The Tower

Equivalent To Over 100 Floors

Design of Its Own

Symmetrical

Symmetrical

Symmetrical Asymmetrical

62 Office Floors

5 Mechanical Floors

2 Refuge Floors

2 Sky Lobbies

The Business Tower Contains:

SKY LOBBY 1

SKY LOBBY 2 VIEW

VIEW

VIEW

Low Rise

Mid Rise

High Rise

Al Hamra Luxury Center

The Plaza

CANNES - FRANCE

Global Recognition

American Architecture Award 2008

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum Of Architecture And Design

The final design was chosen by the owner out of 7 different options

The design was the most challenging in both shape and construction

Offset weight on the top west side induces a torque and results in a 250 mm rotation at

building top

Rotation axis

Plan for typical offices floor

11 m

Entrance columns curve outwards from a height of 60 m to create a column free main lobby

Piles 289 piles 1200 mm diameter ranging in

depth from 22 to 27 m

3000 ton pile test rig

Foundations

A 4 m thick raft in 25000 m3 concrete forms the tower’s foundation

Composite construction, steel plates up to 160 mm thick

Entrance lamella structure

Fiber glass formwork of different sizes and shapes

Complexity in the entrance structure delayed slabs above entrance

Construction caught up at 52nd floor

Flared wall moves horizontally 50 m in 360 m height

GPS surveying system 3 antennas on tower top

Fixed station in shuwaikh area

Concrete strength reached 1200 kg/cm2

Structural components:

-Reinforced concrete : 195,000 m3

-Structural steel : 6,000 tons

-Reinforcing steel : 38,000 tons