Sky Tower Abu Dhabi is a 292-metre tall

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with 74 floors in

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

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. It is located on Al Reem Island and includes office and

residential A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include ...

space. Construction was completed in 2010 when it was the city's largest building but has been overtaken by The Landmark since, see also Abu Dhabi skyscrapers. The tower is twinned with the neighboring Sun Tower and part of the Shams Abu Dhabi development project. The building, designed by the US firm Architectonica,Sky Tower, Sun Tower, Gate Towers, Arc Tower and Boutik Mall
''Arquitectonica.com'' has 474 residential units. The Arabian Construction Company (ACC) was commissioned to build the tower.Site visit: Sun and Sky Towers, Abu Dhabi
''Constructionweekonline.com'', 20 November 2011 The building won the GCC Residential Project of the Year award at the Construction Week Awards 2011.

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