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The Aldar Headquarters building is the first circular building of its kind in the Middle East. It is located in Al Raha, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Key Information
The shape of this building is achieved through the use of structural diagrid, a diagonal grid of steel.[3]
The building features the following elevators:
- 12-passenger elevators
- 2 service elevators
- 3 mono-space elevators
- 1 circular hydraulic lift
- 2 dumbwaiters
- 23 floors
Use of the golden ratio
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The extent that the circle is embedded in the ground was designed around the golden ratio.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Combisafe Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Aldar Headquarters building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Sasint Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, UK.
- ^ Photograph of Al Dar Headquarters, MZ Architects, ArchDaily, 2012.
- ^ Al Dar Headquarters, MZ Architects, ArchDaily.
