Bahria Icon Tower
Bahria Icon Tower | |
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بحریہ آئکون ٹاور | |
![]() Bahria Icon in 2021 | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Location | Bahria Town Icon tower, #5, Block 4, Shahrah-e-Firdousi, Clifton, Karachi-75600, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 24°48′42.48″N 67°1′43.25″E / 24.8118000°N 67.0286806°E, |
Construction started | 2009 |
Topped-out | 2017 |
Completed | March 2023 |
Cost | USD 162.5 million[4] |
Owner | Bahria Town |
Height | |
Tip | 272.8 metres (895 ft)[2][3] |
Roof | 300 metres (980 ft)[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 62 + 7 below ground |
Floor area | 2,230,500 m2 (24,009,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 16 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Arshad Shahid Abdullah (Pvt.) Ltd. |
Developer | Bahria Town |
Structural engineer | BEG Associates, ESS.I.AAR. |
Main contractor | Habib Rafiq (Pvt.) Ltd. |
Other information | |
Parking | 1,700 spaces |
Website | |
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Bahria Icon Tower is a skyscraper complex in the seaside municipality of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. The complex includes a 62-storey tower, which at 300 metres (980 ft),[2][3] is the tallest building in Pakistan and among the tallest buildings in South Asia.[5][6] The complex also includes an adjacent 42-storey building[7] and is owned by the Bahria Town Group. The construction of Bahria Icon Tower was started in 2009 and completed in March 2023.
Bahria Town Icon
[edit]Bahria Town Icon is a 62-storey 272.8 metres (895 ft) in the skyscraper complex, Bahria Icon Tower.
Bahria Hotel Tower
[edit]Bahria Hotel Tower is 42-storey 200 metres (660 ft) skyscraper in the skyscraper complex, Bahria Icon Tower.
Mall of Karachi
[edit]Mall of Karachi is a mall located in Bahria Hotel Tower and Bahria Town Icon, it is spread across eight floors.
Location
[edit]The complex is based on a four acre plot in the up-scale Clifton area,[8] and is immediately adjacent to the Bagh Ibne Qasim park, and shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi[9] - an 8th-century mystic who is widely regarded as the patron saint of Karachi.[10]
History
[edit]Construction began in 2009.[11] During its construction, excavations for the foundations caused inconvenience for traffic flow.[12] It was topped out in October 2017.[13] In November 2018, a small fire broke out at the site where a marriage hall and cinema were being installed.[14] Fireworks were shown on its completion.[15] Construction has been slowed and marred by allegations of corruption against the owner of Bahria Group, Malik Riaz.[16]
Details
[edit]The main building consists of 10 floors of serviced corporate offices and 40 floors of serviced apartments, Pakistan's highest located terraced restaurant, a double-decker high speed elevator, and a shopping mall.[17][18][19] The building will be serviced by 16 high-speed elevators.[13] It will have a carpark with 1,700 spaces,[20] and total area of 2,230,500 m2 (24,008,902 ft2).[20]
It has 62 floors above ground, and 7 below ground.[11] It is made of reinforced concrete with a glass facade.[11] Steel was procured by Cellpor,[21] and produced in conjunction with the Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal conglomerate.[22] It is expected to complete by March 2023
Honors and awards
[edit]The design won architectural design awards for efficient use of space and maximization of utility, including
- Highly commended high-rise architecture, International Property Award winners from Asia Pacific 2012[23]
Gallery
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bahria Town ICON - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ a b "Bahria Town Icon". 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "62-storey Bahria Town Icon reaches structural completion". Pakistan Today.
- ^ D4Sys. "Welcome to Costveyors (Pvt.) Ltd.- Bahria Town Icon". Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Khurram Shahzad (January 22, 2016). "Country's tallest building 'Bahria Town Icon' inaugurated in Karachi". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Sam Neymra (January 24, 2016). "Country's Tallest Building Bahria Icon Tower Inaugurated In Karachi". TheNewsTrack. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Amp".
- ^ "Executive Summary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ Mangi, Faseeh. "In the 'Best Hidden' Frontier Market, a Boom Signals a Pakistan Revival". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ Hasan, Arif (27 April 2014). "Karachi's Densification". Dawn. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
The other site is the over 1,200-year-old tomb of Ghazi Abdullah Shah, a descendant of Imam Hasan. He has become the patron saint of Karachi and his urs is an important event for the city and its inhabitants.
- ^ a b c "Bahria Town Icon, Karachi | 1193055 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ Faiza Ilyas (July 23, 2014). "Outcry over Clifton high-rise, traffic project during Sepa hearing". Dawn Media. Dawn. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "62-storey Bahria Town Icon reaches structural completion - Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Small fire breaks out in Bahria Icon Tower in Karachi's Clifton | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "بحریا آئيکون پر آتشبازی". Jang group. Daily Jang. January 25, 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Asad, Malik (2020-02-08). "Malik Riaz, others summoned in Bahria Icon Tower reference case". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "90% work completed of Bahria Town Icon, will be inaugurated today - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "Pakistan's tallest building 'Bahria Town Icon' inaugurated". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "Infrastructure development: It's time to fly over Clifton - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ a b "Bahria Town ICON - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Cellpor Building Solutions". www.cellpor.com.
- ^ "Cellpor Building Solutions". www.cellpor.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "Asia Pacific 2012". Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
External links
[edit] Media related to Bahria Icon Tower at Wikimedia Commons