External lighting is designed to minimise both light pollution and energy consumption, based on a combination of low-level landscape lighting with façade lighting comprising a net of compact LED clusters integrated into the design of the steel glazing system. “Its graceful, asymmetric diagonal structure, known as a ‘diagrid’, supports the tilting external load of the building and we believe that this is the first building in the world to use a pre-cambered core.”Besides being believed to be the ‘world’s most inclined’ building, Capital Gate Tower Abu Dhabi also features 728 unique custom-made diamond-shaped glazing panels.
British architect and designer, Tom Wright is best known as the designer of the 7-star hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Capital Gate's nature-defying, angled skyscraper is one of the world's most intriguing buildings. Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre has been the built as the centrepiece of the AED8 billion (US$2.2 billion) Capital Gate project, a fully integrated community development that is considered a strategic element of the Abu Dhabi 2030 vision. The design’s inspiration behind the unusual organic form stems from a figurative interpretation of a ship’s hull splitting waves.

The dense mesh sits above an intensive distribution of 490 piles which have been drilled 30 metres underground to accommodate the gravitational, wind and seismic pressures caused by the lean of the building.Simon Horgan CEO of ADNEC Group said, “Capital Gate will be a building that the world will talk about, not because it has surpassed another building as the world’s tallest, but because of its aesthetic splendour and technical achievement.”“Capital Gate will be one of a kind,” added David Pringle, CEO, RMJM Asia and the Middle East.

Advertisement. Capital Gate is also kept upright by 490 piles which are drilled over 30 meters deep. At 160 meter (520 ft) and 35 stories, it is one of the tallest buildings in the city and leans at an astounding 18 degrees to the west, … As construction of Capital Gate continues in the UAE capital city, Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), which is developing the iconic building, and RMJM, project architects, have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognise the Capital Gate tower as the “most inclined in the world”. Capital Gate is the focal tower of the Capital City development a £1.3 billion business and residential ‘micro city’. August 2011 Mehr. The Capital Gate Tower is high quality iconic building located on the exhibition site. Capital Gate In his first year in Dubai, U+A’s Design Principal Pierre Martin Dufresne conceived the design of Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi. "We created two sections of piling, one deeper than the other. Am Standort unmittelbar neben dem Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre unweit des Zayed-Sports-City-Stadionsverteilen sich auf eine Gesamthöhe von 160 Metern 35 Stockwerke. … The external grid carries the weight of the floor while the internal diagrid connects with the external and transfers the load to the core, thereby eliminating the need for columns in the floor.Building reached final height of 160 meters (520 ft). Energy, fluidity … Capital Gate is one of only a handful of diagrid buildings in the world. Der Rohbau des von in England beheimateten Architekten Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM) geplanten Capital Gate war Ende 2009 abgeschlossen. The Capital Gate ‘Feature Tower’ is an iconic development located on the exhibition site of the greater ADNEC … The core of the Capital Gate was built using jumping formwork, also known as Given the 18° lean of 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. Der schiefe Turm von Pisa, der 1372 nach mehr als 100-jähriger Bauzeit vollendet wurde, ist das wohl bekannteste schiefe Gebäude der Welt – und bekommt nun Konkurrenz: Der Capital Tower Gate in Abu Dhabi neigt sich bei einer Höhe von über 160 Metern um sagenhafte 18 Grad (das sind 14 Grad mehr als in Pisa). The tower is distinguished by a dramatic steel and glass facade with a striking organic form. Due to the structure’s curving shape, each pane of glass is different and each will be fitted at a slightly different angle.Capital Gate will accommodate the 5-star ‘Hyatt at Capital Centre’ hotel and will provide the most exclusive office space in Abu Dhabi.

“RMJM has a 40 year history of designing and delivering world class buildings in the Middle East. The cantilever design also provides a unique presence on the skyline of Abu Dhabi and creates a memorable identity to the exhibition center.
The Capital Gate Tower is high quality iconic building located on the exhibition site.