TELENOR HEAD OFFICE

  • largest rammed earth tower in the world next to commercial Telenor Head office building

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  • Telenor Head office commercial building reflected in water feature

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  • looking up at the tallest rammed earth tower in the world

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  • revolving door with SIREWALLs on either side

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  • three story rammed earth office building on grassy lawn

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  • rammed earth SIREWALL close up with commercial office building behind it

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  • Telenor Head Office building with sculpture and pond

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  • 3 story Telenor Head Office building lit up at night

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  • Telenor Head Office building security entrance with SIREWALLs

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  • Telenor Head Office building exterior with lights on at dusk

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  • large pond in front of Telenpr Head Office base of tower

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  • Telenpr Head Office exterior side view with rock pathway

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  • interior room with floor to ceiling glass windows looking out to exterior SIREWALLs

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  • 3 story rammed earth walls at Telenor Head Office daytime

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  • Telenor tower exterior with brick patio under construction

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  • top of Telenor tower rammed earth with blue sky on either side

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  • areal view of Telenor Tower complex showing roof and solar panels

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  • areal view of Telenor Tower complex with green grass, skyline and SIREWALL

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  • areal view of Telenor Tower complex showing solar panels on the roofs

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  • areal view of Telenor Tower complex on a cloudy day

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Commercial

We consider the material to have extraordinary promise from both a design and sustainability perspective, and look forward to its broader adoption."
— Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden

Custom Features

  • Communications tower sets a new record for the world’s tallest rammed earth structure at 100' (we broke our own previous record set by the 51' tall Brinton Museum).


Technical Details

  • Total project area: approximately 600,000 sq.ft.
  • Designed low tech SIREWALL delivery protocols based on availability of abundant manual labour
  • Perimeter wall dimensions: 2' x 10' x approx. 0.62 miles
  • Tower walls thickness: 3'
  • Tower height: 100'


Awards and Recognition

  • Won the ADA (Architecture, Designand Art)  Award' in the 'Public Amenity Commercial Buildings' category
  • Finalist in 2018 World Architecture Festival award’s office building category.
  • Won the 2A Continental Architectural Award 2018 in the 'Commercial - Office & Business -Asia' category
  • Won the World Architecture Community Award 2018 in the 'Realised' category



Location: Islamabad, Pakistan

Architect / Designer: Arcop
SIREWALL Expert Team: Terra Firma Builders Ltd. 

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