KHOBAR l PRO l Dorrat Al Khobar.

[SkyFan]

Dorrat Al-Khobar

http://www.dorrah.com.sa/images/overall-small.JPG

Area: 1.5 million sq m
The construction started last year and the first phase is due to be completed by mid 2006.
The project includes a five stars hotel, ice skiing court, shops, marina, aprtments buildings, and villas.

[Bahraini Spirit]

Is this one by the company of saleh al kamel? This one looks in a way similar to the old durrat al bahrain proposal (thank god it changed now).

[B-Patriot]

Its either skiing or ice skating, i'm guessing u mean an ice skating rink..

B-Spirit, is it Durrat al Bahrain that changed!?

Its sorta getting annoying how everybody is doing the same thing, more or less, and on top of that calling the projects similar things too....Everything is either pearl this or durrat al that, lol...So i guess Amwaj Islands did a good job with the name, no ones copied it so far to my knowledge, at least one thing remains sort of unique...

[B-Patriot]

OMG, i soke too soon....just after posting this last message, i noticed the other thread, right under this one, with Royal Amwaj !! :bash:

[Bahraini Spirit]

Ya, it's ashame with all the names of projects bein the same, copyrighting them is the best really to secure uniqueness. Well, Durrat Al Bahrain's masterplan changed with KFH took over Saleh Al Kamel's share, and it became much better (overall designs and components and the general look).

[SkyFan]

Its either skiing or ice skating, i'm guessing u mean an ice skating rink..

B-Spirit, is it Durrat al Bahrain that changed!?

Its sorta getting annoying how everybody is doing the same thing, more or less, and on top of that calling the projects similar things too....Everything is either pearl this or durrat al that, lol...So i guess Amwaj Islands did a good job with the name, no ones copied it so far to my knowledge, at least one thing remains sort of unique...

Yes ice skating it is.


BTW, I belive the first "dorrat" in the gulf was "dorrat al aroos" in Jeddah :)

[SkyFan]

Is this one by the company of saleh al kamel? This one looks in a way similar to the old durrat al bahrain proposal (thank god it changed now).

No, it's not Saleh Kamel. It's called Al-Hraish Holdings..

[B-Patriot]

Just a little comment i felt the need to make on the Qatari "The Pearl" project which is somewhat relevent here..

Very nice project...though i think Bahrain should like copy right the term or title "Pearl of the Gulf".....
Soo many countires claim this term, and use it in different projects, but i believe its Bahrain who was the first to have ever been called that, since the days of Dilmun in ancient times, along with many other interesting titles

And "Pearl of the Gulf" tanslates to Durrat al Khaleej, so technically we were the first to have been called or nicknamed 'Durrat' al something..(Though we're a country not a project, obviously, lol) :)

[Riyadhi]

Do you remember this project?
I found this renderings of highrise waterfront around the original design. I don't know if they are for real or not!

http://www.palafoxoutsourcing.com/main/images/stories/gallery/international/Durat-AlKhobar.jpg

Durrat Al Khobar is a dredging project in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia which transforms a 2-kilometer coastline into 38-kilometer waterfront development. Residential villas are designed in different architectural themes (Asian, Mediterranean, Florida, Spanish, Mexican, Islamic, Moroccan); each has infinite pool and dock yard. The central business district is Venice-inspired.

[Riyadhi]

The original design.
http://www.dorrah.com.sa/images/1.jpg

[XP]

Oh yeah, this one seems to be history now.