You said one year...took you literally. Not one of those was built in ONE year.

Video: http://www.ameinfo.com/250600.html

^^Jumeirah hotel will open in July, 2011....

6 January 2011

by Endika Lazkano Iriondo
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^^ That is a great shot. These towers turned out fantastic.

Mods can you please set up a better registration process to keep these morons out?

^^They are getting irritating. Anyway, great buildings!! It is about time Abu Dhabi challenge Dubai for skyscrapers though I hope they would not end up with a lot of debt for the sake of building all this skyscrapers.:)

^^They are getting irritating. Anyway, great buildings!! It is about time Abu Dhabi challenge Dubai for skyscrapers though I hope they would not end up with a lot of debt for the sake of building all this skyscrapers.:)

haha yep people like you are getting irritating, you really must know nothing about Abu Dhabi i guess, Abu Dhabi and debt never go in the same sentence ;)

haha yep people like you are getting irritating, you really must know nothing about Abu Dhabi i guess, Abu Dhabi and debt never go in the same sentence ;)

Sorry if I have irritated you but I guess I know about Abu Dhabi having very deep pockets thanks to the fact that the club I support is funded by their deep pockets. It's on my signature. I have to say, Abu Dhabi sure did well to invest more prudently as compared to Dubai. They do huge projects that reflects the culture as well whereas Dubai just builds. That is my opinion, btw. :)

14 January 2011

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those last 2 shots r great. is that window panal on the podium 3 stories?

Sorry if I have irritated you but I guess I know about Abu Dhabi having very deep pockets thanks to the fact that the club I support is funded by their deep pockets. It's on my signature. I have to say, Abu Dhabi sure did well to invest more prudently as compared to Dubai. They do huge projects that reflects the culture as well whereas Dubai just builds. That is my opinion, btw. :)

you didn't irritate me im just a troll

^^ Thats nice to know. :lol:

Anyway, the pictures are great, kanye. It looks as though the building itself is almost complete with some claddings to be done. :)

19 January 2011

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by aidanrock

any signs of the cranes being taken down?

wow

any signs of the cranes being taken down?

They have. That's just an old pic.

^^ can you please show us a more recent pic, it says that pic was taken 2 days ago

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by aspheric.org

07 February 2011

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by Eamonn_Richardt

very nice buildings the glass looks superb!

thanks friends...

Fantastic....:happy:

Damn I am late on this one. It's a amazing design. I wish I could have seen it from start to finish.

Damn, they are beautiful!

16 February 2011

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Beautiful...:drool:

I love the contrast between the tall glass skyscrapers and the classic look of the low rise buildings. The complement each other very nicely.

one of the most beautiful designs ever!

March 2011

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08 March 2011

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Nice picture update. It looks like it is almost done. It definitely looks great. :)

They're looking nice already!

Abu Dhabi skyscrapers have some of the best cladding in the world.

those are ones of the most beautiful skyscrapers I´ve ever seen!

shinny!

10 March 2011

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I didn't know there were other tall buildings nearby these ones. I hope AD will see more.

08 March 2011

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hey,

worked as a mech engg. for the towers for year ....it was an amazing experiece...had to leave for some reasons.... man looking at it now,:smug: its turning out to b just fantastic ...amazing structure...really looks a beautiful skyline:okay: ,watch it frm the AD mall/emirates palace area...amazing ....thanks kanye for the pics...keep the updates coming....cheers.. :cheers1:

voldeharry

13 March 2011

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this is one of my all time favourites.....fantastic....hope to go to AD and Dubai one day

cool

18 March 2011

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Today 19 Mar 2011

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05 March 2011

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Beautiful shots....:happy:

These towers are very photogenic. I wish we had some night shots.

beatifull :cheers:

Is it possible to get a close up of the front part building? The trapizoid podium.

Amazing Buildings :O

Old pic (10 november 2010) taken by alhosani AD (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38518321@N08/)
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Great thanks for all updates migöl! :master:

Nice night shot!

So futuristic :0

Wow it´s amazing look fantastic!

14 May 2011
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These ones are amazing! love them!

This buildings... magnifico!:cheers:

From Biza43 (http://forums.dpreview.com/members/2763288856) (dpreview)
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Nice shot...:happy:

SWOOPING lines. Ridunkulous

by Hannah-Farah Abdulla on May 31, 2011

New Zealand based company, Gallagher Security, has won a contract to provide security services for the Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi.

The company, one of the largest and most successful private companies in the Waikato region, is famously known for its award winning systems; the Cardax access control and intruder alarms platform and PowerFence electric non-lethal perimeter security systems

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-12598-nz-company-to-provide-security-at-etihad-towers/

from the outside it seems finished, but I don't know what it looks like inside.

Looks better than the renders suggest it would.

15 June 2011

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Is it me or there is a bit of similarity with Baku's Flame Towers? :D

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23 June 2011

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^^ Great pics as usual!! It seems more or less ready. :)

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:nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts::nuts:

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wow
:nuts::nuts::nuts:

i love ABU DHABI

By Waheed Abbas | Published Friday, July 15, 2011

Dubai-based hotel management group Jumeirah will enter Abu Dhabi later this year with the opening of five-star hotel at Etihad Towers.

It will be the first hotel under management of Jumeirah Group in the UAE capital. The hotel will launch booking prior to its soft opening slated for September, a hotel reservation booking official told Emirates 24l7.

http://www.emirates247.com/business/corporate/jumeirah-to-enter-abu-dhabi-in-september-2011-07-15-1.407880

http://www.floodslicer.com.au/library/folio/lg/etihad/dbid6043-etihad-dusk-s24-frame-0205-a3rgb.jpg

Last picture is stunning!

This complex looks as "inspiring" to me as the GM HQ in Detroit.

Abu Dhabi becomes much more beautiful than Dubai :nuts: It´s a shame what Dubai wanted to become and what did eventually happen :down:

From Biza43 (http://forums.dpreview.com/members/2763288856) (dpreview)
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dubai should be jealous, these towers turned out spectacularly

The overall quality and execution of this complex seems to be awesome, yeah. But the design is somewhat pale. 5 towers, with the same design, just with different heights, nah idk. I hope they will get TALL friends around, which will nest it, into a new AD cluster. :-) And yeah, i prefer AD over Dubai.

I said this many times before, but I really, really wish people would stop comparing Abu Dhabi to Dubai. It's apples and oranges.

And I think it´s same as comparing Chicago to NY :)

People like to do that, too.

The overall quality and execution of this complex seems to be awesome, yeah. But the design is somewhat pale. 5 towers, with the same design, just with different heights, nah idk. I hope they will get TALL friends around, which will nest it, into a new AD cluster. :-) And yeah, i prefer AD over Dubai.

that would ruin the effect, the contrast between these towers and Emirates Palace is ingenius.

14 July 2011
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by t.bo79 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbo79/5941999933/

love theese futuristic towers

http://www.floodslicer.com.au/library/folio/lg/etihad/dbid6043-etihad-dusk-s24-frame-0205-a3rgb.jpg

Last picture is stunning!

This "picture" actually looks like a computer-generated graphic and not an actual photograph.

I hope more buildings are built that look this amazing all over the world.

Wow, this cluster of Towers looks really Impressive!
Quite long time since i saw pics from this Project :)

it's been a long time since you've posted in this supertalls ZZ-II, welcome back :-)

I read all the Time in the Forums :). I was just to lazy to post :).

I said this many times before, but I really, really wish people would stop comparing Abu Dhabi to Dubai. It's apples and oranges.

Would you please care to explain why? Just out of curiosity, thanks.

This complex looks as "inspiring" to me as the GM HQ in Detroit.This design is much more oriented around the spaces created rather than the purity of the geometry involved in the structures. Mr. Portman's design was almost exclusively conceived at the macro scale and came at a time when he was simply fascinated with circular buildings and lobbies that direct people away from interacting with the building's context.

Conversely this project shows a greater recognition of how to interact with the site, and creates layers of viewsheds and spaces inviting people to move into and out of the development much more freely. It also achieves a greater impact by simply being larger - The GM facility is so much more humble since the central tower isn't much taller than it's companions.

I truly like this design here. It's a graceful addition to the city and seems to have done well in accomplishing the desires of the developer.

http://www.floodslicer.com.au/library/folio/lg/etihad/dbid6043-etihad-dusk-s24-frame-0205-a3rgb.jpg

this is a render right?????? :omg:

Pretty sure it is.

Hala Khalaf | July 21, 2011

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The Etihad Towers are not finished but they already dominate the skyline in the Ras Al Akhdar district. Ravindranath K / The National

ABU DHABI // The five curvy, shimmering towers in a layered cluster reflect every shade of blue from the sea and sky on the west end of the Corniche.

The Etihad Towers are not finished but they already dominate in the Ras al Akhdar district.

Developed by the Sheikh Suroor Projects Department (SSPD) and designed by DBI Design, Australia's largest architecture and design company, the towers are expected to reinvent luxury in Abu Dhabi.

"Our job was to create buildings that can become reflective of a sophisticated and international city," says Lawrence Greenman, the senior project leader at DBI.

In 2006, DBI won a private competition for the project from six other companies. The competition called for a design for four towers by the waterfront at the end of the Corniche.

"The site of the towers is unique," says Barry Lee, a company and design director at DBI. "It is a major access point to the city and consequently deserved a symbolic, powerful design that could represent the change in Abu Dhabi."

After winning the lead contracts for architecture, interior design and landscape architecture, DBI went to work immediately, and as the project evolved, four towers became five.

"We focus on buildings that are environmentally, culturally and socially sustainable," Mr Lee says. "We explore ideas that aren't normally reflected in conventional buildings, most of which are quite aggressive or boxy with rational, straight lines and angles."

DBI wanted the Etihad Towers to symbolise the nature and culture surrounding them.

"We had a lot of inspiration to draw from in Abu Dhabi," says Mr Lee.

Using the capital's history as a port city, the designers came up with the idea of billowing sails when imagining the curves of the building.

Sketches of falcons and images of overlapping and unfurling flower petals provided the organic quality to how the buildings should be grouped.

"The buildings may not reflect these things directly, save for the obvious allusion to sails blowing in the wind, but we relied on these elements for the structural interpretation," Mr Greenman says.

"The buildings may not reflect these things directly, save for the obvious allusion to sails blowing in the wind, but we relied on these elements for the structural interpretation," Mr Greenman says.

The result is a very specific grouping of the towers, which ensures that from whichever direction they are viewed at least two are always visible.

The slightly reflective blue and silver glass used on the buildings bounces light in different directions. Depending on the time of day, some are highlighted while others are in shadow. It is all deliberate.

"The way the light bounces off the buildings make them shimmer and the light between the buildings interplays as well," says Mr Greenman. "It all helps make them look taller and more slender and more elegant.

"No matter where you look at the complex you don't have a large area of building pointed directly at you because of the reflection of the light and the curves making the buildings look narrower than they are."

The tallest of the towers, 300 metres and 75 floors, will be one of three residential buildings. Among the three there are 885 apartments, ranging from one to four bedrooms and offering penthouse units.

The other two towers will be offices, in the shortest of the five at 54 floors, and a hotel managed by Jumeirah Group, the hospitality subsidiary of Dubai Holding, which will be in the second-tallest tower.

Two of the towers sit in a space that will be landscaped by DBI, while the other three spring from a podium base, says Mr Lee.

"Within the podium there will be a state-of-the-art convention centre that can cater for groups of more than 2,200, and an 1,800 square metre ballroom that can accommodate 1,000 people for a set menu and about 1,400 people in conference mode," he says.

"There will be 12 food and beverage outlets and two independent restaurants as well, covering everything from Japanese to French to traditional Arabic cuisine."

The towers are planned to redefine luxury in a contemporary setting, including an internationally renowned spa and exclusive retail space.

But despite the exclusive feel, Mr Lee insists the towers will be a draw for everyone in the city.

"The key to the concept of this development is that it is a very welcoming place, intended to be a place of pride for the city," he says.

"Everyone can benefit from the space and feel welcome."

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/modern-icons-towers-that-bend-space-and-light

30 July 2011

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Love Etihad Towers, but don´t really like the others next to them... They are so awful... No design, no spirit... Just plot of towers to complete empty land... :(


My heart beats for Paris :bowtie:

This building it's great!!!! Thank for nice pic. -0-

30 July 2011

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Aug 24, 2011

Etihad Towers, a major new development in Abu Dhabi, is on schedule to handover its first homes and offices later this year, developers said on Tuesday.

http://www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/12201-etihad-towers-on-track-for-handover-by-end-of-2011/

23 September 2011

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great towers

14 October 2011

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Very beautiful!

Beatiful and incredible!

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^^ WOOOW! Great photo!

great looking towers :)

Thank You for the last photo, it's awesome!

^^ I just lost all respect for you.

And I don't think that last pic is a real photo ;) Theres no cranes around the bottom of the tower, plus the podium building is still unfinished I am pretty sure?

:cheers:

^^ You can clearly see that the podium isn't completed, and the guy might have just photoshoped the cranes out of the picture ... which IS a real picture (albeit photoshoped a little)

Where do these people get all this money! It truly amazing what is happening in Dubai in terms of architecture. It is like the dream city for innovators in the field of architecture and design. I never thought that they had such a great taste in the middle east, now I really want to go to Dubai

That is obviously a render there isn't even and building under construction in that photo beside the Etihad Towers and they don't even look close to real.

Where do these people get all this money! It truly amazing what is happening in Dubai in terms of architecture. It is like the dream city for innovators in the field of architecture and design. I never thought that they had such a great taste in the middle east, now I really want to go to Dubai

This is in Abu Dhabi, i have always thought the architecture was a little more tasteful than Dubai's

fantastic towers! :cheers1:

This is in Abu Dhabi, i have always thought the architecture was a little more tasteful than Dubai's

And that was a spammer you were replying to. :tongue3:

This is in Abu Dhabi, i have always thought the architecture was a little more tasteful than Dubai's

+100000000 Dubai towers most of them are shpaless in my opinion

22 October 2011

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by a Bean fan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/auburn492/6269222682/)

This is in Abu Dhabi, i have always thought the architecture was a little more tasteful than Dubai's

Well thee style is very much alike, I didn't know about this Abu Dhabi, AMAZING. These kind of buildings definitely add brand reputation (http://www.optimum7.com/internet-marketing/reputation-management/brand-reputation-management.html) not only to the builders but also to the owners.

I think these towers are just getting handed over... Their location is perfect, on the corniche.. And opposite the emirates palace...

CTBUH says they're Completed.

26 October 2011

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Nice ilumination!

It looks so good in a photo! Great job.

02 November 2011

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^^ Which spot is the above pic taken from? A hotel?

07 November 2011

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These towers will definitely become a tourist attraction in their own right, the outside is a great view from many angles, including the sea.

The inside is breathtaking, do yourself a favour and do not look at any internal pictures before you go, and then be blown away when you get there!

Although in saying that, I don't think any pictures can convey the sheer scale of this building, especially the Jumeirah grand lobby.

18 November 2011

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Damn this complex looks gorgeous!

18 November 2011

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by JMPinaud (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57487870@N08/6357817415/)

speechless!!! masterpiece designs & stunning skyline! :banana: :cheers:

Wow, these towers are sooo sexy !!

19 November 2011

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by Muhammad Ali. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58214099@N05/6368822765/)

Well those are beauties

^^ beautiful towers :cheers2:

Holy crap, this cluster puts to shame both the new WTC complex and Marina Bay in Singapore. Great job on those!

yesterday midnight


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Really beautiful towers :)

Abu Dhabi is well-planned city, i luv it :)

22 November 2011

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Aren't they Completed yet?

that arabs are crazy dude however it looks stunning it looks like a sacred places in the movie avatar

25 November 2011

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24 November 2011

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Beautiful complex, perhaps the best among the other 300-meters towers, in my opinion.

very stunning..almost similar to the ones in singapore

They look so close together

They look so close together

because they are :D

Beautiful complex, looks gorgeous ;)

because they are :D

:lol: