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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.
Finally, we feature Sharjah Flying Saucer Brutalist-style building rehabilitation by SpaceContinuum Design Studio / Mona El Mousfy. The architects reveal the core structure by removing the grey and orange aluminum cladding.
In Abu Dhabi, the famous London architects Foster + Partners are building the Central Market, a complex of shops, offices, hotels and apartments. The key feature of the 500,000 m² complex is a shopping mall based on the example of a typical Arab Souk, a traditional market.
Denton Corker Marshall’s design for a commercial tower/mixed use complex in Dubai has won the Tall Buildings category in the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards.
The grand prize in the international architectural competition to design the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) Federal National Council’s (FNC) New Parliament Building Complex has been awarded to Ehrlich Architects, the Los Angeles, California, design firm.
Conceived as a monument and memorial to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the UAE, the Museum will be the centrepiece of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District and will showcase the history, culture and more recently the social and economic transformation of the Emirates.
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.
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
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.