Infinity Tower
| Infinity Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates | 25°05′12.80″N 55°08′42.89″E / 25.086889°N 55.1452472°ECoordinates: 25°05′12.80″N 55°08′42.89″E / 25.086889°N 55.1452472°E |
| Construction started | 2006 |
| Estimated completion | 2012[1] |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 330 metres (1,083 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 76 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Developer | Cayan Property Developments |
| Structural engineer | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
Infinity Tower is a skyscraper under construction by Cayan Real Estate Investment & Development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project resumed construction in July 2008, after a delay caused by the collapse of a nearby wall and subsequent flooding of the construction site.
Construction of the 330 m (1,080 ft) building began in February 2006 and when completed it will have 73 storeys and be the world's tallest high rise building with a twist of 90˚. The tower will twist similar to the Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden, and other recent projects in Doha and elsewhere, and will be the tallest to do so. However, unlike the Turning Torso, which is a series of cantilevered plates rotated about a straight structure, Infinity Tower's much larger floor plates actually require the structure to be twisted as it raises from level to level. Each floor is rotated by 1.2˚ to achieve the full 90˚ spiral, creating the shape of a helix. The tower will have residential apartments, conference rooms, tennis courts, pools, a state of the art gymnasium, a nursery and a spa. An earlier design was for a taller, darker tower 372 m (1,220 ft) tall with 93 floors.
The project of the property development company CAYAN, its architects were Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and will be located in the Dubai Marina.
As of 8 January 2012, 76 floors had been completed.
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[edit] Site flooding
The tower's construction was on hold for a year and a half after the foundation site of the tower was flooded when the wall that held back the Dubai Marina was breached on 7 February 2007.[2][3] Witnesses described a loud cracking sound, followed by an inflow of sand and water.
Construction of Infinity tower was resumed in late 2008, and the tower is expected to be completed by 2012.
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Collapsed wall and flooding at the Infinity Tower construction site
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Infinity Tower's flooding on 9 March 2007
[edit] See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Infinity Tower, Dubai |
[edit] References
- ^ http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=building&building_id=464
- ^ "Snopes Article on collapse of wall". http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/infinity.asp.
- ^ "Lucky escape for 100 workers". Gulf News (Al Nisr Publishing LLC). 2007‑02‑08. http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/02/08/10102709.html. Retrieved 2009‑01‑25.
[edit] External links
- Official Website in Arabic and English
- Infinity Tower on CTBUH
- Infinity Tower on Emporis
- Infinity Tower on Skyscraperpage(Drawings+Facts)
- Snopes Article on collapse of wall
- Photographs of Site after wall collapse
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