Initially the tower was shaped like a Golden Tulip opening, however in April of 2006 its design was completely changed into a split linked tower with an innovative open core design. this tower will be 48 storeys high with mixed-use condo-hotel and resisdence with a 300 room five star hotel and 360 resiential apartments. residence and guests will have complete access to private beaches, yacht club with tennis courts, gym, fitness centre, stylized pools and exclusive gardens. it is a 2.2 Billion AED (US$ 600 million) development.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Golden Mile
This exclusive residential and retail boulevard will run along the trunk of the Palm Jumeirah. with over 200 of the world's most high up stores and restuarants The Golden Mile will be a unique shopping experience. it will consist of 10 waterfront buildings with approximately 780 apartments. The completed date is still unknown, however this joint venture between Al Nakheel and IFA Hotels and Resorts will be the next hot spot.
Jumeirah Village
This freehold residential development will consist of 6,000 villas and townhouses located along Emirates Road. These Arabian and Mediterranean architectural styles will have distinct red roof tiles, arches, carved doors, ornamental spiral columns, patterened tile floors and wall surfaces. this luxurious development is divided into themed areas:
Gateway Village - centrepiece of the development and will offer retail and leisure facilities
Canal Village - waterfront developments with amazing water views
Paradise Village - open green spaces to provide the luxury of strolls, walks, jogs and great family time
Marina Village - martime activities will be proveded in Jumeirah village that will also include the provision of berthing space for small boats.
As well as Wadi Village, Lake Village, Waterscape Village and Garden Village.
Burj Dubai
As known by now, Burj Dubai will become the tallest skyscraper in the world and the centerpiece of the Gulf regions most prestigious urban development when it is complete. The tower will be situated on a man-made lake which is designed to wrap around the tower and to provide dramatic views of it. The top of the building will contain a public observation deck and above that a private club.
It was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merril (SOM), with a base and geometry which were influenced by the six petal desert flower. Burj Dubai will be surrounded by a combination of residential, commercial, hotel, entertainment and leisure outlets, along with open green spaces, water features, and pedestrian boulevards. 'The Residences' is a unique residential project being built in the Burj Dubai premises. It will contain six exclusive one, two and three-bedroom luxury apartment towers. The entire project will create a new architectural landmark referred to as 'a city within a city'.
Estimated height: 800-950 meters.
Floors:160-189 floors
Construction start date: 2005, Feb 1
Completion date: 2009, June 30
Jumeirah Islands
This development will contain a total of 50 island clusters, 46 of which will be residential units containing 16 luxury villas with private swimming pool and garden area. there will be a total of 736 villas, 184 apartments, and 104 townhouses all surrounded by calm currents, lagoons and waterfalls. there are four main architectural themese that each 16 villa cluster has, these themes all have different style. it is covering 300 hectars of land off Sheikh Zayed Road below Jumeirah Lake Towers and it is suited for residence who prefer not to live in high-rise towers and like to keep it private.
Oasis - desert modern, mexican, dubaian, egyptian
Islamic - Ottoman, Mumluki, Moroccan, Abbasi
European - Italian, Venetian, Venice Medici, Spanish
Mediterranean - Costa Del Sol, French Riviera, Spanish
Dubai Mall
The Dubai Mall is going to be the largest mall built in the world by Emaar Properties and is just like Burj Dubai a part of "Downtown Dubai." It will cover an area of 12.1 million ft2 with 10-15 smaller malls built inside of it. 9 million ft2 will consist of shopping retail space containing about 1200 stores. Attractions will include the world largest gold souk, the Fashion Island, the Galeries Lafayette department store (one of the world’s largest aquariums), an Olympic-sized ice skating rink and a view of the (soon to be completed) world's tallest building, Burj Dubai.
Present construction of Dubai Mall
Present construction of Dubai Mall
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Universe
The Universe is a set of islands that will be built off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They will form a cluster of islands in the shape of the solar system. The Universe will have 3,000 hectares of land and will take 15 to 20 years to build. Nakheel, the same company building the Palm Islands and The World, will develop The Universe. The Universe will be located between the Palm Jumeirah, The World, the Jumeirah coast and the Palm Deira. The project, which was announced in January 2008, is still in the planning stages. It will be dredged by Van Oord, the same company used for The World, and the Palm Islands.
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