Abu Dhabi 'leaning tower' now beats Pisa (see for yourself)

Courier Mail ^ | 06/06/10

[TigerLikesRooster]

Abu Dhabi 'leaning tower' now beats Pisa

* From: AFP

* June 06, 2010 10:45PM

AN Abu Dhabi tower has been recognised as the "furthest-leaning man-made tower" in the world by Guinness World Records.

The 160-metre Capital Gate tower, developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, leans at 18 degrees - over four times the angle of Italy's famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Khaleej Times reported.

ADNEC said the tower earned the record following an evaluation by Guinness World Records that began in January, the month the tower's exterior was completed, Gulf News reported

[TigerLikesRooster]

[Dr. Ursus]

Nice camel stables,so much for being the Hong Kong of the
Middle East.

[mnehring]

Does this really count as leaning?

[American Constitutionalist]

Must be from all the oil leaking from the gulf of Mexico.
Hey if one Congressman can say that Guam is going to tip over, why can't this happen in Abu-Dhabi from the oil spill ? right ?

[americanophile]

...meanwhile, almost 9 years after 9/11, the skyline of lower Manhattan remains empty.

[SoftwareEngineer]

Very nice!!

will be great for base jumping

I do get impressed by cool architecture. The UAE guys are broadly idiots with their economic planning, but the one good result of the free spending has been some very cool buidings.

Like a fantasy land. No economic rationale but waaaaay cool!

[GOPJ]

Does this really count as leaning?

More like optical illusion of leaning...

[TigerLikesRooster]

They built it for Iran. It is the practice target for Iranian ballistic missiles.

[OCC]

I saw a tv show on how they built this.... decided to slap a helipad on the roof after the building was almost complete. They are spending a lot of money on some crazy buildings over there.

[umgud]

I guess they don’t need toilets. Just open a window and let it fly. It will not hit the side of the building.

[duckworth]

Good point — the core of the building does not lean. I saw an explanation of this on tv a week or so ago. Fake, phony, fraud. Pisa rules!!!

[SeaHawkFan]

As l;ong as Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t go to the look out the window on the left of the top floor, it should be O.K.

[MCH]

Definitely one of the more phallic looking buildings I’ve seen. Who architected that thing?

[GoCards]

hey a mosque is going there maybe they will be tall and uplifting. GRRRRRRRR

[Dr. Ursus]

LOL!

[luvbach1]

...meanwhile, almost 9 years after 9/11, the skyline of lower Manhattan remains empty.

For my benefit and that of others, in a nutshell, what has been the hold-up?

[ican'tbelieveit]

... a man...

[downwdims]

NY bureaucracy

[GOPsterinMA]

Hmmm...a prop for the new Lindsay Lohan ‘Linda Lovelace’ flick perhaps?

Looks like Lady Gaga designed it - a solar powered dildo.