Bahrain World Trade Center
LDPi was appointed to design a lighting scheme for the exterior, landscape, and interior public spaces of the Bahrain World Trade Centre. The new buildings consisted of twin office towers in a prominent coastal location with views of the Arabian Gulf.
The iconic towers are bridged together with wind turbines, which makes it the first large-scale architectural project to integrate wind turbines in order to generate electricity for the building.
The towers’ podium consists of a shopping mall, car parking, and accommodation, and the accent and graphic lighting techniques provide a mix of subtle and sympathetic lighting to enhance the elliptical form of the towers. This allows for elements of light and shade, pronounces the verticality of the towers, and grounds the base of the podium.
The project was winner of Best Use of Lighting – Exterior Category at the PALME Middle East Awards 2010.
LOCATION
Manama, Bahrain
CLIENT
Confidential
SURFACE
Height - 240m
DESIGN TEAM
Atkins Architects
