The Address Sky View

«An object in Burj Khalifa's shadow must either step back or do something Burj can't — a horizontal gesture.»

— EMAAR HOSPITALITY · 2016 BRIEF

By 2014, Downtown Dubai already had Address Downtown and Address Boulevard operational, and Emaar were looking for a third object that wouldn't duplicate the existing. The idea came from neighbouring Burj Khalifa: instead of yet another vertical tower — a horizontal architectural gesture. The contract went to SOM (the same firm behind Burj Khalifa), ensuring stylistic coherence across the entire Downtown ensemble.

SOM designed two identical towers, 248 metres tall, set 30 metres apart. On the 50th floor they're connected by a sky-bridge — an 8-metre-wide glazed walkway housing an infinity pool, a lounge zone, and the CÉ LA VI restaurant with panoramic Burj Khalifa views.

A key detail — the glass-floored section of the pool over the street below. This was a deliberate gesture: Address Sky View became part of Downtown's urban landscape, not a discrete object. Tourists and residents of nearby blocks see the pool from below.

Construction was executed by ALEC. The hardest moment was installing the sky-bridge: a 30-metre steel structure with a glass bottom was lifted from ground level with a strand-jack system and mounted between the towers at 200 metres above ground. This operation took place in 2018. After installation, the glass floor (multi-layer triplex) was load-tested: per m² the structure holds up to 800 kg under pedestrian loading.