Commercialbank Plaza Explained

Commercialbank Plaza
Status:Completed
Location:Doha Corniche, Qatar
Building Type:Commercial offices
Completion Date:2009
Architect:LOM architecture and design, London
Map Type:Qatar Doha

Commercialbank Plaza is a 22-storey office building on the North Shore of Doha, Qatar, built as a new head office by the Commercial Bank of Qatar. The building was opened on May 13, 2009 by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar.[1]

The building is 148m high and provides 120,000sqm of floor space.[2] It is the ninth tallest building in Qatar. Commercialbank Plaza was designed by LOM architecture and design, an architectural practice based in London.[3]

The building is the first in the Middle East with a fully transparent glass facade, achieved with the use of a triple skin of glass and blinds which track the sun. The building design has been described in the press as 'Transparency writ large'[4] Tenants of the Commercialbank Plaza include the US law firm Squire Patton Boggs and Sotheby's.[5] [6]

References

  1. Web site: Commercial Bank of Qatar - Inspired by Qatar – Press Releases . 2009-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725051527/http://www.cbq.com.qa/NewsDetails.aspx?id=380 . 2011-07-25 .
  2. Web site: Commercialbank Plaza, Doha . SkyscraperPage.com . 2022-05-02.
  3. Web site: LOM architecture and design | the Commercial Bank of Qatar, Commercialbank Plaza . 2010-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906224857/http://www.lom-fdp.com/lom/portfolio/the-commercial-bank-of-qatar-commercialbank-plaza/ . 2014-09-06 . dead .
  4. News: Become an FT subscriber to read | Financial Times. Financial Times. 25 June 2009.
  5. Web site: Patton Boggs | Press Releases | Patton Boggs Doha Office Moves to New, Larger Office Space . 2009-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205225536/http://www.pattonboggs.com/media/detail.aspx?news=646 . 2009-02-05 .
  6. Web site: Sotheby's . 2009-12-01 . 2020-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200403104053/http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/office/OfficeAuction.jsp?office_id=274 . dead .

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