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Skyscraper under an inclination

Capital Gate in Dubai

The main figures of this project — height of 160 metres, the budget of 1 336 million euro. Besides it, the tower is obviously inclined to effects. Capital Gate, the project of bureau RMJM on 4 degrees have overtaken the well-known tower in Pisa (18 degrees of an inclination against 14).

Art Tower in Dubai

Art project in DubaiThe developer of the project is international exhibition company Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC).

“Capital Gate — fine result of a combination of accurate vision, creativity and adaptability to manufacture of the engineering decision. I am very happy with process and would like to express gratitude to all people involved in an embodiment of this surprising project during a life”, — the operating director of group ADNEC speaks Simon Horgan.

Tony Archibold from RMJM has declared, that the technologies applied in the given project, were not applied still anywhere and never in the world.

In a tower hotel Hyatt 5* which will offer visitors of 189 numbers, and also office areas will be located. On 18th floor of a tower it will be placed tea with an open terrace and pool, with a kind on a city and a gulf.

That the building has sustained a non-standard inclination, it is placed on a concrete facade by depth of 2,1 metres; the design represents architectural system in the form of a steel diagonal lattice, which leaves in the earth on 30 metres to provide stability to winds, gravitational and seismic.

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«Ziggurat» — a future city

Ziggurat

«Ziggurat» represents a tower from the parallelepipeds put against each other or the truncated pyramids.

Timelinks — the leading ecological company of the project, has chosen Dubai to create a viable city of the future.

The city in the form of a futuristic pyramid can carry out ability to live to one million person, using power of the nature. Ridas Matonis, general director Timelinks, has told: “Community «Ziggurat» completely provide the residing for the account of steam energy, a wind power and natural natural resources of district”.

Timelinks underlines, that the project does not destroy natural ecology of district as the base of buildings reclines all on 10% of a surface of the earth. Public and private agriculture not only will brighten up leisure to many inhabitants, but also will improve appearance of constructions. On all complex 360-degree transport messages will be laid, thus — cars remain not with affairs — in any point of constructions possibility very quickly will reach on foot.

Future city

The operating director of the International Institute of City Environment has told: "the General tendency of the Project «Ziggurat» — viability from the technical point of view. However we are set really till now by questions which do not give us rest, here for example — whether will suffice received in «Ziggurat» a foodstuff on all inhabitants and whether people in a mega-building in 2.3 sq. km will want to live?"

Timelinks has already patented the project and the technology included in the project and has addressed to the European union for grant granting on a technical part of the project.

The project of the highest tower in the world is promulgated

Dubai, highest tower

Developer company Nakheel in these days off has promulgated the plans for building of the highest tower in the centre of Dubai.

The building height will reach 1 kilometre and will eclipse itself the highest for today a tower in the world — Burj Dubai.

Nakheel the tower becomes a part of the project, named New Dubai which will be stretched more than on 270 hectares. And, predictably, will manage in 21 trillion of pounds sterling.

Representatives of company Nakheel have told, that instead of a unique kernel as it is accepted at building of skyscrapers, at their this building will be four, that is inspired by "traditional Islamic structures”.

Acting in the Near East the chief executive of company Chris O'Donnell has declared, that global credit crisis will not affect plans on tower erection. Also, he has told, that means for building will arrive under the following scheme — “earth presale inside and round a tower, and then project financing”.

The message on the given project is dated for beginning Cityscape 2008 event in Dubai. On this action it is expected to involve more than 60000 visitors from 150 countries. The exhibition will include more than 1500 exhibitors.

Highest tower

2008 Cityscape (Dubai)

Schumacher tower
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