EP 07 Tower
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Among the three EP projects, EP 07 will rise 125 floors and reflect Dubai's pearl trading and farming heritage. The mixed-use project will be approximately 600 metres high and will have a built-up area of 350,000 square metres.

"We have designed them to reflect on Dubai's rich heritage - developed especially for Dubai. It is covered by ribbons of steel that helps it to utilise the solar energy and make it sustainable," Smith said.

"The steel ribbon helps save energy. Besides, the buildings have been designed to withstand wind pressure and manage the pressure more efficiently. At peak, it will tilt less than 1.25 metres either way."


EP 09 Tower

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Three curved structures, each hosting two buildings, form EP 09. With a build-up area of 450,000 square metres, the six towers will be of 30-40 floors.

The three pairs will be a mixed-use community with one purely residential and the other two having commercial, retail, hospitality and entertainment facilities - all connected at the base, but separated above by a distance spanning 175 metres.

"These will be very energy-efficient intelligent and smart buildings. There will be open garden spaces with water, creating an oasis surrounding the six buildings," Gordon Gill said.

"These buildings will have landscaped roof, garden and podium.

"Besides, energy saved by one tower could be passed on to another. This way, these buildings complement the use of energy.

"This concept is unique and we are going to implement this in Dubai for the first time with the new Dubai-based master developer."


EP 15 Tower

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Within EP, the EP Site 15 Tower combines simple geometric principles with new and emerging technologies to create a modern, soaring "tower of light". Like a prism, the tower has a series of faceted surfaces that increase the light and air travelling through the building, which maximises energy generation in building systems.

"The EP 15 Tower filters wind and light and the prism shape helps the tower to withstand the pressures of high wind and minimises risks," Smith said. "The six holes on the building helps pass the wind through and costs 25 per cent less."

The tower will have a build-up area of 300,000 square metres and will rise to 101 floor. It will be a mixed-use project with a hotel, convention facilities and commercial and retail spaces.



EP 07 Tower - 125 floors

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EP 09 and EP 15 Towers

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EP 15 Tower - 101 floors

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Decided to split the threads.

I didn't know these were a part of JGC. Does it say anywhere that they are?

Also, EP 15 needs to be redesigned....looks too much like a p***s (put the asterisk's there myself), atleast from the back it does. Seriously, redesign required because if this goes through the critics and naysayers are going to have a field day with this.

Also, with these in JGC and Atrium city towers nearby and BD, BB and DIFC on the other side of the road, this will byfar me the most kickass downtown EVER!

:omg:
Pics of model from Cityscape 08 today.
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OMG!!!!! That is just crazy! Wish i could get into cityscape to see all this!

I think ep7 is now called "One Park Avenue"

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Park gate is quite interesting actually. Its basically 2 towers connected by a thin steel frame which i don't think has any functional value. However, in the models there was greenery hanging off it, so i'm assuming they intend on doing something similar on completion.

By the way, Meraas spend $ 4.5 Million to have that massive JG model made (Russian).

Gulf region will outperform everyone: consultants
Bradley Hope

Last Updated: October 07. 2008 1:43PM UAE / October 7. 2008 9:43AM GMT

DUBAI // More than half of Middle East investment funds and developers believe that the regional property market will outperform other regions in the world over the next several years, according to an international property consultancy.

Of those, the majority believe the UAE and Saudi Arabia are the strongest market within the region.

The investor sentiment survey involved 350 developers, sovereign wealth funds and high-net worth individuals, according to Jones Lang Lasalle, the consultancy.

“Maturing markets is the key theme here,” said Ian Ohan, head of investment transactions at the regional office of Jones Lang Lasalle. “Investors are looking for strong capital growth in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, reflecting their robust economic potential and more nascent stages in the real estate cycle,” he said.

“The issue of market transparency is high on the agenda of investors. This is being aggressively addressed through sustained government initiatives including the enacting of international best-practice legislation and the enforcement of strong corporate governance initiatives,” he added.

The report found that regional investors believed that global investors were “least positive” towards Western European property markets with only three per cent believing it would be the best performing region. The survey found that the majority of respondents also felt that the US and European markets would not witness a “major improvement” in the short term.

About 45 per cent of respondents said Middle East investors could benefit the most from the global financial crisis by buying assets in other countries. And despite overall good sentiment about local markets, about 20 per cent believed the world economic situation was having a “significant impact” on property markets in the Middle East.

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http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081007/BUSINESS/89000539/1001/OPINION

New supertall towers coming from Chicago architect
By Blair Kamin | Chicago Tribune critic
October 7, 2008
Against a backdrop of nose-diving world markets, it sounds like a comic book fantasy: Three closely bunched, mega-skyscrapers would shoot in the sky, connected by skybridges and grand arches. A tower of light would knife into the sky between the buildings. Canal boats would glide underneath.

Crazy? Perhaps. But this is Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, already home to artificial palm-shaped islands and the world's tallest structure. There, one developer Sunday made public plans for an even-taller, mixed-use skyscraper, one that that would rise to a height of roughly 3,281 feet—easily taller than two Sears Towers stacked on end.

On Monday, Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill announced that another Dubai-based concern, Meraas Development, has commissioned them to design the trio of towers, as well as three other projects, all worth a total of roughly $15 billion.

Smith's credits include the world-record, still-to-be-completed Burj Dubai, a mixed-use tower now nearing its final height of about 2,600 feet.



He shaped that skyscraper while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

In a telephone interview Monday from Dubai, Smith sounded optimistic that the projects would go ahead because of Dubai's sizzling economy and shortage of office space there. He acknowledged, however, that a global slowdown could stop them.

"There is a national drive here—and has been for five to six years—to make Dubai the first real major city of the 21st Century," Smith said. "Part of that plan is a belief that if you build it, they will come."

The four projects are:

•1 Dubai, which will consist of three interconnected towers, each taller than 2,000 feet, housing hotels, offices, shops and condominiums. The mega-structure would have more than 13 million square feet, making it one of the world's largest as well as tallest complexes. The developer still must acquire land, Smith said.

•1 Park Avenue, another mixed-use tower that would rise about 1,800 feet, its undulating form evoking Dubai's heritage of pearl trading. The project would contain more than 4 million square feet of offices, condominiums, apartments and hotel rooms. Excavation has begun, Smith said.

•Park Gate, which would consist of six midrise towers arranged in facing pairs, creating a shaded garden space comparable to Middle Eastern markets. The mixed-use project would allow energy from one building to be shared with another. Foundation work has begun, Smith said.

•Meraas Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper, about 1,800 feet tall, combining hotel space, offices and living units. The developers need to buy and clear the site, Smith said, and construction won't start for two years.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-dubai-1007oct07,0,5166021.story

I'll split this soon enough as well.

Amazing towers.Dont think models ever look as good as renders.

Believe me, the models are fantastic. They paid a russian design team $ 4.5M to build JGC.

Believe me, the models are fantastic. They paid a russian design team $ 4.5M to build JGC.

Jesus,I would have done it for way cheaper !

^^Than you have to change your forum name :D:D:D:lol::lol:

But 4,5 Million Dollar - Unbelievable !!!! :doh:
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Honestly, it was money well paid. You really have to see it in person to see the level of detail these guys went into. I'm not sure if i captured it on video, but in the actual canal's there were little sail boats "sailing" across it. Don't know how they managed to pull that off, but it was quite interesting.

Also, Meraas as a company seems to have their act together. They had a nice sophisticated system for investors to register and everyone was given a unit card which is what they would use every single time to get in touch with the respective agent (Colin for me and 234sale as we registered together).

Apparantly work started on One Park Avenue

The location is shown below so if anyone can check it out that'd be great!

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^^ That's the site I posted pictures of a couple of weeks ago.

Nope :)

What you posted is for Park Gate. The pictures you posted were of the large construction site behind the mosque. The One Park Avenue tower is in that brown area at the bottom, and in fact there's a piling rig there as well. :cheers:

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05/December/2008

Jumeirah Gardens

EP07 site

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EP09 site, what a huge hole there:)

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some pics of JG

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more on the flickr soon..

SOM got an office here in UAE? Anyone knows their contacts?

^^ No, they don't.

So what happened? Is this project dead, or there any chance it will be built?

Wait and drink tea...

Cityscape?? :hm:

lets hope they will restart here next year...

^^ Doubt it. They won't even be exhibiting this year at cityscape. I wonder, did they even pay the people who made the models, and also the architects?

If one year is gone, projects in Dubai should restart !

But didn't they do some piling on the site?