Etihad Towers

Etihad Towers is a complex of buildings with five towers in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

Etihad Towers
Etihad Towers in November 2012
Etihad Towers Location within United Arab Emirates
General information
Type	T1: hotel / residential T2: residential T3: office T4: residential T5: residential
Location	Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	24.459322°N 54.321297°E / 24.459322; 54.321297
Construction started	October 27, 2006
Topped-out	November 2010
Completed	October 27, 2011
Height
Architectural	T1: 277.6 m (911 ft)[1] T2: 305.3 m (1,002 ft)[2] T3: 260.3 m (854 ft)[3] T4: 234.0 m (767.7 ft)[4] T5: 217.5 m (714 ft)[5]
Top floor	T1: 251.2 m (824 ft)[1] T2: 281.6 m (924 ft)[2] T3: 235.8 m (774 ft)[3] T4: 206.7 m (678 ft)[4] T5: 190.2 m (624 ft)[5]
Observatory	T1: 251.2 m (824 ft)[1] T2: 281.6 m (924 ft)[2]
Technical details
Floor count	T1: 69[1] T2: 80[2] T3: 60[3] T4: 66[4] T5: 61[5]
Floor area	T1: 70,908 m2 (763,250 sq ft)[1] T2: 83,738 m2 (901,350 sq ft)[2] T3: 74,198 m2 (798,660 sq ft)[3] T4: 49,819 m2 (536,250 sq ft)[4] T5: 45,049 m2 (484,900 sq ft)[4]
Lifts/elevators	T1: 12[1] T2: 7[2] T3: 19[3] T4: 5[4] T5: 5[5]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	DBI Design
Developer	Sheikh Suroor Projects Department
Structural engineer	AECOM
Main contractor	Arabian Construction Company (ACC)
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

Usage

The towers are located opposite the Emirates Palace hotel and feature offices, apartments and a hotel.^[6] The estimated cost for the construction was 2.5 billion Dirhams.^[7] Towers 2 and 5 topped out in November 2010.^[8]

A year later, in November 2011, the Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel which belongs to Jumeirah Group was opened in Tower 1. Tori No Su Japanese restaurant opened within the hotel in 2012. The hotel has been rebranded to Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers which opened doors in Tower 1 on October 1, 2020.^[9] The adjacent Tower 2 is (as of January 2023) the fourth tallest in Abu Dhabi. Tower 2 has an observation deck named "Observation Deck at 300" on the 75th floor which is accessible from the hotel via a lower level linking podium.^[10]

Etihad Towers

The towers were used as a filming location for the 2015 film Furious 7. In the film, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) steal a Lykan HyperSport and drive it through three of the towers.^[11]

Architectural features

• Tower 1: 69 floors, 277 metres (909 ft)^[1]
• Tower 2: 74 floors, 305 metres (1,001 ft)^[2]
• Tower 3: 54 floors, 260 metres (853 ft)^[3]
• Tower 4: 61 floors, 234 metres (768 ft)^[4]
• Tower 5: 55 floors, 218 metres (715 ft)^[5]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Abu Dhabi
• List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates