Aldar Headquarters building

Aldar Headquarters
Aldar Headquarters
	View of the building.
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	24°26′28″N 54°34′31″E / 24.44111°N 54.57528°E
Topped-out	2010
Completed	2010
Owner	Aldar Properties
Height
Roof	110 m (360 ft)
Technical details
Floor area	61,900 m2 (666,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	MZ Architects
Main contractor	ALDAR Laing O’Rourke
References

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.

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

Image of a human body in a pentagram from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's Libri tres de occulta Philosophia. If the inner circle were the circumference of the building, the ground level would be at the base of the pentagram (at the figure's feet).^[4]

The extent that the circle is embedded in the ground was designed around the golden ratio.^[5]

References

^ 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.

[1] Combisafe Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] "Aldar Headquarters building". SkyscraperPage.

[3] Sasint Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, UK.

[4] Photograph of Al Dar Headquarters, MZ Architects, ArchDaily, 2012.

[5] Al Dar Headquarters, MZ Architects, ArchDaily.

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