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18 Degrees: Capital Gate – Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi : The Ultimate Diagrid / Jeff Schofield, Pierre Martin Dufresne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783038215837
  • 9783038210184
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.483095357
LOC classification:
  • NA1473.2.A2 D84 2017
  • NA6234
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: Spektakulärer Turm in Abu DhabiSummary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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