- John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection
- Arthur Erickson fonds
- Middle East projects
- Etisalat Head Office Building (Etisalat Headquarters)
Etisalat Head Office Building (Etisalat Headquarters)
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- Held by
- John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection via McGill University Archival Collections
- Dates
- 1985-1986 (indexed as 1985–1986)
- Level
- file
- Extent
- 15 drawings : 5 ink on mylar, 10 optinegatives. 105 photographs 1 model
- Scope & content
- File includes 15 drawings (10 plans, 1 section, 3 elevations; 1 combination drawing with 1 plan, section, detail), 105 photographs (40 prints: 24 of model, 16 miscellaneous; 65 negatives: 30 of model, 33 site), and 1 model of the building. The Etisalat Head Office Building in Abu Dhabi serves as the headquarters of the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation and provides a symbol for the corporation in Abu Dhabi and throughout the United Arab Emirates. The project was the winner of a Limited Design Competition conducted in 1985. It is composed of transmission facilities, branch office and head office functions, and public activities, all located on a prominent corner site in Abu Dhabi. The plan of the project responds to the corner site by directly addressing the traffic circle. By selecting a tower plan form, it also provides the office functions with good views of the adjacent gardens, the city, and sea to the north. A unique curtain wall system provides solar protection by a facetted arrangement of alternating opaque and vision panels, which give the façade its geometric pattern. At the project's summit is the radome, which houses the telecommunications/microwave functions. It is a unique solution to the problem of visually controlling the multitude of dishes and aerials required of Etisalat, recalling the traditional forms of Islamic design in a refreshing manner. This feature of the project has now become the identifying "image" of the Corporation in the Emirates. It was nominated for the Aga Khan Award in 1995.
- Places
- Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates)
- Location
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- Genre / form
- Built projects; Commercial buildings.; Banks (buildings); Office buildings
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