The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre project is one of a number of projects in the Central District of
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
's capital city of
Abuja. At , it is the tallest artificial structure in
Abuja. The tower was designed by
Manfredi Nicoletti and is part of the
Nigeria National Complex which also includes the Nigerian Cultural Centre, an eight-storey, low rise,
pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilat ...
shaped Cultural Centre. Construction for the tower started in 2006 and was topped out in 2014 whilst the cultural centre is still under construction.
The site is severed by a main road, so the two structures will be linked via an underground arcade. The tower consists of three cylindrical concrete pillar-like structures varying in height and linked together near the tower's first peak using a disc-shaped section that is intended to house in its two floors an observation deck and a viewing restaurant. Around the pillars of the tower, three transparent stainless steel wings wrap around the base of the tower and gradually open outwards in a fan-like fashion as they extend up the height of the tower.
See also
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List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
References
External links
Manfredi Nicoletti Abuja National Complex project*
Construction photoon Immaginionline.net
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Buildings and structures under construction in Nigeria
Neo-futurism architecture
Buildings and structures in Abuja