Al Yaqoub Tower, Skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai.
The Al Yaqoub Tower, now AHS Tower, is a 328 m (1,076 ft) skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai with 69 floors. Its concrete facade is a dense grid of rectangular window openings, and red banners near the top read "...YAQOOB TOW...". The design was inspired by London's Elizabeth Tower, though it has no clock face.
The tower topped out in 2010 and was completed in 2013 with 69 floors. It was long held privately by Daro Saifuddin Yaqoub before AHS Properties, the company founded by Abbas Sajwani, acquired the building in early 2025 and gave it its current name.
The tower's shape echoes London's Elizabeth Tower, earning it the nickname "Big Ben of Dubai", yet it carries no clock face. Plans for a working clock were dropped because authorities feared it would distract drivers on Sheikh Zayed Road below. It also resembles the Gevora Hotel directly to its north.
The tower stands on Sheikh Zayed Road, with the Gevora Hotel directly to its north, so the two can be seen together from the same stretch of road. The exposed concrete grid and red banners near the top are visible from street level during construction. The building is a skyscraper rather than a visitor attraction, so viewing is from outside.
A working clock was planned for the tower but scrapped because authorities feared it would distract drivers on Sheikh Zayed Road below. The building is nicknamed the Big Ben of Dubai, yet its facade carries no clock face at all.
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