City Gate
Ramat Gan, Israel

HEIGHT: 244m/801 feet
FLOORS: 68 floors
COMPLETION: 1998
ARCHITECT: AMAV Architects

the tallest building in Israel

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interesting. Nice round structure, very unique. 9/10

I don't think it qualifies because there is a crane still on top of the building.

I like it, 8/10 :)

Can't see the pics btw, but here's a link to them on skyscrapers.com:

City Gate (http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/worldmap/building/0.9/104915/index.html)

skyscrapers.com has been up 'n down like a yo-yo recently. Pics are now visible.

Awesome looking (as in tall); certainly looks its 810ft. Oafish in form and it almost looks like a KPF design i.e. the round-meets-square thang! Great night shot.

Does it come in any colours other than beige or grey?

7.5

cool . . 7/10

Very similar is shape to Frankfurt's MAIN Tower. Love it.

9.5/10

8/10

This really succeeds in its vertical element. I like the cylindrical portion best. The facade is a bit weak though.

wow, i love this one.. 10

must be better if the cylinder part is levelled w/ the rectangular part IMO.
7.5/10!
doesn't this one look like Robinsons-Equitable tower of Ortigas?
that one on the left!
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on close range!
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courtery of queetz!

Others pictures :

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http://samuel.bober.free.fr/images/Isra%ebl/Ramat%20Gan/City%20Gate%2002%20little.jpg (http://community.webshots.com/user/tomitomi2)

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http://samuel.bober.free.fr/images/Isra%ebl/Ramat%20Gan/City%20Gate%20little.jpg (http://community.webshots.com/user/tomitomi2)

I like this one.

9/10

Good soaring height, and I like the glass curtain walls on the cylinder, which is well-proportioned and graceful, but the facade on the other part of the buildng isn't that great, and some setbacks might be nice (I know -pick, pick,pick!)
I'll give it 8/10

the combination of the round tower & square building is interesting...I like it for it's sleekness too...8.5/10

9.5/10. Simply incredible!

I forgot to rate it. 9/10.

Yeah i like it!

Looks very tall.
I'll give it a 9.0/10

I rate this 10/10! Its just beautiful!!! This is one building that should have won the Skyscrapers.com 2001 Awards but it wasn't given much exposure for the users to appreciate it..... :mad:

And Francis, Citygate is not the only building that has the same basic architectural style as the Robinsons-Equitable Tower. There is a building in Frankfurt whose name I can't remember that has a similar style as well.

It is quite gorgeous, indeed. Simplicity, with cylindrical elegance, can win out pretty easily. 9.

Originally posted by queetz
I rate this 10/10! Its just beautiful!!! This is one building that should have won the Skyscrapers.com 2001 Awards but it wasn't given much exposure for the users to appreciate it..... :mad:


I was in Tel Aviv earlier this year (2002) and there was still a crane on top of that building, it shouldn't have been a candidate in 2001. I'm not sure if it was finally completed this year or not, maybe someone who was in Tel Aviv after me could tell ?

Whether it was finished or not, it was still considered a candidate and I know at least one senior editor was rooting for it. But mistakes have been made and we all know what should win this year, eh? ;)

8.5/10

;) :guns1: :bash: :? :rant: :D 9/10;) :guns1: :bash: :? :rant: :D

7.5/10

Cool, except windows need to be darker, and it is a bit boring in some areas.

its damn sexy building, it must top building of da europe!!

10/10 ;) :D :guns1: :) :angel1: :cheers:

Israel number One!!:D :D :cool: :yes: :lol: :rotf: :angel: :colgate: :grouphug: :borg: :cool: :okay: :eek2:

8.5/10

great tower!!

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Very unique
I like it
8/10

8/10

:D

looks good with its two different sides 7/10

Wow!

Why does Israel have such a tall building.

I like it,

7.5/10

I'm still looking for a building that manages to successfully combine a round tower with another building with right angles. I'm afraid this one also fails my test (can it be done?).

Also, the shiny fassade of the round part must be downright blinding in the bright sun of Israel! :cool:

Nonetheless, 7.

Looks like a different building from different sides...9/10. :D

8.5 What a daring building! Very beautiful and elegant... and unique...

Too many decorative elements applied to its exterior. Nice to see that the windows can actually be opened (alas, that's the only interesting aspect about it).

Slim and cylindrical... not bad at all.. :) However it strikes me why the crown is lit with purple.. I think someother colour would better! :?

8.5/10

Nice. What else can you really say. Nice, clean, sharp. 9/10

i give it 10!
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3 words to describe this unbelivable building:
Crazy Sexy Cool! 10 on the RoM scale ;)
and that ladies and gentlemen is PERFECTION!

10

WOOO!!!

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Exactly ;)

Fantastic look.. nice crown at night

9.5/10

Unexplainably plain in some places, but the night shot looks so great, I love the little shiny band around the top :).

7

Construction pics (posted by Mr.OW in the Israel forum)

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LOL That's wierd!
THANX 4 POSTIN'
;)

not difficult choice at all...10!!!

Keep giving 10's guys! this building is spectacular!

9/10
Soaring, and futuristic.

Not bad 7/10

Originally posted by SkyHawk

Not bad 7/10
LOL thanks, I guess

9.5 unique!!

Originally posted by james2390

9.5 unique!!

I agree;)

I love this tower - 10/10

Looks like a mix of MAIN Tower and Westend Strasse 1 in Frankfurt. 8/10

6.5/10

9

that's nice

Just amazing:
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5.5/10 ! :)

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9, looks great .and i like modern buildings with a lot of glass in it

10

:cheers:

Looks good!

10...

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9.5/10


Great tower.

8/10
Nice facade & design. Looks cool & modern.

8.5/10

Very distinctive and tall-looking.

9.5/10.

Dec 10 2003

By Miri Reily and Ami Ginzburg

Doron Aviv was very excited Monday. It was clear that he is not used to public appearances in front of television cameras and the poised pens of journalists. He seemed a bit embarrassed by the whole event marking the inauguration of the Moshe Aviv Tower, named after Doron's late father, who initiated the project.

Still, in all the excitement, Aviv did not lose his sense of humor.

"This video clip was filmed for us by Channel 10," said Aviv at start of the screening of a film depicting the building process of the Moshe Aviv Tower at the corner of Abba Hillel Silver and Jabotinsky streets in Ramat Gan. For anyone who does not know the details, Ocif, which is controlled by Aviv, lost heavily on its investment in Channel 10.

Apropos Channel 10, one of the channel's stars, news presenter Yaakov Eilon, who narrates the film, recently purchased an apartment in the tower. Aviv has also purchased an apartment there, as has his PR manager, Ran Rahav. The identities of the other buyers are as yet classified, and for anyone who wants to be their neighbor and enjoy a panoramic view from a height of over 200 meters (650 feet), there are still some unsold units.

"The tallest tower in the Middle East," which was supposed to have been called Sha'ar Ha'ir (City Gate), due to its location, is now named after Moshe Aviv, who died in an accident about two years ago.

The project, most of which has been sold, is being undertaken by Aviv (25 percent) and Ocif (75 percent), both of which are controlled by Doron Aviv and Dafna Harlev, Moshe Aviv's son and daughter.

The tower took over five years to build. "The construction required a combination of various technologies imported from Europe and the United States," says Aviv. "We had to cope with many complex logistical problems, some of which required innovative solutions that we developed ourselves."

Office and residential too

One of the interesting innovations in the project is the combination of offices and residential apartments on some of the tower's upper floors. The residential floors are from the 55th to 66th stories, which house 98 apartments ranging in size from 60 square meters (650 square feet) to large penthouses of up to 350 square meters (3,780 square feet). Last week a 170 square-meter apartment sold for $700,000, although Aviv says that the average price of the apartments is $3,000 per square meter.

"The city was looking for a solution that would keep the area bustling with activity even after office hours," explains Aviv. "This type of tower exists mainly in Manhattan and this is the first tower in Israel that offers offices alongside residential apartments."

This division required unique solutions, such as a separate entrance for the residential floors, so that the residents would not feel as if they were living in an office tower. The roof of the tower, on the 69th floor, is designed to serve as an emergency helicopter landing pad, and the safety railing can be opened when a helicopter approaches.

Some 5,000 people are expected to enter and leave the building daily. They will use 24 elevators that move between the floors at a speed of 6 meters per second. The developers made a total investment of $133 million, an almost unprecedented figure for an office tower project in Israel.

Construction began about six years ago and was completed over the past few months. Close to 95 percent of the office space has been sold, with the main buyers being United Mizrahi Bank, which has transferred its main offices to the tower, the Ofer Brothers Group and Alony-Hetz Properties and Investments. So far Ocif has reported accumulated profits of NIS 87 million from the project, with total projected profits approaching $30 million.

The old Epstein used car lot

The Moshe Aviv tower was initially planned as a 25-story building. The first plot of land, purchased by Aviv in early 1995, covered 4.7 dunams and was a used car lot owned by a man called Epstein. The second land deal, also signed in 1995, was for an adjacent plot of 4.5 dunams and led to the expansion of the plans for the current tower. The joining of the two plots of land facilitated the rezoning of the land from residential to residential-and-office and allowed a tower up to 50 stories high.

About a year later Aviv began negotiating for the purchase of two additional adjacent lots - one owned by Teva Pharmaceutical and the Ramat Gan municipality, and the second owned by Yedidya Cohen and Givat Marom. After the transfer of the construction rights from the other two lots, the allowable height of the building rose to 66 stories. A fourth land deal, for another adjacent plot, allowed Aviv to add two more floors to the tower, so that including the technical floors, the tower is 69 stories tall. For the sake of comparison, the Azrieli Towers buildings in Tel Aviv are 50 and 40 stories high.

The tower, designed by architects Amnon Niv and Amnon Schwartz of Amav Planning, rises 235 meters above street level and 252.5 meters above sea level. It includes 53,870 square meters of offices, 1,671 meters of commercial space and 49,600 square meters of built up space for parking. There are separate entrances for the residents of the upper floors and for the offices.

Moshe Aviv Tower is close to other projects, such as the Sheraton City Tower, a hotel tower whose upper floors are residential apartments, and the Gibor Sport office tower. Additional office towers are in the immediate vicinity.

The Moshe Aviv Tower will not be alone at its height for long. On the other side of the intersection, where Elite Industries offices are currently located, construction of a 65-story tower will soon get underway. Elite, which owns the land, and Ocif, are currently negotiating to build the project in partnership.

Moshe Aviv Tower - facts and figures

Height: 235 meters above street level and 252.5 meters above sea level (the tallest building in the Middle East and the second tallest in Europe)

View from the top floors: North - Carmel mountains. East - Judean Hills. South - Rishon Letzion. West - the coastline from Hadera to Ashdod

Cost of construction: $133 million

Office space: 53,870 square meters

Commercial space: 1,671 square meters

Parking space: 49,600 square meters

Number of stories: 69

Number of apartments: 98

Number of elevators: 24

Non-stop travel time from lobby to 66th floor: 45 seconds

Number of parking levels: 10

Office floors: 6-54

Residential floors: 55-66

Air-conditioning system floors: 67-68

Building's weight: 160,000 tons

Total length of water pipes: 15 kilometers

Total length of air-conditioning ducts: 40 kilometers

Number of people who will occupy the building daily: 5,000

Average space per person in offices: 20 square meters

Size of smallest apartment: 60 square meters; cost: $212,000

Size of largest apartment: 350 square meters; cost: $1.25 million

Rate of construction of superstructure: 4 floors per month

Output of air conditioners: 3,000 tons of cooling (equivalent to 750 4.5-horsepower split air conditioners)

Sway in any direction during an earthquake: 40 centimeters

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/370262.html

don`t like it, is boring :rant: 4,5/10

Originally posted by Aquarius

don`t like it, is boring :rant: 4,5/10

Boring? WTF? ":rant:" :?

Originally posted by TheBaseTower
Boring? WTF? ":rant:" :?


"WTF?" What does mean it?

For my it is boring,It is very gray, I do not like the color, the front part is very ugly , looks like a cigarette.Only I like it by night ;) sorry

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6/10

Super Awesome..

10

9

Beautiful, tall and mostly sleek. THere's something I don't like about the beige solid bits running up the building though.

10:D
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Originally posted by AtlanticaC5
Looks like a mix of MAIN Tower and Westend Strasse 1 in Frankfurt.

True.

I like it tho. 7/10 :)

Very tall and good looking
9/10

I like the simple geometries and sweeping vertical lines. I also like the varied dacade.


8.5/10

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9

it looks really skyline-friendly. but i don't think another tower with the exact same height is good for ramat gan though.

9.5

it looks like the DG Bank Tower in Frankfurt!7.5/10

8/10

9.5/10

Sleek, elegant, simple. A wonderful design. The cylinder/box combo is very effectively worked out here, although I think that the cylinder part should have been a few floors taller than the rectangular part. I like the simple facade, adn the way it changes near the top. The facade and color are just great. Incredible!

Oow, nice one. 8.0+0.5 for the name of the city. :)

Wicked!! The only thing preventing me from giving it a 9 is the little white square thing on one of the lower windows. 8.5/10

nice tower! 8.5

I like it! Sleek clean lines and great color. I think it'd look good in Chicago- but good for Isreal! :)

oops.... 8.5

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10/10 Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/10

overdone design

7/10

10/10 - Very nice!

8/10

Not bad. The crown is its best feature, especially at night.

I would give it 9 at night, 7 during the day, 8 overall. :)

Nice 9/10

simply beautiful.....10/10

Its tall and elegant, but typical. 7/10

It looks a little awkward, the proportions, but some nice facade details. 6.5/10.

very nice
10/10!!!!!

Very nice.

9

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7/10

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It's good, and I love the crown, 8/10

8.5/10

This building kicks ass. I've always thought it was something special. I give it a Perfect 10/10. :yes:

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8!

AWESOME!!! 10/10

Looks like taller version of Westend Straße 1 in Frankfurt, and is very good too. 9/10

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!
I love it so much, fantastic facade, shape, and a great crown!
10/10!!!!

8/10
Nice top and volumetry.

I like it, 8/10

7.5, very nice tower.

10/10 Beautiful! Shalom!

9.

9/10

8.5/10.

impressive... 8.5

Great tower! 8/10

city gate is really a beauty !!!!!!!!!!!!! i always come here to check pics....... !!!!!! 9.5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! it looks much better each day

9.5/10

commun 8/10

high building

prety box and original combinate structure 8/10

Nice 8/10

For a glance, It looks very decent but as I look at it closer it's has a very clear traditional charasteristic that creates a hugh impact over it's overal appearance yet not mentioning a very fine proportion and height it has.

9/10

This is a very cool building. 8.5

Looks very glassy! Beautiful! Though from far at one angle, it looks to me a bit like the Control tower of the new Bangkok airport.

8/10

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this pic is great!!!!!

9,5/10

10

beautiful tower.7.5/10

6/10

10/10

Great shape
9/10

I'm not too sure about that glass cladding's design. The boxy part cladding sure is very disappointing. Good points are the tower's slimness which really makes it look soaring and the quality of the lighting. The windbreaker thingie at the top doesn't look too good...
Hehe it's difficult to rate a tower with very good and very bad points ^ ^
Let's say 6.5

It's nice and round. 8/10

9/10

Looks very tall... 8.0/10

9/10 Topraters..

9.5/10 for me
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9 whoa i really like this one

Beautiful building.
9/10

It gets a 9.5. Very nice.

7.5/10

the option ilusion of this building is incredible :) cool and nice forms...for being tall and optical ilusion of being taller 8.5/10

Great facade. The rounded part and the rectangular part work perfectly together. The height is great and the crown was a nice touch

8.5/10

luv this baby!
9.5/10

8/10

8/10

8/10

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7/10

Very Nice :okay:

it's great 8.5/10

9.5/10.

very interesting design and finish, still i will rate it a 9/10

Unique, I like it. 9/10

6/10

looks like two different buildings glued together.

yum yum..:)

9/10

9/10 i like it

9/10

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8/10

a bit simple ... but really nice! 9/10

very very nice 9.5/10

9.5/10.

Pretty nice tower! 9.5/10

10/10 :D

Fantastic! 9.5/10

9.5/10

8.5/10

10. great!

7.5/10

the cylinder part is cool. the other half isn't.

I like it :wink2:
9/10

very sleak and shiny, innovation rules 9

nice shape and looks higher than it is ,not that 244 isnt high 8.5/10

A like the cylineder and the glass used on it. 8.5

3 / 10

Two totally different buildings glued together = failure 95% of the time ("figuratively" speaking).

8.5/10

Nice! A 8 out of 10.

8.5/10.:)

9/10

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8/10

7/10

7.5/10

10/10 :master:

9/10

8/10

nice design 9/10

So cool, i like how it overpasses its neighbourhood 9/10

This is definitely one of the nicer buildings in Asia, I like it- 8/10.

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8/10

look nice. 8/10

9/10

Un super cilindro!

8.5/10

Very cool looking design.

7/10

great. 9

9/10

i like it 9/10

8/10

8/10
I like the design!!!!!

Love the round tower
Looks very elegant

8.5/10

It's tall and all, but I've been near it many times and it doesn't really leave a strong impression. The shape is nice, but the facade is bland. 7.5/10.

7.5/10

8,5/10

Take the crosses out of the top of the cladding and it would be perfect.

9/10

06/10

Yep, it's nice. 8/10

6,5

I like the cladding. 9/10.

8/10

10/10

great design

8/10

9,5/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

10/10

Stylistic knockoff but looks good. 7.5

voted 8/10

i like this one.:) 9.5/10

7.5/10

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8.5

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8,5/10

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I like the combinetion of round and straight shapes, but it is a little bit to slim. 7.5/10

nice building 9/10

8/10

one of my favorites in the world. tall and beautiful. 10/10

Seen better, but it's not ugly. 6/10

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