King Abdullah Financial District · Buildings
KAFD Conference Center
Other names: Parcel A.01, King Abdullah Financial District Conference Center
Show in the 3D twin- Height
- 42 m
- Architect
- SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
- Completed
- 2016
- Status
- Complete
- Gross floor area
- 130,000 m²
- Contractor
- Saudi Constructioneers
- Main occupants
- KAFD DMC (client: Rayadah Investment Company)
Main occupants
Facts
- Faceted folded steel 'mega-roof' independent of the two conference buildings; 104 cast nodes of ten types
- 600-seat auditorium, multipurpose hall with operable walls, restaurants, elevated public concourse and a monorail station
- Electrochromic glass on conference rooms; solar-chimney ventilation; radiant slab in atria
- Four-level substructure for parking and plant; roof planted with native desert grasses