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Aldar Properties in Abu Dhabi
Headquartered Aldar Properties in Abu Dhabi
A huge glass disk, balancing on the edge of a miracle - such associations is unusual mirror building rounded shapes, which beautifully reflects the sky and the waves of the Persian Gulf. Is this a miracle of modern architecture in the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), and serves as the headquarters of a large construction company Aldar Properties.
The construction of this unusual building was completed in 2010. The scale and unique approach to the design of the imagination: in the skyscraper has 23 floors, each of which offers an excellent view of 360 degrees and a total area of 123,000 square meters. The round shape of the building is intended to symbolize infinity and harmony, and 120 000 people, which can be simultaneously inside, really feel great out there.
The striking skyscraper, designed by specialists of the architectural bureau «MZ & Partners», is unique in several respects. It is the world's first high-rise building of a spherical shape, which is due to its innovative design in 2008 was recognized as the most original building in the world.
The undisputed masterpiece of engineering is also an innovative way of building this wonderful skyscraper: despite its convex on both sides of the form has not been used a single piece of curved glass. The secret of the architectural achievements were the glass elements in the form of triangles, by which builders have formed a desired curved facade. And due to the external steel structure inside the absence of the usual skyscraper concrete pillars, which makes office space spacious, bright and airy.
Despite the size and shape of a rather complex, Aldar skyscraper was built in just seven months. Today this building is another confirmation of the status of Abu Dhabi as one of the most progressive in the field of architecture cities in the world.
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A huge glass disk, balancing on the edge of a miracle - such associations is unusual mirror building rounded shapes, which beautifully reflects the sky and the waves of the Persian Gulf. Is this a miracle of modern architecture in the city of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), and serves as the headquarters of a large construction company Aldar Properties.
The construction of this unusual building was completed in 2010. The scale and unique approach to the design of the imagination: in the skyscraper has 23 floors, each of which offers an excellent view of 360 degrees and a total area of 123,000 square meters. The round shape of the building is intended to symbolize infinity and harmony, and 120 000 people, which can be simultaneously inside, really feel great out there.
The striking skyscraper, designed by specialists of the architectural bureau «MZ & Partners», is unique in several respects. It is the world's first high-rise building of a spherical shape, which is due to its innovative design in 2008 was recognized as the most original building in the world.
The undisputed masterpiece of engineering is also an innovative way of building this wonderful skyscraper: despite its convex on both sides of the form has not been used a single piece of curved glass. The secret of the architectural achievements were the glass elements in the form of triangles, by which builders have formed a desired curved facade. And due to the external steel structure inside the absence of the usual skyscraper concrete pillars, which makes office space spacious, bright and airy.
Despite the size and shape of a rather complex, Aldar skyscraper was built in just seven months. Today this building is another confirmation of the status of Abu Dhabi as one of the most progressive in the field of architecture cities in the world.
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