La Tour Cacao is a vertical metaphor for transforming raw cocoa into a refined product. The tower’s base is a stylized representation of a raw cocoa pod; it changes color in the evening, mirroring a natural pod according to its maturation stage. The more turbulent intermediate floors form a volumetric perspective represent the industrial transformation of cocoa. The upper floors rising with clean lines represent the refined chocolate resulting from the transformation.

 

 

La Tour Cacao is a 29-storey tower – one of the tallest in West Africa – and will be fitted with 10 Mitsubishi elevators.

 

A prominent building that highlights transparency and openness to the city around it, houses the headquarters of First National Bank in Beirut, Lebanon.

 

 

The award-winning project consists of a distinctive structure that is environmentally conscious and optimizes spatial performance.

 

 

The building is composed of two main towers connected at each level by a glazed circulation ‘bridge’. The towers are carefully positioned according to the movement of the sun and the nature of the views from the different parts of the building.