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Capital Gate TowerDownload Project Factsheet

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Facts
Official Name Capital Gate Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country United Arab Emirates
City Abu Dhabi
Street Address Khaleej Al Arabi
Building Function hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2005
Start of Construction 2007
Completion 2011
Regional Ranking #175 tallest in Middle East
City Ranking #20 tallest in Abu Dhabi
Official Website Capital Gate Tower
Figures
Height: Architectural 164.7 meter / 540 feet
Height: Occupied 152.3 meter / 500 feet
Height: To Tip 164.7 meter / 540 feet
Height: Observatory 88.4 meter / 290 feet
Floors Above Ground 36
Floors Below Ground 1
# of Elevators 16
Top Elevator Speed 3.5 m/s
Tower GFA 53,100 m² / 571,564 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 189
Companies Involved
Owner ADNEC Group
Developer ADNEC Group
Design Architect RMJM
Structural Engineer RMJM
MEP Engineer RMJM
Project Managers Mace;
ADNEC Group
Main Contractor Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises
Other Consultants KONE
(elevator supplier)
Technical Papers
Case Study: Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
Schofield, J. (RMJM), CTBUH Journal

Other CTBUH Links
Capital Gate Tower, Abu Dhabi
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2012

News Articles
Capital Gate Signs New Anchor Tenant
arabianBusiness.com, 2012-06
The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi Gets A Glam Hotel
AHLAN!, 2011-12
Skyscraper 'Leans Four Times More' Than Tower of Pisa
MailOnline, 2010-06
The World's Most Inclined Building
architects24.com, 2010-03
Abu Dhabi's Iconic Tower Reaches Final Height
CTBUH, 2009-11
Don't Look Down: Peculiarly Precarious Modern Buildings
Web Urbanist, 2009-09
Wrenches Put In Tower's Works
Engineering News-Record, 2009-07
Halfway Point for Leaning Tower
World Architecture News, 2009-05