Altitude (building)

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Altitude
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Concept drawing of the completed building
Altitude (building)
Former names96 Iconic Tower
General information
StatusNever built
Typemixed-use
Architectural stylePost-modern
Town or city Rajagiriya
CountrySri Lanka
Coordinates 06°54′34″N79°54′08″E / 6.90944°N 79.90222°E / 6.90944; 79.90222
Height383 metres
Technical details
Floor count96
Design and construction
Architect(s) Reza Kabul
Architecture firmReza Kabul Architects [1]
DeveloperShreepati's Edifice (Pvt) Ltd

Altitude, formerly known as 96 Iconic Tower, [2] was a proposed skyscraper(scrapped) dedicated to the Sri Lankan Victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The project is a joint venture between Wills Realtors (Private) Limited and the Shreepati's Edifice (Private) Limited incorporated in Sri Lanka, a subsidiary company of Shreepati Build Infra Investment Limited of India. The BOI agreement was signed by BOI Chairman Upul Jayasuriya on behalf of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and Directors Rakesh Chandra Pandey and Rajan Sirivastav signed on behalf of the Shreepati Group. [3]

Contents

Features

The building will have

Security

and many other security measures are planned [4]

Design

As it is dedicated to the Sri Lankan cricketers that won the 1996 World Cup, the building's design is four cricket bat shaped structures with a cricket ball balanced between the handles of the bats. It also have some of the other symbols form the history of Sri Lankan cricket team. [5] The tower is a blend of residential units, retail outlets and public space.

Public parking can be found on the lower ground floor, with lifts to the south leading to the ticket counter for the observatory on the 92nd level and the Sri Lankan Cricket Museum on the 93rd floor. Above this, four levels of retail outlets totaling 8366 sq m exists, connected by 18 escalators. Levels 4 and 5 host the multiplex cinema with capacity for 1,420 viewers. The two entertainment decks within the 96 Iconic Tower are in levels 14 and 66 which include a library, indoor gaming centre, business centre, jogging track, children's play area, outdoor play area, lounge and coffee shop, gym, spa, outdoor yoga area, and sky decks. Levels 15–49, 51–64 and 67–90 are dedicated to residential developments, and there are seven service floors in total. The revolving restaurant is on levels 94 and 95. The indoor cricket training academy is on the top story the level 96. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "ARK Reza Kabul Architects". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Altitude". Reza Kabul Architects website. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "BOI signs $ 300 m investment deal to build Sri Lanka's tallest building | Daily FT".
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ Kulatunga, Udayangani; Amaratunga, Dilanthi; Haigh, Richard; Rameezdeen, Raufdeen (2006). "Attitudes and perceptions of construction workforce on construction waste in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Management of Environmental Quality. 17 (1): 57–72. Bibcode:2006MEnvQ..17...57K. doi:10.1108/14777830610639440.
  6. ↑ "96 Iconic Tower, ARK ( Reza Kabul Architects Pvt Ltd), world architecture news, architecture jobs". www.worldarchitecturenews.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015.
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