Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for four skyscrapers called Lusail Towers in Qatar near the studio's Lusail Stadium, which is being built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Designed to be the headquarters for Qatar National Bank, Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Investment Authority and Qatari Diar, the towers will be built in the new development of Lusail City to the north of Doha.
Top: the skyscrapers are being built as part of the Lusail City development. Above: they will be clad in aluminium
Foster + Partners has designed the towers as part of its wider masterplan for Lusail City, which includes its design for an 80,000-seat stadium that will host the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Set on the waterfront, the group of towers will consist of two 70-storey skyscrapers and two 50-storey skyscrapers. They will be arranged around a plaza at the end of a grand boulevard that runs from the waterfront to the nearby football stadium.
The entire development is scheduled to be complete before the World Cup begins in less than two years.
"Projects associated with major sporting events leave no room for delays," said Jonathan Parr, senior partner at Foster + Partners. "We knew from the beginning that to meet the challenges and the complexities of the project, we needed to approach the project differently, using technology to maintain consistency in the information flows across different disciplines."
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