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18 Degrees: Capital Gate - Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi: The Ultimate Diagrid

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18 Degrees: Capital Gate - Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi: The Ultimate Diagrid - DuFresne, Pierre Martin, and Schofield, Jeff
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This spectacular building is at the crossroads of dominating architectural trends: parametrically designed, it features a Diagrid structural frame and an innovate structural core, allowing it to be the world's furthest leaning tower. Developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, it will host, on its opening in 2013, the Exhibition Center and a Hyatt Hotel. The combination of technological pioneership with a striking appearance and a world-wide functional use will bring this building to the attention of all those ...

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18 Degrees: Capital Gate - Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi: The Ultimate Diagrid 2016, Birkhauser, Basel/Berlin/Boston

ISBN-13: 9783038215837

Hardcover