Strata Tower is a forty-story luxury residential building, designed by New-York based architects Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote is a New York-based architectural office founded in 1989 by principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture.-Overview:Asymptote Architecture recently announced the opening of the Yas Marina Hotel, a 500 room Hotel complex in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Hotel is the world's first building designed...

, currently being built on Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

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, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

. Construction has begun and it is scheduled for completion by 2011. It is being developed by Aldar Properties

Aldar Properties

Aldar Properties PJSC is a real estate development, management and investment company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...

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Overview

Strata Tower will have the height of 160 meters and dominate the skyline of the Al Dana precinct. Asymptote designed the tower to have a curvaceous exterior, with a cantilevered exoskeleton structure which allows lots of light into the interior.