Dubai Building News 2009, Property, Image, Architects, Projects, Towers, Photos

UAE Building News 2009

Contemporary Architecture in UAE : New Developments

Dubai Architecture News – 2009

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – FWAD
Benoy
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – FWAD
The park features 20 rides and attractions designed to bring to life the Ferrari story as well as six food and beverage outlets presided over by four Michelin starred chefs. It is the world’s largest indoor theme park and the only attraction of its kind in the Middle East.

Yas Hotel
Asymptote Architecture
Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi
image from architect
Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi
Asymptote’s design of the Yas Island Marina Hotel architecture reconciles the dramatic site conditions with the ambitious program to contain a luxury 500-room hotel with extensive amenities situated above a Formula! Racetrack and within a Yacht Marina.

Aloft Hotel
RMJM
Aloft Hotel Abu Dhabi
image from architect
Aloft Hotel
With 408 spacious, loft-like rooms, the Aloft Hotel is providing a valuable increase in the hotel capacity of Abu Dhabi during the most important sporting event to ever come to the UAE. The property is connected to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the Gulf’s largest exhibition centre

Saadiyat Island Cultural District
Design: various architects
Saadiyat Island Buildings
image from Saadiyat
Saadiyat Island Buildings

Masdar Design Contest, UAE : LAVA win
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
Masdar Centre Design
image from architect
Masdar Design Competition

Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum Building
Jean Nouvel
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre Abu Dhabi Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Image courtesy of Gaston Bergeret

Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Building

Dubai Building News 2008

Dubai Architecture News – Selection from 2008

Michael Schumacher Tower, Abu Dhabi
Design: LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture)
Michael Schumacher Tower
image from architect

MOMEMA : Museum of Middle East Modern Art
UNStudio
MOMEMA Dubai
image from architect

O-14 tower Dubai, Business Bay, Dubai
RUR Architecture – Reiser + Umemoto
O-14 tower Dubai
image from architect

The Gateway Project – Ras Al Khaimah Building
Snøhetta
Ras Al Khaimah Gateway
image : MIR

Strata Tower, Al Raha Beach development, Abu Dhabi
Designer: Asymptote Architecture
Strata Tower Abu Dhabi
image from architect

Signature Towers
Zaha Hadid Architects
Dubai Signature Towers
image from architect

Waterfront City Masterplan
OMA
Waterfront City Dubai
image from architect

Dubai Building News 2007

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates – the Middle East, western Asia

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Dubai Palm Island

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New York Skyscrapers

Modern Architects

ThyssenKrupp Elevator Award Dubai

AL MANAKH release: analysis of The Gulf architecture

Madinat Al Soor for Nakheel

Buildings / photos for the Dubai Building News 2009 page welcome