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: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285590/Abu-Dhabis-Capital-Gate-leans-

nearly-times-Tower-Pisa-claim-world-record.html

Abu Dhabi 35-storey skyscraper 'leans nearly five times more' than Tower of Pisa to

claim world record

By Mail Foreign Service

Updated: 14:51 GMT, 10 June 2010

Thesis statement: The Capital Gate and the Leaning tower of Pisa are like two unique twins

with different characteristics.

Compare or contrast about 2

unique buildings.

1.Capital Gate Hotel,

Abu

Dhabi...UAE(UNITED

ARAB EMIRATES)

Made up of

impressive steel

and glass facade

Like a striking

organic form,

funnel shape

2. Leaning Tower

of Pisa(BELL

TOWER of Pisa)

Italia, in the square

of miracle, among

the element of the

compliment of the

ceremonial complex

Material use:

White

marble.

In 1920’s the foundations of

the building were injected

with cement ,which has

stabilized the tower

Requirements for

conservation of energy

:glass roof for natural

light, external light

design to minimise light

pollution and energy

consumption.

Contrast

Capital Gate leans

18 degrees to the

west, 4 times than

the famous leaning

tower of Pisa Capital gate is a high

quality iconic building

whereas the tower of Pisa

is an infrastructure from

the period of medieval.

Is located 15

minutes to

the airport

Located near the

international

airport.

Like a wedding

cake, with a

circular design

2. Write a compare or contrast essay about any two unique buildings of your choice. You

need to choose existing building and their location.

When most of us think about unique buildings, we have the images of strange and

sometimes oblivious design or shape of a building, something which is not common. A

unique building can be either an old or a new one. In comparison to the Leaning Tower of

Pisa built in 1399 and the Capital Gate in 2011. What make them unique? The reason why

these infrastructure is unique, it’s because of the unique concepts used by these talented

person who has designed it. It’s like a gift of God to get inspired of these kinds of ideas of

how to design this infrastructure like this. Those people who are actually architects, who

derived their inspiration from nature which is perfect in its form, the creation of God.

However the two unique buildings which i have selected to compare and contrast are the

Leaning Tower of Pisa found in the ‘square of miracle’ among the representative

monuments in the city of Pisa, Italia and the other one is Capital Gate is Abu Dhabi, just 15

minutes from the International Airport of United Arabia Emirates. Both of them have the

characteristics of Leaning tower and their out breathing shape make them unique.

Lets up go through the Capital Gate, which is the more contemporary version of the

Leaning Tower of Pisa. They do have the same characteristics but in contrast to the one

which is found in United Arabia Emirates it is the most splendid and outstanding one due to

its high quality iconic style. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is an architectural structure in the

medieval time whereas the CAPITAL Gate is a 5-star hotel. It is distinguish by an impressive

steel and glass facade with a striking organic form, a shape of a funnel whereas the Tower of

Pisa looks like a wedding cake in a circular design made up of white marble. The Capital Gate

is 160 metre or 520 feet and has 35 stories. It is the tallest building in Abu Dhabi whereas

the Leaning Tower of Pisa which is only 60 metre and has only around 8 stories. Compare to

the Leaning of Pisa, the Capital Gate features an 18° incline to the west that is four times

than the leaning tower in Italia. In June 2010, the Guinness book of world records certified

Capital Gate as the “World’s furthest leaning man-made tower”.

Both towers have great differences in appearance but have the same characteristics of a

leaning tower. The Capital Gate’s interior and exterior are worth to be for royal families due

to its breathtaking accommodations and criteria in comparison to the Tower of Pisa which is

a medieval architecture and is now just a tourist attraction. The basement of the Capital

Gate sits on top of a 7-foot-deep concrete base with a dense mesh of reinforced steel which

above has a distribution of 490 piles that have been drilled 100 feet underground so that to

resist all type of wind, seismic pressures and gravitational laws due to the concept of the

building. However the consists of 15 arches made up of white marbles and each storey

consists of 30 arches that surround and reinforced the tower. But still the tower is slightly

curved even with the attempts of various architects to prevent it from leaning more or

falling down. In the 1920’s the foundations of the tower were injected with cement grouting

that has stabilized the tower to some extent. This is why it is considered as a miracle of

medieval engineering as the leaning tower is still stand.

The Capital Gate has a cantilevered tea lounge and an open air pool deck, which

provides a unique occupation on the skyline of Abu Dhabi. The hotel entrance canopy is

made up of a sculptural stainless steel goes from front to the low level which acts as a solar

shading device for the infrastructure. A Free form internal atrium with a dynamic glass roof

which brings natural light and contribute to a deep space into the tower. The skyscrapers

also have some requirements to conserve energy for example the external lighting is

designed to minimise both light pollution energy consumption, based on a combination of

low level landscape lighting with facade comprising a net of compact LED lights integrated

into the design of the glazing system. Due to its strange design of each hotel room and its

unique in size and shape and also due to the spirals upwards and outwards the tower is

widens. However for the Tower of Pisa whose shape is like a massive wedding cake knocked

by a clumsy giant monster. These concepts make these buildings unique in their own way.

To conclude, I would say that a unique building is not just certified by architects or the

person working in the field of construction, but it is also due to the contribution of the

public in general to share their opinion. From this point of view the infrastructure can be

considered as a unique one. However the place where a unique building is built has a link to

the site of contact and its location, as it is said that everything has their own place.

The Leaning Tower of

Pisa, Italia

(Bell Tower Pisa)

Hyatt Capital Gate Hotel, Abu

Dhabi.