D1 Tower is one of the main residential skyscrapers in Culture Village with a height of 284 metres (932 ft.). This 78 floor building has 526 units which include studio apartments, 1 bedroom apartments, 2 bedroom apartments, 3 bedroom apartments, 4 bedroom apartments, and 5 bedroom apartments, and 6 bedroom penthouses housed on high floors of the building.
D1 Tower was developed by Enshaa who had purchased it from Emirates Sunland Group. The tower was developed in a joint project by Dubai Properties Group and Emirates Sunland Group. Holford Associates is the architectural firm that developed the framework for this building. D1 construction started in 2007 and it was ready for handover in 2015. D1 Tower at Jaddaf Waterfront has 231st position amongst the tallest buildings in the world. and Regionally, it ranks at 45th place amongst the tallest building in the Middle East. D1 Tower is adjacent to the
Palazzo Versace Dubai
Palazzo Versace Dubai is a hotel and resort completed in Culture Village on the foreshore of Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Overview
Palazzo Versace Dubai is developed on and opened in November, 2015. It has 215 hotel rooms and sui ...
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Design
The tower has a total structural height of , but the design originally included a
spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires are ...
that would bring the total height to . Construction of D1 was completed in 2015.
Similarities with Q1
The tower is the sister of the world's seventh tallest residential building,
Q1 in
Gold Coast
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* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
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Australia
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. Although they look similar, D1 is structurally shorter, whilst having a taller roof height. This is because Q1 has a roof height of with a spire increasing the total height to .
The appearance of D1 is also quite distinct from Q1. The facades of D1, designed by
Innovarchi (directors Ken McBryde and Stephanie Smith) enhance the form of the tower and emphasize the sheer nature of the layered glass curtain wall. The primary facades are conceived as a series of layers to protect against the harsh environment. The timber canopy around the base, is inspired by the craft of Dhow trading boat construction that used to occur on the site. Installation of the canopy is expected from September 2012. The undulating timber structure provides a shaded threshold between the air conditioned internal spaces, bright and hot exterior. It also acts as a moderator between three surrounding scales: the High Speed Freeway / Urban Landmark Scale; the Precinct Scale and the Human Scale.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Dubai
Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, is home to many extremely tall modern high-rises, 108 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in Dubai is the Burj Khalifa, which rises and contains 163 floors. The tower has ...
References
External links
D1 tower websiteSkyscraperPage entryEmporis entry
2015 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Residential buildings completed in 2015
Residential skyscrapers in Dubai
High-tech architecture
Postmodern architecture
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