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Capital Gate ... has the inclination.
As construction work on the Capital Gate tower continues in Abu Dhabi, its developer Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) and UK-based architect RMJM have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognise the tower as the “most inclined in the world”.
Capital Gate leans westward an astonishing 18 degrees; by comparison, the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans less than four degrees. Because of its posture, the tower is being built on top of an incredibly dense mesh of reinforced steel. The dense mesh sits above an intensive distribution of 490 piles which have been drilled 30 m underground to accommodate the gravitational, wind and seismic pressures caused by the lean of the building.
Capital Gate also features 728 custom-made diamond-shaped glazing panels. Due to the structure’s shape, each pane of glass is different and each will be fitted at a slightly different angle.
Accommodating the five-star ‘Hyatt at Capital Centre’ and providing exclusive office space, the tower forms a major part of the Capital Centre development, being built around the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
