2024-12-22T03:21:53-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150280095/a-domino-inspired-design-has-been-unveiled-for-africa-s-potentially-second-largest-tower Josh Niland 2021-09-03T18:42:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/63/63f0333844be043d776deae4bc20ad32.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A spiraling new supertower hopes to grace one of Tanzania&rsquo;s most spectacular coastal islands thanks to an ambitious, albeit repurposed design from Dubai-based firm xcassia.&nbsp;</p> <p>Taking its design from a set of dominoes, the proposed 70-story tower will inhabit a manmade island on the Zanzibar archipelago 100 miles away from the capital Dars es Salaam.</p> <p>Once completed, the scheme could become the second-largest tower on the African continent as well as the first skyscraper to be built on a manmade island outside of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10250/dubai" target="_blank">Dubai</a>.</p> <p>Made up of 360 individual component &ldquo;keys,&rdquo; the 1.2-million-square-foot Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower will play host to Africa's largest luxury hotel topped in addition to 500 residential units by an observation deck that offers visitors views of the surrounding Indian Ocean.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/16506fca915bd847f0db99d15a3ef1c6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/16506fca915bd847f0db99d15a3ef1c6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related feature article on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150164665/the-emerging-female-architects-of-east-africa" target="_blank">The Emerging Female Architects of East Africa</a></figcaption></figure><p>According to the architect: &ldquo;I dreamed of building this project for over a decade. Between its innate mathematic...</p>