Dubai Municipality to construct new premises for Dubai Central Library in Al Mamzar

Dubai Municipality is currently finalising designs for a new premises for the Dubai Central Library that will come as a boon to book-lovers in the city and give a major boost to the cultural scenario of the emirate.
United Arab Emirates: 4 hours, 18 minutes ago

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Preliminary designs for Dubai Central Library

According to Essa Al Maidour, Assistant Director General of Dubai Municipality for General Projects Affairs, the new book-shaped building, to be constructed on the banks of the picturesque Al Mamzar Lagoons, will include extended facilities. The central library is currently located in Al Ras area.

"We have chosen this beautiful location for the library given the significance of library in enlightening the community members. Moreover, a less-congested area means a lot of interest among the public. People can come to the library and enjoy reading in a relaxed environment, while enjoying the scenic location," he said.

As for designs of the new premises, he said the preliminary designs have been selected through a contest among internationally-renowned and experienced consultants. These designs show a book-shaped building that reflects the library's main theme.

"The main activities of the library would concentrate on the middle part of the building where natural lighting from all part would light up the entire area. The basement would be dedicated for parking which will accommodate as many as 1000 cars. Other facilities of the central library will include administrative and technical sections, reading halls, service areas, children's library, business library, exhibitions and conference centre, and training halls," he said.

He added that the central library would consist of over 1.72 million books and other library materials including CDs and audio-video cassettes.

Al Maidour noted that the building would be constructed according to high international standards and specifications with much focus on electronic services as well as state-of-the-art audio-visual facilities.

The final designs are expected to be ready by the end of the third quarter of this year, which will be followed by floating a tender for contractors to bid for undertaking the project's construction. Works of the project are expected to be over by the end of next year.

yippie

more of these projects and some good architecture too!!!

some great architecture :eek:

and great project, good idea.

FANTASTIC!!!

r

this looks great :)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1163/12nationlibrary48vx.jpg

Great architecture! Come on Dubai, let's build this!

an open book.... smart architecture. dubai needs a lot more of such projects to take it out of the "vegas like cities" league

Looks lovely.

wheater their will be any books in there of use to me is another matter.

Very unique architecture. Here is a high resolution rendering..
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6999/centrallibrarymarky0cf.th.jpg (http://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=centrallibrarymarky0cf.jpg)

And another..
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8348/centrallibrarymarky26tk.th.jpg (http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=centrallibrarymarky26tk.jpg)

Check this out (http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urllowres&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=CImage&blobwhere=1139465679904&cachecontrol=3%3A00%3A00+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true)
Wow great architecture ... i hope they build this one asap

OMG great thanks markmywords.
amazing.
finally u r back...!!
we missed you , really. how r u?

nice, I like it alot :)

Really nice. Hope he'll bring us some more massive renders :D

Fantastic beachfront location in Mamzar! :D

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BTW, Malec, have u ever been to Dubai? :)

Nope, never been.

My parents almost bought a holliday home there. It was about February last year my parents were looking at Dubai. My mum loves the beach so we considered something on the palm or an appartment near the beach. My Dad doesn't though so we eventually bought in Montreux in Switzerland. I don't know the price but my parents said it was quite an expensive appartment but has a stunning view of the lake near Geneva. In fact we have quite a lot of friends in Switzerland so that's probably a good reason aswell why they bought there.

I'm a student now though so am too poor to afford a trip to Dubai at the moment but it's definitely on my list. ;)
As soon as the burj dubai's finished and I have scraped enough cash I'll go.
Waiting for the day when Ryannair starts flights to Dubai for 20 euros per person :D

^^^ I saw a lot of publicity in the london tube about new flights operated between london and dubai by vergin.

:rofl:

you really want to miss dubai 2016 ;) ?


lol the render is riddiculous, just spotted the beach :hahaha:

Nope, never been.

My parents almost bought a holliday home there. It was about February last year my parents were looking at Dubai. My mum loves the beach so we considered something on the palm or an appartment near the beach. My Dad doesn't though so we eventually bought in Montreux in Switzerland. I don't know the price but my parents said it was quite an expensive appartment but has a stunning view of the lake near Geneva. In fact we have quite a lot of friends in Switzerland so that's probably a good reason aswell why they bought there.

I'm a student now though so am too poor to afford a trip to Dubai at the moment but it's definitely on my list. ;)
As soon as the burj dubai's finished and I have scraped enough cash I'll go.
Waiting for the day when Ryannair starts flights to Dubai for 20 euros per person :D

Well Aer Lingus is starting flights at the end of March...Dublin-Dubai returns for about 200 quid. Not bad, eh?

Montreux?! Cool. I have been there. Went when I was still at school. Twas a school ski trip. I remember it like yesterday! :D

Well when u do get here, u know that ALL of us will be at the airport to greet ya! :D

^^^ I saw a lot of publicity in the london tube about new flights operated between london and dubai by vergin.

yep.... they made fun of Emirates.....check this (http://www.7days.ae/local-news/emirates-cool-as-virgin-takes-the-mickey.html)out...

what a comeback :D

great to see some details
this is really a nice project and exactly what dubai needs

hope this one is well on track and they don't change plans and design!

yep, i love it!

http://i1.tinypic.com/np43tl.jpg

interior:

http://i1.tinypic.com/npifpv.jpg

OMG great thanks markmywords.
amazing.
finally u r back...!!
we missed you , really. how r u?

Fine thanks dubaiflo. Took a long vacation and Im out of touch with almost all projects happening around. I have a few high-res renderings which I will post in the next few days.

And is there a thread on the Shk Zayed Military hospital (in AbuDhabi?)?

Dubai Municipality opens the ‘book’ on new library contract

The new library will be shaped like and open book and will consist of nearly two million books, reading halls, and an exhibition centre.

Dubai Municipality will invite bids for the construction of a new ‘book-shaped’ central library by the third quarter of
this year.

It is currently finalising designs for the library, which will be located on the banks of Al Mamzar Lagoons. Work on the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2007.

According to Essa Al Maidour, assistant director general
of Dubai Municipality for general projects affairs, the
new building will include extended facilities.

“We have chosen this beautiful location for the library, given the significance that a library is [designed] to enlighten the community members.

“Moreover, a less congested area means that people can come to the library and enjoy reading in a relaxed environment, while enjoying the scenic location,” he said.

He also said that the preliminary designs for the new premises have been selected through a contest of internationally renowned and experienced
consultants, and that these designs show a book-shaped building that reflects the library’s main theme.

“The main activities of the library will concentrate on the middle part of the building where natural lighting from all parts would light up the area.

“The basement will be dedicated for parking, which will accommodate as many as 1000 cars. “Other facilities of the central library will include administrative and technical sections, reading halls, service areas, a children’s library, a business library, an exhibitions and conference centre and training halls,” he said.

He added that the new library will contain over 1.72 million books and other library materials including CDs and audio-video cassettes.

He also said that the building will be constructed according
to high international standards and specifications, with a
focus on electronic and audiovisual facilities.

3rd quarter of 06'??? :sleepy:

architect is
http://www.asp-stuttgart.de

another Library in Al Mankoul is planned

any idea how big mankhool library will be?

no idea :dunno:

wow...loving the book

another Library in Al Mankoul is planned

it is already under construction and looks medium sized

^^ how about the library in Al Towar? :D

If only Birmingham could be as efficient as Dubai. We wanted to build this:

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media?MEDIA_ID=65681
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media?MEDIA_ID=65683

But we had to keep this:
http://www.jstottphotography.com/2006/2006-01-04-birmingham/slides_l/dsc_6761.jpg

^^ To be honest that could do with a bit of cleaning up but I quite like the library in that pic

It's the worst building in Birmingham I think. It doesnt look much different when clean. If we built the one at the top, it would be the 10th largest in the world but they didn't want to build an architecturally magnificent building near one of the most popular areasin the city centre... Anyway, back to Dubai :)

New public library to open in Al Twar
Staff Report



Dubai: A new public library is set to open in Al Twar by the end of October, said a Dubai civic body official.

The Dh10 million library complex will have a wide range of books, including audio and video facilities, in addition to a dedicated section for children. It will be the seventh public library in Dubai.

The official said that Dubai Municipality had already completed construction of the two-storey library in July this year.

The premises include a main library of 12,000 books with a capacity for 150 readers and a children's library of 9,000 books with a capacity for 100 readers.

There will be two multi-purpose halls with a capacity of 150 persons each, in addition to a cafeteria, administration block and prayer rooms.

The municipality has also started construction work on another public library in Al Mankhool and is finalising designs for a new premises for the Dubai Central Library in Al Mamzar.

The Dh10 million library at Al Mankhool will serve residents in Karama, Satwa, Al Dhiyafa, Al Jafiliya and the nearby areas.

The construction work for the library is expected to be completed by April 2007.

The Central Library in Al Mamzar will come as a boon to book-lovers in the city and give a major boost to the cultural scene of the emirate.

The new book-shaped building will be constructed near Al Mamzar Lagoon.

R

Is anyone thinking of the Barsha/Umm Suqeim/Jumeirah residents?

Even when Dubai builds for education they build landmarks.:) :banana:

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The new book-shaped building will be constructed near Al Mamzar Lagoon.[/B]


Actually it's designed after a Turkish lectern, typically used to hold up a Quran.

http://i12.tinypic.com/4igq4nc.jpg

it looks:gaah: :down:

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good


but will it be executed ?

Original design!

(Like much of everything else in Dubai)

can't wait to accually see this one gets built

me too, being such a bookworm. ;)

news here?

has the project started,,any site pics

Dubai needs more libraries. There are hardly any in the city. look at Qatar. They are spending spending so much money on libraries and art museums. Dubai should do the same.

Dubai needs more libraries. There are hardly any in the city. look at Qatar. They are spending spending so much money on libraries and art museums. Dubai should do the same.

AD is doing that...but not that we shuldnt do anything...I think there is a plan for some in Dubailand at some point...when they find investors...it will prolly be like the Sargate Edutainment thing...invesment wise...and personally I havent been to that area (Mamzar) in a LONG time!

R

yeah but the library will be empty, cause its gonna be in Dubailand

Where exactely is Mamzar?

i bet they will never build this project. they proabbly forgot all about it.

looks like a book on the rooftop, nice :)

It is really great,
Book lovers known as Bibliophiles, will soon be able to run through over1.7 million books at the elaborate new Dubai Central Library.

This will never be built. it's so ugly :ohno: