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Nakheel Tower

Nakheel Harbour and Tower site, Jebel Ali area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (no formal street address assigned; project cancelled before completion) approximate location

Nakheel's four-part tower was designed to exceed 1,000 meters and surpass the then-unfinished Burj Dubai. Three months after the October 2008 unveiling, Nakheel announced a one-year halt. The scheme was never resumed; this entry does not assign a specific later cancellation date without a direct contemporary source.

The site on the map

Map view, Google Open in Google Maps

Where to look Coordinates are approximate since the project was cancelled before a formal site address existed; note this clearly on the entry page rather than presenting false precision.

This project has no assigned street address, so the location is approximate and this is the map rather than a panorama. A verified first-party or explicitly licensed photograph replaces this embed when available. How the two halves work.

What changed

  • Nakheel unveiled the conceptual design in October 2008 for a structure of four interconnected towers exceeding 1,000 meters, intended to be the centerpiece of the 270-hectare Nakheel Harbour and Tower development and to become the world's tallest building.
  • The design featured full-diameter sky bridges connecting the four towers roughly every 25 floors and a crescent-shaped podium at the base.
  • Woods Bagot was the architect of record on the design as unveiled, having taken over from earlier design work by Pei Partnership Architects.
  • Nakheel announced on January 14, 2009 that work would be stopped for one year while the developer reviewed the project's timing amid the financial downturn.
  • The project did not resume after the announced suspension and is now recorded as cancelled; the audit did not find a direct contemporary source confirming the frequently cited December 2009 formal-cancellation date.

Why it changed

Nakheel publicly attributed the January 2009 halt to a review of project timing during the financial downturn. The sources reviewed support that suspension and the fact that the tower was never built, but not a more specific claim about a formally announced December 2009 cancellation.

Details

Status
Abandoned. None of the design was built.
Where
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Neighborhood
Jebel Ali / Dubai Waterfront
Developer
Nakheel Properties (Nakheel PJSC)
Architect
Woods Bagot, replacing earlier design work by Pei Partnership Architects in later iterations of the project
Rendering credit
Nakheel PJSC / Woods Bagot
The built result
Shown through Google's live map embed at the project coordinates. Imagery remains with Google.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Nakheel Tower en.wikipedia.org
  2. Forbes: In Pictures, 10 Super Towers Felled By The Economy forbes.com
  3. Reuters: Nakheel stops work on 1-km tower for one year (January 2009) reuters.com

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