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[Tekno Arkitect]

Designed by: N/A
Status: Completed
Construction Date: N/A
Completion Date: N/A
Developers: Habib Bank Limited Pakistan
Contractors: N/A
Building Type: Corporate
Height: +270 Ft
Floors Above Ground: 25
Floors Under Ground: N/A
Office Floors: 25
Parking Floors: N/A
Location: I.I. Chundrigarh Road, Karachi

Description: When completed it became the tallest building of Pakistan and held the title for over 3 decades untill it was surpassed by the MCB Tower located on the same Road.

 

Edited by Tekno Arkitect, 06 February 2013 - 05:06 AM.
Info Updated!

[Tekno Arkitect]

[*PK Revolution*]

Man its lukn so cool!! Btw wht work is goin around??

[Tekno Arkitect]

Looks to me they are repairing the facade

[Tekno Arkitect]

APR 2008





Courtesy: Mehdi CS

[shahmeer]

please can someone bring some pic from inside the biulding

thank you

[jaad]

i think you guys forgot to mention , that since its construction , it remained tallest building of Asia for i think 2 Decades.,

[Tekno Arkitect]

[RANA AAA]

[abidi2007]

[Skyscraper_guy]

it remained tallest building of Asia for i think 2 Decades.,

Not true.

[jaad]

Not true.

http://www.uet.edu.p...e1/artcle10.pdf

Page number 9

History of the tall buildings in Pakistan is not
very old and goes back to the construction of first
high-rise building, Habib Bank Plaza 311 ft. high
in 1963 on I. I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi. It
enjoyed the title of the “tallest building of South
Asia” for a decade and the “tallest building of
Pakistan” for more than 40 years.

[jaad]

The reason is that at that time, the top economies of asia were

Japan ,
Pakistan
and India

[abidi2007]

No!! India was very poor!!

[Skyscraper_guy]

^^ True! And Pakistan was not number 2 either!

http://www.uet.edu.p...e1/artcle10.pdf

Page number 9

That link proves my point! That it was the tallest building in South Asia for a Decade. And the tallest in our country for more than 4 decades. No where does it mention that it was the tallest in the whole of Asia for 2 Decades!!! Thats crazy talk!

[jaad]

^^ True! And Pakistan was not number 2 either!

then can you name economical giants of Asia of the Forties and the fifties??

Middle east was very Poor,
China was Initially a drug addict country and then for decades it was locked down, Cut off from rest of the world.
Singapore, Malaysia and Korea, all three looked up to Pakistan , and tried to follow the example of Karachi for their capitals,

whos left?!?!
Except for Russia,??

[jaad]

That link proves my point! That it was the tallest building in South Asia for a Decade. And the tallest in our country for more than 4 decades. No where does it mention that it was the tallest in the whole of Asia for 2 Decades!!! Thats crazy talk!

ok 1 Decade, but it was, baat kee khaal mat kheencho

[Skyscraper_guy]

^^ lol, ok! But 1 Decade (actually 9 years, because Mumbai had Express Towers built in 1972, with a height of 105 meters) only in SOUTH Asia, NOT whole of Asia!

then can you name economical giants of Asia of the Forties and the fifties??

Middle east was very Poor,
China was Initially a drug addict country and then for decades it was locked down, Cut off from rest of the world.
Singapore, Malaysia and Korea, all three looked up to Pakistan , and tried to follow the example of Karachi for their capitals,

whos left?!?!
Except for Russia,??

Why 40s & 50s????? When HBL Plaza was built in the 60s!!! Shouldn't we be concentrating on the 60s???????