- Yoo Tel Aviv
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building_name= Yoo Tel Aviv
Yoo מגדלי
caption= Yoo Towers as seen in December, 2006
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location=Flagicon|ISRTel Aviv ,Israel
coordinates = coord|32|5|26.35|N|34|47|47.21|E|
status= Complete
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opening= 2007
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roof= Yoo 1 - 128m
Yoo 2 - 142m
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floor_count= Yoo 1 - 39
Yoo 2 - 41
floor_area= 52,000 m2 (residential area)
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cost= ~US $145 million
architect=Philippe Starck Yaski-Sivan Architects
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developer=Habas Group
owner=Yoo Tel Aviv is a complex including two luxury residential
skyscrapers inTel Aviv ,Israel , completed in 2007. The two towers, named Yoo Tel Aviv 1 and Yoo Tel Aviv 2 became some of Tel Aviv's most recognizable structures even before construction, and ranked among Israel's tallest buildings, with Tower 2 being the ninth tallest building in the country, and Tower 1 being twelfth. The towers are 142 m and 128 m high respectively and combined they include over 300 residential units. The towers form part of a new complex in Tel Aviv calledTzameret Park , to the north of theTel Aviv 2000 Terminal , which will later include theTzameret Towers and theONE Tower .Yoo Tel Aviv was designed by
Philippe Starck in cooperation withMoore Yaski Sivan Architects and theHabas Group . The total cost of the project is estimated at $145 million. The buildings include a spa, lounge, health club and private cinema, all designed by Starck. Buyers of apartments in the complex had the option of four finishing styles: culture, minimal, class and nature.The complex is constructed on a nine-dunam plot and apartments ranged in price from $4,000-8,000 per square meter. 75% of the apartments in the first stage of the project (Tower 1) were sold for NIS 300 million by 2005, two years before completion.
ee also
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List of skyscrapers in Israel External links
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=131179 Yoo Tel Aviv 1] and [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=131180 Yoo Tel Aviv 2] on
Emporis
* [http://www.floornature.com/articoli/articolo.php?id=439&sez=3&lang=en Article about Yoo Tel Aviv]
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