18° : Capital Gate - leaning tower of Abu Dhabi : the ultimate diagrid / / Pierre Martin Dufresne and Jeff Schofield ; photography by Gerry O'Leary

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792675603321
• Autore: Dufresne Pierre Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Basel : , : Birkhauser, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 3-03821-018-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 720.95357
• Soggetti: Architecture - United Arab Emirates - Dubayy (Emirate); Architecture - United Arab Emirates - Abū Ẓaby; Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- INHALT -- PREFACE -- THE SKYSCRAPER RECONSIDERED: THE COMPLEXITY OF SOARING -- URBAN PLANNING AND CONTEXT -- ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION -- STRUCTURAL INNOVATIONS -- FAÇADE INNOVATIONS -- CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES -- SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS -- INTERIOR DESIGN -- PROJECT DATA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
• Sommario/riassunto: Spektakulärer Turm in Abu Dhabi; 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 who cherish the challenge in contemporary lifestyle. To be published in time for the buildings opening, this book by the building’s leading architects will convey the drama and the details in a stunning volume.