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Why not visit include the New Citizens School by Godwin Austen Johnson? It is conceived and developed by Al Zarooni Emirates Investments and designed by Godwin Austen Johnson (GAJ). This school facility aims to inspire and stimulate. It features a teacher training foundation, excellence centre and K-12 school.
We also post details about the W Dubai – Mina Seyahi, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street, by Aedas with Interior Designer: Blink. This 5-star beachfront resort project is an extension to the existing Le Meridien hotel. With an unrivalled beachfront location, the new Aedas-designed hotel tower is the city’s newest luxury hotel destination. The accommodation promises to stun with its eclectic design.
Finally, we feature Sharjah Flying Saucer Building Rehabilitation by SpaceContinuum Design Studio / Mona El Mousfy. The core structure was revealed by removing the grey aluminum cladding on the saucer’s pillars and the orange aluminum cladding on its canopy. The Flying Saucer is a Brutalist-style building. It originally housed a café, restaurant, newsstand and gift shop.
Construction is now well advanced on the Abu Dhabi Ladies Club by Tony Owen Partners and UPA planning. This unique facility has been designed specifically for women in the UAE. It provides a range of health, education, child care and sporting facilities for women.
Proposed design for the MASDAR HQ conceived as a new type of Landmark: an architecture that seeks its inspiration from timeless traditional, regional architectural models that respond to climate and culture, and re-interprets these in a matt building.
RMJM were once very active in the UAE but in late 2008 they scaled back their workforce after a large number of projects were postponed or abandoned as the credit crunch hit the Middle East.
The facade gives the hotel the name, it is not only an eyecatcher – the implication of the facade structure is a code – a special matrix code to be named – QR Code.
In close proximity to the world-famous Emirates Palace, at Corniche Road – the beach promenade – a premium location in the centre of Abu Dhabi, the planned hotel aims to position and prove itself among high-class business hotels.
We were inspired by the deconstructed form of a tennis ball and translated the shapes and forms of the dissected ball into the buildings. The distinctive curves of the seams are apparent in the roof lines of the buildings.
The centrifugal power of the whirlwind is interpreted into this dynamic and vibrant Arena design, reflecting the energy and growth of the Middle East region. The metaphoric UAE Arena generates a strong architectural and visionary icon.
Luxury Car Rental Dubai, which is the best deal for you? Automobiles usually represent the class of a person in UAE. Because of this reason, most people have shifted to luxury motorcars
The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) signed an agreement with Studio Daniel Libeskind and Siemens AG to collaborate on the design and building of “Innovation City” – a state-of-the-art academic and technological hub which will be the future home to Abu Dhabi Men’s College, CERT, and HCTs Central Services division.
Al Manakh: Gulf Continued is an essential and comprehensive guide to the cities of the Gulf, penetrating media clichés and delving deep into the new challenges facing the region in the wake of the financial crisis.
International architect Sparch is showcasing its first GCC project Rihan Heights, a 250,000 sqm luxury residential development, at the four-day Cityscape Abu Dhabi convention which began yesterday.
Official opening of the Masdar Institute campus, first solar powered building at Masdar City, UAE, design Foster + Partners, architects
The world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai), officially opened Jan. 4 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Architect Adrian Smith, who designed Burj Khalifa while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, attended the opening ceremonies
When the world’s tallest building is inaugurated on January 4, 2010, by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the record books will brace themselves to receive a flood of new entries.
Architect Adrian Smith advises that no new habitable floors will be added to the tower, giving a stronger idea of this secretive skyscraper project’s final appearance.
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Iris Bay building in Dubai, UAE, was an early opportunity for Atkins to explore the challenges of sustainable design in a hot climate and incorporates both passive and active environmental features.
Conceived as a linear expression in colored glass and thin concrete plates, the classroom building is accentuated by a rooftop pool covered by a large cantilevered concrete roof.
