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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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