JEDDAH l Jeddah Tower | 49 fl | Prep

[lady gaga]

Originally Posted by Riyadh Sun

Located on a privileged site, the Tower stands out as an iconic yet subtle crystal sculpture – an urban icon, with unobstructed views towards the sea.
One minimal volume shift defines the slick silhouette of Silver Tower. Located on the 14th technical level, this break absorbs the difference in the floor plate area between the lower apartments (2 units per floor) and the upper ones (full floor apartments). It is a subtle shift on the skyline, and can be better appreciated at a close urban range. It helps the building address the lower-rise surroundings while providing an exclusive and ample terrace space for the apartments on level 15 overlooking the Corniche and the sea.
A very important aspect of the rational floor plan is the flexibility, where the building’s structure is catered by the core and the peripheral columns. The result is a bright and uninterrupted space inside allowing every effective layout.
The building skin is a mixed curtain walling system, with glass, frit glass, Photo Voltaic glass panels, and stone in 2 types of finish (honed and high polish). The percentage and the configuration of each of the components changes according to the needs of different spaces of the apartment behind, ranging from service areas having the least exposure to the noble reception areas where total transparency is achieved. These components follow an overall underlying grid logic in the curtain wall, but are used in such a way that they blur the reading of repetitive floors of the tower into a more homogeneous and elegant surface. This gives the tower its reading as a monolithic and coherent object.

49 floors 55 000 m² including 3 parking floors above ground, 1 basement 5 000 m²
Design Consultant: nabil gholam architects, Lead Design Consultant: SDC, Vertical transportation: SKA, Lighting Design: The Lofts
3D images: nabil gholam architects





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http://www.world-architects.com/en/nabil-gholam/en/

Updates

Originally Posted by Rody69

updates 06.12.2012

[lady gaga]

The thread in the Saudi forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1553702

[Naif Saudi]

Very nice one

[lady gaga]

Yeah

[Naif Saudi]

Today

2/21/2013














Continuing work on the project

[ThatOneGuy]

Nice looking.

[Naif Saudi]

Originally Posted by Rody69

Solidere is a partner in this project...
it's going to be 48 floor, 219 m high structure above road level.

by the way...

the official name for this project is "Golden Tower", so I guess the title must be changed to:
JEDDAH l U/C |Golden Tower| 48 F | 219 m |Residential

JEDDAH | Golden Tower| 48 F | 219 m l U/C