Capital Gate: ADNEC Development Phase 3, Abu Dhabi
The Capital Gate 'feature tower' is a spectacularly cantilevered building which adds its unique architectural form to the Abu Dhabi skyline.
A dramatic steel and glass façade shrouds the 35-storey building which sits on 490 piles which have been drilled 30m underground to accommodate the gravitational, wind and seismic forces caused by the distinctive lean of the building.
In June 2010, the Guinness World Records certified Capital Gate as the “World's furthest leaning man-made tower.” The new record shows that the Capital Gate tower has been built to lean 18 degrees westwards; more than four times that of the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. Investigation and evaluation, which was made by a Guinness appointed awards committee, started in January 2010, when the exterior of the 160-metre (524.9 ft), 35 storey tower was completed.
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