Emirates Towers is a pair of skyscrapers on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. Hazel Wong is named as architect, and the article says Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum owns the whole complex. Construction began in 1996, and the towers opened on April 15, 2000. Multiplex and BESIX were among the builders. The article gives no style or materials.
The office tower has 56 floors and the hotel tower 54. The tip of the taller tower stands at about 1,163 feet (354.6 m). A two-story retail complex called The Boulevard, covering 9,000 square meters, links them. Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel has 400 rooms. The grounds cover over 570,000 square meters of gardens and lakes, and peacocks from nearby Zabeel Palace wander through them.
The article ranks it 51st tallest in the world and notes it was once Dubai's tallest. It gives no hours.
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