HHHR Tower, Supertall skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The HHHR Tower is a 72-floor, 317-metre residential skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, designed by architect Al Hashemi. Its cylindrical body shows an exposed grey concrete frame with stacked floor slabs and columns, wrapped at each level by bands of green-tinted glass and green railings. A rectangular lower block with dark green glass panels adjoins the cylinder, and a blue crane cabin with a thin vertical mast stands on the roof. It holds 454 apartments.
Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2010 during Dubai's rapid development phase. When finished, it ranked among the world's tallest purely residential buildings of that era.
The tower's nickname, the Blue Tower, comes from the green-tinted glass and green railings that band its concrete floors. Its 454 apartments are served by a podium block with dark green glass panels, and the building's commercial spaces sit alongside the residential floors.
The tower is residential and closed to visitors, so it is seen from street level along Sheikh Zayed Road. The bare concrete frame with green-tinted glass bands and green railings is best viewed from the opposite side of the road, where the full curve of the cylinder fits in a wide frame.
When completed in 2010, HHHR Tower was the second-tallest residential building in the world, behind only Q1 in Australia at 323 metres. Its 454 apartments were built by a joint venture of Al Ahmadiah Contracting and Trading Co. of the UAE and Hip Hing Construction Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong, the team also behind Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.
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