Port Tower Complex 2nd largest building in the World
- Posted by Ghaus Iftikhar on June 27th, 2007.
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Loading ...If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or E-mail Newsletter. Thanks for visiting! [digg=http://digg.com/design/Port_Tower_World_s_Second_tallest_Building_w_pics]The Port Tower is a building planned for Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan. With collaboration from local and foreign investors, and the Karachi Port Trust. The Port tower will be 1,947 ft (593 m)[1] high. The height of the tower has special significance. It represents the independence year of Pakistan which is the year 1947. The tower is part of a complex which will be constructed on artificial islands in the shape of symbols of the flag of Pakistan. Which are, a crescent and a star. It will comprise a hotel, a shopping center, and an Expo center. The tower will be constructed on the crescent shaped island. With a viewing gallery it will offer a panoramic view of city’s coastline. When completed it will be the tallest building in Pakistan. The Port Tower will be developed on 10 acres waterfront site, off the Mai Kollachi expressway called the Karachi Waterfront. It has been designed by an international design team, led by the world’s 4th largest architectural practice, Aedas. Consortium partners MM Pakistan and Mott MacDonald would provide engineering services and architectural support expertise. The tower would provide world class office space with supporting, residential, conference, performance, retail and restaurant facilities.
June 27th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Ah ! All the money exorted by Dawood from Mumbai, crores of fake notes being circulated in India and money from tons of drugs being sold finally put to some good use.
June 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Stupid this is in Karachi,Pakistan. This is no India. And we guys no nothing about your stupid Dawood from Mumbai.
July 8th, 2007 at 4:51 am
I am absolutely not surprised to see the jealousy of Indians. This tower will remind you 1947 forever, when we got freedom from you.
July 8th, 2007 at 4:55 am
We Pakistanis have created a new city in the ocean, while your Mumbai creates an ocean within the city after moonsoon rains.
July 8th, 2007 at 9:34 am
I really don’t care what does or doesn’t go on in India. For a Pakistani such as me, India might as well be Laos or Colombia. Let’s worry about our own country and forget about picking fights with our neighbours- be they Afghans or Indians. If Karachi is improving good for us and if Mumbai is improving good for Indians. I hate to see comparisons between India and Pakistan- we are different countries with different circumstances and different people. Remember the British went to India (Calcutta) as early as the 1600s to establish their East India Company- they didn’t make it to the land and people of present day Pakistan until the mid 1800s. India may have had 400 years of British institutions, education and rule, we Pakistanis have had hardly one hundred years of British rule prior to independence so we shouldn’t be so surprised that our institutions arent;t as developed.
July 21st, 2007 at 1:16 am
I forward Mehmood
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
yaar when is it going to complete??????
October 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 6 YEARS AND IT WILL BE THE 2ND TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD PAKISTAN IS TOO BETTER THAN INDIA
November 9th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
you are wrong the building will be completed in 2010
November 21st, 2008 at 4:51 am
I’m sorry to say that this project has moved to Lahore… Search for Mubarak Tower on google…
December 24th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
The port tower complex and mubarak centre are entirely different projects the port tower (karachi) is supported by Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Both consists of design very different from each other So NO need to mix them.