Azrieli Center Circular Tower

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Structure in general

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Facts

• Mr. Azrieli's own office is located on the 48th floor of the tower.
• There are 84 windows on every floor, with a total number of 8,000 windows in the tower.
• The tower's perimeter is 141 meters (462 feet); its diameter is 44 meters (144 feet).
• Before Azrieli Observation Floor was open to the public, Israel's tallest observation deck was the rooftop of Shalom Mayer Tower, only 142 meter high.
• Azrieli Observation Floor is opened 6 days a week. Its day off is Monday.
• Typical floor space within the tower is 1,520 m².
• All floors have a column-free space with only 14 round columns on the perimeter of every floor.
• The top floor serves as a mechanical floor and is not accessible to the public.
• Israel's highest restaurant is located on the 49th observation floor, offering great views of the city and the mediterranean.
• The elevator-cars travel about 7 meters per second, some of Israel's fastest.
• One of two towers in Israel to be the first to exceed 40 floors; the other is Azrieli Center Triangular Tower.
• First Israeli skyscraper with a rooftop helipad, the second was Arison Medical Tower.
• October 31, 2003, the first ever Azrieli Circular Tower run-up competition (with 1144 stairs to the top). Winners of the contest get to participate in the following year's Empire State Building run-up competition.
• Israel's tallest tower for 3 years; overtaken by the City Gate Ramat Gan in Ramat Gan in 2001.