Abu Dhabi
in association with
BEST COMMERCIAL HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT ARABIA Etihad Towers by Sheikh Suroors Projects Department (SSPD)
BEST COMMERCIAL HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT ABU DHABI Etihad Towers by Sheikh Suroors Projects Department (SSPD) BEST RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT ARABIA Etihad Towers by Sheikh Suroors Projects Department (SSPD)
BEST RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENT ABU DHABI Etihad Towers by Sheikh Suroors Projects Department (SSPD)
His Highness Sheikh Suroor Bin
in their position and of an iconic nature,
Mohamed Al Nahyan completed his
forming an architectural masterpiece
first major mixed-use development,
and a central landmark for the Emirate.
the Abu Dhabi Trade Centre in 2000.
When viewed from various directions,
Following the success of this project,
the complex can clearly be seen as an
he committed to providing Abu Dhabi
opening blossom, billowing sail, fleet of
with a new mixed-use development
vessels, traditional sword and a pearl shell.
which would change the city’s skyline
These multiple references and forms are
forever and create a welcoming
drawn together in a single composition
environment in which people could
which can be seen as an allusion to the
live, work, stay and dine.
unity of the United Arab Emirates and its
Named Etihad Towers, the development’s primary objectives were to
capital city Abu Dhabi. Etihad Towers’ 885 residential
be iconic in nature and worthy of being
apartments are available to lease only as
described as a world-class development
ownership of the entire development is
for the 21st century as well as being
being retained by His Highness Sheikh
commercially feasible. A secondary
Suroor Bin Mohamed Al Nahyan. This
objective was to appoint an international
ensures that one owner with a single
hotel operator to manage the hotel and
management team is fully dedicated to
serviced apartments within the project.
the interests of the tenants.
The tertiary objective was to resolve the
The highly specified apartments offer
concept design competition and exceed
tenants sophisticated, contemporary and
the client’s vision for the project.
cosmopolitan urban living with unrivalled
The general design style is one of
views over Emirates Palace, the Corniche
modern to post-modern architecture.
and Arabian Sea. Given the wide
The masses of the towers are coherent
range of unit types (ranging from one
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