New landmark will be built in the Creek area
Dubai has appointed Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava for the design of a new high rise tower next to Dubai Creek.
The appointment was approved by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum on 6 February.
The design is reportedly inspired by Islamic architecture and meets requirements of modern times, as well as local environment and culture. Calatravas design was selected ahead of five other proposals.
It is understood that the tower will be part of the Dubai Creek Harbour development that is being developed by Emaar Properties and Dubai Holding in the Ras al-Khor area. The 6 square kilometre master development is similar in scale to Emaars Downtown district, which is home to the worlds tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.
Development at the Dubai Creek Harbour has accelerated this year. Emaar has awarded the local Al-Basti & Muktha (ABM) a contract to build its Dubai Creek Residences towers.
The project involves the construction of six residential towers that form part of The Island District. Emaar received offers last year. The project is scheduled for handover in 2018.
MEED also reported in January that Emaar had appointed UK-based Faithful+Gould as the programme manager for the development.
Tall towers make a comeback
No one understands the value of tall buildings better than Dubai
Burj Khalifa cover
Local developer Emaar Properties chairman Mohammed Alabbar has described that before the Burj Khalifa was launched in 2003, he proposed a 90-storey tower that was promptly dismissed by Dubais ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who then was still the crown prince of Dubai.
Alabbar says he then commissioned a design that was more than 40 per cent taller than anything else in the world at the time. When he presented it again to Sheikh Mohammed, the answer was simply: When can I see cranes on the site?
Altogether, Dubai has 18 completed towers that are taller than 300 metres, with most opening between 2008 and 2013, as projects awarded during the emirates 2003-08 construction boom were completed. The most active contractors in the high-rise sector were Lebanons Arabian Construction Company (ACC), which has completed five 300-metre-plus towers, and Canadas Brookfield Multiplex, which has finished four 300-metre-plus schemes. Read More.
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