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Posts Tagged ‘Abu Dhabi’

Billboard Architecture – A Tower for Abu Dhabi by Leah Nichols

by DD, June 7th, 2011, viewed 1326 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Leah Nichols has designed a “gateway” tower for Abu Dhabi that attempts to both embody and aggravate the idea that architecture is a site for the projection of political power and commercial gain. Taking a cue from the omnipresence of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s image, – which is scattered throughout the region on large-scale, American-style billboards – the project embraces the typology of the billboard in order to meet the programmatic needs of a gateway to Saadiyat Island. Read More »

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Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters Towers by Aedas – Arup

by DD, December 20th, 2010, viewed 919 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters Towers designed by Aedas (the world’s fifth largest architecture firm) in collaboration with Arup will reach a height of 145m (476ft) and will be completed in 2012. Read More »

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Green Towers for Abu Dhabi

by DD, December 18th, 2010, viewed 1109 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green

Philippe Arnihac and Nicolas Gervais, architects from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerites, have designed “Green Towers,” a mixed-use, double-skyscraper complex that houses a mall, offices, a hotel and individual apartment units, as well as multiple levels of hanging gardens. Read More »

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Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners

by DD, December 1st, 2010, viewed 1416 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for a museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. Read More »

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Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners

by DD, November 27th, 2010, viewed 2784 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Foster + Partners, Green

Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Read More »

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Masdar Headquarters Showcased at Smithsonian’s Design Triennial

by DD, October 22nd, 2010, viewed 1676 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Construction on the sustainable headquarters for the City of Masdar in Abu Dubai has recently started and is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City as part of the 2010 National Design Triennial. Read More »

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Mena Zayed Precinct Abu Dhabi

by DD, October 12th, 2010, viewed 1227 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, UNStudio

UNStudio’s design for Zone 1 in twofour54º’s masterplan for the new campus in Mena Zayed reveals a bold waterfront development which makes use of its prominent position near the city’s Corniche to celebrate and support the growing cultural and community spirit that is clearly growing throughout Abu Dhabi. Read More »

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Masdar city centre in UAE

by DD, September 17th, 2010, viewed 2323 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Green

LAVA designs heart of Masdar, world’s first sustainable city located in United Arab Emirates. Read More »

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The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi

by DD, August 3rd, 2010, viewed 3830 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Capital Gate Tower in Abu Dhabi has been named the “World’s Furthest Leaning Manmade Tower” by Guinness World Records. Read More »

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Helix Hotel by Leeser Architecture

by DD, May 12th, 2010, viewed 2444 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

New York design firm Leeser Architecture have won a competition to design a hotel in the Zayed Bay district of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Read More »

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The Ferrari World Abu Dhabi

by DD, May 10th, 2010, viewed 5663 time(s)
Posted in Architecture

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the first Ferrari theme park and the largest of its kind, announced the opening date of the public who will be 28 October 2010, three weeks before the second Grand Prix Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi. Read More »

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