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{{short description |High-rise building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates}}
{{About|Cayan Tower in Dubai|the 'invisible tower' in Korea|Tower Infinity|Infinity Tower in Brisbane|Infinity Tower (Brisbane)}}
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{{Infobox building
| name             = Cayan Tower
| image            = Cayan Tower 20200217.jpg
| image_size       = 
| caption          = Cayan Tower in February 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infinitytower.com/index.php?id=47 |url-status=dead |title=Home: Infinity - Living by Design |publisher=Infinity Tower |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809051957/http://www.infinitytower.com/index.php?id=47 }}</ref>
| location         = Dubai, [[United Arab Emirates]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|25|05|12.80|N|55|08|42.89|E|region:AE|display=inline,title}}
| map_type         = UAE
| pushpin_label    = Cayan Tower
| status           = Completed
| start_date       = 19 August 2006
| completion_date  = 10 June 2013
| building_type    = [[Residential]]
| tip              = {{cvt|306.4|m|ft|0}}<ref name="skyscrapercenter1">{{cite web |author=CTBUH |url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=%20464 |title=Cayan Tower Facts &#124; CTBUH Skyscraper Database |location=25.08688 55.14501 |publisher=Skyscrapercenter.com |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209053214/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id= |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| floor_count      = 73 (5 below ground)<ref name="skyscrapercenter1"/>
| elevator_count   = 7
| architect        = [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]
| structural_engineer = [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]
| main_contractor  = [[Arabtec]]
| developer        = [[Cayan Real Estate Investment & Development]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cayan.net/index.php |title=CAYAN |publisher=CAYAN |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830061236/http://cayan.net/index.php |archive-date=30 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
'''Cayan Tower''', known as '''Infinity Tower''' before it was inaugurated, is a {{convert|306|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall|0}}, 75-story [[skyscraper]] in Dubai, [[United Arab Emirates]]. The tower is designed by [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill|Skidmore, Owings and Merrill SOM]] architectural group for Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development. Upon its opening on 10 June 2013, the tower became the world's tallest high-rise building with a twist of 90 degrees. This record has since been surpassed by the [[Shanghai Tower]], which opened in February 2015.

==Design==
The twisting design of Cayan Tower was achieved by rotating each floor 1.2 degrees around a cylindrical elevator and service core.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/buildings/cayan-tower-designed-by-skidmore-owings-merrill_o|title=Cayan Tower, Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Architect Magazine)|last=Shapiro|first=Gideon Fink|date=13 November 2013|website=www.architectmagazine.com|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref> Prior to its name change to Cayan, the tower carried various names to describe its original shape. The unique design was supported by a dynamic analysis that studied the potential performance of the tower under wind, seismic, and other dynamic loads.<ref>{{citation |author=Chalhoub Michel Soto |title=Design and Dynamic Analysis of Helical Tower with Rotated Floor Plates around Core Lateral Force Resisting System |date=Dec 2005 |publisher=report#005122005 Integrated Services-CEM Eng Lib}}</ref> Cayan Tower's apartments are designed with reconstituted wooden floors, Chinese synthetic marble counter tops, and kitchen fixtures.{{relevance inline |date=December 2024}} The tower also includes a five-story parking garage behind it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Infinity: Living By Design|url=http://www.infinitytower.com/index.php?id=14&L=1%5C%5C%5C%22%20onfocus%3D%5C%5C%5C%22blurLink%28this%29%3B|url-status=dead|work=Infinity Tower Homepage|publisher=Cayan|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-date=9 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809163952/http://www.infinitytower.com/index.php?id=14}}</ref>
The rooms of the tower are designed in such a way that it would not be affected by direct sunlight due to [[titanium]]-coloured metal panels on cast-in-place concrete columns aided with repetitive staggered screen panels to stop penetrating sunlight from disturbing the residents of the unit.

==Site flooding==
[[File:Infinity Tower's Flooding on 8 February 2007 Pict 2.jpg|thumb|On 8 February 2007, the plot was flooded the day before due to the collapse of the wall separating the plot and the water in Dubai Marina.]]
The tower's construction was on hold for a year and a half after the foundation site of the tower was flooded when the wall that held back the Dubai Marina was breached on 7 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/infinity.asp |title=Infinity Tower Flooding Accident |first=David |last=Mikkelson |website=[[Snopes]] |date=12 January 2010 |orig-date=7 June 2007 – Original publication date |access-date=18 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124080802/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infinity-tower/ |archive-date=24 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Lucky escape for 100 workers | date=8 February 2007 | publisher=Al Nisr Publishing LLC | url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/lucky-escape-for-100-workers-1.160417 | work=[[Gulf News]] | access-date=28 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000334/http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/lucky-escape-for-100-workers-1.160417 | archive-date=31 December 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Witnesses described a loud cracking sound, followed by an inflow of sand and water. The project resumed construction in July 2008.

==Official launch ceremony==
The Cayan Tower was inaugurated with fireworks accompanied with laser light display on the tower on 10 June 2013 and become the world's tallest twisted tower, surpassing [[Turning Torso]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/beyond-infinity-world-s-tallest-twisted-tower-in-dubai-gets-new-name-2013-06-11-1.509917 |title=Beyond Infinity: World's tallest twisted tower in Dubai gets new name |publisher=Emirates 24/7 |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=17 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Martin Croucher |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/dubai-marina-gets-new-twist-as-residential-tower-opens |title=Dubai Marina gets new twist as residential tower opens - The National |publisher=Thenational.ae |access-date=17 August 2013}}</ref> The tower was renamed Cayan Tower, with the developer saying,{{relevance inline |date=December 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deulgaonkar |first=Parag |date=2013-06-11 |title=Beyond Infinity: World's tallest twisted tower in Dubai gets new name - News - Emirates - Emirates24{{!}}7 |url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/beyond-infinity-world-s-tallest-twisted-tower-in-dubai-gets-new-name-2013-06-11-1.509917 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.emirates247.com |language=en}}</ref>
{{blockquote |text=there [⁠ ⁠is⁠ ⁠] more than one tower with the name Infinity and we wanted something different [⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠] We are very attached with this unique project and it was a very conscious decision we took. We know there won’t be any Cayan Tower in the world and this will be the only one.}}

==Gallery==
{{gallery

|File:Infinity Tower's Flooding on 8 February 2007 Pict 4.jpg
|Collapsed wall and flooding at the Infinity Tower construction site

|File:Infinity Tower's Flooding on 9 March 2007.jpg
|Infinity Tower's flooding on 9 March 2007
}}

==See also==
* [[Al Hamra Tower]]
* [[List of tallest buildings in Dubai]]
* [[List of tallest residential buildings in the world]]
* [[List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates]]
* [[List of twisted buildings]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Cayan Tower, Dubai}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{CTBUH|464|Infinity Tower}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/244169 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211612/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/244169 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Infinity Tower |work=[[Emporis]]}}
* {{SkyscraperPage|40770|Infinity Tower}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609155731/http://dubaionline.mconet.biz/index.php?action=pictures&cid=188&lsid=12266 Photographs of Site after wall collapse]

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