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ADIC Headquarters

Under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

New headquarter for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
The buildings’ crystalline, honeycombed structure opens and closes in response to the sun’s path, significantly reducing the solar heat gain.

Height: 150m

Scheduled Construction: 2009 - 2012

Architects: AEDEAS

Helix Hotel

Winning design entry for an iconic, five star hotel in the Zayed Bay district of Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The building spirals in sections of a corkscrew from top to bottom with no clear breaks, in a form reminiscent of Wright’s Guggenheim Museum, flowing from lounges and restaurant on the bay, to meeting rooms and conference facilities, to lounges and cafes, to the luxury indoor-outdoor track on the fifth floor, to finally the upper pool deck on the roof.

The pool will have a glass bottom visible from the lower eight floors. Other dramatic features include a restaurant situated below the lobby that is so close to the bay’s waves that they lap onto the restaurant’s edge inside of the glass curtain wall.

Portions of the outside surface are clad in panels made of a new material called GROW, which has both photovoltaic and wind harnessing capabilities.

Capacity: 208 guest rooms

Architects: Leeser Architects

Tameer Towers

Under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The complex will include a 73-storey commercial tower, four residential towers, a seven-star luxury hotel, retail, dining, parking and a private marina over an area of nine million square feet.

Floors:   73

Height:   300m

Est. Completion:    2013

Architect:     Gensler



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Marina Bay Najmat Abu Dhabi

Under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Mixed Use (Office, Residential, Retail)

Floors: 25

Scheduled Completion: 2012

Developer: Damac Properties

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Yas Marina Hotel

Constructed in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

5 star hotel covered with a glazed cloak (grid shell), 499 bedrooms from a standard room through to Presidential Suites. The hotels include leisure and restaurant facilities with a Michelin starred restaurant being constructed.

Opening:    Nov. 2009

               www.yasisland.ae


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Strata Tower

Under construction in Al Rahea Beach, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Est. Completion:    2011

Residential Use

Floors:   40

Height:   160m

Architects:   Asymptote

Abu Dhabi World Trade Center

In planning for Al Rahea Beach, Abu Dhabi.

Mixed Use (Hotel, Office, Retail, Residential)

Floors:   25

Architects:    Foster & Partners

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Aldar Headquarters at Al Raha Beach

Constructed in Al Rahea Beach, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Office use

Height:   110m

Construction:   2007 - 2009

Floor area:   51.000 m2

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Sheikh Zayed Bridge

Constructed in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The twin deck highway bridge comprises four lanes, an emergency lane and a pedestrian walkway in each direction.

Length:   842m
Width:   68m
Max. height:   60m

Construction:   2004 - 2010

Architect:   Zaha Hadid

Darat King Abdullah II Centre for Culture and Arts

Winning design entry for a new performing arts center in Amman, Jordan.

The venue will consist of a large theater, accommodating 1600 persons and a smaller theater with 400 seats and feature training areas and public facilities (restaurant and café).

Construction is scheduled to start in 2012.

Architect: Zaha Hadid

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture

In planning for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Commisioned by the world's largest oil company, Saudi Aramco. The center will incorporate a museum, library, theatre and cinema.

Status: in planning

Floor area:   45,000 m2

Architects:   Snohetta

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Raffles City

Approved project for Manama, capital of Bahrain.

Part of Bahrain Bay masterplan.

Mixed Use (Residential, Retail)

Floor count:   34, 37, 41

Architects:   Rafael Viñoly Architects

             www.rafflescitybahrain.com.bh

Capital Gate

Constructed in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Part of masterplan for area around Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Sets record as most leaning tower in the world. Capital Gate leans westward 18 degrees, 4 times as far as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Due to its unique posture, the tower was constructed on top of an incredibly dense mesh of reinforced steel.

The office tower includes a Hyatt hotel.

Mixed Use (Hotel, Office)

Construction:   2007 - 2010

Floor count:   35

Height:   160m

Architects:   RMJM

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The Constellation

Proposal for Doha, capital of Qatar.

The design is based on astronomical constellations and features 20 floors of office space, narrowing down to smaller upper floors with more private function accompanied by a heli-pad. After this point at about 150 meters the builing is given over to a spire with an express elevator tunnelled through it until the 300 metre mark where visitors can emerge onto a viewing platform.

Above this the spire continues for a further 200 metres narrowing to a needle point half a kilometre above ground.

The lit up pinnacle at 500 metres above ground level will serve as a new star for the surrounding city.

Est. Height: 500m

Office use

Architect: Gensler

Abu Dhabi Louvre

Under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Estimated completion: 2013

Architects: Jean Nouvel

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Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center

To be built in the Cultural District on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi as part of the new cultural district. Contains a music hall, concert hall, opera house, drama theatre and a flexible theatre. The prominent feature of the design are organic shapes.

Combined Seating capacity: 6,300

Architect: Zaha Hadid

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