Oryx Tower Qatar (amazing)

National pride in something is a wonderful thing.
So proud is Qatar of their national animal, the Oryx, that proposals
have been put forward to build a super-tall skyscraper to honour it.

Named non-surprisingly the Oryx Tower, it will stand an impressive 600
metres if it gets built and comes from the drawing board of Austrian
architect Gerfried Ramsauer.

Triangular in shape the tower thins out as it reaches its peak and will
sport some unusual and innovative features and be instantly
recognisable by its homage to the Oryx - its amazing antler spires
which instead of pointing upwards curve over slightly.

The tower will have a glass façade but this is not bog standard, double
skinned, two a penny glass façade but rather this will, if it gets
built, be the worlds biggest LED screen.

The tower incorporates the Media RETRO façade and RETROluxtherm blinds
into its design which will allow images to be projected onto the
outside of the façade making this not only a fully functioning
skyscraper but also a massive communal television. How cool would the
film The Towering Inferno look at that size?

The clever part of this innovation is that the goings on inside the
tower will not interfere with what's being projected outside and the
projections will not obscure views to the outside world, pleasing both
T.V enthusiasts and those within the tower who appreciate the panoramic
view that's on offer.

This will allow the tower to transform its look with patterning as well
as T.V pictures or have the colours fade through the spectrum creating
a giant lightshow on the Doha skyline.

Traditional Muscharabir patterns down the sides of the building will
give a traditional Arabic look at night proving that the past and the
present can be melded together successfully whilst the general
structure is expressed by crossbracing that zig-zags diagonally up the
sides.

It's suspected the tower will be used largely for office space although
nothing official has been released as to its possible function as the
project is still in the design stages.

Such an interesting and unique design will have many fingers crossed or
in the case of the square eyes amongst us, the TV remote finger poised
in anticipation for approval to be given to this tower and work to
begin on site.