Capital Gate , also known as the Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi , is a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi that is over 160 meters (520 ft) tall, 35 stories high, with over 16,000 square meters (170,000 sq ft) of usable office space. Capital Gate is one of the tallest buildings in the city and was designed to incline 18° west, more than four times the lean of the Leaning Tower of Pisa . The building is owned and was developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company . The tower is the focal point of Capital Centre.
12-511: (Redirected from Capital Centre ) Capital Center or Capital Centre may refer to: Capital Centre (Abu Dhabi) Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland) , a former sports arena in the United States Capital Center South Tower , Indianapolis, Indiana, United States See also [ edit ] Capitol Center (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
24-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Capital Centre (Abu Dhabi) The structure rests on a foundation of 490 pilings that have been drilled 30 meters (98 ft) below ground. The deep pilings provide stability against strong winds, gravitational pull, and seismic pressures that arise due to the incline of the building. Of
36-634: The Guinness World Records it was at one time the most tilted tower in the world, although intentionally inclined towers such as the Montreal Tower far surpass it. The Suurhusen steeple as of 2007 claimed to be the unintentionally tilted tower with the greatest angle of lean in the world, 1.22° more than Leaning Tower of Pisa . The Brick Gothic church in Suurhusen is reminiscent of the old fortress churches . Originally, it
48-414: The 490 pilings, 287 are 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) in diameter and 20 to 30 meters (66 to 98 ft) deep, and 203 are 60 centimeters (24 in) in diameter and 20 meters (66 ft) deep. All 490 piles are capped together using a densely reinforced concrete mat footing nearly 2 meters (6.6 ft) deep. Some of the piles were only initially compressed during construction to support the lower floors of
60-419: The building, the construction required two diagrid systems: an external diagrid defining the tower's shape and an internal diagrid linked to the central core by eight unique, pin-jointed structural members. The external diagrid comprises 720 sections of varying shapes, as it is based on the direction in which the tower leans. The external grid carries the weight of the floor while the internal diagrid connects with
72-562: The building. Now they are in tension as additional stress caused by the overhang has been applied. The core of the Capital Gate was built using jumping formwork, also known as climbing formwork . The center concrete core had to be specially designed to account for the immense forces created by the building's angle of elevation, or camber. The core contains 15,000 cubic meters (20,000 cu yd) of concrete reinforced with 10,000 metric tons of steel and uses vertical post-tension and
84-486: The external and transfers the load to the core, thereby eliminating the need for columns in the floor. In June 2010, Guinness World Records recognized Capital Gate tower as the world's "farthest manmade leaning building". The new record shows that the Capital Gate tower has been built to lean 18° west, which is more than four times that of the Leaning Tower of Suurhusen . The Guinness World Records recognition
96-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Capital Center . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capital_Center&oldid=1217414788 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
108-583: Was 32 m (105 ft) long and 9.35 m (30.7 ft) wide. In 1450 the church was shortened by about a quarter and the tower was built in the space. The tower leans at an angle of 5.19° (5° 11′), compared with 3.97° (3° 58′) for the Pisa tower after its stabilisation. According to local historian Tjabbo van Lessen, the church was built in the Middle Ages in marshy land on foundations of oak tree trunks which were preserved by groundwater. When
120-399: Was constructed with a vertical pre-camber. This pre-camber means the core was constructed with a slight opposite lean. As each floor was installed, the weight of the floors and diagonal grid, or diagrid , system pulled the core and slowly straightened it out. The core contains 146 vertical steel tendons, each 20 meters (66 ft) long, which are used for post-tension. Given the 18° lean of
132-614: Was designed by architectural firm RMJM and was completed in 2011. The tower includes 16,000 square meters (170,000 sq ft) of office space and the Andaz Hotel on floors 18 through 33. Leaning Tower of Suurhusen The Leaning Tower of Suurhusen ( German : Schiefer Turm von Suurhusen ) is a late medieval steeple in Suurhusen , a village in the East Frisian region of northwestern Germany . According to
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#1732771954555144-523: Was given by a Guinness-appointed awards committee in January 2010, when the exterior was completed. The building has a diagrid specially designed to absorb and channel the forces created by wind and seismic loading , as well as the gradient of Capital Gate. Capital Gate is one of only a handful of diagrid buildings in the world. Others include London's 30 St Mary Axe (Gherkin), New York's Hearst Tower , and Beijing's National Stadium . Capital Gate
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