Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Emirates Telecommunication Corporation
Commercial
Office/Bank Building
The Etisalat Head Office Building in Abu Dhabi serves
as the headquarters of the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation. 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. A unique curtain
wall system provides solar protection by a facetted arrangement of alternating
opaque and vision panels, which give the facade its geometric pattern. At the
project's summit is the radome, which houses the telecommunications/microwave
functions. 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.