!
actually i wouldn't say that it looks aesthetical, the design is too strange to be really beautiful, but this makes the project even more impressive and breathtaking.
well done!

Interesting ! Not as i wish, but i like the way how designers get inspired.

This building is absolutely Stunning! I love the design!

The design is unique. It reminds me of an insect with two long antennae.

If the renderings are correct, it could really rival Burj Dubai.

If you make a rough measurement with a ruler or the measure tool of Photoshop, you will see that the "spires" have about 40 percent of the height of the rest of the building. That means about 840 metres total height. That might be taller than Burj Dubai, at least for people who count in spires (I don´t).

wow, never thought about that!

Is it just me or in that render is the 600m mark only two thirds of the way up the building? If so that would make the top of the 'horns' around about 900m?

I have a feeling that the 600m marker is just incorrectly placed, and that 600m will be the top of the "horns", simply because it doesn't look nearly that high.

Uh...looks like an insect.

^^ Then they should name it the Plankton Tower!

the horns are to symbolize an Oryx ! an Arabian Oryx, but guys really its just too high !

check this out ! its the tallest of them all

Doha skyline in the future

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8696/cornisheps1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If roof height is going to be 600m we gonna have a 800-900m mega structure in the skyline of Doha

the horns are to symbolize an Oryx ! an Arabian Oryx, but guys really its just too high !

check this out ! its the tallest of them all

Doha skyline in the future

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8696/cornisheps1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

always remember that all towers aren't there.:)

always remember that all towers aren't there.:)

(I'm directing this @ qatar son 333)
And remember to credit the true author of that! I used the same image on the Barwa Tower (the middle tower) thread!

Looks interesting...hope it gets built.

is there a site yet?

^^ the mid east region will be the epicenter of the future in a short while...i mean look at this ammount of glorios projetcts there......i cant imagine that another region in the world will have a that futuristic look like this.....imagine a ship cruise in 2015 from kuwait to dubai....along the coast.....JAMMI!

Hi! I'm new in this forum. Doha looks just great!!! congratulations. I wish time went by quick so as to go there and check it out.

wow, this is the first timei am seeing this proposal. looks very modern, but in touch with its roots... mother nature.....

i like it!

Hi! I'm new in this forum. Doha looks just great!!! congratulations. I wish time went by quick so as to go there and check it out.

Welcome to SSC Mudilicious :)

i like it a lot.

is the tall one in the center happening or are all the buildings just a dream at the moment?

that is the convention center tower, 570m....it will probably be build :)

looking forward.

that is the convention center tower, 570m....it will probably be build :)

its probably getting built already because there is construction in it's site.:)

the construction progress on its site is not for the main tower ^^

Cool future skyline rendering up there! :cheers:

Hope Oryx Tower gets built, looks great and unique!

the construction progress on its site is not for the main tower ^^

Yes, i know but its the part of it (the convention complex), after they demolish the old exhibition center, they will soon start:)

that is the convention center tower, 570m....it will probably be build :)

my friend the middle one is U/C and the left one is also U/C ! nock nock ! but the oryx is just a proposal.... but maybe.....

lose the 'face' of the oryx (on the near side of the building in the water-level render)... makes the building look like a cartoon. and while you're at it, lose the two legs... again, cartoonish.

but, i might add, the two horns, light up at night, at that angle... pretty cool...

Incredible tower :okay: :master: :bow:.

http://www.abcgallery.com/P/picasso/picasso206.html

nice design... hope it comes into fruition..

edit: awesome design (seems nice is inept)

What should the Onyx tower be used for? the floors in this tower look too narrow.

I think this tower is going to happen!! :cheers:

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1308DohasHorny600mTallTVTower_pic1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1308DohasHorny600mTallTVTower_pic2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1308DohasHorny600mTallTVTower_pic3.jpg


Dohas Horny 600m Tall TV Tower

Published on 2008-01-15 by Skyscrapernews.com

National pride in something is a wonderful thing. So proud is Qatar of their national animal, the Oryx, that proposals have been put forward to build a super-tall skyscraper to honour it.

Named non-surprisingly the Oryx Tower, it will stand an impressive 600 metres if it gets built and comes from the drawing board of Austrian architect Gerfried Ramsauer.

Triangular in shape the tower thins out as it reaches its peak and will sport some unusual and innovative features and be instantly recognisable by its homage to the Oryx - its amazing antler spires which instead of pointing upwards curve over slightly.

The tower will have a glass façade but this is not bog standard, double skinned, two a penny glass façade but rather this will, if it gets built, be the worlds biggest LED screen.

The tower incorporates the Media RETRO façade and RETROluxtherm blinds into its design which will allow images to be projected onto the outside of the façade making this not only a fully functioning skyscraper but also a massive communal television. How cool would the film The Towering Inferno look at that size?

The clever part of this innovation is that the goings on inside the tower will not interfere with what's being projected outside and the projections will not obscure views to the outside world, pleasing both T.V enthusiasts and those within the tower who appreciate the panoramic view that's on offer.

This will allow the tower to transform its look with patterning as well as T.V pictures or have the colours fade through the spectrum creating a giant lightshow on the Doha skyline.

Traditional Muscharabir patterns down the sides of the building will give a traditional Arabic look at night proving that the past and the present can be melded together successfully whilst the general structure is expressed by crossbracing that zig-zags diagonally up the sides.

It's suspected the tower will be used largely for office space although nothing official has been released as to its possible function as the project is still in the design stages.

Such an interesting and unique design will have many fingers crossed or in the case of the square eyes amongst us, the TV remote finger poised in anticipation for approval to be given to this tower and work to begin on site.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1308

finally some news :cheers:. sounds very good what i read :)

that render looks fab

amazing! there will be a LED screen on the side of the tower like aurora in shanghai, right?

how long would it take before this proposal gets the nod and be under construction if this is a pure tv tower much like the guanzhou tv sightseeing then wow this would be the best design especially with the rendering of the LCD screen looks great

^^ It's not a TV tower, it is a skyscrsaper.

the lcd screen will be awesome because it'll change the mood and the design of the skyline.

Very post-modern.

Love this design!!! I know its very odd looking skyscraper. Come on guys it is something what we need to see to get built on this planet. Many of us are tired of boxy, twist, curved, and pyramid towers. This is something new! :cheers:

whats the latest.

whata the latest with this project?

If there was any news....it would be posted here.

I like this tower very much - great art and architecture!

Tallest spire in the world??? looks really tall itself.

really a beautiful building...!!!

strange design o_O

Tallest spire in the world??? looks really tall itself.

The new Pentominium spire is somewhere around 200m, so probably no. :)

^^ That means that pentominium's roof is somewhere around 418 metres which is not true. The spire on that building is much shorter than 200 metres. And I want to know how tall spire on oryx tower is.

^^ That means that pentominium's roof is somewhere around 418 metres which is not true. The spire on that building is much shorter than 200 metres. And I want to know how tall spire on oryx tower is.

Well, no.

The Pentominium spire is around 200m long, it doesn't start on the roof but it sits on the side of the building, the top of the fin (the roof) is 516m...

You can see it on Cul's diagram...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2650683801_56e9b0e93a_o.jpg

EDIT: And according to this diagram, it is 209m long...

That is pretty cool. Kinda reminds me of earwigs:

http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/graphics/earwig.jpg

^^ Thats last picture made me cringe! This new guy on the block is quite impressive though I must say when I first glanced at the renderings I was like WTF? But, in a good way if that makes any sense?

From the rendering it appears that only part of the tower will have floors, the diagonal bracing part appears empty, the front part has floors. The LED screen appears on the diagonal bracing part.

It would be cool if you could climb to the top of ths spires like Burj Dubai.

Well, no.

The Pentominium spire is around 200m long, it doesn't start on the roof but it sits on the side of the building, the top of the fin (the roof) is 516m...

You can see it on Cul's diagram...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/2650683801_56e9b0e93a_o.jpg

EDIT: And according to this diagram, it is 209m long...

This diagram of new pentominium, where is it sourced from? I want to see the new renders.

how would it be to look in the Pentominium thread....don't you think you'll find a render there?

I think this is a building on a city like Doha could pull off! Very original, I'll give it that

do we have a site for this one yet ?

its going to be on westbay probably near to the Four Seasons

Wonderfullllllllll

It's ugly! that spire isn't looking good.

hmph...weird design.those spires look cool.

whats happening with this project , whats the latest ?

Any new updates?

Crazy spire.

when they began to constraction???

^^hmm...i think in 2010 (maybe 2011) it will be rise above the ground.
At the moment its proposed, 2010 it will be approved.
Lets hope it will be rise soon :)

Any news hear? Its not crisis in this country)) they must began this prodect

I dont think this will go through... there are already around 6 supertalls UC and approved over 400m packed in a very small area....

me to ^^ not many supertalls seem to be doing well in doha, and isnt the tower located on the plot of an already proposed supertall?