RIYADH AL FAISALIAH II , SAUDI ARABIA, RIYADH, 2008

two almost identical structures which flank the Al Faisaliah tower

For the first time Riyadh will possess what has become the standard DNA of the contemporary city: a skyline. To ensure the continued existence of the Al Faisaliah tower as one of Riyadh’s major symbols, not one, but two almost identical structures — one white, one black — will flank the Al Faisaliah tower. Framing the Al Faisaliah tower like a pair of quotation marks they serve to re-interpret the very statement it makes to the city of Riyadh.