Engineering Complexity 55 Stories High   

The exclusive High residential tower, planned and designed by the architect Avner Yashar, contains 279 housing units on 55 stories rising to a height of  220 metres and enabling residents to enjoy a spectacular panoramic view reaching to the Mediterranean horizon.     

Laying of the tower foundations entailed underground works including support walls, piles and anchors as well as excavation of a 5.5 level car park and casting of an approx. 7,000 cu.m. raft. The unique geometrical shape of the tower necessitated a complex process of form design and frequent design changes on the go.

The process of building to an exceptional height presented the work crews with safety challenges such as the erection of scaffolds to a height of 200 m., moving building materials upwards using supply sleeves, the use of safety nets, complex installation of the exterior cladding panels, and dealing with high winds making normal work difficult. The location of the tower in the middle of a congested and busy urban environment constituted a significant logistical challenge, the work teams only having been allotted a limited space as a staging and unloading area. In the course of the construction process some 62,000 cu.m. of concrete were poured and around 10, 000 tonnes of steel were used. 

High Tower meets the Israel Standard for green building, its technical specification containing elements such as insulation glass, systems for monitoring and controlling energy consumption, solar heating systems and the integration of building materials with a green Standard mark.