Qatar: Mashrabiya (Shanasheel) is the traditional Arabic window with wooden latticework. You can see them in many countries in Middle East and find them in homes belong to Muslim people and mosques all over the world. Its shape promotes natural cooling in hot summer season and preserve privacy at the same time. What if these complex patterns were decorated all over the façade of a high-rise building? Wouldn’t it be amazing and beautiful? Stop doing guess work because it’s already made. Standing 761 feet tall with a cylindrical composition, the Doha Tower (or Burj Doha) soars above Qatar in its bee-hive skin while bringing back the Islamic architecture back to the modern times.
Designed by award winning French architect Jean Nouvel, Doha Tower is a first of its kind skyscraper to formulate dia-grid reinforced concrete over the entire outer surface to create mashrabiya and butterfly shaped pattern to capture the light at every level and prevent heating.
Located at Corniche road overlooking the gulf waters, few metres from Ministries and Government Departments and 15 minutes from Doha International Airport, the unique Doha Tower is a purely commercial building offering office and VIP spaces and restaurants. The dimension of the building is 45 m diameter, height of 231.5 m (till the electrical conductor and have 46 stories) and a total built up area of approximately 110,000 square meters. The building has been made without a central core, providing more interior space. Named as the cousin of Burj Khalifa, Burj Doha received the ‘Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Skyscraper Award for the Best Tall Building Worldwide’ in 2012. It is owned by a Qatari Prince Sheikh Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani and cost Qatari Riyal 455 million/US$125 million.What amazes us is a fact that you can say bizarre or trivia but the shape of building is exactly like a phallus. However the architect calls it as ‘fully assumed virility’.Inside the tower
- Almost all of the floors have office spaces of height 3 metres. The flooring has been facilitated with electrical connections and rooms are equipped with LED lighting, fire and smoke alarms.
- Outfitted with building management system and Satellite TV system.
- Restaurant at Level 42 that serves the panorama of the city along with good food.
- Green landscapes in more than 40 percent of total area and first time in Qatar, a special vertical garden.
- Parking facility with accommodation capacity of 870 cars.
The ArchitectWinner of multiple architecture awards including Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Wolf Prize in Arts and Pritzker Prize, Jean Nouvel’s architectural work often reflects exuberance, courageous ideas, and creative experimentation. His work includes Arab World Institute, Paris, Culture and Convention Center, Lucerne, Reina Sofía Museum expansion, Madrid, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Torre Aigües de Barcelona (Agbar), Barcelona, One New Change, London, Doha Tower, Qatar and many more.
A never-seen-before landmark on the land of Qatar, Doha Tower is a reflection of Islamic architecture that fuses with modern lifestyle. It’s an expression of local culture and extraordinary work of art.займ на карту без отказов круглосуточновзять кредит онлайн