Muqarnas Tower / SOM

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• Architects

  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

• Location

  Riyadh Saudi Arabia

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Courtesy of SOM

• Area

  890000.0 ft2

• Design Partner

  Roger Duffy, FAIA

• Managing Partner

  Peter Magill, AIA

• Project Manager

  Joseph Ruocco, AIA

• Senior Design Architect

  Scott Duncan, AIA

• Design Architect

  Jackie Wong, AIA

• Structural Director

  Charles Besjak

• MEP Director

  Kevin Cahill

• Structural Engineering

  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

• Owner

  Rayadah Investment Company

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SOM is designing this new 89,000 square meter commercial office building for the King Abdullah Financial District with a façade inspired by the traditional “muqarnas” vaulting technique that results in multiple corner offices while providing the shading needed in the Saudi Arabian climate. The unique floor plate shape and façade geometry results in an office plan with up to eleven corner offices per floor, producing an exclusive office environment generally preferred throughout the Middle East.