Posts Tagged ‘Riyadh’
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects
The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new Riyadh Metro network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line 4 (for passengers to the airport) and Line 6. The local monorail can also be accessed from the station via a skybridge. With six platforms over four public floors and two levels of underground car parking, the KAFD Metro Station will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district, responding to the functional requirements of a multimodal transport centre and the district’s future vision. The project extends beyond the simple station typology to emphasize the building’s importance as a dynamic, multi-functional public space; not only an intermediate place perceived through quick transitions, but also a dramatic public space for the city.
 Image courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects
- Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Project: King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Date: 2012 / 2017
- Client: ArRiyadh Development Authority
- Project Director: Gianluca Racana, Filippo Innocenti
- Project Architect: Fulvio Wirz, Gian Luca Barone
- Design Team: Alexandre Kuroda, Fei Wang, Lisa Kinnerud, Jorge Mendez-Caceres
- Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
- Services: Buro Happold
- Transport and Civil Engineering: Buro Happold
- Fire Engineering: Buro Happold
- Façade Consultant: NewTecnic
- Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
- Size: 20,434 m2
- Levels: 4 above ground, 2 below ground (car parking)
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Article source: Bentley Systems, Incorporated
On a teardrop-shaped plot just north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah Financial District is developing into a world-class business center for banks, financial institutions, and professional services. Denmark’s Henning Larsen Architects finalized a LEED-certified master plan for the 1.6 million-square-meter plot, and then came on board as project architect for three of the signature buildings.
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects
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Our architectural vision for a center focused on technical and environmental concerns endeavors to create an organic form – a structure capable of continual expansion and transformation – rising as a cellular structure of crystalline forms from the desert landscape – a strong protective outer shell concealing soft, porous sheltered courtyards within.
 Exterior View in night
- Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Name of Project: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Period: 2009 – 2012
- Client: ARAMCO
- Status: Under Construction
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Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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The Female Branch of Prince Naif Centre for Health Science Research is an extension to King Saud University, the most prestigious university in Saudi-Arabia. Located in the centre of Riyadh, the Prince Naif Centre features a series of teaching laboratories, multi-functional research facilities, lecture halls and seminar spaces for students and employees.
 Exterior View
- Architects: Henning Larsen
- Project: Female Branch of Prince Naif Centre for Health Science Research
- Location:
- Client: King Saud University
- Gross floor area: 11,600 m2
- Year of construction: 2010 – 2011
- Type of assignment: Commission
- Collaborators: NNE Pharmaplan (labs, MEP), Buro Happold (structure, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, acoustics, fire, security, sustainability, waste management), Geoffrey Barnett Associates (quantity surveyors).
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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The Prince Naif Centre for Health Science Research is a new building designed for the largest university in Saudi Arabia, King Saud University, situated in the capital of Riyadh. The new Centre of 23,800 m2 comprises world-class research facilities, including facilities for research in cancer, molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases and several other medical disciplines.
 Night View
- Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
- Name of Project: Prince Naif Centre for Health Science Research
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Client: King Saud University
- Gross floor area: 23,800 m2
- Year of construction: 2011 – 2012
- Type of assignment: Commission
- Collaboration: NNE Pharmaplan (labs, MEP), Buro Happold (structure, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, acoustics, fire, security, sustainability, waste management), Geoffrey Barnett Associates (quantity surveyors)
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will expand with a new building that is to house facilities for the Institute of Diplomatic Studies and Consular Affairs Department. The new building comprises among others a large auditorium, lecture halls, library, classrooms, a large hall for visa applicants and office space. The building accommodates a number of shared facilities e.g. a cafeteria and prayer rooms.
 Institute of Diplomatic Studies
- Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
- Project: Institute of Diplomatic Studies
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
- Gross floor area: 46,000 m2
- Year of construction: 2010 – 2013
- Type of assignment: Commision
- Partners: Buro Happold and Geoffrey Barnett Associates
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Article source: Cannon Design
As one of the top medical institutions in the Middle East known for its high-caliber professional staff and state-of-the-art medical techniques, this new Hospital and Research Center project will further enhance the client’s image, expressing its vibrant future and cutting edge clinical care and research practices. Goals for the project include creating world class healing environments that provide technologically advanced medical care for patients, and a collaborative working situation for medical staff.
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Cannon Design)
- Architect:Cannon Design (In association with DAR al Riyadh)
- Name of project: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Size: 1.8 million sf
- Engineers: Cannon Design
- Photography: Renderings/Drawings by Cannon Design
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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Within a new financial district in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, the Crystal Towers are located in a unique location between the Financial Plaza – the financial centre of the masterplan – and the Wadi – a verdant pedestrian thoroughfare.
 Night View of Crystal Towers
- Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
- Name of Project: Crystal Towers
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Client: Saudi Binladen Group
- Gross floor area: 93,000 m2
- Year of construction: 2009 – 2013
- Type of assignment: Commission
- Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
- MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors: Geoffrey Barnett Associates
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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’Villas in the Sky’ is a mixed-use 34-storey tower placed at a unique location in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Situated as one of the last buildings in the green thoroughfare, the Wadi, and in a transition zone between the public square and the Wadi, the tower will become a strong local landmark. The form imitates the structural ideal of a high-rise building. It is a polygon with four equal sides allowing for very flexible spaces. The shifted upper plates create a jagged facade that visually differentiates the various programmes in the mixed-use building.
 Villas in the Sky
- Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Client: Saudi Binladen Group
- Gross floor area: 41,000 m2
- Year of construction: 2009 – 2013
- Type of assignment: Commission
- Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
- MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors: Geoffrey Barnett Associates
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
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The Gem Building is a unique small-scale landmark surrounded by large buildings in King Abdullah Financial District. The size of the building is adapted to human scale and its crystalline form and faceted facades enhance its quality as a shining beacon.
 The Gem Building
- Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
- Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Client: Saudi Binladen Group
- Gross floor area: 33,500 m2
- Year of construction: 2009 – 2013
- Type of assignment: Commission
- Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
- MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors: Geoffrey Barnett Associates
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