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Princess Tower, Dubai Marina
Thus a building with 90% office floor area would be said to be an
"office" building, irrespective of other minor functions it may also
contain.
Princess Tower design was incepted by Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office to
be one of the most elegant and outstanding high rise towers in
Dubai, the challenge was to present an Architectural Design that
would be one of its kinds to house the763 residential apartments with
all facilities that makes living in that one tower city, a luxurious, safe,
and self contained living environment.
safe, and self contained living environment. One of the main
challenges is the structural system where design has to take into
account the seismic (earthquake) and wind effects which require
the lowest possible aspect ratio and a massive design to give
enough rigidity to resist possible earthquake and wind loads.
Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office was also the consultant assigned to supervise the construction of the Tower,
putting a new challenge in developing the project aspect in all fields of Architectural, Structural,
Electrical & Mechanical, Design and Construction Implementation and Management.