TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dufresne,Pierre Martin
AU  - Betsky,Aaron
AU  - Schofield,Jeff
TI  - 18 Degrees: Capital Gate – Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi: The Ultimate Diagrid 
SN  - 9783038215837
AV  - NA1473.2.A2 D84 2017
U1  - 720.483095357 
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Basel : 
PB  - Birkhäuser, 
KW  - Architecture
KW  - United Arab Emirates
KW  - Abū Ẓaby
KW  - Abu Dhabi
KW  - Architektur
KW  - Diagonale Fachwerkgitter
KW  - Parametrisches Entwerfen
KW  - Tragwerke
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783038210184
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