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Al Sa’ad Plaza Towers – Lusail, Qatar

Posted in Built by Daniel A Sustaita on October 15, 2025

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Building Name: Al Sa’ad Plaza Towers
Location: Lusail, Qatar
Address: CG84+Q4G, Lusail, Qatar
Design Architect: Foster+Partners
Executive Architect: Heerim Architects & Planners
General Contractor: Hyundai Engineering & Construction (HDEC) 
Structural Engineer: Foster+Partners
MEP Engineer: Foster+Partners
Civil Engineer: Langan
Lighting Design: Foster+Partners
Owner: Qatari Diar Real Estates Investment Company 
Main Structural Material(Exterior): Marine-grade aluminum cladding
Main Structural Material (Interior): Reinforced concrete
Completion Year: 2025
Area: 1.1 million m2
AE Interests: Four-tower office complex (2×-301 m, 2×-219 m) with shared podium. RC cores with sixteen inclined perimeter mega-columns; outrigger/belt trusses. Elliptical plans rotate 90° to mitigate wind/torsion. Composite long-span floors; direct load paths to deep raft/piles (coastal soils). Marine-grade aluminum curtain wall with external triangular fins; high-performance glazing. Integrated LRT connection; unitized facade and jump-form cores for buildability.
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Techo International Airport – Ta Khmau, Cambodia

Posted in Built by Daniel A Sustaita on October 15, 2025

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Building Name: Techo International Airport
Location: Ta Khmau, Cambodia
Address: 9W5M+WQ, Ta Khmau, Cambodia
Design Architect: Foster+Partners
Executive Architect: Foster+Partners
General Contractor: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co. Ltd
Structural Engineer: Foster+Partners
MEP Engineer: BSK MEP
Civil Engineer: Langan
Owner: Cambodia Airport Investment Co. Ltd
Main Structural Material(Exterior): Lightweight steel grid-shell roof with an outer daylight-filtering screen and glazed curtain wall.
Main Structural Material (Interior): Steel “Structural Tree”
Completion Year: 2025
AE Interests: Single-roof steel grid-shell on 36 m structural-tree columns; Reinforced Concrete cores for lateral/vertical systems. Solar-shaded high-performance glazing with strong daylighting to reduce cooling/lighting loads. Modular/phaseable bays for buildability; direct load paths to cores/foundations; on-site PV targeting near-net energy.
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