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This article is about a skyscraper in Dubai. For the skyscraper in Brisbane, see Infinity Tower (Brisbane).
Infinity Tower
Infinity Tower, May 2013
Map
General information
StatusTopped-out
TypeResidential
LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
Construction started2006
Estimated completion2013[1][2]
Opening2013
Ownersheik mohammed al maktoum
Height
Antenna spire306 metres (1,004 ft)[3]
Technical details
Floor count76[4]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
DeveloperCayan Property Developments
Structural engineerSkidmore, Owings and Merrill
Main contractorArabtec

Infinity Tower is a 306 metres (1,004 ft) tall 76 storey supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development. The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill SOM architectural group, the same group who built the Burj Khalifa also in Dubai and Trump Tower in Chicago. When completed it will become world's tallest high rise building with a twist of 90˚.

Design

Infinity tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and its development is carried out by property development company CAYAN. Infinity tower's apartments are designed with wooden floors, marble counter tops, and kitchen fixtures. The tower also includes a five story parking garage behind it.[5] The Infinity Tower will have house financing options available for those residents who may want to lease out their weekend or holiday condo. The rooms of the tower are designed in such a way that it won’t be affected by direct sunlight due to titanium metal panels on cast-in-place concrete columns aided with repetitive staggered screen panels to stop penetrating sunlight from disturbing the residents of the unit.

Construction

Construction of the 306 m (1,004 ft) building began in February 2006 and topped out on 2012.[6] When completed it will have 76 stories 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 in the world 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.

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.[7][8] Witnesses described a loud cracking sound, followed by an inflow of sand and water, the project resumed construction in July 2008.

  • Collapsed wall and flooding at the Infinity Tower construction site
    Collapsed wall and flooding at the Infinity Tower construction site
  • Infinity Tower's flooding on 9 March 2007
    Infinity Tower's flooding on 9 March 2007

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Infinity Tower, Dubai.

References

  1. ^ http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=building&building_id=464
  2. ^ http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-17843-infinity-tower-reaches-90-completion-milestone/
  3. ^ http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=%20464
  4. ^ http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=%20464
  5. ^ "Infinity: Living By Design". Infinity Tower Homepage. Cayan. Retrieved 2/15/2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=%20464
  7. ^ "Snopes Article on collapse of wall".
  8. ^ "Lucky escape for 100 workers". Gulf News. Al Nisr Publishing LLC. 2007‑02‑08. Retrieved 2009‑01‑25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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