Projects Gossip: Proposals for the UAE [Archive] - Page 19

THE DUBAI GUYS

November 1st, 2008, 03:29 PM

i cant find that stupid thread so here:

Idiot’s Guide to building a view factory

by Benjamin Millington on Saturday, 01 November 2008

David Fisher's 420m rotating tower has been the favourite topic of discussion on many sites across the region. Benjamin Millington digs up reasons why the project is raising so many eyebrows.

After listening to David Fisher one gets the impression that he believes everything is possible, nothing is a problem and easy solutions can solve anything. He said designing the Dynamic Tower with 80 individually rotating stories was "simple" and construction would be even simpler.

But some serious points have been raised about the viability and practicality of the project and according to many in the industry, Fisher's answers have been a little too simplistic.

How will he supply rotating apartments with plumbing? - By using "a very simple smart connection."

If you have 80 floors, then you’ve just increased you’re probabilities of failure by 80%. - Nick Cooper, engineer and rotational expert, AtkinsHow will he supply electricity? - "That's a simple one," there'll be a brush system for each level.

How will he rotate the levels? - A "simple mechanical system on each floor."

But as Atkins engineer and rotational expert Nick Cooper pointed out even simple things break down over time.

He believes a tower with individually rotating floors is too complicated to be a success.

"The problem is that it's an architect's dream without any engineering thought behind it," he said. "I mean nothing is impossible, but I don't think it's viable as a reliable maintenance-free system.

"The only structural part is the core, the rest is a machine, and we all know what we have to do with our cars on a yearly basis."

Apart from being an expert in the subject, Cooper is also the engineer behind another rotating tower, the 55 degree Time Dubai, which is due to begin construction later this year.

The difference with his tower is that it will rotate as one solid structure with the rotating mechanism and utilities located at the base of the building where it can be maintained and monitored without disruption to residents.

"We looked at having a central core and rotating the outer parts," he said.

"But there's a jolly good reason why we didn't go down that route - because of the complexity of providing services to every floor.

"On top of that you've got the rotating mechanism on every floor and any mechanical system will fail at some point.

"If you have 80 floors, then you've just increased you're probabilities of failure by 80%."

Fisher said the ongoing maintenance the tower requires is actually a positive and will help extend the life of the building well beyond a regular tower.

"Today's buildings are built to last between 50 to 100 years which is completely ridiculous when aircrafts fly the same number of years with much more complicated systems and risk factors," he said.

"Why? Because you can maintain airplanes. So we are going to have a complete maintenance service to this building."

This sounds feasible, but planes at least offer a valuable service and airlines also charge accordingly, which begs the question, how expensive is it going to be to maintain the building?

A good view does cost, but let's not forget basic economics and the law of diminishing returns. How long will it be before people grow tired of paying astronomical strata fees for their daily view change? And on a more personal note, do people want technicians traipsing through their living rooms on a regular basis?

Constructing it

By using pre-fabricated apartments, Fisher rendered construction of the tower "easy" and said it would take only 22 months to build from the time they begin excavating.

The units will be assembled in an Italian factory and exported equipped with plumbing, electrics and all finishings, before it's attached to the core.

Steve Taylor, a structural engineer for consulting firm WSP, said he's puzzled at how services will be provided to the tower, but agreed that construction would be relatively easy.

In this instance air flowing around a building will prevent any flow going through the inter-floor space to react with the turbines. - John Dodgson, Turbine technical consultant, GT Roc"There is nothing about the structure that says it can't be done. The core would be the same as a normal tall building," he said.

"Then you just have to attach the units and all of that is mechanical."

But as Cooper pointed out, the mechanical element for each floor would have to be installed with extreme precision for the building to rotate as promised.

"Every level will have to be precise," said Cooper.

"They will have to maintain it right through the build for which you will need a highly specialised mechanical engineer.

"It's not civil or construction engineering, but precise mechanical engineering on each floor."

Whether this precision can be maintained throughout the tower's construction only time will tell, but there will certainly be many people watching to see if the tower can stick to its lightning schedule.

About the wind turbines

When it was launched, the Dynamic Tower was touted as "the first skyscraper designed to be self-powered." It would also be a "true green power plant" that would sell energy back to the grid.

These claims would be achieved through using photovoltaic technologies on the roof of each apartment and wind turbines mounted horizontally between each floor.

Fisher said they had encountered several problems with the wind turbine aspect of the design but is confident they would find a workable solution within the next two months.

But turbine technical consultant John Dodgson, who runs his own firm GT Roc, said it goes against the theory of air flow.

"Like water in a river, air flows as a body. Each particle effects the movement of the adjacent particle and therefore it tends to move together," he said.

"In this instance air flowing around a building will prevent any flow going through the inter-floor space to react with the turbines."

Three other engineers Construction Week spoke to also said air would simply flow around the building and the turbines would remain inanimate.

Dodgson said the Middle East was is also known for having low wind speeds and wind turbines generate relatively low amounts of energy. But the tower can still achieve green status even if the wind turbine concept fails, according to the subcommittee chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council Sarfraz Dairkee.

"Renewable energy is not mandatory for a green building, but they have to comply with a minimum energy performance," he said.

"This is very well defined and already quite tight.

"If you are doing anything additional like rotating the building, it will pose a big challenge to the architectural team to meet the criteria."

Dairkee said other renewable energies such as photovoltaic or solar thermal technologies would help to offset the power used to rotate the tower.

But with construction of the tower scheduled to begin within the next two months it is slightly concerning that a key design element such as the wind turbines is proving more complicated than Fisher expected.

If Fisher's building does in fact become reality it could revolutionise the construction industry and we may well see an edition of the Idiot's Guide to building a view factory.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/536651-idiots-guide-to-building-a-view-factory?start=1

R

bizzybonita

November 4th, 2008, 04:38 PM

'Paris Hilton Towers'?

Published: November 04, 2008, 00:24

Dubai: Paris Hilton could be the latest in a constellation of stars to light up Dubai's property sector, in a possible $2 million (Dh7.3 million) deal with Abu Dhabi-based developer, Hydra Properties.

Hilton, who was famous before she was even born, will add a dash of desert glam to Dubai's celebrity skyline.

"Mr Hilton is having a lawyer look over a million-dollar agreement between a property company in the UAE and Paris Hilton. The deal would give the company 'naming rights' for three years to call a set of twin towers Paris Hilton Towers. The deal currently stands at around $1.5-2million," said celebrity booking agent, Mike Esterman.

Officials at Hydra Properties were not immediately available for comment.

Although Hilton's roots are firmly entrenched in the hotel business, branding a property is just a hop, skip and a jump away.

And there is perhaps nowhere more fitting for a celebrity to flash a smile and name a building than in Dubai, where real estate is very much the name of the game.

As a recent wave of celebrities-turned-real-estate-professionals have found, investors in Dubai real estate are cashing in on a booming economy.

If agreed, Hilton would follow in the impressive footsteps of tennis great, Boris Becker, Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and golf-pro, Tiger Woods.

But if it's glamour you're after, you'd be hard pushed to find a star more focused on glam than Paris.

Of course, aside from those celebrities who want to see their name on a tower, there are other stars here working with local developers who know the bigger the name, the bigger the interest.

There's property heavyweight, Donald Trump with Nakheel, fashion legend Giorgio Armani and Emaar and most recently, bona fide Hollywood superstar, Brad Pitt, working with Zaabeel Properties.

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Real_Estate_Property/10256848.html

:D

Tom_Green

November 4th, 2008, 05:18 PM

Any idea what will be build in the marked area?
http://i37.tinypic.com/svs45w.jpg

AltinD

November 4th, 2008, 05:28 PM

More (TECOM) towers ... DUH! :D ;)

Tom_Green

November 4th, 2008, 06:16 PM

More (TECOM) towers ... DUH! :D ;)

They could also build some boring lowrises. But i think it`s a perfect place for 9 more skyscrapers with 250m+.
But so far no news about that area?

AltinD

November 4th, 2008, 06:38 PM

^^ Only that the area(s) belong to TECOM

THE DUBAI GUYS

November 7th, 2008, 11:30 PM

Market turmoil forces Dubai World to delay developments

Published: 07 November 2008 18:48 GMT Author: Matthew Martin More by this Author Last Updated: 07 November 2008 18:48

Dubai World, the Dubai government-owned holding company, says it may delay projects that have yet to secure finance due to the global financial turmoil. But it says it remains committed to developing all the projects it has already secured funding for.

As banks get to grips with the worsening economic environment and the rising cost of funding, many Gulf projects are struggling to secure bank support.

"We are looking at everything we have committed to," says Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of Dubai World. "Anything we are committed to build, we will build. Anything we have financing for, we will build. Anything we thought we would build, we may delay. Nothing is cancelled in Dubai."

Dubai World controls some of Dubai's largest firms, including Nakheel, Limitless and DP World. It also has extensive real estate investments in the US and Europe.

Nakheel itself recently put some dredging work on its Palm Deira project on hold to focus on the islands nearest the shore, which could be developed and sold more quickly (MEED 24:10:08).

Sulayem says that Dubai World has dealt with all of its short-term funding liabilities and may buy undervalued assets overseas. "We are intelligently managing our finances and asking ourselves whether should we build a new project or buy an asset that is depressed," he says.

The real estate market in Dubai is softening, he says, adding that villa sales in Nakheel's Forbidden City are at near 30 a day, down from a previous typical figure of 100.

http://www.meed.com/news/2008/11/market_turmoil_forces_dubai_world_to_delay_developments.html

R

malec

November 16th, 2008, 02:48 AM

O-Tower next generation tower with fusion of engineering and technology

O-Tower is an iconic residential building in Jumeirah Village, Dubai; with no restriction in height for the development, O-Tower had been designed to reach more than 240m to embody Burj Dubai Tower effect.

United Arab Emirates: Saturday, November 15 - 2008 at 10:32PRESS RELEASE

O-Tower.

With this extreme in height and the incorporation of wrap around garden terraces, views of apartments can be further enhanced. The thin finger form can also maximize the buffer space to adjacent buildings to enhance natural ventilation and sun light.

In O-Tower, non conventional steel diagrid structure system is being used, wrapping the facade in the woven pattern and allowing for the floor plates to be column free. This increase the flexibility to utilize the interior space. Cybertecture technologies such as 'Cybertecture HealthTM' is installed on each apartment to meet the needs of 'live the future'. Lighting installed on façade diagrid is not for decorative purpose but to abstractly provide useful information such as the weather forecast like an art grow in the dark.

Wind turbine and PV Panel are proposed to be installed on the roof to generate renewable power to the building. Along with the use of vegetated infill panels and automatically louvers system on the façade, it can effectively help to reduce heat gain and save energy to the building.

Automatic car parking negates the need for basement car parks.

The fusion of Cybertecture and sustainable features makes the O-Tower to achieve the goal to the next generation building in the world.

http://www.ameinfo.com/images/news/3/67503-O_Tower_Dubai.jpg

This would look great on SZR if it was 400m :cheers:

Julito-dubai

November 24th, 2008, 04:32 PM

haven't done some in a while, some UAE gossip...:

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/abu-dhabi-iconic-hotel.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-future-workplace.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-blade-commercial.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-maritime-city.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-medina-hotel.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-veil-commercial.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-la-trenza.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-gulf-sail.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-desert-flower1.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/tunisia-eco-tower-residential.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-business-bay-residential.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-future-tower.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-veil-residential.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/abu-dhabi-reem-island2.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/architects-dubai-wedge.php

http://www.d-earle.com/commercial-architecture/dubai-kezma-island.php

AltinD

November 27th, 2008, 03:09 PM

'Paris Hilton Towers'?

Published: November 04, 2008, 00:24

Dubai: Paris Hilton could be the latest in a constellation of stars to light up Dubai's property sector, in a possible $2 million (Dh7.3 million) deal with Abu Dhabi-based developer, Hydra Properties.

Hilton, who was famous before she was even born, will add a dash of desert glam to Dubai's celebrity skyline.

"Mr Hilton is having a lawyer look over a million-dollar agreement between a property company in the UAE and Paris Hilton. The deal would give the company 'naming rights' for three years to call a set of twin towers Paris Hilton Towers. The deal currently stands at around $1.5-2million," said celebrity booking agent, Mike Esterman.

Officials at Hydra Properties were not immediately available for comment.

Although Hilton's roots are firmly entrenched in the hotel business, branding a property is just a hop, skip and a jump away.

And there is perhaps nowhere more fitting for a celebrity to flash a smile and name a building than in Dubai, where real estate is very much the name of the game....

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Real_Estate_Property/10256848.html

:D

http://i37.tinypic.com/35iw3nd.jpg

From the e-mail it came with:

"Branded Residential tower for sale @ original Price!

Hydra Celebrity Tower , Official Launch by January . Branded with a Hollywood celebrity..."

Where should it be? Certainly not in Business Bay, judging by the plot nomenclature.

Stephan23

December 3rd, 2008, 08:16 AM

This section isn't any more !! :deadthrea........:goodnight

Shitty credit crunch !!!!

Julito-dubai

December 3rd, 2008, 10:10 AM

I will try my best to find some.... ;)

luv2bebrown

December 3rd, 2008, 10:10 AM

the Paris Hilton towers, if ever built, probably won't have any cladding.

Stephan23

December 3rd, 2008, 10:38 AM

double !

Stephan23

December 3rd, 2008, 10:42 AM

^^^^:D:lol::) hahahahahahhahahaa

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Design of Paris Hilton tower !! :D:D:D:D

cyborg81

December 3rd, 2008, 10:52 AM

^^u forgot to put a smiley at the lower middle area :D

Stephan23

December 3rd, 2008, 11:12 AM

^^:omg: SORRY!! :lol:

Imre

December 3rd, 2008, 01:44 PM

03/December/2008

Jumeirah Hills??

opposite the Madinat Jumeirah

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4761/imresolt53js1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5443/imresolt54of8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3290/imresolt52gd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Julito-dubai

December 3rd, 2008, 02:20 PM

hey imre, what is the name of the company building this?

ardi

December 3rd, 2008, 02:48 PM

^^ Google it please

Imre

December 3rd, 2008, 03:29 PM

only 2 names on the board, La Casa and System

AltinD

December 3rd, 2008, 03:35 PM

SYSTEM is building it and that's the Sales Center for JH project. We have the article posted somewhere about SYSTEM Contract getting the job ... however, what will they sell there? :D

docc

December 4th, 2008, 07:15 AM

^^ Dreams? ;)

Cyrus55

December 6th, 2008, 09:11 AM

SYSTEM is building it and that's the Sales Center for JH project. We have the article posted somewhere about SYSTEM Contract getting the job ... however, what will they sell there? :D

Where are the buyers?

AltinD

December 6th, 2008, 11:28 AM

^^ Where are the products?

BinDubai

December 6th, 2008, 12:34 PM

i said it a long time ago

stop building residential projects we had enough but no one listens :lol:
we need theme parks resorts industrial projects and financial of course.
stuff that actually generates income, or at least attract capital.

Also i think that they should merge Emirates with Etihad. and make it a 70:30 deal and eventually a 50:50 by balancing there assets vs debts. everyone wins :D

same deal with major Real estate companies.

BinDubai

December 6th, 2008, 12:44 PM

oh yeah and call it United Emirates Air lines :D

Bimcnorth

December 6th, 2008, 07:17 PM

oh yeah and call it United Emirates Air lines :D

In arabic...that is :lol:

Face81

December 21st, 2008, 06:31 AM

The site in between Park Place Tower and JAL Towers got boarded up today.... :D

AltinD

December 21st, 2008, 01:55 PM

^^ ACICO has boarded up (and down) a number of times that particular plot on the past.

Face81

December 22nd, 2008, 07:37 AM

^^ ACICO has boarded up (and down) a number of times that particular plot on the past.

This time they removed all their stored material and equipment from the site.....

AltinD

December 22nd, 2008, 02:45 PM

^^ From the back also (area for the parking building)?

Face81

December 23rd, 2008, 05:56 AM

Just the front half of the site has been cleared and cordoned off with cream coloured metal boards, similar to the ones used by Meraas for Jumeirah Gardens.

AltinD

December 23rd, 2008, 10:56 AM

^^ I saw it, and does seams to be unrelated to ACICO.

Face81

December 24th, 2008, 08:24 AM

Wonder what it could be? Are there any SZR proposals floating around at the moment?

AltinD

December 24th, 2008, 11:46 AM

I saw parked vehicles and materials stored on site ... not much of a promisse for a new development.

Imre

December 24th, 2008, 02:42 PM

board already U/C, next to the Summit (Dubai Marina) plot , any idea?

Dubai Addiction

December 25th, 2008, 09:05 AM

pic posted by scoot

http://i39.tinypic.com/oa0r69.jpg

AltinD

December 25th, 2008, 09:39 AM

Project board is comming. :cheers:

malec

December 26th, 2008, 01:13 AM

I wonder if it will be a huuuge one or not. I remember SA Boy saying something about big towers going there.

AltinD

December 26th, 2008, 09:16 AM

^^

But that was yesterday
I had the world in my hands
But it's not the end of my world
It's just a slight change of plans

-FOREIGNER -That Was Yesterday-

Julito-dubai

December 26th, 2008, 07:32 PM

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=dubailand&psc=G&filter=1#5233263493574972050

Julito-dubai

December 26th, 2008, 08:29 PM

some pictures of Godolphin River City. I found them on a Chinese forum!

http://www.abbs.com.cn/bbs/post/view?bid=52&id=336714645&sty=3&age=30&tpg=11&ppg=1#336714645

and some hotel in the city

when i have more time. i will post them all. Christmas turkey is waiting

Julito-dubai

December 26th, 2008, 08:46 PM

http://www.antimg.com/media2.html

someting to dream about but still nice.

THE UNIVERSE VIDEO!!!!

malec

December 26th, 2008, 11:41 PM

And some other crazy land reclamation projects that will never see the light of day.

Falcon Island
http://media.antimg.com/video.php?vid=24

Meydan City
http://media.antimg.com/video.php?vid=22

Umm Ramool
http://media.antimg.com/video.php?vid=17

Julito-dubai

December 27th, 2008, 02:05 AM

http://www.i-mad.com/?go/#/projects/location/47/

Tokyo Island, the World

docc

December 27th, 2008, 07:04 AM

Malec,

Never say never....they might be possible 20 years from now right?

THE DUBAI GUYS

December 27th, 2008, 07:48 AM

erm I think showcase city is going ahead...it was in the masterplan...the one at burjuman...

R

bizzybonita

January 1st, 2009, 02:02 PM

New render of Ziggurat project

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2197/zigguratnn1.jpg

Dubai_Steve

January 1st, 2009, 04:31 PM

Not healthy to isolate a part of society like that.

Gregorious

January 1st, 2009, 07:47 PM

Where is this being built?

The-King

January 1st, 2009, 07:56 PM

look at the renders! In a huge forest with rivers around it!

Julito-dubai

January 2nd, 2009, 09:19 PM

some more towers by sanali group.

http://www.sanali.ae/index.php?option=com_hanover&Itemid=36

Julito-dubai

January 2nd, 2009, 09:25 PM

http://www.ameinfo.com/172917.html

new? Seagull Tower, Maritime City

bizzybonita

January 3rd, 2009, 03:41 PM

^^ yes sir .

dbxdude

January 7th, 2009, 03:27 PM

Where is this being built?

In the minds of people living in la la land

THE DUBAI GUYS

January 8th, 2009, 12:50 PM

Dubai Properties denies merger with Sama Dubai

Zawya

07 January 2009

Dubai Properties, a subsidiary of Dubai Properties Group, will focus on delivering existing projects this year and will take a call on going ahead with its "planned" projects by mid-January.

There was no merger with Sama Dubai, a sister concern and a subsidiary of Dubai Holding.

No merger has happened nor has there been talk of it. In terms of building synergy, we definitely are doing that, not just within Dubai Holding, but across all master developers. We are all working together and this does not reflect the intention to merge.

We will be focusing on delivering our projects that are 80 per cent complete, while we have time to take decision on projects that are still in the design and development phase. So far our strategy has not been revisited but we will review it only by mid-January, or in the worst case, in March.

Mohamed Executive Towers in Business Bay, Phase I and II of The Villas and Al Waha Villas project in Dubailand will be completed this year.

Work had been stopped in master developments". No work has been stalled or stopped in our projects. Business Bay is our only project that is in an advanced development stage. Only the infrastructure work is going on in Mudon and Culture Village projects.

However, the global crisis will delay the company's overseas expansion plan, Binbrek said. "Expansion is currently not in our priority list and so our overseas expansion will be delayed.

Asked if the firm was working on strengthening its leasing business in 2009, Binbrek said: "We are building a leasing portfolio and it will be a major contributor to our revenues in our five-year plan.

Although he declined to comment on how the firm planned to raise finance, Binbrek said: "We believe there is still opportunity for growth. In the short term, there might be some delays, but it doesn't mean businesses are going to be 'derailed'.

R

Julito-dubai

January 8th, 2009, 05:30 PM

http://www.thincprojects.com/

click on retail projects in the middle east

Gigantic Palm Deira Mall!!!!

Palm Mall Deira
Brief
Palm Mall Deira in Dubai is a mixed-use retail, hotel and residential project that
will provide a contemporary town centre for the Palm Deira development. To be
situated on a prime site within the Palm Deira Masterplan, it will offer over
600,000 sqm of retail GFA, five hotels and 12 residential towers, and will also
serve as a multimodal transport interchange for the DI Front Island. Thinc
Projects has been commissioned to provide the full suite of management
services for Palm Mall Deira.
Advice + Action
Thinc Projects’ role on this complex project has involved commissioning and
managing the Design Team through the concept and schematic design stages,
establishing an early works package and procuring the main contractor for
Phase 1 of the development.
Palm Mall Deira will make a significant contribution to Dubai’s society and
economy. It is intended to become Dubai’s meeting place, offering public
spaces of epic scale that will revolutionise retailing in the UAE. The centre will
cater for traditional Islamic culture while reflecting contemporary design
elements. Its palm frond-inspired floating roof will also differentiate the retail
component of the development and provide an aerial presence to visitors
approaching Dubai International Airport.

http://www.thincprojects.com/pdf/retail.pdf

AltinD

January 8th, 2009, 07:13 PM

Wonder what it could be? Are there any SZR proposals floating around at the moment?

A logo writting "Mayden" or "Meydan" has appeared.

THE DUBAI GUYS

January 8th, 2009, 09:17 PM

A logo writting "Mayden" or "Meydan" has appeared.

I saw that too!

R

THE DUBAI GUYS

January 8th, 2009, 09:21 PM

http://i39.tinypic.com/33lfkmc.jpg

R

Naz UK

January 9th, 2009, 01:22 AM

Dubai Properties denies merger with Sama Dubai

Skyscrapercity denies merger talks with Skyscraperpage.com.

Don't you just love these kinds of stories? Same old shit every freakin' time!

Shithead rookie reporter desperate to make an impression on his editor leaks some BS he thinks he heard in the 3rd cubicle of the 2nd floor toilet in Lamcy Plaza..... and the next minute a press conference which always goes along the lines of "we just wana say that no such talks have ever been, are currently, nor will ever be taking place".

bizzybonita

January 9th, 2009, 07:08 AM

New tower 60 F at city of Arabia 300 m

http://www.rmjm.com/images/portfolio/City%20of%20Arabia,%20Mixed%20Use%20Tower_portfolio.pdf

bizzybonita

January 9th, 2009, 07:11 AM

Mirk Palm Resort Hotel at Palm Jabel Ali

http://www.rmjm.com/images/portfolio/Mirk%20Palm%20Resort%20Hotel_portfolio.pdf

bizzybonita

January 9th, 2009, 07:52 AM

محمد بن راشد اطلع على مشروعات خدمية وتجميلية على أجندة البلدية
تكييف ممرات في شوارع دبي بالرذاذ وتخضير أسطـح المبـاني

http://www.emaratalyoum.com/Articles/2009/1/PublishingImages/1_8_2009/ar02-080109-02_small.jpg

محمد بن راشد يطلع على تصاميم لمشروعات جديدة في دبي. وام
طبع المقال اتصل بالمحرر أرسل لصديق معرض الصور فيديو صوت
التاريخ: الخميس, يناير 08, 2009

اطلع صاحب السموّ الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم نائب رئيس الدولة، رئيس مجلس الوزراء حاكم دبي، على مشروعات خدمية وتجميلية تعتزم بلدية دبي تنفيذها، بينها مشروع وصف بأنه الأول من نوعه في المنطقة، يتمثل في تغطية ممرات المشاة في عدد من شوارع دبي وطرقاتها والأسواق المكشوفة فيها، لتوفير أجواء رطبة للمشاة وتشجيعهم على المشي.

جاء ذلك في زيارة قام بها سموّه إلى بلدية دبي أمس، اطلع خلالها على المشاريع التي تتضمنها أجندة البلدية ضمن استراتيجيتها الخاصة، لتطوير مدينة دبي في المرحلة المقبلة وتوفير سبل الراحة ومقوماتها والاستقرار المعيشي للمواطنين والوافدين.

ووفقاً لمدير عام بلدية دبي المهندس حسين ناصر لوتاه، فإن المشروع المشار إليه يتضمن توفير مظلات يرطبها رذاذ المياه والمقترح تنفيذه في المرحلة الأولى تجربة يمكن تعميمها في المستقبل، إذا ثبتت نجاعتها وحققت أهدافها والمتمثلة بممرات مغطاة للمشاة في عدد من الشوارع والأسواق الحيوية في مدينة دبي.

ويهدف المشروع إلى استغلال الطاقة الشمسية في تشغيل الإضاءة وتوفير الطاقة، من أجل توفير حماية للمشاة أثناء النهار وتشجيعهم على السير على الأقدام في الشوارع والأسوق المكشوفة، من خلال تغطيتها وترطيبها برذاذ المياه المتوقع لها أن تخفف ما معدله خمس درجات من درجة الحرارة الطبيعية.

واستمع سموّه إلى عرض بمكونات المشروعات الحيوية الأخرى المزمع تنفيذها وأهدافها، وأهمها مشروع حديقة القرآن الكريم في منطقة الخوانيج الذي اعتمده سموّه، وأمر بمباشرة تنفيذها لخدمة سكان واهالي منطقتي الخوانيج ومزهر وما حولهما.

كما اطلع سموّه على مشروع تطوير منطقتي النهدة وخور الممزر وتخضيرهما على مساحة أكثر من ستة ملايين قدم مربعة، ويركز على زراعة المسطحات الخضر والتشجير، وبناء أحواض مائية عذبة إلى جانب الربط بين حديقتي النهدة والممزر بجسر علوي للمشاة، لتسهيل التواصل بين المنطقتين في ضوء زيادة عدد المباني السكنية في منطقة النهدة.

وهناك مشروع الأسواق في المناطق النائية خصوصاً مناطق العوير ولهباب والليسيلي ونزوة ومرغم والخوانيج، ويتضمن هذا المشروع الذي اعتمده سموّه للتنفيذ الفوري، بناء أسواق مركزية مكيّفة ومجهزة بأحدث المرافق لخدمة سكان هذه المناطق، وتشتمل على شقق سكنية بنظام الاستوديو في الدور الأول لمركز التسوق في كل منطقة.

والمشروع الجديد على مستوى المنطقة المقترح تنفيذه ضمن خطة بلدية دبي التجميلية وحماية البيئة والتخفيف من ارتفاع درجة الحرارة في المناطق المكتظة بالمباني السكنية والتجارية، يقوم على زراعة أسطح المباني وواجهاتها وتخضيرها، بهدف التخفيف من حرارة أسطح الأدوار العليا من المباني التي كان سموّه أمر بتطبيقها في إطار خطة دبي لتشجيع توسيع مساحة المباني الخضر التي تحمي من التلوث البيئي وتخفف من الحرارة العالية. ويهدف المشروع إلى ترسيخ اللمحة الجمالية للمباني وتشكيل عازل حراري وصوتي، من خلال الاستفادة من المياه المنبعثة من أجهزة التكييف في المباني المعنية، واستغلالها لري المزروعات على الأسطح التي يجب مراعاة شرط تكوين التربة من تراب خاص مخلوط من نشارة الخشب، ولا يزيد سمكها على 10 سنتمترات.

وأبدى سموّه إعجابه بالفكرة وأمر بتطويرها ودراستها بشكل أعمق، حتى يمكن تطبيقها في المستقبل.

واشتملت خطة مشروعات البلدية على مشروع خدمة الاستفسار عبر الهاتف المتحرك، وتعرف بخدمة «أماكن» والتي تعتمد بالكامل على كوادر إدارة تقنية المعلومات في البلدية، لتسهيل وصول المعلومة إلى طالبها حول أي مكان في دبي، بالتعاون بين البلدية ومؤسستي الإمارات للاتصالات و«دو».
ترقية لوتاه

أمر صاحب السموّ الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء، بصفته حاكم إمارة دبي، بترقية المهندس حسين ناصر لوتاه، وتعيينه مديراً عاماً لبلدية دبي بالأصالة، اعتباراً من أمس، وذلك مكافأة من سموّه للمهندس لوتاه على جهوده المخلصة وأفكاره البناءة التي أسهمت بشكل إيجابي وملحوظ، في تطوير الخدمات البلدية والمشروعات الحيوية التي تقوم بها البلدية في إمارة دبي.

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Mohammed bin Rashid briefed on the service and cosmetic projects on the agenda of the municipal Adaptation of corridors in the streets of Dubai and spray greening roofs .

Briefed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to service projects and cosmetic Dubai Municipality plans to implement them, including a project described as the first of its kind in the region, is to cover the footpaths in a number of Dubai's streets, roads and markets the open, to provide a moist atmosphere for pedestrians and encourage them to walk.

This came in his visit to Dubai Municipality yesterday, in which he briefed on the projects included in the agenda of the municipality within its own strategy for the development of the city of Dubai in the coming stage and the provision of amenities and its components and the stability of living for citizens and expatriates.

According to the Director General of Dubai Municipality, Hussain Nasser Lootah, referred to the project includes the provision of umbrellas Irdobaa spray water and the proposed implementation of the first phase of the experiment can be extended in the future, if proven and achieved its objectives of corridors covered pedestrian street in a number of vital markets in the city of Dubai.

The project is aimed at the exploitation of solar energy in the operation of lighting and energy-saving, in order to provide protection for pedestrians during the day and encourage them to walk in the streets and open market, through the coverage and moistened water spray expected to reduce the average of five degrees from the normal temperature.

He listened to the presentation of other vital components of the projects to be implemented and its objectives, the most important project in the garden of the Holy Quran Khawaneej area adopted by His Highness, the implementation is to proceed to serve the residents and the people of the regions and Muzhar Khawaneej and around.

He also briefed on the project to develop the areas of Khor Mamzar and Al Nahda and Tkhadderhma on an area of more than six million square feet, and focuses on the bodies of vegetable cultivation, afforestation, and building fresh water basins as well as the link between My Garden Mamzar and Al Nahda Alawi pedestrian bridge, to facilitate communication between the two regions in the light of the increasing number of residential buildings in Al Nahda area.

A draft of markets in remote areas, especially areas Aweer and the funeral and Allisili and whim, and forced Khawaneej, including this project, which his adopted for immediate implementation, at the markets of central air-conditioned and equipped with the latest facilities to serve the population of these areas, and include the system of studio apartments in the first round of the shopping center in each region .

And the new project in the region in the implementation of the proposed plan of Dubai Municipality cosmetic, environmental protection and mitigation of the high temperature in the crowded residential and commercial buildings, based on the cultivation of the roofs of buildings and facades and Tkhadderha, with a view to alleviating the surface temperature of the top floors of the buildings is called the application in the context of Dubai plan to promote the expansion of the area of buildings that protect the vegetables from the environmental pollution and reduce the high temperature. The project aims to consolidate the aesthetic profile of the buildings and the formation of thermal insulation and myself, through the use of water emitted from the air conditioning in the buildings concerned, and utilization of crop irrigation on surfaces that must be taken into account the requirement of the composition of the soil from the soil of a special mixture of sawdust, and no more than 10 cm thick .

He expressed his admiration for the idea and is developed and studied in depth, so that it can be applied in the future.

The plan projects on the draft municipal service inquiry via mobile phone, known as service «places» which depend entirely on the cadres of the Department of Information Technology in the municipality, to facilitate the access of information to you about any place in Dubai, in cooperation between the municipality and the institutions of the UAE Telecommunications and «de».
Upgrade Lootah

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, the promotion of Hussain Nasser Lootah, and his appointment as director general of Dubai Municipality's own, as of yesterday, and that his remuneration from the architect of the Lootah for his sincere and constructive ideas contributed positively and significantly, in the development of municipal services and vital projects undertaken by the municipality in the Emirate of Dubai.

Dubai_Steve

January 9th, 2009, 12:46 PM

low-income residents evicted from areas to be bulldozed to make way for a $95-billion luxury project called Jumeirah Gardens have been allowed to return, reports said.

The developer for Jumeirah Gardens, government-owned Meraas, has made no decisions about what portions of the project will be cancelled or delayed.

Returning residents would likely signal that authorities have delayed or cancelled portions of the massive project as Dubai, the self-styled tourism and financial hub of Gulf, suffers under the strains of the global financial crisis.

Meraas said it would scale back massive project.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=239705&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=31295

Imre

January 9th, 2009, 03:04 PM

A logo writting "Mayden" or "Meydan" has appeared.

09/January/2009

SZR

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5719/imresolt212hi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

DUBAI

January 11th, 2009, 01:48 AM

Skyscrapercity denies merger talks with Skyscraperpage.com.

Don't you just love these kinds of stories? Same old shit every freakin' time!

Shithead rookie reporter desperate to make an impression on his editor leaks some BS he thinks he heard in the 3rd cubicle of the 2nd floor toilet in Lamcy Plaza..... and the next minute a press conference which always goes along the lines of "we just wana say that no such talks have ever been, are currently, nor will ever be taking place".

There is no need to be that self-deprecating

Face81

January 11th, 2009, 08:15 AM

09/January/2009

SZR

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5719/imresolt212hi2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is the site I was telling Altin about a couple of weeks ago.... Meydan signs appear to be all around the site, which is right next to JAL Towers.

As we all know, Meydan LLC is a developer in its own right, so maybe they have a tower planned for this site?

Anyone else know anything about this?

Julito-dubai

January 14th, 2009, 06:07 PM

Emirates Point

Jumeirah Village:

http://www.alineah.com/apartment/15171/detail.htm

Naz UK

January 14th, 2009, 09:57 PM

Is Bizzybonita still posting drivel about new "projects" that are about to launch soon? :lol: Awww bless him. Her! Whichever!

bizzybonita

January 15th, 2009, 12:02 AM

Emirates Point

Jumeirah Village:

http://www.alineah.com/apartment/15171/detail.htm

The project is already there :cheers:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=645949

malec

January 20th, 2009, 12:23 AM

What are these two towers getting built here?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3210807858_fa84755235_b.jpg

9714

January 20th, 2009, 05:50 AM

closest to you is al salam tower. further away might be the cobalt tower - www.ttgsystem.com for a cool video on this tower.

Imre

January 20th, 2009, 06:19 AM

Burj Al Salam and Duja Tower

AltinD

January 20th, 2009, 09:56 AM

the cobalt tower - www.ttgsystem.com

dreams ...

Money2Burn

January 21st, 2009, 02:02 AM

burj al salam, burj al alam, burj al arab....dammit sometimes I wish I would have been born this creative :O)

DUBAI

January 21st, 2009, 03:25 PM

Any more and it will be as bad as NYC

with the

Chrysler BUILDING
Empire State BUILDING
American International BUILDING
GE BUILDING
MetLife BUILDING
Woolworth BUILDING
....

Stephan23

January 25th, 2009, 01:30 AM

What's that near Burj Al Arab??

http://i43.tinypic.com/5pfuav.jpg

Have no clue...

Naz UK

January 25th, 2009, 01:50 AM

Mainland Dubai? :dunno:

Skyscraperneighbor

January 25th, 2009, 02:34 AM

I think he's referring to Porto Dubai

Naz UK

January 25th, 2009, 05:12 AM

Is that what they're calling the city now? What next?

BinDubai

January 25th, 2009, 01:57 PM

it is porto Dubai

Imre

January 26th, 2009, 12:54 PM

26/January/2009

Bawadi

huge plot fenced by the Dubai Properties

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1696/imresolt24tb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1373/imresolt25gm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and huge plots both side of the road fenced by the Al Ghurair Properties

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8392/imresolt26fx0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/87/imresolt27bg8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2640/imresolt28vf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and another new plot by the GGICO

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9250/imresolt29th4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/492/imresolt30av7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

any idea?

AltinD

January 26th, 2009, 03:37 PM

Al Ghurair has the mega retail section, but maybe they would have one of the hotels as well

Julito-dubai

January 26th, 2009, 05:30 PM

http://www.hillier.com/portfolio/

click on mixed use projects a few new towers for Dubai

Julito-dubai

January 26th, 2009, 07:02 PM

http://www.x-architects.com/architecture.php?architects=projects

some interesiting ones

bizzybonita

January 26th, 2009, 07:18 PM

Amazing Find julitooo .. white hotel blowin ma mind :nuts:

http://www.x-architects.com/pics/pro_big/Wh426_White_Hotel-_Aerial_.jpg

http://www.x-architects.com/pics/pro_big/Wh3430_White_Hotel-Top_view.jpg

HappyLarry

January 26th, 2009, 10:02 PM

^^
Must be the new Sea container hotel. It should go up pretty quick. :)

bizzybonita

January 27th, 2009, 12:05 PM

New project called " The Grand Boulevard " by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill .

http://www.smithgill.com/#/work/the_grand_boulevard

The Grand Boulevard, a luxury residential development, will be a sophisticated anchor presence on Dubai’s Boulevard, providing residents with unobstructed, front-row seats from which to view the nearby Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building.

The project consists of two towers of 22 and 69 stories, with 146 and 747 units, respectively. The first two levels will also feature high-end retail. As part of an urban plaza featuring public sculptures, an amphitheatre frames views of Burj Dubai between the two towers at the amenities level.

Stephan23

January 27th, 2009, 12:58 PM

^^Already existing !

peacesells

January 27th, 2009, 03:19 PM

Julito-dubai

January 27th, 2009, 03:27 PM

AltinD

January 27th, 2009, 03:44 PM

^^ Yes it is, and so it says in the website from where it was taken from.

bizzybonita

January 27th, 2009, 04:08 PM

^^ ohhhh what a good news ... smart $$$

:rofl:

malec

January 27th, 2009, 06:35 PM

Was at an office in Moosa Tower 2 the other day. The office is facing the sea and Satwa. Saw at least three plots few hundred meters from the SZR hoarded off by Meeras. Don't know it it was mentioned earlier in this thread or not, but it would be interesting to see what they're building there.
Maybe this project?
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=767476

I don't think meraas will build even a single 10 storey building though :)

Julito-dubai

February 2nd, 2009, 10:08 PM

http://www.dcc-group.com/highRise.aspx?pid=33&imgID=146

some new towers for meydan

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 12:57 AM

New residential tower for Burj Dubai District

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/11002_2_burj34c%20big.jpg

DeStefano Partners have designed a 38-storey residential tower for Emaar Properties located in Dubai, UAE. Burj 34 is part of the Burj Dubai District, a master-planned community combining residential apartments, offices, luxury hotels and the Dubai Mall. The building site is adjacent to the prominent Burj Dubai Boulevard, the major roadway of the complex, and directly north of the water channel.

The building has been tailored to the "urban professional" as a tower of quality and stature, with high attention to detail and easy-to-maintain materials. The structure is comprised of reinforced concrete while the facade is serated glass and concrete with metal detailing.

With its panelized skin, the building’s powerful form is reminiscent of the dragon fruit and will create a distinctive presence within the district. The exterior responds in its strength and detail to the urban scale of the Burj District, while the interior reinterprets this aesthetic vocabulary in detail and form to create an intimately scaled residential environment, full of richness and texture.

The building is sculpted to maximize unit views over the district while delivering a floor plate efficiency of 86%.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11002

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 01:29 AM

TECOM Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Modernity and tradition in Dubai

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/369_Tecom-3-for-web.jpg

Built on a landmark area in Jumeirah with clear sightlines to the exclusive hotel and resort area nearby, this 45-storey tower located in Dubai’s Technology, E-Commerce and Media-Free Zone (TECOM) provides over 863,000 square feet of office space and approximately 80,000 square feet of commercial space (predominantly IT-related retail stores). The challenges posed to the design team were multifold: striking a delicate balance between modernity and tradition, creative innovation and reference to the past, while overcoming the site-specific challenges posed by the climate and unique terrain of the desert. The resulting design, which features sepia-coloured glass and criss-crossing mullions reminiscent of traditional Islamic patterning, meets these challenges directly, rising from the sand like a beacon in the desert.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=369

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 01:39 AM

Ziggurat

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10410_2_z2big.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10410_1_z1big.jpg

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 01:42 AM

MegaStar Mixed-Use Development, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai's sustainable star

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10413_2_megastar2big.jpg

The MegaStar mixed-use development is a state-of-the art, 100,000 sq m facility in the DuBiotech Research Park—a world-class, 2.8 million sq m global biotechnology and research park located in Dubai, UAE.

Realizing biotechnology is one of the greatest intellectual investments that exist in the world, international architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman sought to create an environment where everyone in the biotech industry can coexist, collaborate and exchange ideas. As a large and dynamic business cluster and hospitality venue, the Megastar development contains a 280-room hotel, 550 serviced apartments, a ballroom and meeting facilities, and a retail shopping mall. Bringing together these elements creates a rich environment for networking and collaboration, providing space for a mix of key players of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, as well as drug manufacturers and industry specific experts.

The tower—the signature element of the project—creates a landmark entrance to the research park and the development itself. The building and its undulating overtones is a mixture or innovative technology and sustainable design that not only mandates recycling on the premises and is powered by alternative energy. Other sustainable elements include passive solar strategies throughout the exterior and interior of the building including planted terraces on the tower façade, a green roof, louvers, recessed balconies, and a double-skin to reduce heat gain. The double-skin also reduces light pollution and promotes natural air circulation throughout the building.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10413

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 01:45 AM

Jumeirah Gardens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Nikken Sekkei to design urban oasis in Dubai

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10454_1_jgc1big.jpg

Commitment to innovative and sustainable urban planning drives Meeras to appoint leading firm in “green” design

Japan’s Nikken Sekkei, an architectural firm known for its consideration of the environmental consequences of its buildings, has been chosen to help design the new Jumeirah Gardens project in Dubai.

The project located across an area north of Sheikh Zayed Road between Diyafa Street and Safa Park is the first master-planned community venture for the Dubai based real estate development company Meraas. Conceived as an integrated city within a city, with distinct neighbourhoods linked by a diverse network of transportation options, it will offer a mix of freehold and leasehold properties.

Nikken Sekkei’s design forms an integral part of the Jumeirah Gardens development, as a new sustainable green oasis in Dubai. The city includes tranquil residential districts, areas dedicated to small offices for entrepreneurs as well as office towers and hotels. Natural breeze corridors will be created by the curvature design of the buildings which once combined with greenery and landscaping ensures a pleasant living environment.

The project will feature at least eight landmark buildings including “Park Gate” and its six paired towers and “1 Dubai”, a mega-structure consisting of three linked towers of staggered heights, with mosaic-like glass and aluminium-mesh cladding set to be one of the tallest and largest buildings in the world.

Jumeirah Gardens will be home to one of the region’s first microclimates. Arched canopies in the Park Gate development will link each set of two towers in the development, creating open-air, but shaded inner atriums. At varying levels on the towers, landscaped gardens and sky gardens, with indigenous saline-tolerant plants will provide natural cooling through evapotranspiration and shading, resulting in a microclimate more than 10 degree centigrade cooler than the outside.

Construction has already begun. The first buildings within Phase 1 are expected to be handed over in the fourth quarter of 2011. Final completion of Phase 1 is set for the fourth quarter of 2013. The entire scheme will be developed over 12 years and on a budget of Dh350 billion.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10454

helghast

February 7th, 2009, 02:01 AM

whats with all these new projects ? all we have been hearing is Dubai is on Hold. now all of the sudden all this cool projects are coming about. only in Dubai!!

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 02:03 AM

Now on hold but tomorrow is definitely not .

bizzybonita

February 7th, 2009, 02:06 AM

UAE's 'Pearl of Emirates' hospital to include hotel and spa

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10823_danat1main.jpg

HKS have revealed the design for a groundbreaking hospital in Abu Dhabi which will also provide a hotel and spa. United Eastern Medical Services (UEM) selected HKS, Inc. to provide architectural services for its new state-of-the-art 160-bed women’s and children’s hospital, Um Danat Al-Emarat, “Pearl of Emirates.” Um Danat Al-Emarat will be the flagship hospital in UEM’s national health system and they hope a landmark for architecture and healthcare. The project is a tribute to Her Highness Shaikha Fatima, the Mother of Emirates and as such UEM pledge that no resource will be spared to provide the best healthcare services for the women and children of the UAE.

This includes 'Premium hotel-like services and amenities' including a spa and 'a selection of culinary experiences at a number of food and beverage outlets'.

Steve Jacobson, HKS senior vice president, said, “Creative collaboration over the years has allowed our healthcare team to adopt progressive concepts from hotels, resorts, retailers, and sports venues as they are very attuned to positive distractions, comfort, wayfinding, and an overall positive experience. We believe that a successful hospital blurs the lines between healthcare and hospitality design.”

Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, managing director and CEO of UEM advised that HKS would provide programming, planning and concept design for the hospital which will be the first 'all-digital' hospital in Abu Dhabi.

As well as surgical, medical and emergency services the 21-storey hospital will provide maternity services, an advanced imaging and diagnostics center and a wellness institute that integrates medical sciences with fitness and education programs.

Jacobson continued, “Caring for patients involves more than treating their physical ailments. It also means addressing their emotional and spiritual needs by providing spaces that offer respite and restore a sense of wholeness...In the Um Al-Emarat project we are creating a warm, welcoming healing environment that will focus on the whole person – body, mind, and spirit.”

The Um Danat Al-Emarat women’s and children’s hospital project is scheduled for completion in 2011.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10823

malec

February 7th, 2009, 02:21 AM

Well, these won't get built so...

monymoe

February 11th, 2009, 06:36 AM

most - if not all projects in dubai are on hold. like we all know most things are government sponsored. currently the regime is tapped out of cash (come rescue abu dhabi). until trade recovers again (dependent on tourism and local business), things will be very slow.

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The Dubai Information Site
http://www.dubai-information-site.com

"most, if not all" ? hahaha where are you getting your information from?
the regime? tapped out of cash? are you confusing personal wealth with corporate financial abilities?

Julito-dubai

February 14th, 2009, 12:56 PM

http://www.artoak.com/project.php?cat=12&prj=7#

Maybe on the other side of Doha Rd

http://www.injazllc.com/under_design.php

some new projects including this east old town!!!!!

bizzybonita

February 21st, 2009, 09:37 AM

Deyaar to hand over seven projects in '09

United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, February 18 - 2009

Dubai-based developer Deyaar announced today that it will hand over seven projects in 2009, including over 1,300 units from across its diverse project portfolio. The projects scheduled for delivery this year include The Citadel, a commercial tower, and Hamilton Residency, a residential tower, both of which are located at Business Bay. Madison Residency, a 27-storey residential project located at TECOM, is also scheduled for delivery in 2009. The other residential projects to be handed over this year are the Coral Residence, Jade Residence, Sapphire Residence, and Ruby Residence, all located at Dubai Silicon Oasis.

http://www.ameinfo.com/185396.html

Dubai Addiction

March 2nd, 2009, 10:14 AM

Anyone seen these before?

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/i-love-modern-architecture-3

http://i42.tinypic.com/15y954x.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2hg73hz.jpg

AltinD

March 2nd, 2009, 12:16 PM

^^ No ... but: Yeah right :laugh:

Face81

March 9th, 2009, 09:01 AM

Anyone seen these before?

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/i-love-modern-architecture-3

http://i42.tinypic.com/15y954x.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2hg73hz.jpg

:ohno::ohno::ohno::puke:

Parisian Girl

March 11th, 2009, 02:04 AM

Soaring Seawater Farms for a Self-Sufficient Dubai

http://i40.tinypic.com/34q5ttx.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/154fz2v.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/2zqrmuw.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/294qk5k.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/5mizw3.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2yk0twj.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/w83xaf.jpg
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/03/09/seawater-farming-solution-for-the-arid-emirates/

^^ UAE UFO's :D

I've got a real good feeling about this one! :sleepy:

THE DUBAI GUYS

March 11th, 2009, 04:56 PM

:ohno::ohno::ohno::puke:

those look REALLY odd!

R

Dubai Addiction

March 11th, 2009, 05:21 PM

those look REALLY odd!

R

indeed, it's like three O-14's connected by bridges. on the worst location they could ever pick

Naz UK

March 11th, 2009, 06:34 PM

What's a 0-14? (when it's not a match between Germany and England).

Dubai Addiction

March 11th, 2009, 07:30 PM

What's a 0-14? (when it's not a match between Germany and England).

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=636639

luv2bebrown

March 12th, 2009, 07:45 AM

i like these farm ideas, but what they should do is build em bigger, and build millions of them.

oh, and they should attach humans to them and tap into the bioelectrical energy that humans naturally produce.

BinDubai

March 12th, 2009, 07:57 AM

wow these farms made the proposal i had in mind totally obsolete :ohno: but oh well :lol:

AltinD

March 12th, 2009, 01:10 PM

bizzybonita

March 17th, 2009, 12:56 PM

Work on Abu Dhabi's Second Downtown to begin in a year's time

Monday, March 16, 2009

The work on Second Downtown in Abu Dhabi would begin in a year's time, following the approval by Executive Council, it has .

The Capital District, to be built 7km inland from Abu Dhabi Island, will eventually house a population of 370,000, including all embassies and federal government institutions.

The General Manager of the Urban Planning Council (UPC), Falah al Ahbabi, said that work on the district would begin during the first or second quarter of 2010.

The first phase of the project includes houses, universities and government offices, all of which will be completed in three years time.

The massive project, which spreads across 4900 hectares of space, comprises commercial buildings, government buildings, residential buildings, parks and schools. The place will turn out to be a truly sustainable city that will accommodate a population of 370,000 in a span of 25 years.

The residential component of the district would keep aside 3000 units for Emirati Citizens. The plots have been designed and are ready to be allocated.

The true vision of the project will be revealed during the Cityscape Abu Dhabi to be held next month. The Capital District is hoped to ease the burden on Abu Dhabi Island, and create a recognizable center for the Capital.

The infrastructure work would commence during the first quarter of 2010. The infrastructure for the first phase would be completed within two years of launch of the project. But, the completion of the whole infrastructure, may take six years, or even ten years, depending on the rest of the phases.

Phase One of the project involves the development of federal government offices at the Town Centre, a Sports City, the Emirati housing and new headquarters for Khalifa University and Zayed University, and an exhibition or convention center.

The cost of the project is yet to be revealed by the UPC.

Al Ahbabi, said that Abu Dhabi is facing a shortage of housing, and hence these developments need to be taken forward aggressively. In the meanwhile, the Department of Transport revealed that the Capital District would be linked to the Abu Dhabi Island by a tram, high-speed and metro rail, all of which, will, also be linked to Dubai by 2030.

SA BOY

March 18th, 2009, 09:09 AM

Any idea what will be build in the marked area?
http://i37.tinypic.com/svs45w.jpg

on the corner in front of Marina 23 is a new fire station

Stephan23

March 18th, 2009, 04:15 PM

18-Mar-2009

http://www.gowealthy.com/gowealthy/wcms/en/home/news/images-gowealthy/DAMAC.jpg

DAMAC Properties, the largest private sector real estate developer in the UAE, is expected to sign contracts worth Dh2 billion for the construction of 10 new towers in Dubai. The current lower construction costs provide opportunities for real estate developers. Developers, who sold properties at a higher price until last year, could yield more profits by signing construction contracts now while the costs remain lower.

Hussain Sajwani, Chairman, DAMAC Holding, said "Despite the economic downturn, we are going ahead with the projects that we have already announced. By the end of this year, we will sign contracts worth Dh2 billion for the construction of 10 projects. We are focusing on deliveries and would like to start construction of all the remaining projects before the market rises by early next year."

DAMAC Properties has delivered 2,300 units during the last 6 months in Dubai. In addition, it is planning to deliver 7,100 more properties by the end of 2010. The company will renew focus on timely delivery of projects to help bring back investor confidence in the market.

http://www.gowealthy.com/gowealthy/wcms/en/home/news/real-estate/DAMAC-to-develop-10-tower-real-1237368109023.html

Imre

March 21st, 2009, 07:58 AM

http://i43.tinypic.com/wvcrph.jpg

bizzybonita

March 21st, 2009, 10:47 AM

^^ location map looks like inside media city !

skdubai

March 24th, 2009, 09:06 AM

yep.. looks like somewhere near the Tecom (govt. services) office.... probably that big parking area....

Face81

March 24th, 2009, 03:04 PM

.......

Bus Passenger Stations

Al Tayer stated that public transport bus passenger stations at Al Quoz, Satwa and Karama, which cost about Dh292 million, will enhance the appearance of Dubai.

"These stations have a unique layout, combining creative and effective solutions side by side with engineering designs, and instil a new concept in mass transit modes replicating the dynamics of bus movement," he said.
The stations will be linked with footbridges and subways to ease passenger movement to various destinations.

Satwa Bus Station

625 passengers per hour
Passenger loading and unloading area will accommodate 10 buses at a time.
Taxi ranks can accommodate up to 12 vehicles and four buses, and the area designated as parking will house about 307 vehicles
The investment lot (offices and shops) spans an area of 5,166 sq metres.
Al Quoz Bus Station

525 passengers per hour.
Passenger loading and unloading area will accommodate eight buses at a time.
Taxi ranks can accommodate up to 12 vehicles, plus five buses, and the area designated as parking will house about 208 vehicles
The investment lot (offices and shops) spans an area of 3,030 sq metres.
Karama Bus Station

Designated for Intercity Transport
The station has a capacity to accommodate 110 passengers per hour,
Passenger loading and unloading area will accommodate five buses at a time.
Taxi ranks can accommodate up to nine vehicles plus three buses, and the area designated as parking will house about 57 vehicles
The investment lot (offices and shops) spans an area of 6,332 sq metres

luv2bebrown

March 26th, 2009, 10:53 AM

id like to see them build more air conditioned skyways / tunnels in the crowded areas of the city.

when i was in the states, the city I lived had had around 7-8 miles worth of skyways throughout downtown so that people could be protected from the freezing cold. all the buildings downtown would practically be linked with these skyways, and each building podium would have shops/restaurants on the skyway floors. so the entire downtown life was confined to these indoor skyway avenues. it was pretty cool

even in my uni, we had a vast heated tunnel system connecting all the buildings. you could literally walk 15-20 mins from one side of the campus to the other without having to experience the cold for more than a couple of minutes.

BinDubai

March 26th, 2009, 11:05 AM

i would like to see solar power get a bigger portion of the energy sources ...

Face81

April 1st, 2009, 07:59 PM

Something new for Downtown Burj Dubai?

As the recession digs its claws into Dubai, architects refuse to concede as designs continue
Stories of the mass abandonment of Dubai, lack of investment and a general depression in the once buzzing architectural centre have been rife in the international press of late. But it would seem that architects are not yet prepared to let go of their playground yet as this latest design shows.

There is one difference though - this design attempts to shed off the common association of distinctive with outrageous to create a more sophisticated building, perhaps a sign of a new era for Dubai?

http://i39.tinypic.com/2z9l2qt.jpg

"Our design for the Burj Dubai Residential Tower aims to create a distinctive building in Dubai to become an icon," says Alessandro Zoppini of the building's designers, studio zoppini associati. "We have proposed therefore something which refuses the usual fashion of twisting and torting volumes without any meaning or reason: the building volume is very simple and its layout is generated by the need to maximize the views to the New Burj Dubai Tower."

Zoppini believes the design also creates a closer expression to the local architectural culture. The greatest interpretation of this appears through the adaptable steel sun shading device which both provides sun protection as well as reinterpreting in a very modern way the traditional Arab sunshade.

The building has a very simple structural system: a central core concrete structure which provides for lateral stability and an external steel diamond structure allowing a completely flexible floor plate which can be easily adaptable to all tenants needs.

The 65 storey building has communal facilities and sky gardens at various intermediate floors which facilitate natural ventilation. Al flats have a private terrace. The architect hopes that the integrated sustainable design approach to the residential tower, which follows a five-step process to achieve a building that balances energy and water efficiency with superior thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort, will provide a road map to achieving a high LEED certification.

Parisian Girl

April 2nd, 2009, 01:56 AM

Dubai launches the world's first hover hotel

Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Holly Daye

Dubai has announced it is to become home to the world's first hovering hotel.

The first hover-hotel will be a 20-room boutique ‘pod’ floating above the ground. If it proves to be a success then plans for expansion are already in place, including a family-friendly version.

Suspended 1000m above the city of Dubai, guests staying at the hover hotel will be treated to unparalleled views of the city’s landscape and the deserts beyond. See mind boggling photos here (http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=2287932&articleTitle=Did%20we%20get%20you?!&fromSearch=yes)

Visitors will check-in on land at one of five hubs around the city, whereupon they’ll be flown to their hover-hotel by helicopter for a stay where they’ll be quite literally on top of the world.

A city familiar with being at the forefront of innovation, Dubai is set to introduce aerial cruises to their armoury of tourism offerings on 1 April 2011. A range of itineraries will be available to ensure that the emirate’s multitude of attractions are showcased at their seasonal best.

See mind boggling photos here (http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=2287932&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=2287932&articleTitle=Did%20we%20get%20you?!&fromSearch=yes)

http://www.ttglive.com/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=61139&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=2287943&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=2287943&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=2287943&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=2287943&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=2287943&articleTitle=Dubai%20launches%20the%20world%27s%20first%20hover%20hotel

^^ :drool:

BinDubai

April 2nd, 2009, 04:24 AM

another bubble city ? ^^

aravinda

April 2nd, 2009, 02:04 PM

or an april fools' joke?

Stephan23

April 3rd, 2009, 11:48 AM

^^Think that's it !! :doh:

Parisian Girl

April 4th, 2009, 03:24 AM

Can't believe you guys didn't check out those mind boggling photos?! :ohno:

What's the point in just talking about what it might be? Go on, check it out! :)

BinDubai

April 4th, 2009, 04:40 AM

^^ lol

aravinda

April 6th, 2009, 04:50 AM

oh i did check it out...after posting!

Julito-dubai

April 11th, 2009, 03:44 PM

http://www.mideinholding.com/projects.aspx?catid=19&keyid=1

speculator

April 11th, 2009, 10:01 PM

barrak

April 12th, 2009, 12:56 AM

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6647/almaktoumaccidentandeme.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almaktoumaccidentandeme.jpg)
Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency Hospital (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

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Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency Hospital (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

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Al Maktoum Hospital Courte (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

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Al Maktoum Hospital Atrium (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

Dubai's new state of the art A & E design unveiled
International architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman recently unveiled the design of Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency (A&E) Hospital - pipped as the most sophisticated Accident and Emergency Hospital of its kind in the UAE.

“Based on our experience with large-scale complex care facilities, we believe that the Al Maktoum A&E Hospital will create a new standard for innovative, patient-centered care, in the UAE,” says Jonathan N. Stark, AIA, Principal and Managing Director of Perkins Eastman International.

Chosen by the Dubai Health Authority and the Department of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS) to create an advanced A/E hospital, Perkins Eastman designed a facility capable of providing immediate care for minor- to high-level trauma. An ambulance receiving area is directly linked to a surgical trauma operating suite and a diagnostic imaging unit with MRI, CT, and X-ray capabilities.

The highly integrated design provides significant flexibility and a focus on patient care and family needs. The 300-bed facility includes a large, five-floor nursing unit providing specialized treatment and care for patients recovering from surgery.

Nadia Tobia, a Principal of the firm said: “A facility of this importance and magnitude demonstrates the commitment of the Dubai Health Authority and the Department of Health and Medical Services (DOHMS) to bring world-class emergency care to Dubai.”

BinDubai

April 12th, 2009, 12:36 PM

exactly what Dubai needs amazing design

bizzybonita

April 12th, 2009, 12:46 PM

luv it :)

THE DUBAI GUYS

April 12th, 2009, 10:32 PM

thats fantastic! but where will it be...on the old maktoum hospital site??? Thats WAYYYY to small...and they are turing it into a museum or something...DHCC maybe?

R

BinDubai

April 13th, 2009, 04:03 PM

i believe this is an extension of AL Makontoum hospital

barrak

April 17th, 2009, 02:29 AM

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8039/eyepark385.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eyepark385.jpg)
Eye Park (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

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New Eye Park development introduces technological improvements to a rapidly expanding Dubai
As part of Dubai’s ongoing plan to become a worldwide tourist, entertainment, and leisure destination, Tameer Holding Investments have employed retail design firm Callison to develop six mixed-use towers in the heart of the new Dubailand development. The new towers – to be collectively known as Eye Park - will offer over around 1.9 million square feet of residential space, and 100,00 square feet of retail space, along with full amenities, car parking, and shopping areas.

The six towers that comprise the development will be centred around an oval ‘crescent park,’ which will create a natural focus for the area and will incorporate natural elements, as well as art and water features, to give the towers a focal centrepiece. The towers themselves will feature the latest in sustainable technology, including energy efficient geothermal and solar heating, in addition to cooling systems and low flow water systems. It is hoped that these technological advances will help the towers produce on-site renewable energy, with solar heated water and grey water technology included in the design to help produce a 30 percent reduction in water usage.

Mr. Ghassan Sakhnini, CEO of Tameer had this to say of the project, “Tameer is pleased to announce this significant partnership with Callison… we are confident that the highest calibre of quality and style will be reflected in the design of these projects in true Callison renowned fashion.”

barrak

April 17th, 2009, 02:46 AM

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The five G+10 (+ duplex first floors) apartment buildings take different forms, utilising the site's topography to ensure each apartment has a distinct aspect. Each building has private recreational pool areas, and shares tropical gardens, water features and seating areas.

Streets and pathways follow the building contours providing fluidity and interest. Two curved buildings incorporate townhouses with both levels enjoying street access, creating a ‘boulevard’ running the length of the site.

To reduce the perceived height of the buildings a series of protruding cubes in different shapes and sizes give an optical illusion, adding personality to each building. Outward-facing facades are further enhanced by the addition of glass screens mounted on a fixed-grid system attached to the building, creating a natural cooling system and shade for the apartments. Sections facing apartment windows slide to allow residents full clear views. The glass screens can be printed with semi-transparent images, abstract or photographic, again characterizing each building with a unique personality.

barrak

April 17th, 2009, 02:52 AM

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An ultra-modern G+20 hotel with a façade that peels upwards, inviting guests into a lobby maximising natural lighting. The sleek outer glass skin shields the interior from excessive heat and light, whilst bestowing the building with a unique, organic identity apace of the modernity of the city.

Imre

April 20th, 2009, 07:31 PM

any idea?

http://i42.tinypic.com/aenw48.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/16a8mf6.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/157nl14.jpg

AltinD

April 20th, 2009, 08:19 PM

^^ Just a competition entry probabaly:

Dubai Hotel & Residential Tower
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2004 - 2007

Yamasaki completed schematic design for this mixed-use facility for a private investment group. When completed the facility will house a five-star hotel, retail, entertainment and luxury housing.

The hallmark of the design is the bundling of two unique towers together to create views for every residential or hotel unit towards Sheik Zayed Road and the sea or the desert. The juxtaposition of the towers creates a dynamic 45-story space between the towers where bridgelike platforms create opportunities for entertainment venues at connection points between the towers.

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/project_photos/alt-01_nightview.jpg

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/project_photos/78_1.jpg

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/?navigation=projects&id=78&refreshed

Julito-dubai

April 20th, 2009, 08:20 PM

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/?navigation=projects&id=78&refreshed

website

AltinD

April 20th, 2009, 08:20 PM

They have also this 60F residential tower for the BD Downtown: http://www.yamasakiinc.com/?navigation=projects&id=77&refreshed

http://www.yamasakiinc.com/project_photos/77_2.jpg

Confined

April 20th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Hi, can some one inform me that the proposed Dubailand is still going to be built? Me thinks it needs to , to get the punters to Dubai,,,cheers

BinDubai

April 21st, 2009, 03:44 AM

these proposals are not bad ^^

234sale

April 22nd, 2009, 03:14 PM

http://i42.tinypic.com/21kdr15.jpg

Water Front plot number on the model.

High Times

April 22nd, 2009, 03:40 PM

^^
Dubai or AD ?

williamX

April 23rd, 2009, 01:14 AM

^^
Dubai or AD ?

Dubai :banana:

Imre

April 23rd, 2009, 06:12 PM

http://i40.tinypic.com/2e4f86d.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/rqzm7q.jpg

Imre

April 23rd, 2009, 06:37 PM

http://i44.tinypic.com/210yusz.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/2dif5ow.jpg

AltinD

April 23rd, 2009, 10:10 PM

^^ LOL, for how many years we've been seeing this last one. :lol:

barrak

April 24th, 2009, 12:41 AM

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As urban areas become more congested and dense, it becomes more challenging for city dwellers to spend time outdoors, exercise and relax. Buildings tower over public parks, blocking out the sun, while city streets are polluted with particulate matter and exhaust from vehicles. To cope with the growing need for green urban space, San Francisco-based designer Joanna Borek-Clement has envisioned these eye-popping Sky-Terra skyscrapers - not just a single building, but a network of interconnected towers that are inspired by the shape of neuron cells. This skyscraper superstructure provides a new city layer - one covered in public parks, amphitheaters, fields, and public pools and bathhouses.

One of many incredible entries in the 2009 eVolo Skyscraper competition, Borek’s Sky-Terra skyscrapers were designed with Tokyo in mind. (are they kidding??? THIS BELONGS IN DUBAI) We need to convince Emaar or one of the other large developers that this is a project that needs to be built in Dubai and NO WHERE else!!!!

Sky-Terra towers consist of a narrow base with a deep and strong foundation. The towers rise up to 1,600 ft and expand out until they reach the flat top plaza
layer. Bridging over existing buildings, the Sky-Terra forms a new layer for the city high above the congestion and pollution. These plazas have many options and configurations, from public parks, greenbelts, playing fields, jogging paths, amphitheaters, pools, bath houses - all with the aim of providing people with access to open space.

Borek, who also works for SF-based DGA, designed many sustainable elements into Sky-Terra. The transportation system consists of interconnected foot paths, as well as 4 foot wide streets designated for bikes or small electric cars. Anything that is not a pathway or road is meant to be green space which will assist in reducing urban heat island effect. Rainwater collection will provide water for landscaping needs, and the towers’ building materials consist of modular parts that would be mass-produced to conserve resources and energy.

Is there anything in these paragraphs that do not scream Dubai?? Of course not! Dubai is one of the most forward thinking cities in the world.

Of course this is all only my humble opinion.

AltinD

April 24th, 2009, 12:17 PM

uber crap

bizzybonita

April 25th, 2009, 02:43 AM

All this modern places without 99years visa is piece of unknown UWFO ...:runaway:

Julito-dubai

April 29th, 2009, 12:03 AM

http://www.3dsolutions.biz/portfolio/Monarch.html

monarch mahdinat al arab

Julito-dubai

April 29th, 2009, 12:25 AM

http://www.rtdubai.com/details.php?id=32&cat=2&

schumacher tower, abu dhabi

Parisian Girl

May 2nd, 2009, 12:47 AM

http://i39.tinypic.com/bitgsk.jpg

Abu Dhabi funfair plan in pipeline http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-5021-abu_dhabi_funfair_plan_in_pipeline/

Tom_Green

May 4th, 2009, 06:42 AM

Has any big project or tall skyscraper started with contruction within the last 6 months?

Cyrus55

May 4th, 2009, 07:33 AM

Gulf news pool!
Will the new UAE multi-entry visa encourage you to invest in property?

Yes

9.258%

No

52.75%

I already have

3.798%

I cannot afford it

34.18%

malec

May 5th, 2009, 07:39 PM

Has any big project or tall skyscraper started with contruction within the last 6 months?

How big is big?

I think the pentominium had good progress up until now.

TimH

May 6th, 2009, 01:05 PM

Can anyone tell me what's being built next to Jebel Ali racecourse. It's the area boxed in by Emirates Hills, The Greens and Al Barsha 3.

Just wondering why they really annoyingly shifted the road and why they've been shuffling piles of sand for months with very little result...

Is there a thread/forum/website which talks about smaller developments in Dubai such as roads/bridges/parks etc. Appreciate this site is for skyscrapers.

AltinD

May 6th, 2009, 05:32 PM

^^ Check the INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1858) section.

Tom_Green

May 7th, 2009, 06:42 PM

How big is big?

I think the pentominium had good progress up until now.

100m or more

bizzybonita

May 8th, 2009, 05:38 PM

You can check Al Salam city at Umm Q has the best effort only in excavation of site work taken 5 years of hard work . what a progress :(

Naz UK

May 8th, 2009, 07:54 PM

Al Salam City was shelved almost 2 years ago.

malec

May 8th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Other towers which have recently started:

Botanica Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=543434&page=30)
Eden Blue Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=545636&page=27)
Duja Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=427146&page=3)
The Private Office (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=531596&page=2)
Also a few towers here and there in jumeirah village have started. There are more I'm sure, I just gave some examples.

I think more importantly is not how much stuff started, but the good progress on some of the other big projects such as HHHR tower, the tallest block, etc.

Julito-dubai

May 10th, 2009, 02:21 PM

http://ashaigroup.com/ashaiwebsite/

under master planning. some interesting islands....

Julito-dubai

May 10th, 2009, 02:40 PM

http://www.archicentral.com/the-world-dubai-uae-mad-11055/

Dubai_Steve

May 10th, 2009, 03:36 PM

Dubai Property Ring's director, Tav Singh has said the company is planning to start construction on its Dhs700m 360-degrees revolving tower in a matter of weeks, the National has reported. The tower, called 55 Time Dubai, will be located in the City of Arabia development in Dubailand, will be the first of 24 rotating buildings in each of the world's time zones. Singh said the project was able to move forward because it was partially financed by a group of investors and the company itself, and that the company has enough funding to keep the project going for more than six months

Naz UK

May 10th, 2009, 07:16 PM

Enough funding for 6 months? That's great. 1/3 of the piling is definitely sorted then!

docc

May 11th, 2009, 06:57 AM

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/6326/visiondivision-al-hakawati-the-storyteller-dubai.html

You have got to be kidding me!!!! :nuts:

Julito-dubai

May 11th, 2009, 12:23 PM

http://www.thyssenkrupp-elevator-architecture.com/pdf/mirage1.pdf

best proposal, i think...

germantower

May 11th, 2009, 12:49 PM

is there a site where one can see every proposal for the za beel park monument?

AltinD

May 11th, 2009, 06:15 PM

How about a clear presentation of the CRAPPY "winning" proposal?

Julito-dubai

May 12th, 2009, 07:47 AM

it is actually the worst of them all!

Julito-dubai

May 16th, 2009, 08:38 PM

http://blueverticalstudio.com/go/?p=24005
????

Julito-dubai

May 16th, 2009, 10:34 PM

http://www.claudiocatalano.com/architettura1.html

Dubai_Steve

May 19th, 2009, 06:37 PM

DUBAI - With its indoor ski slope and islands shaped like palms and planets, the UAE has no shortage of man-made marvels. How to top them, in a nation addicted to superlatives?

Jean Marie Goeders thinks he has an answer. If the Belgian tourism promoter gets his way, local thrill-seekers may soon be able to experience an earthquake, watch a Roman-style chariot race, visit an iceberg with live polar bears, flee a giant octopus, and dance till dawn in a strobe-lit cave.

Goeders is offering this real and imaginary action in a single place — “Jungle City” — his concept for an integrated entertainment and fantasy resort that he wants to build in the UAE. The complex would include hotels, private villas and a marina, all powered largely by solar energy and ensconced within fortress-like walls and towers.

Jungle City’s scale would be as impressive as its complexity. The first phase of the project would measure one kilometre across and house 11,000 residents. In its final form — with golf courses, shopping centres, a Tuareg village with Berber tents and hanging gardens a la ancient Babylon — the resort would span almost eight kilometres of waterfront.

“The project will be a destination in itself,” Goeders said on a recent visit to Dubai. “You could build it in the middle of the desert, and people would come.”

Jungle City could attract 2.4 million visitors each year, he said, speaking in French through an interpreter. “And that’s a low estimate.”

Goeders proposes building his attractions somewhere along the coast between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He has yet to pitch his idea to senior officials in Dubai, but he and his intermediaries began five months ago to make rounds “at the highest level” in the nation’s capital. Goeders declined to identify any of these senior officials. “They told me not to say.”

He estimates the project’s construction costs at €2.2 billion.

Richard Attias, an events promoter who is advising Goeders in the UAE, believes that Jungle City would be a “great, great asset” to this region. “It is not a theme park, it’s not a real estate project, it’s definitely not a convention centre…. It’s a fabulous live experience, and today everybody is looking for new experience,” Attias said.

Goeders, 62 years old, is an architect by training but calls himself a “creator.” Jungle City is a culmination of ideas he says he developed over decades helping to attract tourists to Tenerife, one of Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. He splits his time now between Tenerife and Paris and calls both places home. Indeed, his matching gray suit and shirt, tortoise shell eyewear and shoulder-length silver hair peg him as a sleek Euro-sophisticate.

But Goeders speaks with knowledge and passion about technical minutiae, from his planned resort’s climate-control system to the cost of renting live Komodo dragons. He said he sold horses to help support himself during the four years he spent perfecting his plans.

He envisions Jungle City’s guests enjoying the world’s longest flume ride, sailing on a simulated sea of lava, and gawking at white tigers and other rare wildlife. Environmentally kind electric buggies would whisk them around the city. For visitors from Europe, Goeders figures that a six-day stay, including attractions and round-trip airfare from Paris, would cost about €1,610.

He counters sceptics with a 150-page business plan approved, he claims, by financial services firm Deloitte Touche, together with a sheaf of testimonials to his tourism accomplishments in Tenerife.

Still, Goeders is hedging his bets in case the UAE balks at his proposal. He is also exploring other possible sites for Jungle City in Morocco, Oman, Bahrain, Mexico and the Far East.

“There are some very good discussions with China,” said Attias, who noted that Chinese consumers, like many in the Gulf, continue to splash out for entertainment in spite of the current economic downturn.

Attias acknowledged that the timing could be better for such a visionary project. “Everyone is reluctant to make an investment” during this crisis, he said. Still, Attias sees an opportunity amid the financial gloom —cheaper construction costs for Jungle City, wherever it might find a home.

Goeders goes further, adding a Keynesian economist’s logic to his creator’s dream. “I’m hoping that work will begin this year, somewhere. The reason to do this project is to start up the economy. The project is to be built in a time of crisis. It’s a town for all ages, and it’s going to attract people and put the activity back in tourism,” he said.

His long-term vision for Jungle City is just as clear.

“This is the future of tourism.”

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/business/2009/May/business_May748.xml&section=business

AltinD

May 19th, 2009, 06:40 PM

Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names

High Times

May 19th, 2009, 08:41 PM

^^

:applause:

Axl & Slash

Imre

May 20th, 2009, 03:56 PM

Royal Mirage (Palm Jumeirah)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=36968100#post36968100

found a new plot at the crescent west, GEM School,board already there

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=36968504#post36968504

http://www.gemseducation.com/server.php?show=nav.00100200b006

AltinD

May 20th, 2009, 04:02 PM

There's a G+14 floors tower under construction behind MoE. Is half way up already.

Julito-dubai

May 20th, 2009, 11:58 PM

project called "5 Pillars of Bawadi"

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9982/l1020075.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l1020075.jpg)

cityscape abu dhabi

Julito-dubai

May 21st, 2009, 12:05 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN9tIgLw_ag

more bawadi

Julito-dubai

May 21st, 2009, 12:08 AM

...and even more bawadi....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM2VE0UclRs&feature=related

Naz UK

May 23rd, 2009, 03:00 AM

Does bawadi mean "nevergonafuckinghappeninamillionyears" in Arabic, anyone?

Dubai_Steve

May 23rd, 2009, 05:13 AM

A Dubai developer says it plans to build Mideast outposts of two Las Vegas icons, the Bellagio and MGM Grand, even as the hotels' parent MGM Mirage struggles under a crippling debt load.

Pearl Dubai said in a joint statement with MGM Mirage on Tuesday that it will develop the properties and a 30-suite Skylofts hotel at the Dubai Pearl, a development near the base of the manmade Palm Jumeirah island.

Pearl Dubai says it will pay for and own the three hotels, which will be managed by a division of MGM Mirage.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Dubai hotels will differ from their Vegas counterparts in one respect though: gambling is banned in the Islamic city-state.

Dubaiiscool:)

May 24th, 2009, 01:49 AM

UAE. David Fisher will forge ahead with plans to build the world’s first rotating tower in Dubai, the renowned architect has confirmed in an interview for Commercial Interior Design.

The as-yet undisclosed site of the project has been decided upon, groundbreaking is imminent and apartments are scheduled to go on sale within a matter of weeks, he explained.

“We have the land, we have a great location and there will be an official announcement and groundbreaking very soon. In a short while, we will start selling. Prices will be announced soon but from what I have read we are looking at a small apartment for US$3 million and a large one for up to US$30 million,” Fisher stated.

While acknowledging that the timing might not be ideal, Fisher remained positive about the prospects for his unique architectural proposition. “The situation in Dubai is more than bad today, but for me it is a challenge within a challenge,” he said. “It sounds crazy to speak of a new building, especially a luxurious new building like this, but we do intend to start very soon.

“Dubai is facing the same situation as many other places, and somewhere like Miami, for example, has been suffering for three years, not three months. There is big interest because the building is unique. So, as a recent Dubai publication said recently, ‘David Fisher might yet have the last laugh’,” he said.

While the 80-storey rotating tower has attracted attention because of its shifting shape, there is more to it than that, Fisher maintained. In Sao Paolo speaking at the 7th International Forum of Architecture and Construction, which ran alongside Revestir, the Brazilian Coverings Exhibition, between 24 and 27 March, Fisher outlined his six commandments of architecture and highlighted how the rotating tower was a logical incarnation of these basic principles.

“Architecture is art and it is sculpture, but it is also something else. It has to make sense, firstly, from an economic point of view. The second thing is functionality; a building is not a shell. The third aspect is engineering and fourthly, a building needs to be green; we all know why. The fifth is maintenance and the last, and least important, commandment of architecture is the shape of a building. Of course, beauty is important but it is still the final commandment. After all, correct is beautiful, but beauty is not always correct.”

As such, Fisher’s rotating towers will also be the first to be prefabricated in a factory and assembled onsite, and will also be entirely self-powered. “As an architect, I am sometimes embarrassed to be part of a sector that is so primitive,” Fisher commented, pointing to a picture of the pyramids of Giza. “Not much has actually changed in the last 4,000 years.

Everything else is created in factories but buildings are still created onsite,” he said.

Floors of the building will be shipped to the site to be mechanically attached to a central core. “There is nothing we do onsite besides mechanical fixing. This means there will be 90 people onsite instead of 2,000. It is a safer, more ecologically friendly site with no more unnecessary waste and dust. They are also completely self-powered as there are wind turbines between every floor. These are the quick, clean, logical buildings of the future.”

Fisher has drawn on technologies used in sources as advanced as the London Eye and the new Boeing 787 for his creation. “There are so many incredible technologies around but almost none of these are used in construction. This building will be much more than just the first to rotate. It will be the first to be self powered, the first to be prefabricated and a symbol that anything is possible in life,” he maintained.

“These are the first building to be built around four dimensions; the fourth dimension is time. Designed by life, shaped by time. To allow everybody to shape buildings and cities is the ultimate expression of freedom,” he elaborated.

And in the next breath: “I like to keep things simple.”

Link:

http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=36744&t=1&c=129&cg=4&mset=1011

AltinD

May 24th, 2009, 03:21 PM

Ground braking have been "eminent and in a matter of weeks" for many months already. :nuts:

MANUTD

May 24th, 2009, 11:27 PM

Does bawadi mean "nevergonafuckinghappeninamillionyears" in Arabic, anyone?

:lol::lol: just thought this myself after watching you tube flick :cheers:

bizzybonita

May 25th, 2009, 12:37 AM

More than 200 project constructions on-the-go in UAE

The UAE construction industry, with more than 200 projects on track, due for completion towards first half of this year, totals to more than that for the whole of last year. A total of only 184 projects have been completed last year.

About 135 projects have been completed during the first quarter of 2009, with about another 70 to be completed during the second quarter, said industry analyst, Proleads.

According to Proleads, only 2.4 percent of the 1289 UAE construction projects, worth $1.28 trillion, which were in progress during the beginning of the year, have been cancelled. This implies that around 30 projects have been cancelled.

Prior to global financial crisis, both investors and speculators wanted to be a part of the Dubai property boom, and were looking for investments. But now, investors are seeking only those projects that have been completed, and have facilities.

EFG-Hermes, in its recent property report, however, said that project cancellations and delays are necessary for the market.

The Dubai Land Department is current reviewing several projects in Dubai and about 500 developers will determine the projects that will go ahead. The Chief of Dubai's RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority), said that a special committee was considering 27 projects that may be cancelled.

barrak

June 6th, 2009, 03:17 AM

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5527/blossomingdubaidubaiuni.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blossomingdubaidubaiuni.jpg)
Blossing Tower (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

This would be a much better statement than the over sized window frame they want to put in Zabeel Park.

barrak

June 6th, 2009, 03:22 AM

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7383/alrostaminiheadquarters.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alrostaminiheadquarters.jpg)
Al Rostamini HQ's (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4917/99379425407016airostama.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=99379425407016airostama.jpg)
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barrak

June 6th, 2009, 03:24 AM

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3169/meydantowerdubaiuniteda.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meydantowerdubaiuniteda.jpg)
Meydan Tower (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

barrak

June 6th, 2009, 03:26 AM

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9004/unitedrealestatecompany.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unitedrealestatecompany.jpg)
United Real Estate Company (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9004/unitedrealestatecompany.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unitedrealestatecompany.jpg)
United Real Estate Company (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52)

barrak

June 6th, 2009, 03:32 AM

It's a crying shame this building is scheduled for Kuwait. It would look much nicer in BB or better yet in the Marina.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9736/sabahalahmadinternation.jpg (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sabahalahmadinternation.jpg)
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[URL=http://profile.imageshack.us/user/eriond52]

Bav

June 15th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Pyamod - German Design Tower 1

Bav

June 15th, 2009, 03:25 PM

anyone heared someting about a company called "pyamod"? As far as I know they have bought Egypt on the World and will call it "Pyamod Paradise". Found a reference to this at the property show at the hyatt this week.

Here is the website:

www.pyamod.ae

Pyamod - German Design Tower 1

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This information i would like to share with investors who bought units in this tower. So they would try to make fools out of you too.

We have bought from this called German Company units in Feb 08.
we are trying to cancel our units with this Company since they have not started the construction yet.

So after contacting them and being promised by their Legal Manager "A" to refund back our money if we should deduct 35% from our monies paid which we sent a letter confirming so as he requested, we get an answer back after being played with for a WHOLE MONTH quoting " we would like to inform you that at the present the Company is not entertaining any cancellations nor refund requests", to us that was funny since they played us for a whole month saying that you will get refunded back. plus also they recently opened the escrow account for that project knowing that we have been paying since feb 2008, so they took our money made profit out of it since it was not in the escrow account AND STILL HAVE NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION.

they even did not get final apporvals for the designs or anything so they have sold us these units when they weren't even allowed to sell it yet.

In addition, according to their reply which is hesterical to us quoting

" we further advice you that cancellation of the units does not only affect your interests in the project but also the interests of other investors/end users in the said project. Hence, incase you wish to continue with us, you are "most welcomed" "

this is very funny, first of all how do they know our interest is what, second of all you are "most welcomed" they should act that way if they haven't lied to us from the beginning promising us we will get refunded then delaying us for a whole month putting us on hold for nothing, also what was so funny that we called up their Legal Manager after we recieved this funny letter, asking what's going on why did we get this letter his reply which is unbelievable was " it is our policy not refund back monies" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, we were like WHAT then you were just fooling us for a whole month, what you didn't know about your policy when we first asked for the refund and told us to send the letter saying that we accept to deduct 35% from OUR MONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally they haven't issued yet the SPA till date to us.

This is unacceptable, and they say that they are a german company, well we will see about that, first they have not started construction second no approvals have been granted, third they took our money and god knows if they deposited in the escrow account or not. We are taking actions against them. we are going after them even in Germany for lying and trying to make fool out of us by delaying and put us on hold for a whole month for nothing.

If anyone has updates related to that project pls share, and if anyone would like to join us in our legal actions whether the one here or in Germany (we already have lawyers in Germany) against this company please send us a private message or reply back to the thread made Pyamod- german designs tower 1