http://www.enllave.es/actualidad/noticias/img/acerodubai.jpg

This project is approved according to the studio website. You can find some conceptual images there (flash): http://www.a-cero.com/

I've tryed to find some info in English, didn't get to. Some annoucements in Spanish (the architects are from Spain):

http://www.soloarquitectura.com/noticias/noticia2007092802.html
http://www.enllave.es/actualidad/noticias/?p=1590
http://www.construnario.com/notiweb/noticia_externa.asp?id=488515

The tower will be located at Madinat Al Arab.

Thanks, legumbre.

Another supertall, this is getting ridculous! :P

That render looks nice. I'd like to see more detail.

OMG! What a wonderfull tower!!...!!!

Go to http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr to translate the sites. I wanted do do it, but I can't get a link...!

Interesting but if it is in Madinat Al Arab (Dubai Waterfront) then we have to wait for a while till we can get more info, let alone construction progress.

Looks like it's purely conceptual at this stage. Might be better to close this thread and wait (especially for dubai projects) until they get confirmed that they're real.

New renders (thanks, gothicform). Skyscrapernews will publish an article about this project soon.


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/549/22385659kh4.jpg

Whoa, that's awesome.

:nuts: crazy tower

realy awesome :cheers:

yeah i have loads of renderings, the release from the architect and so on here. it WILL be 370m and 92 floors. ill do something on it when i can be bothered

first supertall for the Waterfront Area :)

beautiful!

Great design. I was becoming a bit worried about Dubai, afterall it has already been a couple of weeks since they released their last supertall.... :)

Cool.

incredible tower!!

http://img155.imagevenue.com/loc722/th_69376_1590_3_1000_A-Cero_Wave_3_122_722lo.jpg (http://img155.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69376_1590_3_1000_A-Cero_Wave_3_122_722lo.jpg)

Looks really amazing...:banana:

great design

Will this boom ever end?????

^^

Never.

Another great and very advanced design and only in Dubai! :cheers:

For us yeah, for Dubai, the oil will end someday, but the boom....????

amazing design..:eek2::eek2:

Will this boom ever end?????

Not for a long time:):cheers:

Beautiful glass design. I love it.

First Super Tall On Dubais Waterfront
Published on 2007-11-15 by Skyscrapernews.com http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1209
Fresh from winning a major design competition in Dubai, Spanish architects A-cero are back again with a simple yet elegant proposal for Dubai's Waterfront.

Sited at the Madinat Al Arab district which is currently under development and is expected to become Dubai's new Central Business District and stylish downtown, the tower named rather aptly the Wave Tower will be a mixed use development offering the all important retail space along with premium office space as well as top end, luxury residences - the sort with a pantry to put the butler in.

When built the tower will stand at a heady 370 metres or 92 floors, making it the highest tower designed by a Spanish architecture firm, something that will further enhance A-cero's position in the Hispanic architectural hierarchy.

Appearing as a very stylized stem, light torsion gives the impression of elegant movement that characterizes the project, the base of the tower extends outwards from the tower forming a pointed arch with smooth curves which will mirror the undulating shape of the Gulf Sea's waves but could just as easily evoke the rolling dunes of the nearby desert.

Minus a spire or a crown the top of the tower has a blade like appearance, giving the tower a sleek and slim appearance that is further exaggerated by the height. The structure will have V shaped unions between the different parts and all installations and elevators will be situated in the towers central core.

The tower also features a double skinned façade made up of silk screened glass to aid solar control and interior gardens in all common areas throughout the tower which will not only improve air quality but also work as natural temperature regulators.

The usual amenities found in today's up and coming skyscraper will more than likely be present, allowing residents and patrons to kick back and relax in the Dubai sun or make sandcastles on the nearby beach.

This height makes it the first super-tall tower to have been publicly revealed for Dubai's Waterfront Area however the area is still being heavily planned meaning there could be a while before the project progresses further and we see the crest of this particular wave.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1209FirstSuperTallOnDubaisWaterfront_pic4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1209FirstSuperTallOnDubaisWaterfront_pic5.jpg

Great design. I was becoming a bit worried about Dubai, afterall it has already been a couple of weeks since they released their last supertall.... :)

ROFL!!!!!

IMO when Dubai built the a big part of its current projects it will look so unreal in this world. It will be like a 2. planet on our planet. If you know what I mean? Its everything so alienish.

Will this boom ever end?????


It usually ends with a bust, or simply demand for new developments levels out.

Is this one really approved???

Nothing in the UAE section!!?? :hm:

whoa!. what a hell of a design. NICE!

Yes, I don't see how this is approved either.

awesome design... hope it gets approved!

WOW! Fantastic elegant design!

I'm really impressed upon the design of this one. It just seems so elegant and beautiful. Looks like it will have some sort of foliage inside of the building.

http://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g12672.html

Wave Tower
ArabianBusiness.com, 20 November 2007

"Madrid-based A-cero Architects (http://www.a-cero.com)wanted to design a building that was both natural and elegant. Architects Joaquin Torres and Rafael Llamazares pictured a building that moved and flowed dynamically; something that balanced on a stem, poised to bloom, "like a flower". Its client, on the other hand, sought an energy-efficient iconic structure that would hold its own amidst New Dubai's rapid development. In the 370m, 92-storey, US$ 170 million (UAE 625 million), mixed-use Wave Tower, it would seem both have achieved their goal (...)"

Read the whole article:
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/504453-wave-tower

More info:
http://www.a-cero.com

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/327/middleeastarchitectey1.jpg
Middle East Architect magazine
(It's the same publication as the one posted above)

I know why the call it the wave tower...

Yet antother mention of this project on the design website MNP:
http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/

Wonderful seaside tower. Burj Al Arab might get a new friend at the seaside altough some distance from it of course. Where in Dubai is this proposed to be built?

EndlessWalt:

Foliage in buildings have becae quite a popular design trait.

i believe it is proposed for the Madinat Al Arab.

^^ Don't think so. That's what we originally thought but they say location is undecided and it'll probably be near burj al arab. Personally I'm hoping it'll be built in place of that donut thing at the mouth of the marina.

You might like to see a built project from the same studio. The scale is very different, because this is just a single family house, but it's still a great design IMHO.

http://modresdes.blogspot.com/2007/11/cero-santander-house.html

http://bp0.blogger.com/_j4cWR_LUB1I/R1CEA6dTmmI/AAAAAAAAAyg/yk_ySJ61zCs/s400/8865.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_j4cWR_LUB1I/R1CDfadTmaI/AAAAAAAAAxA/2cxwZyObnzY/s400/8903.jpg

best tower ive seen so far in dubai...
hope it wont get a shitty clading like bd .. :ohno:

This looks great. Are there a lot of tall towers like this planned for the waterfront area?:)

best tower ive seen so far in dubai...
hope it wont get a shitty clading like bd .. :ohno:

I'm sure it will be quite different

best tower ive seen so far in dubai...
hope it wont get a shitty clading like bd .. :ohno:

are u crazy the bd has great facade

Looks very interesting.. I like it

The Wave Tower (http://www.a-cero.com)has appeared in a recent issue of the spanish architecture magazine Arquitectura Viva (http://www.arquitecturaviva.com/):

http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/PUSHd4a2d8f808a3.jpg

http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/PUSHf6c49e70e119.jpg

More projects by A-cero at www.a-cero.com

here comes the Waterfront towers!

LOVE IT! one of the few dubai towers i like

This might be a good sign for everyone waiting for news on the waterfront projects:

Nakheel awards first building contract for residences at Waterfront
http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/news/3399/detail.asp

New pictures from the model:

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/893/mg5141yr7.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9996/mg5143ob1.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6961/mg5145kd6.jpg

Source: http://www.a-cero.com

http://*************************/dubai/jpgs/wave_tower_dubai_acero_141107_1.jpg

Location: Dubai
By: A-CERO Architects
Height: 92 floors, 370 meters
Materials: Double skin façade made of silk screened glass for solar control.
Uses: Mixed use (commercial, offices and high end residential).
Project status: Proposed

The tower stands like a stylized stem with a light torsion, creating the elegant movement that characterizes the project. The base has the form of a pointed arch with smooth bends, imitating the shape of the waves in the Gulf Sea. The structure is solved with “V” form unions between the different parts in the plan view. The installations and elevators are located in the central core. Interior gardens are present in all the common zones, improving the air quality and working as natural temperature regulators.

http://*************************/dubai/jpgs/wave_tower_dubai_acero_141107_3.jpg

The project is located in the Madinat Al Arab District, a zone under development that is expected to become the new downtown and central business district of Dubai. When built, the Wave Tower will become the highest tower designed by Spanish architects.

just perfect!

The project is located in the Madinat Al Arab District, a zone under development that is expected to become the new downtown and central business district of Dubai. When built, the Wave Tower will become the highest tower designed by Spanish architects.

Hmm...I think they forgot a tiny little tower called Chicago Spire designed by an obscure Spaniard named Calatrava. :lol:

Hmm...I think they forgot a tiny little tower called Chicago Spire designed by an obscure Spaniard named Calatrava. :lol:

You're absolutely right!
Since Calatrava's firm is based in Zurich, maybe this should read "spanish architects BASED in Spain".
:tiasd:

beautiful tower!

Great design. I was becoming a bit worried about Dubai, afterall it has already been a couple of weeks since they released their last supertall.... :)
what supertall was that?

and why does it looks only like 60 something storey?>

Is funny how the Dubai forumers largely ignore this thread and never really cared about this tower in their own section. :D

^^yes, you're right, it's because it's so far far away and just proposed!!!!!

amazing tower!...

^^yes, you're right, it's because it's so far far away and just proposed!!!!!

There is some truth to that, there is already enough to keep up with in Dubai, without having to follow how all the proposals are progressing on the drawing baord :P.


Nice single family house by the same architechts on the previous page, by the way.

http://a-cero.com/imagen/imagenes/web/12707.jpg

Here's a recent article on a spanish newspaper, talking a bout a different A-cero (http://www.a-cero.com) project also located in Dubai, unfortunately, the article is only in spanish:

http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/magazine/2007/429/1197747513.html

Someone started an article on this on Wikipedia, I did a couple of small edits to it, but I'm no Wikipedia expert.

To all the enciclopaedia writers around, go for it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_Tower

The Wave Tower has been selected by Skyscrapernews as one of the 2007 greatest hits.

Personally, I would sign his list, maybe adding a couple a things, and substrating the Dubai Towers, which I find specially awful.

What would be on your list?

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1299

stunning project!

i doubt the location showed in that map is feasible: the original proposal for the Burj was in this area and that was slated being too close to the airport. Perhaps being in the immediate turn out path for landing and taking off aircraft, i doubt it'll end up being located here.

Nevertheless, absolutely stunning design: seems to have a Burj Dubai and Burj al Arab influence.

i doubt the location showed in that map is feasible: the original proposal for the Burj was in this area and that was slated being too close to the airport. Perhaps being in the immediate turn out path for landing and taking off aircraft, i doubt it'll end up being located here.



Um...Al Burj is almost 3 times as tall as this. That makes a HUGE difference.

i doubt the location showed in that map is feasible: the original proposal for the Burj was in this area and that was slated being too close to the airport. Perhaps being in the immediate turn out path for landing and taking off aircraft, i doubt it'll end up being located here.

Unfortunately the article is only in spanish, the interview is a about a different project, so you're right about the location.
If you follow the link under the scanned you'll see pictures of the correspondent building.

A-cero (http://www.a-cero.com), the architecture firm that designed the tower, has started an RSS news service:
http://a-cero.com/web/noticiasrss.jsp?idioma=3

i dont know if this was posted before


Designed for the waterfront in downtown Dubai, this “Wave Tower” will be located right on the water. A large undulating plane creates a bridge to the base of the tower, then folds upwards to create one of the twisting silk-screened glass sides of the structure. The “seascraper” is designed to be a green building. Interior gardens or “sky gardens” will be located in common zones, improving the air quality and working as natural temperature regulators. The silk-screened glass skin will assist with controlling the heat from the sun.

The tower will contain a water purification plant. It will desalinate and purify the surrounding sea water and then be filtered and allocated for drinking water, landscape maintenance and sewage. The building is also said to boast “state of the art sustainable technologies” to minimize energy consumption and maximize water efficiency.

The tower have 92 floors and be 370 meters when complete. It will be a mixed-use building: it will contain offices, commercial malls and high-end residences. The Wave Tower was designed by the Spanish architectural group A-cero.


http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/wave_plan.jpg

Another building by A-cero (http://www.A-cero.com) in Madrid, to have a taste of what the Wave Tower can become when built:

http://bp1.blogger.com/_ls3YKBBrqDw/R2eTdRd_xdI/AAAAAAAAASw/dzR9Wb1_FyY/s1600/9377.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_ls3YKBBrqDw/R2eTSxd_xbI/AAAAAAAAASg/2_yRvR8_81Q/s1600/9368.jpg

source: construmatica.com (http://www.construmatica.com/construblog/2007/12/18/gibo/)

very nice tower and hows it all coming along still on proposal stage?

Womderful design.I wonder how the interior will look with that strange floorplate.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8762/libro000px6.jpghttp://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3085/libro003ut2.jpg
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4311/libro012vf6.jpghttp://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8234/libro017cz6.jpg

From Archinect (http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=72137_0_24_0_C):

A-cero Works 1996-2006

Joaquin Torres, head architect of A-cero (http://www.a-cero.com), an architecture, interior and urban design practice based in Spain, presents a book showcasing the best works made by the firm in its first ten years...

The material featured in this publication includes early projects such as the geometrically pure houses that gave the firm its name in Spain, a cubic marble mausoleum or a concrete building for the university of A Coruña, the first competition won by the then young firm created by a group of students, eager to carry out their vision of architecture. An idea where the bounds between architecture and sculpture are blurred, creating buildings at once functional and expressive.

These ideals and engagement of the early days is still present in a firm that has gone through a great growth, working on projects all around the globe, in places like Santo Domingo or Dubai, where they have recently opened an office.

The hardcover book presents architecture, interior, industrial and furniture design projects made between 1996 and 2006 in nine chapters, widely illustrated with plans and photographs.

The book is already in display in selected bookstores in Spain is available through the firm's website (http://www.a-cero.com) and and will be soon on the principal online book shops.

wow... really beautiful design..

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/16/torredeviviendasendubaidm4.jpg

A new design from A-cero (http://www.a-cero.com) in the Dubai Waterfront (taken from Archinect):


The architecture studio A-cero, directed by Joaquin Torres, presents a new project for a residential tower in Dubai’s Madinat Al Arab district, a sector designated to become the new downtown and business district of this vibrant city. The new 20 floor tower is located on the coastline, in a zone called Dubai Waterfront, in front of the bigger of the famous artificial islands known as The Palms, that have been created on the emirates’ coast...

The building is made of concrete, glass and steel, and have the broken aspect of surrounding desert’s crystals, like the one known as the desert rose; a sculptural idea taken as starting point for the design, something common to all the firm’s works.

The project’s program includes two underground parking floors, a commercial centre occupying the atrium and 18 floors reserved to residential use: 10 duplex, two of them with a surface of 500 m2, and 96 apartments with distributions of one, two and three bedrooms. All the apartments have terraces with spectacular views over the coast and share common zones with gym, solarium, swimming pool and leisure areas.

and what has this small highrise to do with The Wave Tower??

looks very nice :)

and what has this small highrise to do with The Wave Tower??

It's a new project by the same architects on a nearby location.

IMO, this is the best design for a highrise in Dubai so far.
I admire the engineering and technical features of de BD, and many 300 mts+ towers are sprouting like mushrooms in a rainforest, most taking little risks in their design.
This one, however is a very sexy proposal like none I've seen so far in Dubai, with the exception of the Al-Burj Hotel, maybe.
Another thing I think the architects achieve correctly is how the building meets the ground. In this case, the water. Most of the buildings in Dubai, with the exceptions of a few including the BD, have trouble designing the lower part of the buildings, focusing the design efforts on the crown. Ordinary people, passers-by and users that is, will meet with the bottom of the building all the time, and will only see the crown from afar. That is another fine thing I see about this one.
It seems to me like a piece of smooth cristal suddenly rose up from the bottom of the ocean, creating little waves around it.
I just hope it gets built.

It's a new project by the same architects on a nearby location.



that thread is only about the wave tower and no other project, doesn't matter if the same architekt or a nearby location ^^

I read once that a lot of these buildings in Dubai are being built only to last 20-30 years because of the cheaper materials they are using. Also, what is Dubai's economy dependent on? Tourism with a splash of international banking? I smell "one of the biggest mistakes the world has ever made" coming.

I read once that a lot of these buildings in Dubai are being built only to last 20-30 years because of the cheaper materials they are using. Also, what is Dubai's economy dependent on? Tourism with a splash of international banking? I smell "one of the biggest mistakes the world has ever made" coming.

There are a lot of unreliable sources on the internet, and whatever source that was where you read they are built to last 20 - 30 years was one of them.

Dubai's economy is centered primarily around trade, as it has been for ages. If you would like to read some things that aren't merely trash, read about the Jebel Ali Port.

What architect would design a building to only last 20 yrs. Clearly not true.

Not approved till now ...

:eek:

http://www.alineah.com/apartment/10081/detail.htm

I think it can be called "approved" from now on. Sale has started...!!!! ;)

^^According to that website 3 Bedroom Penthouse (2,677 sq.ft) costs 1,516,210 $. :2cents:

^^ Nothing special (not that I could afford or anything)

Very beautiful and with vertical features on facade...

one of my fav. ..... what happened ?

^^ Money problems :)

Most beautiful tower of Dubai :(

amazing project

I LOVE this tower :D What are the materials used?

I miss the days when super talls were rare....