The Gate Shams Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi
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Official Name
The current legal building name.

The Gate Shams Abu Dhabi

Type

Complex

Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished

Completed

City

Abu Dhabi

Function

office / residential

# of Apartments

4,584

# of Parking Spaces

14,139

Map of Buildings in Complex

Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.

 

List of Buildings in Complex

RANK
Name
Height
1 Sky Tower

292 m / 959 ft

2 The Gate Residential Tower 1

238 m / 781 ft

2 The Gate Residential Tower 2

238 m / 781 ft

2 The Gate Residential Tower 3

238 m / 781 ft

2 The Gate Residential Tower 4

238 m / 781 ft

6 Sun Tower

238 m / 779 ft

7 The Arc at Gate Towers

85 m / 278 ft

CVU Awards & Distinctions

Best Tall Building, by Region 2013 Award of Excellence

2013 CVU Awards

 

Videos

07 November 2013

Best Tall Building Featured Finalist: Gate Towers: Creating Urban Habitat in the Sky

The Gate Towers allude to a future in which tall buildings appear at such density that many of the amenities of urban habitat on the...

Research

31 December 2010

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010

CTBUH Research

In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that,...

07 November 2013

Best Tall Building Featured Finalist: Gate Towers: Creating Urban Habitat in the Sky

The Gate Towers allude to a future in which tall buildings appear at such density that many of the amenities of urban habitat on the...

07 November 2013

Interview: The Gate Towers

Gurjit Singh, Chief Development Officer of Aldar Properties, speaks about The Gate Towers in Abu Dhabi, a Finalist for Best Tall Building Middle East and...

31 December 2010

Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010

CTBUH Research

In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that,...

14 November 2013

Case Study: Gate Towers, Abu Dhabi

Gurjit Singh & Hossam Eldin Elsouefi, Aldar Properties; Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica

The Gateway forms the entrance to one of the Middle East’s largest developments. The developer, Aldar, set forth a challenge: create an unmistakable introduction to...

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