Aldar Headquarters building

Aldar Headquarters
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Topped-out	2010
Owner	Aldar Properties
Height
Roof	110 m (360 ft)
Technical details
Floor area	61,900 m2 (666,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	MZ Architects
Main contractor	ALDAR Laing O’Rourke
References

Aldar headquarters building is the first circular building of its kind in the Middle East. The distinctive building was voted the “Best Futuristic Design” by The Building Exchange (BEX) Conference held in Spain. The shape of this building is achieved through the use of structural diagrid, a diagonal grid of steel.

The building features the following elevators:

• 12 passenger elevators
• 2 service elevators
• 3 mono space elevators
• 1 circular hydraulic lift
• 2 dumbwaiters
• hotel suites
• restaurants

Use of the golden ratio

Image of a human body in a pentagram from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's Libri tres de occulta philosophia. If the inner circle were the circumference of the building, the ground level would be at the base of the pentagram (at the figure's feet).

The extent that the circle is embedded in the ground was designed around the golden ratio.