Iconic Tower (Egypt)

The Iconic Tower (Arabic: البرج الأيقوني‎) is a skyscraper under construction in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. With a total structural height of 385.8 metres (1,266 ft), it is set to be the tallest building in Egypt and all of Africa. It's going to consist of 80 floors and will mainly be used as an office building. It is one of 20 towers and skyscrapers being built as part of the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new capital city, which will include a total of 20 towers overall.[1][2]

Iconic Tower
البرج الأيقوني
A maquette of The Iconic Tower
Record height
General information
StatusUnder construction
TypeSkyscraper
Architectural stylePharaonic
Location
New Administrative Capital,
Cairo Governorate
Egypt
Coordinates30.0100818°N 31.6957747°E / 30.0100818; 31.6957747
Construction started2019
Estimated completion2022
OpeningJanuary 13, 2022
Cost$3 billion USD
Height1,263 ft (385 m)
Technical details
Floor count90
Floor area7,100,000 meters
Design and construction
ArchitectDar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
DeveloperChina State Construction Engineering Corporation

The tower overlooks all main roads as well as the Capital Park while being surrounded with the rest of the towers of the business district since it falls in the middle of all. The investments of this project are estimated to be 3 billion dollars.[3]

"The Iconic Tower will be a great landmark in the capital city and a symbol for modern Egypt” - Prime Minister of Egypt

The project will include an integrated complex of all services, which will be built on an area of approximately 240,000 metres (790,000 ft), and the total area of the tower exceeds about 7,100,000 meters (4,400 mi), as it aims to represent a tourist and investment attraction in the center of Egypt's Administrative Capital.[4]

In recent years there have been a number of contenders for the title of Africa’s tallest tower, including The Leonardo in Sandton (227 metres (745 ft), and the Bank of Africa Tower in Rabat, Morocco (250 metres (820 ft). However, none under construction surpasses the Iconic Tower, which also beats the currently tallest planned Pinnacle Towers scheme (300 metres (980 ft) in Nairobi, Kenya. Also built by the same developer of the Iconic Tower.

Construction

Construction of the Iconic Tower officially went underway in May 2018. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly visited the construction site to attend a ceremony that marked the start of concrete pouring operations on the foundations in 2019.[5] Set to be Africa’s tallest skyscraper, the Iconic Tower is going up at a rate of one floor every six days or fewer with five thousand workers toiling on the project, said CSCEC’s general manager in Egypt, Chang Weicai.

The tower project's architect of record is Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners, the plan for the new Cairo development project - being developed by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, represented by the New Urban Communities Authority in cooperation with the CSCES.[6] - shows the entire site could eventually hold a total of 20 skyscrapers, including the Iconic Tower.

It was planned and inspired by the shape of a pharaonic obelisk with glass exterior. the tower is expected to be unveiled in its final form on January 13, 2022. Upon completion, it will be 80 stories tall, overtaking The Leonardo in South Africa (tallest building in Africa from 2019-2020) and surpassing Johannesburg’s Carlton Center, which has been Africa’s tallest building from 1973-2019.[7]

Although, construction of the Iconic Tower is not finished yet, 49 floors out of 80 (245 metres (804 ft) have already been built as of December 2020. Making it officially the tallest man-made structure in Egypt and Africa. Project manager Ahmed al-Banna stated that the total construction period for the completion of the Iconic Tower 45 months.

See also

References
  1. "New Administrative Capital's Iconic Tower to be highest in Africa at 400 meters". Egypt Independent.
  2. "Iconic Tower - The Skyscraper Center". The Skyscraper Center.
  3. "10 information about "The Iconic Tower", the tallest tower in Africa, in the Administrative Capital". El Wattan News (in Arabic).
  4. "Administrative Capital's Tower | برج العاصمة الإدارية". AqarMap (in Arabic).
  5. "Work on tallest skyscraper in Africa commences". Belt & Road News.
  6. "Construction Begins on Iconic Tower". The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
  7. "Chinese firm to finish 20 commercial towers in Egypt by 2022 - News - GCR". Global Constructive Review.
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