Qatar, Doha
Al Quds tower

the new version of the Dome of the Rock


This 100 floors tower project represents a real challenge to afford the creation of the most innovative human habitat and the greatest landmark of Doha because its residential function and its shape that always could remind to the world the hope of the peace for the Palestinian land.

The target is to host more than 2.000 inhabitants in a icon building that could be symbolically linked with Al Quds trough the analogy with the Dome of the Rock, the most important and ancient monument of the Islamic culture, the place where the prophet Muhammad ascended to God in the sky.

The geometry of the Dome of the Rock is abstractly extended in height and with the right proportion to became an ethereal tower, that mix itself with the sky; in this way the Golden Dome became a sort of Golden Minaret. Its top (420 meters) is able to catch and reflex around the first ray of the sun in the morning and the last in evening, all over Doha. In the night, because so high and close to the seaside, it will be the lantern of the Gulf. The main entrance direction 15 lifts lobby and a laser light on top are toward the Al Quds direction, to remind Palestinian land, all the time and to everybody, from everywhere in Doha.

All these symbolical meaning with their own cultural, political, and religious contents find a reasonable choice and a pragmatic meaning in the correspondence with a clear consolidate typology of skyscrapers: the Miraret or “skyrockets” shape is considered the best choice in terms of aerodynamic effect of the wind. Just some examples between many: Swiss Re in London, Acqbar in Barcelona, and now the tallest in the world, the construction Bionic tower in Shanghai - 1200 meters.

The cylinder and round base plan is better than square or polygonal one. But the amount of the vortexes on the back of the cylinder can create negative strong whirlpool. Like the airplane wings the force should be dangerous.
The reduction of cylindrical shape (Typical first 50 floors diameter of 60 meters) since the half of the height toward the top allows a drastic reduction of this vortex of air on the back of the tower with the positive result of avoiding high costs for the foundations and all the structural frame.

The tower include 420 apartments will host 2.250 residents with a medium range of 120 sqm each plus the surrounding continuous private and public terraces, provided by the 2,5 mt. of extended cantilevered slab that ensure also protection by the sun and easy maintenance of the glass façade.
Five floors of futuristic “sky-gardens” ensure greenery and fresh air at any floors breaking the textured skin of the building. Around the, every 20 floors, public facilities and services like nursery, bar and restaurants, prayer rooms, Gym, Spa, swimming pools, library clubs, mini-markets will allow the high quality and real environmental “vertical” life style.

A vertigo restaurant and a suite for special honour or diplomatic guests are on the top.
An easy and economic but innovative RGB changing colors lighting system will ensure spectacular dynamic games of light at night, in the podium and along all the tower, until the golden top.

The car for the residents will be close to the apartments as per the best futuristic goal about this issue. Like in the first lucky typology of this kind of tower (Marina Bay in Chicago). The cars are host in the first 9 spiral slab car park (800 cars for 420 residents are more then 1,5 for each apartment).

The tower down is sustained by the real image of a feet shaped podium. The slabs, going down, start to increase them self in a fluidic enlargements, like the topography land curves map.

The ground floor double height Podium will host retail and commercial activities, a bank, one mosque for 300 persons, a 500 seat multipurpose ballroom and cinema hall with surrounding small restaurants. The service and commercial area of 9.000 sqm has a 2 level underground car park basement, hosting 670 cars for visitors and employers.
On the Podium the roof garden of palm trees, with swimming pool and decorative pools provides nice views to a big gym, Spa and restaurant.
The transparency of the glazing of the podium is protected by the sun with a continuous “mujarabya” in computer and laser cut aluminium panels to evoke the stone and the ceramic tiles texture and Islamic scripts of the base of Dome of the Rock in Al Quds.

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Source: http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/scheda.php?id=17450

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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 Sunday, 3 December, 2006,

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^^ so is this U/C..? and if so what is it's current status ?

the same website says:

Plan: January 2007
Beginning works: March 2007

Do one of you guys know where the site is? Someone should go check this out and check if anything is going on.

BTW no willy references please, and I'm serious. I'll delete your post otherwise

Wwoww, what a design, original pfff, stunning...

already a thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=417811

great design, reminds me a bit on the Chicago Spire

This tower looks so... fat :D

Well the name of this building sure puts the myth about highrises and penis size to the test. Then I saw the look of the building and was convinced.

****Reason for warning was a certain p word. Thank God for America and the freedom of speech where correctly spelled medical termed anatomical body parts are not deemed gross or vulgar.***

It's a nice project!
I have a feeling that someone will say that insult they made to Chicago Spire.

looks great at night!

"Floating" gardens really seems to be fashion right now...

hey salman... this one's gr8....

Great idea, actually.

I miss playing basketball within sight of the Dome of the Rock.

It looks much better at night.

i really like on the project that every floor has its own balcony. must be awesome to live at the top

I do like the detail feature that allows for trees throughout the tower...

However, the shape representation of the tower in connection to it's title is inappropriate!

where is Doha? Qatar? Interesting tower !!!

yes, Doha is in Qatar

It's a nice project!
I have a feeling that someone will say that insult they made to Chicago Spire.

LOL, you mean that it looks like a dildo? I'll bite....I think it looks like a dildo.

That's one ugly building!

It looks like one of those "personal vibrators" the ladies like so much!

It looks like one of those "personal vibrators" the ladies like so much!

earth just got an artificial d**k

It looks like a bigger version of that red and blue tower in Spain (?) but with some holes.

this tower is great!
each hole has a coconut tree
so the tower will be huge!

It looks like one of those "personal vibrators" the ladies like so much!

Not as much as the Chicago Spire, but I do see what you mean :)

I don't mind the building as much, and the podium is also interesting and integrated (in that sense, the CS is more like the personal tool you're thinking of).

Question - how do those openings do with wind testing? Those palm trees will have to be rather tough!

Don't like it...:ohno:

Although those ,,windows" with palms are quite an interesting idea...

This 'thing' is ugly as sin.

I really like the layout of the belconys on the building but thats about it. But, the night shot does look sweet.

Fantastic monster

For anyone not familiar, "Al Quds" ("The Holy City") is the Islamic name for Jerusalem.

The press release confuses me - is the building funded by a pro-Palestinian organization? :?

For anyone not familiar, "Al Quds" ("The Holy City") is the Islamic name for Jerusalem.

The press release confuses me - is the building funded by a pro-Palestinian organization? :?

Superficially speaking, the vast majority of the Arab world is "pro-Palestinian".

The tower should be renamed to Al Zib Tower, hahaha!

Superficially speaking, the vast majority of the Arab world is "pro-Palestinian".


As far as I can tell, the Arab countries are all pro-Palestinian, as long as the Palestinians don't try to come live in *their* countries. Nothing personal, I'm sure.

Even thinking about Middle East politics makes we want to bash my head against a wall. The Arabs, the Turks, the Kurds, the Israelis, all trying to one-up each other on who's harder-core.

The tower should be renamed to Al Zib Tower, hahaha!

Very very stupid comment. I thought your smarter than this. :bash:

For anyone not familiar, "Al Quds" ("The Holy City") is the Islamic name for Jerusalem.

The press release confuses me - is the building funded by a pro-Palestinian organization? :?

Its funded by the government of Qatar and its profits would help the Palestinian people directly.

what is your problem people just care about the tower not a stupid thing like a name !!!! i would accept a tower even if its called the Cr*p tower !

As far as I can tell, the Arab countries are all pro-Palestinian, as long as the Palestinians don't try to come live in *their* countries. Nothing personal, I'm sure.

Even thinking about Middle East politics makes we want to bash my head against a wall. The Arabs, the Turks, the Kurds, the Israelis, all trying to one-up each other on who's harder-core.

Excellant point! So much hypocrisy in that part of the world!:rant:

Well the name of this building sure puts the myth about highrises and penis size to the test. Then I saw the look of the building and was convinced.


yes same here. it is extremely obvious and makes the project more of a joke than anything else.

stunning!!!!!!!!

This tower, and its name too, is great... Go Qatar!! :)

can someone post some renderings?

might be this

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

^^It doesnt look 420 meters. :D

NO! Thats an old design, its probably a different tower anyway.

Good project

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Al Quds Endowment Tower
Giampiero Peia Associati
http://www.peiaassociati.it/

It's behind the W Hotel:

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

Thats the location.

Hm, it looks ok i guess. I like the podium and base.

That design looks like Chicago Spire. :D

^^That was posted actually on the first page but deleted:D

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Al Quds Endowment Tower
Giampiero Peia Associati
http://www.peiaassociati.it/



Thats the location.

Wow!!! No wonder they call this the "Endowment" Tower!! :lol::lol::lol:

I do like the design though, as it looks quite interesting...

Wow!!! No wonder they call this the "Endowment" Tower!! :lol::lol::lol:

I do like the design though, as it looks quite interesting...

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/277/asd1rx.jpg

Old design of the "barwa tower" on the right.

^^ yeah..... i feel sad it got cancelled, but the new one with the convention center is still good...

^^ yeah..... i feel sad it got cancelled, but the new one with the convention center is still good...

The convention center is a stunning design... but i wonder how it is on the site of Al Quds...? I think the it never gonna be built... to long to silenced.

^^ its not its in another plot of land next to city center mall...

The convention center is a stunning design... but i wonder how it is on the site of Al Quds...? I think the it never gonna be built... to long to silenced.

Actually theres a stone (like a giant grave stone), with swords and arabic marking the site of Al Quds.

^^ its a foundation stone not a grave stone lol, and the words state that nothing will be built here but the tower, date, erc blah blah blah..... bottom line its just a foundation stone laid since december 2006.....

Oh my. Another phallic building

^^ its a foundation stone not a grave stone lol, and the words state that nothing will be built here but the tower, date, erc blah blah blah..... bottom line its just a foundation stone laid since december 2006.....

Yeah idd :lol:

lol look at what I found ;)

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

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

Still nothing on the site...

^^ its a foundation stone not a grave stone lol, and the words state that nothing will be built here but the tower, date, erc blah blah blah..... bottom line its just a foundation stone laid since december 2006.....

theres the word i'm looking for, foundation stone, but you should i know i was like describing it and not saying its a grave stone.

I just passed by it, I saw some lines there.

lines? don't get what you mean :)

sorry I meant it looked like there were lines drawn on the ground.

ah ok :)

they changed it...

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

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

Cool! I like it!

Much better than the old design. :okay: But not that good. Looks very tall though. oh 500m :D

What the hell are those things flying by it?

^^ seaguls, white doves/ birds :dunno:

the new design is just wonderful, looks much taller than 500m IMO

The design looks like shit......pure shit nothing else...

http://www.spacy.me/lol.jpg
:lol:

But seriously, i really like this tower!

Great one...I like a lot!

another render posted earlier... nobody knew whats this tower....

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

Translation? :D

^^ nothing about the tower, just about the number of hotel rooms in Doha by 2012 and about the local hotel brand names

the design is so weird :crazy: its ugly IMO

ohh. thanks. :)

IMO, the top reminds me of the Princess Tower in Dubai.

Well i'm glad we see more ancient styles. It might not fit the modern western taste, but it's a first step towards a modern utopia with finely detailed facades, fountains, gardens... away from the sterile, even anti-biotic, glass and steel of today's cities.

http://www.spacy.me/lol.jpg
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Going back to the past ?

i hate those ancient style SSs.
what's it, a huge minaret?

^^ its not supposed to represent a minaret, IMO it represents the masjid in al-quds aka juresalem.... but streched to giant hights showing that alquds hasnt been forgotten.. or thats what the media says... no useless arguments and chatting please...

The old version is better. This classic-style one isnt bad indeed...

15-05-2009
More renders:

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19-06-2009
A piling contractor is getting ready to start work on the Al Quds plot :banana::banana:

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01-08-2009
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http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/dermonch/doha/CIMG0473.jpg

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

This pictures are from Qatar's thread, many pictures has been posted seen 3 or 4 months ago.

Piling contractor is working there. So this tower is now Prep?
Should be now...

DOHA | Al Quds Endowment Tower | 420m | 1378ft | 100 fl | Pro

to...

DOHA | Al Qud's Tower | 420m | 1378ft | 100 fl | Prep

so it's 420m, not 500m ?

^^
I'm not sure, I believe that the final height should be 500m.

Did they start the construction or the pilling?

nice tower

it must change in u/c category or not???

That is the latest, the piles have been completed. There are workers moving around, but really I dont know what they are doing.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2690/img01263201001141350.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img01263201001141350.jpg)

Perhaps it should be U/C?

Nice:)

the old design was a big ass dildo no joke

now this looks fantastic..it looks like a progress to me in great design

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 Sunday, 3 December, 2006,

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

Qatar has guts that's all I will say :lol:

Strange design. It will look very tall. Taller then most buildings with that height.

Reminds me of the Chrysler Tower or Emire State.

Strange design. It will look very tall. Taller then most buildings with that height.

totally agree, the design is strange...but i really like it. and it looks very tall, taller than it will be :)

I also really like the design. It's something different.

It's a nice skyscraper, but that zigzag thing ruins all. But the base is amazing!

It's a nice skyscraper, but that zigzag thing ruins all. But the base is amazing!
What zigzag thing?

ugly like an earthworm!

i love it !!

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

it is very Unique and one of a kind . .i don't think it looks like any other . .

I like it. (: It looks like a nice twenty story building super-sized.

it is very Unique and one of a kind . .i don't think it looks like any other . .

it sortof reminds me of the Sears (willis) Tower a bit

i like, kinda islamic art deco and something diffrent to those mirrored glass facades. but hopefully they use some fine quality materials and not cheap stuff like in dubai ;-)

dt

Makes the old blocky Sears Tower look appealing again. I like the emphasis on vertical lines, broken up subtly with Islamic style trim.

Can we get some updated pictures?

Any updates ?

This tower is more then 500 meters tall.

The awarding of the main construction package is expected next month. Some of the biders are Korea's Samsung Enginering (Burj Dubai, Taipei101, Petronas Towers), Belgium's Six Construct (Buej Dubai, The Address Lake Hotel) and Australia's Multiplex (Wembley Stadium, The Index, Emirates Park Hotel Towers).

Consultant is UK's Hyder (Burj Dubai, Pentominium)

yeah, with 100 floors, it has to be over 500m :banana:

^^ really ? well then explain why the John-Hancock Center is not 500m ? or the Willis tower (sears) for that fact.

Thanks for the info Altin

This tower is more then 500 meters tall.

The awarding of the main construction package is expected next month. Some of the biders are Korea's Samsung Enginering (Burj Dubai, Taipei101, Petronas Towers), Belgium's Six Construct (Buej Dubai, The Address Lake Hotel) and Australia's Multiplex (Wembley Stadium, The Index, Emirates Park Hotel Towers).

Consultant is UK's Hyder (Burj Dubai, Pentominium)

???

You mean the Belgium firm BESIX and Burj Khalifa. :)

^^ really ? well then explain why the John-Hancock Center is not 500m ? or the Willis tower (sears) for that fact.


:lol: you can't compare them.
just this one has to be taller than 500m because it has a huge top section with less floors and dome (maybe a litte spire, it looks like it)...
Sears Tower (i prefer this name) has small regular floors till the roof.

^^
It still doesn't have to be 500m just because it has 100 floors. The Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea has 105 floors and is 1080 something feet.

And where exactly in the city is this building?

Very palatial.

^^


And where exactly in the city is this building?

West Bay Doha

???

You mean the Belgium firm BESIX. :)

BESIX is a UAE company, a J/V between the local BELHASA Contracting Company and Belgium's SIX Construct.



It still doesn't have to be 500m just because it has 100 floors. The Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea has 105 floors and is 1080 something feet.

This tower is residential and it has taller floors ... pluc floors in middle east are usually taller then elswhere because they also have to house the central A/C pipes ... and then is the thing on top.

My source (nothing to do with Onn's ones) also quoted a 500 meters number.

I love when newer buildings incorporate older styles, so the base is definitely the coolest part for me.

retro arabic design, not so bad

Great design!!

Any new updates?

No more updates apart the last fundations pills . Before putting it UC, we do have photographs that prove it ! For the moment, without real proof, it can't be UC for me ! Prove it !

Piling IS construction

... and piling is already completed.

So it's on Prep ! No photo, no proof !

delete

delete

Delete what ?

ABDY !! your really acting like a troll now !

Pilling is completed =)

Taken from the thread in the Qatar forum section:

The Enabling Works contractor AMMICO (http://www.ammico.biz) has completed its scope of works i.e. Diaphragm Wall, Anchors, Deep Excavation, Piling and Dewatering Works. Site has been handed over to Private Engineering Office and it is ready for next phase of construction.

AMMICO did Enabling Works for all 3 super skyscrpers in Doha i.e. Doha Convention Center & Tower, Qatar National Bank Headquarters Building Tower and Al Quds Tower Project.

Pictures of these three projects are available at http://www.ammico.biz

Footprint photo of upto date construction status of the project is here:

http://www.ammico.biz//datafiles/imagegallery/a6dc0a1d483300b31856a42a4965dd1a.JPG

Pilling is not Construction but Prep.

Pilling is not Construction but Prep.

Prep is digging in the dirt, you idiot. With piles, concrete is already there. Whenever there is anything concrete in place on the site, it is u/c.
SO SHUT UP!:bash:

The coarseness is the answer of the idiots. Have you got humour, Blue Flame ??? I know it's under construction but I want to see the first floor groing up !

The coarseness is the answer of the idiots. Have you got humour, Blue Flame ??? I know it's under construction but I want to see the first floor groing up !

I was trying to be emphatic.You said the same thing several times. Why did you keep saying it was prep when it is obvious that it is u/c? If you were just trying to be humorous, next time try to emphasize that a little more or use an emoticon. I was just trying to make the point clear to you.

GC is not awarded yet

Why can't you take photographs of it ? It is simple, reality is the better proof !

Why can't you take photographs of it ? It is simple, reality is the better proof !

So I repeat the same message because without a proof I can't imagine it's under construction. Because many people had said projects under construction but it was not true and these projects were cancelled.

I Believe what I See !

^^ There is no reason to fight ..the status in U/C ..and yes the constructor is not on the site as the last picture shows..the prep work has already been finished for this tower .

Since 10 months... You live in Bucharest not in Doha. Is there someone who's living in Doha ? Or someone travelling for Doha ?

^^ oufff minak bas

i have been living in Doha since ever, could u please stop trolling this thread !!

abdy is right, there's no clear update about this tower and qatar national bank hq........

Thank you kanye. I repeat it, no update about those towers.

Qatar Son 333, could you please take some pics of the site? :)

Hmm...can we get some updates please? unfortunately I'm not living in doha neither no time to go there to take some pics of the construction site :(

someone has some news ? Just because it's one of my favorite so please (:

hello...

Any updates ?:ohno:

it's also on hold.

Damn. Doha has lost almost all of the supertalls. Dubai Towers, Al Quds Endowment, QNBH are all on-hold. :(

Just now, Qatar has won the bid for FIFA world cup in soccer... in 2022. A long way to go from now, but congrats. :)

Maybe this big success over bigger rivals like USA, Australia and Japan will push the country further - and might bring back the supertalls to Doha, sooner or later.

I agree with Dan,

I was reading it , in this morning in the newpapers, at Paris.

So great new.

i cant believe there spending something like 50 billion on it?

because it's more than an building, that means the power and the innovation, the country's image,...