Millennium Tower (Abuja)

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| name = Millennium Tower

| image = Newlea.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = A render of the Millennium Tower at night

| location = Abuja, FCT, Nigeria

| coordinates = {{coord|9.0558427|N|7.4928093|E|type:landmark_region:NG-FC|display=inline,title}}

|status = Under construction

| start_date = 2006

| completion_date =

| topped_out_date = 2014

| opened =

| building_type = Mixed-Use

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| roof = {{convert|170|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url=http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2014/05/23/one-of-nigerias-tallest-buildings-will-be-in-abuja/ | title=One of Nigeria's Tallest Buildings Will be in Abuja | publisher=Connect Nigeria | date=23 May 2014 | access-date=9 September 2014}}

| top_floor = {{convert|110|m|abbr=on}}

| floor_count =

| elevator_count = 3

| cost = ₦53 billion

| floor_area =

| architect = Manfredi Nicoletti

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| main_contractor = Salini Nigeria LTD

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| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/278966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307024611/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/278966 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 278966 |work=Emporis}}

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The Millennium Tower and Cultural Centre project is one of a number of projects in the Central District of Nigeria's capital city of Abuja. At {{convert|170|m}}, it is the tallest artificial structure in Abuja. The tower was designed by Manfredi Nicoletti and is part of the Nigeria National Complex which also includes the Nigerian Cultural Centre, an eight-storey, low rise, pyramid shaped Cultural Centre. Construction for the tower started in 2006 and was topped out in 2014 whilst the cultural centre is still under construction.{{cite news | author=Editor, Sun Publishing | title=Abuja's grandiose Tower | url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/editorial/2006/aug/20/editorial-20-08-2006-001.htm | work=Daily SunSun Publishing | date=August 20, 2006 | access-date=2009-09-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20080229190434/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/editorial/2006/aug/20/editorial-20-08-2006-001.htm | archive-date=February 29, 2008 }}{{cite news | title=Construction starts on Nigerian art and nature complex | url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=2050 | work=World Architecture News | date=14 March 2008 | access-date=2009-09-05}}

Image:Abuja Millennium Tower 2017.jpg

The site is served by a main road, so the two structures will be linked via an underground arcade. The tower consists of three cylindrical concrete pillar-like structures varying in height and linked together near the tower's first peak using a disc-shaped section that is intended to house in its two floors an observation deck and a viewing restaurant. Around the pillars of the tower, three transparent stainless steel wings wrap around the base of the tower and gradually open outwards in a fan-like fashion as they extend up the height of the tower.{{cite news | author=Editor, Skyscrapernews| title=Nigerias Millennium Tower Set For 2011 Finish | url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2203| work=skyscrapernews| date=July 15, 2009 | access-date=2009-10-25}}