Etihad Towers is a complex of buildings with five towers in
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dha ...
, the capital city of the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...
.
Usage
The towers are located opposite the
Emirates Palace hotel and feature offices, apartments and a hotel. The estimated cost for the construction was 2.5 billion
Dirhams
The dirham, dirhem or dirhm ( ar, درهم) is a silver unit of currency historically and currently used by several Arab and Arab influenced states. The term has also been used as a related unit of mass.
Unit of mass
The dirham was a un ...
. Towers 2 and 5 topped out in November 2010.
A year later, in November 2011, the Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel which belongs to
Jumeirah Group was opened in Tower 1. Tori No Su Japanese restaurant opened within the hotel in 2012. The hotel has been rebranded to
Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers' which opened doors in Tower 1 on October 1, 2020. The adjacent Tower 2 is (as of January 2023) the fourth tallest in Abu Dhabi. Tower 2 has an observation deck named "Observation Deck at 300" on the 75th floor which is accessible from the hotel via a lower level linking podium.
The towers were used as a filming location for the 2015 film ''
Furious 7
''Furious 7'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 7'') is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013) and '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), and ser ...
''. In the film,
Dominic Toretto (
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967), known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise.
Diesel began auditio ...
) and Brian O'Conner (
Paul Walker
Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise.
Walker began his career as a child actor in the 1980s, gaining recogniti ...
) steal a
Lykan HyperSport
The Lykan HyperSport is a Lebanese limited-production sports car manufactured by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates-based company, founded in 2012 in Lebanon with the collaboration of Lebanese and Italian engineers. It is the first sports car to ...
and drive it through three of the towers.
Architectural features
* Tower 1: 69 floors,
[
* Tower 2: 74 floors, ][
* Tower 3: 54 floors, ][
* Tower 4: 61 floors, ][
* Tower 5: 55 floors, ][
]
See also
* List of tallest buildings in Abu Dhabi
*List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates
This list of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks skyscrapers based on official height. The tallest building in the UAE is Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which rises and contains 163 floors. The tower has stood as both the tallest bu ...
References
External links
''ProTenders profile''
''Etihadtowers.com''
''Etihadtowers.net''
{{Supertall skyscrapers, current
2011 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Mixed-use developments in the United Arab Emirates
Residential skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi
Skyscraper office buildings in Abu Dhabi
Skyscraper hotels in Abu Dhabi