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BBG designs Indonesian tower.


Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects has been awarded the design of the new 1,025,600 square-foot Jakarta Financial Tower for P.T. Indonesia Artasangga Utama (Intama), under the project management of joint operation P.T. Indra Karya - P.T. Parama Loka Consultant. When completed in 1995, the Jakarta Financial Tower will be a true state-of-the-art office building characterized by highly efficient and usable office space, dramatic exterior form, the highest quality materials and a superior location in the new 40 hectare Sudirman Central Business District of Jakarta's Golden Triangle Golden Triangle can refer to:
  • Geographical areas:
  • Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), golden for its opium production
.

The design of the Jakarta Financial Tower will be complimentary to the Jakarta Stock Exchange Jakarta Stock Exchange

Established in 1977, the largest securities exchange in Indonesia.
 Building, now under construction and also designed by BBG/A. Jakarta architects for both projects are Encona Architects and Engineers, Atelier Enam, and Arkonin. Together, the two buildings' balanced massing and mirrored tower images will form a monumental gateway to the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD SCBD Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity ) along J1. Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta's main commercial artery.

Situated on a 1.67 hectare site, the tower's massing is created by clustering equilateral triangles equilateral triangle

perfect geometrical representation of triune God. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 102]

See : Trinity
 atop a seven-story podium. Articulated by a series of set-backs, the low-rise tower and mid-rise floors feature three triangles, the high-rise floors are made up of two triangles, and a single triangle extends to the full height at 34 stories.

The latest technology in elevator design will be provided to ensure optimum performance and ride via two separate elevator systems for a total of 21 passenger elevators. There are an additional executive, two service and two garage elevators in the complex. All the mechanical systems of the building, including air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. , plumbing and electricity will be state-of-the-art, equivalent to the highest international standard for office buildings. The Jakarta Financial Tower will also feature a complete life-safety system.

In addition to the two sites designed for the Sudirman Central Business District, Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects is currently in design and/or construction of mixed-use office/retail/-hospitality projects in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə lm`pr), city (1990 est. pop. , Malaysia; Bangkok, Thailand; and in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. .
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Publication:Real Estate Weekly
Date:May 11, 1994
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