Bahria Icon Tower

Bahria Icon Tower
The tower as of August 2018
Location within Karachi
General information
Status Topped-out
Location Bahria Town Icon tower, #5, Block 4, Shahrah-e-Firdousi, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan
Coordinates 24°48′42″N 67°01′38″E / 24.8117°N 67.0271°E / 24.8117; 67.0271Coordinates: 24°48′42″N 67°01′38″E / 24.8117°N 67.0271°E / 24.8117; 67.0271
Construction started 2008
Completed 2018
Cost USD 162.5 million[1]
Height
Tip 300 metres (980 ft)
Roof 272 metres (892 ft)[2]
Technical details
Floor count 62
Design and construction
Architect Arshad Shahid Abdullah (Pvt.) Ltd.
Structural engineer BEG Associates, ESS.I.AAR.
Main contractor Habib Rafiq (Pvt.) Ltd.
Website
http://bticon.com/

Bahria Icon Tower is a skyscraper located on the coast of the Arabian Sea in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The complex includes 62-storey and 40-storey mixed-used buildings. The 62-storey tower is the tallest building in Pakistan.[3][4][5] The complex is based on a four acre plot in the up-scale Clifton area.[6] The complex is owned by the Bahria Town Group.

The building consists of 10 floors of serviced corporate offices, 40 floors of serviced apartments, Pakistan's highest located terraced restaurant, a double-decker high speed elevator, and a shopping mall.[7][8][9]

Construction

Site cleaning and preparation was started in 2008 but the actual pilling and excavation took time. The main tower started rising in 2012. In early 2018, the main tower reached its maximum height. Cladding and finishing work is in progress. The second tower is rising and expected to be topped out in October 2018.

During its construction, excavations for the foundations caused inconvenience for traffic flow.[10] Fireworks were shown on its completion.[11]

Honors and awards

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[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ D4Sys. "Welcome to Costveyors (Pvt.) Ltd.- Bahria Town Icon". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ↑ http://bticon.com/
  3. ↑ Khurram Shahzad (January 22, 2016). "Country's tallest building 'Bahria Town Icon' inaugurated in Karachi". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Sam Neymra (January 24, 2016). "Country's Tallest Building Bahria Icon Tower Inaugurated In Karachi". TheNewsTrack. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Mangi, Faseeh. "In the 'Best Hidden' Frontier Market, a Boom Signals a Pakistan Revival". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Executive Summary" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "90% work completed of Bahria Town Icon, will be inaugurated today - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  8. ↑ "Pakistan's tallest building 'Bahria Town Icon' inaugurated". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  9. ↑ "Infrastructure development: It's time to fly over Clifton - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  10. ↑ Faiza Ilyas (July 23, 2014). "Outcry over Clifton high-rise, traffic project during Sepa hearing". Dawn Media. Dawn. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "بحریا آئيکون پر آتشبازی". Jang group. Daily Jang. January 25, 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Asia Pacific 2012". Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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