Record #00394Architecture archive
Most Inclined Purpose-Built High-Rise Building
Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi is a roughly 160-metre high-rise deliberately designed to lean 18 degrees westward; its exterior structure was completed in 2010.
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18degrees
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- Holder
- Capital Gate
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, UAE · Capital Gate site · United Arab Emirates
- Start date
- 2010-01
- Record status
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Overview
Archive NoteThe 35-storey building was designed by RMJM and developed by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company with a steel diagrid and pre-cambered concrete core.
Deep piles and structural reinforcement accommodate eccentric loads. The intentional 18-degree tilt differs from the settlement-induced lean of the tower in Pisa.
Record history
1 Milestones- 18 degreesCapital GateAbu Dhabi, UAECurrent Record
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VerifiedThe record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
Guinness directly establishes the designed 18-degree inclination superlative.
- Verification assessment
- 2026-11-05
- Last editorial review
- 2026-11-05
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