Elite Residence

Elite Residence is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building located in Dubai Marina District is 380 meters high and has 91 floors, where only apartments are apart from some technical equipment housed. After the structural height of only one meter in less than New York's Empire State Building ( 381 meters, 443 meters with antenna, however ), is both the tallest buildings in the Middle East as well as the highest residential buildings worldwide. Owner and builder of the building are Emaar Properties and Tameer. A total of 697 different units are housed in the high-rise. The highest floor is located at an altitude of 314 meters. Inside the building, at twelve lifts. Below the lobby there are four underground floors are primarily made ​​for building in general to complete.

The building has on the base over a square base and rises up into slender shape. Below the crown to the base of the tower decreases again before the pointed to ongoing crown the building closes decorative. The tip is at its highest point of only one metal pole. The facade is clad in a beige tone with aluminum and stone, between are the windows. The structure of the projectiles and the foundations consist of reinforced concrete, while in the top of the building elements from steel were produced.

The start of construction took place in 2006, in August 2012, all construction work was completed and opened the tower. The final height was achieved by mounting the crown already on August 15, 2011.