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The Qatar of tomorrow... :-)
Maybe they're just dreams...some are being turned into reality in front of our very eyes while some are still on the drawing boards.Whatever be the state,they sure are a visual treat.Welcome to the future! :-)
Qatar Financial District
The project features an outer ring of 6 office towers ascending in a clockwise direction from 20 to 35 storeys in height, and an inner ring of towers, comprising of 3 office towers and a hotel tower ascending in a counter-clockwise direction from 31 to 50 storeys in height
Nobu-Doha
Client: Nobu/Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani
Designer: Rockwell Group
Completion date: Autumn 2010
Size: 26,000ft²
The new Nobu Doha is the second Middle Eastern venue for the world-renowned restaurant group. The freestanding, three-story restaurant will be located on a peninsula on Doha Bay, at the Four Seasons Hotel Doha. The prominent position of this new, dramatic structure will anchor the northern end of the city’s grand Corniche. While exhibiting the iconic Nobu elements of natural, rich materials that reflect the cuisine and rural Japanese roots of Chef Nobu, this location will also reflect the specific history of Doha, and feature many one-of-a-kind art installations that Rockwell Group commissioned specifically for this project.
As the city is famous for pearl diving, Rockwell Group is referencing this past in many layers of the design. The lofty double-height main dining room is framed by woven abaca panels custom-made by the Philippine artist Ken Cobonpue. Featured throughout the space are end-grain wood floors, columns clad in white sea-shells and a field of spherical glass light fixtures of various sizes custom-crafted by the Canadian artist Ken Gangbar.
Qatar National Tennis Stadium
Client: Private
Status: Under Construction
Disciplines: Architecture
Market Sectors: Leisure
New 10,000 seat stadium for the 2006 Asian Games at Qatar. Designed in conjunction with GHD. Project value $50M
Qatar Science & Technology Park
Industry :Education
Client :Qatar Foundation for Education
Architect :Woods Bagot
Director :Mark Mitcheson-Low
Design director :Alf Seeling
Structural engineer :Connell Wagner
MEP engineer :Hyder Consulting
Interior design :Woods Bagot
Landscape architect :Woods Bagot
AV Systems :TechnoQ
Completion date :March 2009
Location :Education City, Doha
Burj Qatar
Jean Nouvel’s new building is part of a larger scheme commissioned by the National Council of Culture, Arts, and Heritage, which features the construction of a series of buildings and the remodelling of the Corniche, which will give the shoreline of the Bay of Doha a facelift.
The French architect’s tower, due to be inaugurated in 2010, is situated between the Corniche and the city centre and marks the landscape with a geyser-like form that rises above the water, echoing that of the Torre Agbar in Barcelona.
Indeed it shares the same circular plan, which is a sort of constant in Nouvel’s towers with an asymmetrically positioned structural core housing the circulation shafts. However, in the Doha Tower, this is constituted by a series of offset parallelepipeds instead of a cylinder, as in its Barcelona counterpart
Iceberg-Qatar
Plot area:200,000sq.m
A bold hotel and event complex,a symbol of the innovative spirit,economic strength and prosperity of Qatar,is planned for the gate between the east and the west.This exceptional building will serve as a landmark visible from afar.The 260m hotel tower with a shape inspired by arctic ice will accomodate 350 hotel rooms and 120 apartments as well as exclusive restaurants,cafes and bars.Next to the hotel complex,a massive 10-floor building will be built around a multi-functional arena for around five thousand spectators.Hallways,foyers and entrances are only just above sea level designed as if the water had cut crystal caves out of the iceberg.The building will accomodate a "winter theatre" with an ice rink,fifty suites with a view into the arena, and other attractions like an artificial ski slope and a winter zoo!
Lusail Twin Towers
Qatar National Hotels Company (QNH), the leaders in Qatar's hospitality industry, has announced plans for its 1.5 billion QR development in the Marina District at Lusail City. The twin towers will open in the largest and most innovative development of Lusail by the end of 2010.
The two 45 story futuristic design of the Lusail Twin Towers will include 2 floors dedicated to a shopping mall consisting of restaurants, a variety of luxurious shops, and a cinema covering an area of 31,000 square meters. The first of the twin towers offers a hotel of 720 king and twin rooms, 98 junior suites, 16 executive suites with an executive lounge and will feature a specialty restaurant. The second tower encompasses hotel serviced apartments with 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments overlooking the sea and a penthouse on the top floor.
“The Lusail Twin Towers covering an area of 48,500 square meters represents the next great expansion opportunity for QNH in Qatar,” said H.E. Sheikh Nawaf Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar National Hotels Company. “We are especially pleased that our presence in Qatar will also be covered within this new vibrant community and city development of Lusail which will dramatically change the economic and physical profile of Qatar for the better," he added.
Lusail is considered to be the new world leading extension to Doha, a city of meticulously planned urban development. Lusail will be the ultimate living experience for around 200,000 people, and is believed to be the true symbol of tomorrows Qatar.
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PuLover said
nice ! ...nice !
_noms_ said
thanx for this Svelte ...thanx for this Svelte :)
indeed amazing if it comes true.
~noms~
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"Before God we are all equally wise ' and equally foolish" - Albert Einstein
Boston said
Horrible! ...Horrible!
rMs_000 said
Lusail Twin Towers ..."The twin towers will open in the largest and most innovative development of Lusail by the end of 2010. "
NO WAY !!
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I don't want a Signature line to prove that I'm great !!
mishty said
WOWWWWWWWW ...WOWWWWWWWW
AirForce1 said
lol ...12-21-12..........
Stone Cold said
Unless they are to scrap off ...Unless they are to scrap off the income tax thing, then Qatar will have enough expatriates to fill all these luxurious lobbies
Alumnar said
And how many people will be able to ...... ...... afford living in the 'Qatar of tomorrow' whilst saving money to one day move back home?
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
jackmohan2007 said
Great projects.... ...Great projects...
"New 10,000 seat stadium for the 2006 Asian Games at Qatar."...this is in the past, present or future? ...lol
QatarKiwi said
Is it just me or does the ...Is it just me or does the Burj Qatar just look like a fancy silver vibrator with a point on top?
Alumnar said
It's a rocket!!! They will fly it to the moon ;) ..."Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
Wisedude said
QatarKiwi a fancy silver ...QatarKiwi
a fancy silver vibrator (or pecker bone) with a point on top - too pointy?
it is just you! You naughty!
deerpark said
One question ...where will ppl park as they still have not gotten the idea of Parking Lots...! ! ! !
anitamsilvestre said
i'll stay here for good!!! ...i'll stay here for good!!!
Raven1968 said
you gotta love artistic ...you gotta love artistic impressions...Doha will never look this good in reality in a million years...
Cargodog said
I'm guessing that Nouvel guy ...I'm guessing that Nouvel guy is trying to compensate for something. ;-)
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...
yousri said
Anitam, no one will gonna ...Anitam, no one will gonna ask us for that, we are guests here ;)
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man" - Muhammad Ali Jinnah
svelte_saggi said
the work of the burj qatar ...the work of the burj qatar is almost done....hasn't anyone noticed it on the corniche?the complex external aluminium decor work is taking ages to complete....
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
sandeepkadian said
Noticed it svelte. Hard to ...Noticed it svelte. Hard to miss such an ugly building..
svelte_saggi said
dunno why they made the ...dunno why they made the outer framework so complicated....it's like layers of different sized octagons.maybe it'll look good once the lights go on.....hmm :-/
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
sandeepkadian said
Unless they have invested a ...Unless they have invested a huge amount of money for facade lighting, which I doubt, it will look horrible. Some architect just screwed them.. They will still be happy that they are unique and different, not worrying about the fact that it looks hideous.
svelte_saggi said
i remember all the hype that ...i remember all the hype that was going around about the Tornado tower when it was being built....it was being marketed as the future rising sun of the doha corniche.....yeah,right!now it's just standing there behind a bevy of other towers like just another one.duh!but then again,maybe it'll luk gud once the lights go on....it's going to be QIPCO HQ i believe....
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
phoenix2009 said
svelte, going to corniche no ...svelte,
going to corniche no more makes you an engineer too ;)
good morning.
qatar iceberg photos won't open :S
what is it about?
Yalla!
svelte_saggi said
check out this ...check out this link,phoenix09 http://www.jsk.de/en... dunno why the pics won't open :-/
yeah going to the corniche certainly doesn't make u an engineer....wholly agreed! LOL
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
phoenix2009 said
thanks buddy, great site, ...thanks buddy, great site, can't stop navigating it.
Yalla!
adeel_9298 said
Still so many buildings ...So many buildings in Corniche are still empty !!! Why do they need more? Stupid show-off people. They have a very shallow economy ....
Adeel Ali
Olive said
LOL Qatar Kiwi, I've been ...LOL Qatar Kiwi, I've been calling the Burg Qatar "The dildo" for the last few months. Now that they've put the spike on top I'm calling it "The Syringe"
sandeepkadian said
lol Olive, I was calling it ...lol Olive, I was calling it the same thing ;)
Olive said
It really is a very ...It really is a very suggestive building. LOL. Let's hope Khalid doesn't see it ;-)
LAMBORJEEPNEY said
the condom building in Corniche ...is one of our project.It will be ready first quarter of 2010
"katas ng qatar"
QatarKiwi said
Whoops! My careless comment ...Whoops! My careless comment has now ended up on front page of QL. Yike!
Oh well, as they are illegal here Im sure that a fair proportion of folks won't know what Im on about. Or pretend not to anyway. Apologies to anyone offended. Go buy a carrot at Carrefour instead.
heero_yuy2 said
Great! More empty non-utilized buildings! ..."Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
PM said
Some of those are pretty dreadful designs.... ...I can say I would want to be out of sight of the so-called Lusail Twin Towers! lol
Wish them the best in their development and hope the emphasis will be on a lot more than 2nd rate Post-Modern architecture.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
PM said
I live near there QatarKiwi and I noted that from the beginning. ...I chalked it up to Freud's penis envy. :-P
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
heero_yuy2 said
What we should be more concerned about once all of them're built ......is if 'they' can fully pay all the contractors/subcontrctors upon completion of construction and not ask for a very high price of an office or space rent upon start of operation. LOL
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
s2dius said
i would love to see it ...i would love to see it done.
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-= This is absurd. This is absurd =-
risad abdul rahman said
Rain rain....hhhmmmmmmmm ...today evng ....lite rain........was/-a-t-/cornish enjoyed
at tht moment
feeels like som1 close to me missing me allottt
walking in the rain great music on sonymobile wow..
love to standfreeely wen its raining.....
rain lover...5669017...from gods own country....
BoyMonsteR said
nice, i hope im still here ...nice, i hope im still here in Qatar when they finished this amazing buildings..
amnesia said
I think it's fantastic. A ...I think it's fantastic. A bunch of us have been working hard on the Development and Architecture section of ILQ.
If you're interested in the projects, come check it out :D
http://iloveqatar.net/forum/list.php?26
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genesis said
amnesia ...I like your recent retouches on" ILQ", you should do that more often ;)
nicaq25 said
it's their pride ...let them feel proud of the progress in their country. If you are in their place, you'd be more amazed. Meanwhile, just be glad we are not being taxed by these improvements.
gadarene said
2 newspaper reports come to ...2 newspaper reports come to mind...the 1st,a couple of days back,headline page 1 article in the Gulf Times about 10,000 new vehicles being registered every MONTH...& the 2nd in yesterday's Gulf News about the building frenzy in this town in the limited upper-end of the market while still very limited work in the affordable middle-income bracket...so all this fancy "financial district" business is fine but how about 1st putting in place a proper decent road network as befits a country with 10,000 new vehicles being added to the roads every month & one with no real public transport network to speak of?...how about some multi-storey car parks like the ONE built behind bank street?...& how about some good,affordable middle-income housing for the masses like you & me?...Barwa & Ezdan have both taken the initiative in this respect & kudos to them for delivering projects that are truly affordable yet good quality housing,surely if they can do it,others can...these are the needs of the moment in this town & they ought to be addressed first BEFORE going about this tower building frenzy...like the situation in West Bay currently...sure you have the fancy towers, but where are roads to get there WITHOUT being stuck in a jam for half an hour to cover a few kms. & once one gets to the towers & happens to be a visitor,where's the parking? an average 10 spots for an average 100 cars is not really addressing the issue don't you think?...so really,how are any of these fancy projects going to better the quality of life for the common man/woman in this town?...exactly,they're not...on the other hand,if they built more affordable housing,all those unfortunate to have had to send their families back home because they couldn't afford the spiralling rents will be able to bring them back,to live in new,decent,affordable housing...if they built a proper road network & multi-storey car parks,people wouldn't be in such a bad mood 'cos it took them the better part of an hour stuck in traffic to get to your office for their appoinment & another half hour or so to find parking...they're upset,they come in,make you upset & these bad vibes just spread like a virus...it's not just about the traffic & the parking...it's actually about improving the state of mind of the residents...happy people work better right?...now if only someone would tell that to the head honchos living in their bubbles on the 20th floor office with a view...
gdecor said
MASHA ...MASHA ALLAH................amazing...
Arien said
and to add ...Qatar Railways .. $25 Billion deal is signed with Deutsche Bahn
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3D said
Burj Qatar ...Burj qatar look like ahem ahem _____ hahaha .. one worst building design (its not even a design) ... how they approve it ?
Arien said
I agree with 3D , ...I agree with 3D , looks like a condom ;((
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Ice Maiden said
Its even worse than condom. ...Its even worse than condom. Its an eye sore...sticking out of the ground like that. Can't imagine how they approved this monstrosity. I guess if you have loads of stash, you can dream/build "big". Never mind if it looks good or not.
fubar said
Is it just me or does the ...Is it just me or does the Qatar navigation building, when viewed from side on, look like, ummm, the anatomical counterpart for the Burj Qatar...???
Then again, I always viewed the Four Seasons development as being rather mamiferous.
ajnabi0707 said
nice n ...nice n cool
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my_kris2ffer said
Doha soon to be like a Dubai ...Doha soon to be like a Dubai when it terms of building infrastructure, i just hope there's no huge rental increase of apartment like in dubai. :)
asakamokadto said
what do you mean rental ...what do you mean rental increase? before it was so cheap.... now house rent is very expensive... =p
maybe qatar will be like dubai after 10 or more years :D
Dohamomma said
Nubu ...I love this restaurant. I have also read that we are getting a Hard Rock Cafe. I wonder where that will be.