Bahria Icon Tower, Karachi

Bahria Icon Tower is a skyscraper complex under construction in the seaside municipality of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. The complex includes a 62-storey tower, which at 300 meters, is the tallest building in Pakistan and the second tallest in South Asia. The complex also includes an adjacent 42 storey building, and is owned by the Bahria Town Group.

He complex is based on a four acre plot in the up-scale Clifton area, and is immediately adjacent to the Bagh Ibne Qasim park, and shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi   an 8th century mystic who is widely regarded as the patron saint of Karachi.

The main building consists of 10 floors of serviced corporate offices and 40 floors of serviced apartments; Pakistan's highest located terraced restaurant, a double decker high speed elevator, and a shopping mall. The building will be serviced by 16 high speed elevators. It will have a carpark with 1,700 spaces, and total area of 2,230,500 m².

It has 62 floors above ground and 7 below ground. It is made of reinforced concrete. With a glass facade. Steel was procured by Cellpor, and produced in conjunction with the Luxembourg based ArcelorMittal conglomerate.

The design won architectural design awards for efficient use of space and maximization of utility, including: “Highly commended high-rise architecture, International Property Award winners from Asia Pacific 2012”.