Nakheel Tower
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Nakheel Tower (
In January 2009, it was announced that the project was put on hold due to financial problems caused by the
Nakheel was in talks with several potential contractors, including
Location
The tower was proposed in 2003 as the centrepiece of Palm Jumeirah, one of the world's largest man-made islands. It was to be named "The Pinnacle" and rise from the centre of a canal on the trunk of the island. The height was to be 750 m (2,460 ft) and the building was to consist of 120 floors of luxury apartments. It was replaced by the Trump International Hotel and Tower and moved to the Dubai Waterfront. Although ground leveling and land reclamation had begun on the Dubai Waterfront, construction of the tower never started because of the proximity to the Al Maktoum International Airport.[8]
The location was changed to a plot near
Design
With Woods Bagot replacing Pei Partnership as the architectural partner,[10] the latest released design had named the development Nakheel Harbour and Tower.[11][12] Though in exterior appearance and function it would be a single tower over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) tall, this even grander incarnation would have been "made up of four towers with four individual cores forming an approximate 100 meters in diameter."[13] Nakheel also claimed on their engineering page that the towers would be joined by four-level, full diameter sky bridges at approximately every twenty-five floors. The sky bridges would act to tie the buildings together structurally as well as to provide each part of the building with its own village centre in the sky. It is the four codependent foundations that would have provided the necessary structural support for such a great relative height increase over existing supertalls. The design included a distinctive crescent-shaped podium encircling the base of the tower.[14]
The tower would have been serviced by 156 lifts at sufficient speeds and capacities to allow for travel from the ground floor to the observation deck in four minutes.[13]
Height
Projections of Nakheel Tower's final height varied widely. Nakheel was believed to be engaging in a strategy of secrecy similar to that employed by
Name
During the history of the project, it was known by three different names: Al Burj, Tall Tower, and Nakheel Tower. Initially named Al Burj, the project was renamed Tall Tower for a few months, until being changed to Nakheel Tower.
See also
- Nakheel Tower, Riyadh
- Developments in Dubai
- List of tallest buildings in Dubai
- Proposed tall buildings and structures
References
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- JSTOR 24192124.
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- ^ "Palmeilanden Dubai dreigen te zinken" [Dubai Palm Islands threaten to sink]. De Tijd (in Dutch). 9 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Latham, Rob (24 October 2008). "WSP designs structure for the world's tallest tower" (Press release). Archived from the original on 2008-10-28.
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- ^ Emap. Archived from the originalon 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b "Nakheel designs 1km-high tower". Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ "Nakheel Harbour and Tower". meed.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Nakheel plans to build world's tallest tower". meed.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ a b "Nakheel Harbour & Tower Engineering Page". nakheelharbour.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-09.
- ^ "ISLAMIC INGENUITY INSPIRES DUBAI'S CAPITAL". www.nakheel.com. October 5, 2008. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008.
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