Anara Tower

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Anara Tower
Anara Tower
General information
StatusCancelled [1]
Location Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai.
OpeningTBD
Height
Antenna spire655 m (2,149 ft)
Technical details
Floor count135
Design and construction
Architect(s) Atkins Design Studio [2]
Developer Tameer Holding Investment

Anara Tower was a proposed supertall skyscraper in Dubai. It was slated to be one of Dubai's tallest buildings, [3] and would have been had 135 floors. [4] It was designed to look like a massive wind turbine. [5] It was supposed to be a mixed use tower with offices, retail spaces, apartments, and an art gallery. [6] Anara Tower would have incorporated sky gardens every 27 floors and would have contained a luxury restaurant. [2] If built it was expected to be an energy efficient tower by installing renewable sources of energy and incorporating water efficiency strategies.

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  1. "Anara Tower Cancelled". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 Atkins (Firm) (2011). Atkins: Architecture & Urban Design : Selected & Current Works 2011. Images Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86470-451-8.
  3. Salingaros, Nikos A.; Mehaffy, Michael (30 May 2017). Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future. Sustasis Press. ISBN   978-0-9893469-6-2.
  4. "Anara Tower". Emporis. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. Plush, Hazel (25 May 2016). "The architectural wonders of Dubai that never happened". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "Anara Tower by Atkins Design Studio". 3 November 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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