Capital Gate is a 35-story tower in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, designed by RMJM in the Deconstructivist style for the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company. It rises 525 feet (160 m). Construction began in September 2007, the final height was reached in October 2009, and it was completed in 2011. It opened on December 21, 2011.
The tower leans 18 degrees to the west, about three times the lean of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In June 2010 Guinness World Records named it the farthest manmade leaning building. The foundation uses 490 piles drilled 98 feet (30 m) below ground, and the core holds 15,000 cubic meters of concrete and about 10,000 metric tons of steel.
External and internal diagrid systems support the structure, with 720 external sections. The Andaz hotel occupies floors 18 to 33, and the building also holds offices.
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