NEW ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE DUBAI
Dubai has once again broken new architectural record, and raised the highest tower in the form of a spiral. The project cost about $ 272 million.
75-storey, 310-meter skyscraper Cayan Tower is located in the city#39;s prestigious district of Dubai Marina. It is twisted by ninety degrees around its axis. To similar effect creators of the tower came thanks to the gradual displacement of each floor of the building at 1,2 °.
According to the developer Saudi company in the new skyscraper has already sold more than 80% of the apartments.
Its construction began in 2006, but three years later it froze due to technical difficulties caused by the economic downturn in the UAE and require thoughtful solutions.
The well-known American architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merril, drafted tower. It has previously designed the following famous buildings: Chicago skyscraper corporation AT T, the Burj Khalifa Tower, 7 World Trade Center in New York.
As a result, Dubai has established another architectural record - after the tallest building in the world (828-meter Burj Khalifa), the tallest residential building (414-meter Princess Tower), the most high-rise hotel complex (355-meter hotel JW Marriott Marquis Dubai ), now the city boasts the world#39;s tallest skyscraper - the 310-meter tower Cayan Tower.
