Developers in Abu Dhabi have made so much money on oil crisis, they are building the World’s Most Crooked Building that is 4 times more crooked than the previous record holder, the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
It doesn’t surprise me though, it’s about time modern architecture proves to be somewhat better than stuff that were built over a century ago. Not that I don’t like the Leaning Tower but it’s always great to have something new and better.
I just hope this Capital Gate Tower lasts more than a century like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Otherwise, it’s not really worth it.
As Construction of Capital Gate continues ADNEC, the developers, and RMJM, the project’s architects, have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognise the tower as the ‘most inclined in the world’.
The 35 storey gravity defying feature tower will lean westward 18 degrees, 4 times as far as the Leaning Tower of Pisa which currently leans 3.97 degrees.
Because of its unique posture, Capital Gate is being constructed 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 metres underground to accommodate the gravitational, wind and seismic pressures caused by the lean of the building. Features of the tower include 728 unique custom-made diamond-shaped glazing panels that due to the structure’s curving shape, will be will be fitted at a slightly different angle.
