Commercialbank Plaza is a 22-storey office building on the North Shore of

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

, built as a new head office by

the Commercial Bank of Qatar Commercial Bank of Qatar (P.S.Q.C.) (CBQ) commonly known as Commercial Bank, is a private sector bank operating in Qatar since 1975. The bank offers a range of products and services across retail, and corporate banking divisions. History Hussain A ...

. The building was opened on May 13, 2009 by Sheikh

Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani ( ar, حمد بن جاسم بن جبر آل ثاني; born 1959), also known informally by his initials HBJ, is a Qatari politician. He was the Prime Minister of Qatar from 3 April ...

, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar. The building is 148m high and provides 120,000sqm of floor space. It is the ninth

tallest building in Qatar This is a list of the tallest buildings in Doha, Qatar. Most of the skyscrapers in Doha are located in the zone of West Bay. The tallest building in Doha is Aspire Tower. Apart from the current tallest buildings in the city, there are a number ...

. Commercialbank Plaza was designed by LOM architecture and design, an architectural practice based in London. The building is the first in the Middle East with a fully transparent glass facade, achieved with the use of a triple skin of glass and blinds which track the sun. The building design has been described in the press as 'Transparency writ large' Tenants of the Commercialbank Plaza include the US law firm Squire Patton Boggs and Sotheby'shttp://www.sothebys.com/app/live/office/OfficeAuction.jsp?office_id=274

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