TALL BUILDING

BUILDING: PIF TOWER

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AR.DARSHPREET NAVJOT KAUR SIDHU (170040013)
VANDNI SANI (170040023)
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PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND (PIF) TOWER
Official Name PIF Tower
Name of Complex King Abdullah Financial District
Other Names Capital Market Authority Tower, CMA
Tower, Capital Market Authority
Headquarters
Structure Type Building
Status Architecturally Topped Out
Country Saudi Arabia
City Riyadh
Street Address & Parcel 1.16, King Abdullah Financial District,
Map King Fahd Rd., Al
Postal Code Aqiq
13511
Building Function office
Structural Material •composite
Core: Reinforced Concrete
•Columns: Concrete Filled Steel
•Floor Spanning: Steel
Energy Label LEED Gold
Proposed 2009
Construction Start 2010
Completion 2019
The PIF Tower is designed as the centerpiece of this new office district, and symbolizes the
beginning of a new era of financial development within Riyadh.

A primary requirement for the building’s design was that it be both efficient and iconic. Architects
were constrained by an oddly-shaped building site, with many surfaces around it that needed to
be accommodated. This informed the prismatic shape of the building, with its many diamond-
shaped facets that allow the sun to be captured in a variety of ways. The base of the hexagonal
building is on a podium structure, which integrates public and private spaces, including dining
facilities and a two-story auditorium.
Floors Above Ground
76
Floors Below Ground
4
# of Elevators
40
Top Elevator Speed
7 m/s

Tower GFA
213,300 m² / 2,295,942 ft²
Height: To Tip
385 m / 1,263 ft
Height: Architectural
385 m / 1,263 ft 
 SITE PLAN

A tri-lobed core lies at the center of the tower’s polygonal outer form. At ground level, the tower and its 25m podium
structure provide convenient connections to the adjacent public plaza as well as below-ground shopping and parking levels.
The building was conceived in relation to its urban context.
• Sited on an irregular, trapezoid-shaped parcel within the
densely planned King Abdullah Financial District
(KAFD), the CMA building conforms to the goals and
requirements of the KAFD masterplan.

• In addition, the super high-rise tower was engineered to

withstand powerful wind loads without sacrificing
usable floor area.

• The tower is internally divided into three vertical office

blocks separated by “sky lobby” and mechanical floors.

• The crystalline profile of the CMA building helps

reduce the severity of wind vortex shedding on the
structure.

• Faceted from base to crown, the tower does not

significantly taper as it rises.

• Its prismatic form is consistent with the aims of

structural stability, maximum interior area, and aesthetic
distinction
• The use of concrete-filled steel tubes for perimeter columns — an uncommon design solution in Saudi Arabia — reduces
column section sizes to improve the efficiency of both construction and interior space allocation.
• Perimeter columns supporting the tower floors are located at the apex and pleat points of the polygonal shaped floor plan,
with intermediate columns running up the middle of each face of the building.
• Inclined columns or pylons rise from the base of the tower to the fifth floor, where they converge to support the perimeter
mid-side columns above on each face of the building.
• At the base of the tower, the inclined columns merge with the perimeter apex and pleat columns. The inclined columns
enhance the tower’s visual profile and create wider openings for pedestrian circulation within lobbies at ground to third floor
levels.
• The application of the local zone elevator system to the
unique conditions of site, building area, and height result in
significant savings of circulation area and improved service
for the class-A office tower

• Each office floor-plate contains a gross area of 2,500 to

2,600 square meters. To maximize usable floor area and
achieve a blended efficiency ratio of 70% gross to usable
space, it was essential to make the core of the tower as
compact as possible.

• The key driver of core volume was the size of the elevator
banks. Given this parameter, the project utilizes the space-
saving technology of Thyssenkrup’s TWIN elevator system
developed for local zone elevators.
• The zone elevator system is characterized by having
two elevator cabs traveling independently in the same
shaft, one cab above the other. The benefits to the
design were a decrease in the number of shafts and a
decrease in travel time between floors — a gain both
in terms of user convenience and economy of
construction.

• Efficient use of internal space, innovative vertical

transportation, and advanced structural performance
are just a few of the reasons why the CMA
headquarters building represents the vanguard of
Riyadh’s transformation into a leading hub for Middle
Eastern business.
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