Height: Architectural | 292.2 m / 959 ft |
Height: Occupied | 276.6 m / 907 ft |
Height: To Tip | 292.2 m / 959 ft |
Floors Above Ground | 74 |
Floors Below Ground | 3 |
# of Apartments | 474 |
Official Name | Sky Tower |
Name of Complex | The Gate Shams Abu Dhabi |
Structure Type | Building |
Status | Completed |
Country | United Arab Emirates |
City | Abu Dhabi |
Street Address & Map | Shams Gate District, Reem Island |
Building Function | residential / office |
Structural Material | concrete |
Proposed | 2005 |
Construction Start | 2006 |
Completion | 2010 |
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Global Ranking | #160 Tallest in the World |
Regional Ranking | #35 Tallest in Middle East |
National Ranking | #29 Tallest in United Arab Emirates |
City Ranking | #5 Tallest in Abu Dhabi |
Owner | Sorouh Real Estate |
Developer | Tameer Holding Investment; Sorouh Real Estate |
Architect | |
• Design | Arquitectonica |
• Architect of Record | National Engineering Bureau; RW Armstrong |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Hyder Consulting |
MEP Engineer | |
• Design | Ian Banham and Associates |
Main Contractor | Arabian Construction Company |
Other Consultant | |
• Building Monitoring | Kinemetrics Inc. |
• Cost | AECOM |
Material Supplier | |
• Cladding | Jangho Group Co., Ltd. |
• Elevator | Otis Elevator Company |
• Fire Proofing | Grace Construction Products |
• Steel | Eversendai Engineering Qatar |
CTBUH, EMI Lead Emirates Tall-Building Study Trip
23-27 Mar 2014
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Event
Report
CTBUH, EMI Lead Emirates Tall-Building Study Trip
23-27 Mar 2014
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Tour
Report
CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010
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CTBUH Journal Paper
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
Dec 2010 –
CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue I
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