Dubai Capital Centre Hotel, UAE

This building design proposal by RMJM – headquartered in Scotland but with offices in Dubai – is not to be confused with the similar sounding Centro Capital Centre – Abu Dhabi, close to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the UAE capital.

Al Ain Masterplan: UAE Community Building

Al Ain Masterplan: UAE Community Building

Design work has now been finalised on HOK’s masterplan for a major urban community on the northeast outskirts of Al Ain. The challenge of the masterplan lay in establishing itself as a business and tourist alternative to Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

TNI Tower Dubai Skyscraper Building

TNI Tower Dubai building, a new UAE skyscraper development – design by RMJM, Architects, an architecture office headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, UAE

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, UAE

The Middle East Lighting Design Award was given to Speirs and Major Associates in recognition of the significant contribution the lighting has made to the internal spaces of the building and the technical level of difficulty in achieving the result.

Al Raha Beach Abu Dhabi World Trade Center

Abu Dhabi World Trade Center at Al Raha Beach resolves the contradictions of its site: providing shade yet also admitting light; cooled by a natural flow of air yet buffered against the strong desert wind; asymmetrical and sculptural yet environmentally and functionally coherent.

Arabian Canal Development Dubai, UAE

Arabian Canal Development, F+G Dubai, Architect, Waterway, News, Network, Project Arabian Canal Development Dubai Architecture in UAE – design by Faithful+Gould 16 Jun 2008 Arabian Canal Faithful+Gould Awarded Arabian Canal Design: F+G (Faithful+Gould) Faithful+Gould in the Middle East has been appointed by Limitless to provide Cost Management Services for the Arabian Canal Development – a … Read more

Strata Tower Abu Dhabi, Al Raha Beach

Forty-storey, luxury residential building in Abu Dhabi. The Strata Tower is scheduled for completion in 2011 and, at a height of 160 meters, will be the tallest building in Aldar Properties PJSC’s prestigious Al Raha Beach development.

Sheikh Zayad Bridge Abu Dhabi, Zaha Hadid

There is a highly mobile society, which requires a new route around the Gulf south shore, connecting the three Emirates together. In 1967 a steel arch bridge was built to connect the fledgling city of Abu Dhabi island to the mainland.

Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters

Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters

Competition entries were invited from a select list of practices with the objective of producing two landmark towers to accommodate offices for the Investment Council, providing working, private amenity, dining, conference and meeting spaces for over 2,000 employees.

Dubai Signature Towers, Zaha Hadid Building

Zaha Hadid’s design for the Signature Towers confirms the role of Business Bay Development at forefront of Dubai’s rapidly changing future. Three towers rise above the creek and project themselves as an icon

Dubai Residential Tower, Madinat Al Arab Property

The architecture studio A-cero, directed by Joaquin Torres, presents a new project for a residential tower in Dubai’s Madinat Al Arab district, a sector designated to become the new downtown and business district of this vibrant city.

Waterfront City – OMA Dubai Building, UAE

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has completed the Masterplan of Waterfront City, a city to be built from scratch by Nakheel in Dubai. Waterfront City will form a vibrant centre for the larger 140,000,000 m2 Waterfront development.

Masdar Headquarters Abu Dhabi Building

Masdar Headquarters Abu Dhabi Building

Masdar Headquarters, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, is featured in the 2010 National Design Triennial, opening Friday, May 14, and continuing through Jan. 9, 2011, at the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City

Middle East Renewable Energy, Solar Panels

Design and engineering consultancy Atkins is undertaking pioneering research and development in the Middle East to investigate the performance of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (PV).