Presidential Palace Abu Dhabi

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The luxurious Presidential Offices of the Ruler and Government of Abu Dhabi are built upon reclaimed land in a coastal location.

The Offices comprise of some 30,000 m² of office space, reception and meeting rooms and dining areas with their associated kitchen and patio areas. A mosque is also built within the grounds.

The foundations are piled with reinforced concrete caps and ring beams and the superstructure, which includes a 26 m diameter dome comprises an RC frame with PCC cladding to receive external marble.

Externally, the building is clad in Carrara marble with entrance areas of marbles of different design and colours. Internally, the walls and floors are generally marble clad, with ceilings of an ornate design in fibrous plaster. The kitchen area is tiled throughout and fully equipped. The surrounding gardens are extensively planted and surrounded by a decorative boundary wall.

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Presidential Palace Qatar

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ACC completed the construction of the luxurious Presidential Offices for the Ruler and Government of Qatar.

The structure was complex, with 26 m high isolated columns forming the background of what was to become a most impressive atrium and 24 m long post tensioned beams spanning the majlis and dining room, giving each an uninterrupted area of approximately 22m x 60m. Precast cladding included a Norwegian quartz aggregate.

The interior has book matched marble cladding to the walls and the atrium columns and staircases are surmounted by an 8 m diameter chandelier of Moroccan design and construction. The majlis, dining room and presidential offices have ornate fibrous plaster ceilings with walls of similar construction or moulded Burma teak. Doors and other joinery are hand-carved teak, and the carpets, which reflect the contours of the ceiling are hand-woven.

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