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21-483: The Emirates Office Tower , is a 54-floor office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city of Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Connected with the 56-floor Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel by a retail boulevard, the two towers form what is commonly referred to as the Emirates Towers complex. The tower has a total structural height of 355 m (1,165 ft) and roof height of 311 m (1,020 ft), making it

42-527: A unique development in downtown Dubai . Located along the Sheikh Zayed road the buildings are one of the most distinctive pairs of skyscrapers. This United Arab Emirates structure article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sheikh Zayed Road The Dubai-Abu Dhabi Highway of E 11 links the two largest cities of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The project

63-665: Is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah , Dubai , United Arab Emirates . It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands , including Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai Islands , which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi). It has a population of over 25,000 as of 2022. The islands were created using land reclamation . As

84-546: Is part of this system, categorized as a primary road, with its numbering indicating a north-south orientation as per the guidelines detailed in the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport's document TR-538 from 2018. The Sheikh Zayed Road is home to most of Dubai's skyscrapers, including the Emirates Towers . The highway also connects other new developments such as the Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina . The road has most of

105-562: The 55th-tallest building in the world . The Emirates Office Tower One is taller than the neighbouring Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, but has two fewer floors. Construction of the building was completed on 3 November 1999. The Emirates Office Tower is located in the financial centre of Dubai . The Emirates Towers complex designed by NORR represents modern business age architecture. Two equilateral triangles are one of their kind in Dubai . The tower consists of three large core walls. The walls support

126-519: The Red Line of Dubai Metro running alongside it. In Dubai itself much of the highway has seven to eight lanes in each direction. In recent years, the government built a canal, the Dubai Water Canal ; as part of the project, a section of the road was removed and a bridge was constructed. On 12 March 2008, approximately 200 vehicles smashed into each other before going up in flames. According to

147-628: The Abu Dhabi Police, 3 people were killed and 277 injured, 15 of them critically. Thick fog and poor visibility contributed to the deadly pileup. The event is considered to be one of the worst traffic collisions in the UAE's history. In the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, exits are numbered based on distance starting from east to west within the emirate. 25°13′7″N 55°16′48″E  /  25.21861°N 55.28000°E  / 25.21861; 55.28000 Palm Jumeirah The Palm Jumeirah

168-460: The Fronds are bordered with villas. Apartment Specifications: Apartments range in size from 375 square feet to 11,774 square feet, from studios to 6-bedroom layouts. Each apartment normally has a large living space, en-suite bathrooms, fitted kitchens, and balconies or patios. Villa Options: The community has villas with sizes between 4,000 and 35,000 square feet ranging from 2 to 10 bedrooms. There

189-399: The base is a low curvilinear structure, that houses parking and service elements. Both towers rise from a terraced podium featuring a boutique retail mall, restaurants, and cafes with leasable retail area of 80,730 sq ft (7,500 m), at the three storey base. Landscaping is an integral feature of the design with undulating land forms, water features, and a variety of plants creating

210-501: The case if the breakwater did not exist. In the summer seasons, jellyfish frequent the beaches surrounding the Palm. In early 2020, due to the reduction of human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic , an increase in wildlife, such as dolphins, around The Palm Jumeirah was observed. After launching the project, it was revealed that the developer increased the number of residential units on

231-575: The coastline from the Trade Centre Roundabout to the border with the emirate of Abu Dhabi , 55 kilometres (34 mi) away in the area of Jebel Ali . The road was formerly known as Defence Road . Between 1993 and 1998, 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the road was expanded. Along with this improvement came a change in the name. Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , the Ruler of Dubai at

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252-522: The developer, Nakheel Properties said they had received no reports of structural problems of a type that would be expected if there were any subsidence, and pointed out that the laser satellites had a measurement resolution of only 50 mm (2.0 in). The Palm Jumeirah Monorail is a 5.4-kilometre-long (3.4 mi) monorail connecting the Atlantis Hotel to the Gateway Towers at the foot of

273-480: The developers announced handover of the first residential units in 2006. In October 2007, 75% of the properties were ready to hand over, with 500 families already residing on the island. By the end of 2009, 28 hotels were opened on the Crescent. In 2009, The New York Times reported that NASA's laser altimeter satellites had measured the Palm as sinking at the rate of 5 mm (0.20 in) per year. In response

294-431: The island (with a concomitant reduction in the amount of physical space between individual properties) from the originally announced 4,500 (comprising 2,000 villas purchased early in the expectation of greater separation between properties ). This increase was attributed to the developer miscalculating the actual cost of construction and requiring the raising of additional capital, although they had never commented publicly on

315-508: The island. The monorail connects The Palm Jumeirah Dubai to the mainland, with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro . The line began operating on 30 April 2009. It is the first monorail in the Middle East. According to a study published in the journal Water in 2022, the construction of this island has had an effect on increasing water-soluble materials, changing

336-410: The load transferred at four levels by large steel trusses, which are connected to the cores with the aid of post tensioning and shear stud connection. A curved wall rising almost the whole height of one face of the triangular building provides a view of the city. The Emirates Office Tower building is surrounded by clad in silver aluminium panels, silver and copper reflective glass. Flanking each tower at

357-458: The matter. The New York Times reported in 2009 that many people had bought houses before they were built and are furious about the space available now and the way they seem to be living on top of each other. Types of Properties: Palm Jumeirah has a varied array of buildings, ranging from townhouses to hotels to apartments and villas. The apartments are mostly concentrated on the Trunk, while

378-580: The name implies, they were created to resemble a palm tree and are roughly divided into three areas: "trunk", "fronds", and "outer crescent". The trunk is a mixed commercial and residential area, the fronds are reserved for residential homes and villas, while the outer crescent is used for luxury and upscale resorts. The Palm Jumeirah construction was done by a Dutch specialist dredging company, Van Oord . The same company also created The World . Construction of The Palm Jumeirah Dubai island began in June 2001 and

399-455: The spectral profile of water and also increasing the temperature of the water surface around the island. The outer breakwater was designed as a continuous barrier, but by preventing natural tidal movement, the seawater within the Palm became stagnant . The breakwater was subsequently modified to create gaps on either side, allowing tidal movement to oxygenate the water within and prevent it from stagnating, albeit less efficiently than would be

420-513: The time, named the road after the then president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan . The E11 is designated as such because "E" stands for Emirates, and the number system was adopted in 1995 to represent nationally and internationally significant high-speed roads within the UAE. The E Route system defines these roads as having limited or controlled access and a speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour or higher. The E11

441-627: Was first proposed in 1968 by the Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Sheikh Zayed . In 1971, the project was approved and construction began. The highway was completed in 1980. The highway starts near Al Maqta' Bridge in Abu Dhabi and becomes Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. In Dubai, E 11 is known as " Sheikh Zayed Road " (in Arabic : شارع الشيخ زايد). This road is the main artery of the city. The highway runs parallel to

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