Pentominium

Pentominium

An artist's rendering of Pentominium
General information
Status On hold
Type Residential
Architectural style Postmodern
Location Plot No. 392-567
Dubai Marina
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates 25°05′21″N 55°09′00″E / 25.08913°N 55.14989°E / 25.08913; 55.14989Coordinates: 25°05′21″N 55°09′00″E / 25.08913°N 55.14989°E / 25.08913; 55.14989
Construction started 2008
Estimated completion 2015
Cost AED 1.46 billion
Height
Roof 515.95 m (1,692.7 ft)
Top floor 468 m (1,535 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 122
6 below ground
Floor area 163,721 m2 (1,762,280 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators 23
Design and construction
Architect Aedas
Developer Trident International Holdings
Engineer Hyder Consulting
Main contractor Arabian Construction Company
Hitachi Plant Technologies
Other information
Number of units 172
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

The Pentominium is a 122-storey, 516 m (1,693 ft) supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction on the tower has been halted since August 2011.[1] It was designed by Andrew Bromberg of architects Aedas[6][7] and funded by Trident International Holdings. The AED 1.46 billion (US$400 million) construction contract was awarded to Arabian Construction Company (ACC).[8] The Pentominium has one of the deepest excavations done in the world, performed by Swissboring Overseas Piling Corp.[9]

Construction commenced on 26 July 2009 and, before construction stopped, the building was expected to be completed in 2013.[5] By May 2011, 22 floors had been completed. However, in August 2011, construction stopped after Trident International Holdings fell behind on payments for a US$20.4 million loan.[10] As of 2015, the tower still stands incomplete.

If completed, the Pentominium is scheduled to become the second tallest building in Dubai after Burj Khalifa, and the tallest residential building in the world.

Projected residential height

The Pentominium will be the tallest all-residential building in the world upon completion if construction resumes; it has the highest projected height of any residential building under construction.[5] It has been described as "one of the most architecturally significant projects in the city currently under construction" due to the "large number of offset cantilevered spa gardens and apartments down one side [which create] an imbalance for the building and, as a result, some fairly significant building sways which have to be corrected during construction."[11]

The project management contract was awarded to the project management firm Precipio.[12]

Apartments and design

The word "pentominium" is a portmanteau of the words "penthouse" and "condominium".[9] Each residential floor will have just one 4-bedroom apartment of over 600 m2 (6,500 sq ft).[9][13] Amenities available to residents would include a swimming pool, an observation deck, a private cinema, a health club and a banqueting hall, along with a cigar lounge and a business centre.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pentominium at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
  2. ↑ Pentominium at Emporis
  3. ↑ Pentominium at SkyscraperPage
  4. ↑ Pentominium at Structurae
  5. 1 2 3 Sarah Blackman (7 September 2009). "Pentominium to be completed by 2014". Construction Week. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Contractors appointed to world's tallest residential tower set for Dubai". World Architecture News. 14 Sep 2009.
  7. ↑ "Pentominium at Aedas".
  8. ↑ Sarah Blackman (7 September 2009). "ACC gets Pentominium construction contract". Construction Week. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Pentominium - The Defined Height of Luxury". Trident International Holdings. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  10. ↑ Gillian Duncan (6 October 2015). "Dubai Sees Stalled Projects Revived". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Broomhall, Elizabeth (24 March 2011). "Site visit: Pentominium Tower". Construction Week. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "The Pentominium". Precipio Consulting. 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Trident rolls out new tower". Arabian Business. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

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