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Almas Tower

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Almas Tower is a commercial office skyscraper in the Jumeirah Lake Towers district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, designed by Atkins Middle East, topped out in 2008, and opened on January 12, 2009. It rises to a roof height of about 306 meters and 360 meters including its antenna spire across 68 stories, and briefly stood as the tallest building in Dubai until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it later in 2009. The tower placed eighth in the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper Awards.

Facts
Building Type
Commercial offices 1
Location
Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1
Completed Year
2008 1
Completed Year
2009 2
Height (m)
360 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Skyscraper 2
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Source Almas Tower, Wikipedia

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Source Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper Center: Almas Tower
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1. Almas Tower, Wikipedia
  • Infobox: building_type
    Commercial offices
  • Infobox: location
    Jumeirah Lake Towers Al Thanyah Fifth, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Infobox: completion_date
    15 November 2008
  • Infobox: Height (Antenna spire)
    Antenna spire: 360 m
  • Building Usage
    Almas Tower ranked 8th in the 2009 Emporis Skyscraper Awards.
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism
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2. Wikidata: Almas Tower
  • Wikidata Q838780, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q838780, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper Center: Almas Tower
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, The Skyscraper CenterUses Element: Concrete, Structural Material
Quote, Uses Element: Concrete, Structural Material
All-Concrete
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