Pentominium

The Pentominium is a 122-storey, 516 m (1,693 ft) supertall skyscraper on hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction on the tower has been halted since August 2011.[1] It was designed by Andrew Bromberg of architects Aedas[6][7] and funded by Trident International Holdings. The AED 1.46 billion (US$400 million) construction contract was awarded to Arabian Construction Company (ACC).[8] The Pentominium has one of the deepest excavations done in the world.

Pentominium
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An artist's rendering of Pentominium
Pentominium
Location within United Arab Emirates
General information
StatusOn hold
TypeResidential, Commercial
Architectural stylePostmodern
LocationPlot No. 392-567
Dubai Marina
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates25°05′21″N 55°09′00″E
Construction started2008
Estimated completion2024
CostAED 1.86 billion
Height
Roof516 m (1,693 ft)
Top floor471 m (1,545 ft)
Technical details
Floor count122
6 below ground
Floor area163,721 m2 (1,762,280 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators23
Design and construction
ArchitectAedas
DeveloperTrident International Holdings
EngineerHyder Consulting
Main contractorArabian Construction Company
Hitachi Plant Technologies
Other information
Number of units172
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

Construction started on 26 July 2008 and, before construction stopped, the building was expected to be completed in 2013.[5] By May 2011, 22 floors had been completed. However, in August 2011, construction stopped after Trident International Holdings fell behind on payments for a US$20.4 million loan following the global financial crisis.[9] As of 2019, the tower still stands incomplete.

Had the project been completed as scheduled, the Pentominium would be the second tallest building in Dubai after Burj Khalifa as well as the tallest residential building in the world if completed before World One.

Projected residential height

The Pentominium would have been the tallest all-residential building in the world instead of the 432 Park Avenue upon completion if construction had resumed; it has the highest projected height of any residential building under construction.[5] It has been described as "one of the most architecturally significant projects in the city currently under construction" due to the "large number of offset cantilevered spa gardens and apartments down one side which create an imbalance for the building and, as a result, some fairly significant building sways which have to be corrected during construction."[10]

The project management contract was awarded to the project management firm Precipio.[11]

Apartments and design

The word "pentominium" is a portmanteau of the words "penthouse" and "condominium".[12] Each residential floor will have just one 4-bedroom apartment of over 600 m2 (6,500 sq ft).[12][13] Amenities available to residents would include a swimming pool, an observation deck, a private cinema, a health club and a banqueting hall, along with a cigar lounge and a business centre.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Pentominium". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. Pentominium at Emporis
  3. "Pentominium". SkyscraperPage.
  4. Pentominium at Structurae
  5. Sarah Blackman (7 September 2009). "Pentominium to be completed by 2014". Construction Week. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. "Contractors appointed to world's tallest residential tower set for Dubai". World Architecture News. 14 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. "Pentominium at Aedas". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  8. Sarah Blackman (7 September 2009). "ACC gets Pentominium construction contract". Construction Week. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  9. Gillian Duncan (6 October 2015). "Dubai Sees Stalled Projects Revived". Bloomberg Businessweek.
  10. Broomhall, Elizabeth (24 March 2011). "Site visit: Pentominium Tower". Construction Week.
  11. "The Pentominium". Precipio Consulting. 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  12. "Pentominium - The Defined Height of Luxury". Trident International Holdings. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  13. "Trident rolls out new tower". Arabian Business. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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