The Palm Atlantis Hotel is due to open its doors to the public in September 2008.
The new 1,539 room mega-resort has been accepting reservations since February 2008.
Room rates will start at around Dh1,600 per night and guests will find around 3,500 staff on hand to make their stay more pleasant.
A 30 meter high Ziggurat will house seven waterslides in the Atlantis' 17 hectare water park
Some of the tanks will only house fish native to the UAE.
The resort is surrounded by marine lagoons and will be home to more than 65,000 marine animals.
Dubairesidents will be able to use the hotel's facilities if they buy a day pass.
The hotel says its DolphinBay will also serve as 'the first marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation centre in Dubai.
Fish will be housed in tanks containing more than 42 million liters of saltwater.
A team of 165 marine workers will be working in the underwater tanks each day.
The Atlantis water adventure system uses 18 million liters of desalinated freshwater.
The resort has been modeled on the already world famous Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.
These fabulous 3D drawings, a creation of Axel Peemoeller who developed it as a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark.
The irregularly shaped letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.
We have seen similar work in the past like Design Interior and Anamorphic Illusion Of Cardiff Bay.
The Sector 19 office of Le Corbusier, the place where the architect sat and drew plans for the City Beautiful, will be converted into the Le Corbusier Centre this October. The centre will preserve, interpret, research and display Corbusier’s works and maintain his legacy.
The centre will have six sections displayed in the six rooms of the building, while three rooms will serve as reception and information centres, reference and digital library with Internet facilities. The open verandah will be used for temporary exhibitions to promote the ancient, medieval and contemporary art and architecture around the region.
Besides various government institutions, the Administration is also getting support from various international organisations, including the Foundation Le Corbusier, Paris, Centre Le Corbusier, Zurich, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago.
According to the Administration’s plans, all sections will recreate the ambience of the original office of Le Corbusier. For the purpose, it will also seek help from those who had worked with him.
From decade-old maps and models, including that of the Secretariat, the open-hand monument, the High Court, the Governor’s Palace, to plans, sections, elevations, sketches and studies of Corbusier’s works, everything will be available at the centre.
V N Singh, consultant, Museum and ArtGallery, STEPS, said: “The centre is going to be the first museum and research centre of a well-known architect, planner and designer in the country. There will be display boards, showcases, digital boards, reference as well as digital library. These will also be available online. I have also visited local architects, artists and senior citizens of the city, asking them to provide us with anything they can that is related to the architect and can be displayed.”
The 3rd Construction World Architect & Builders Awards will be held on August 22 at the ITC Grand Central, Parel. The awards organized by ASAPP Media and supported by the Builders Association of India (BAI) and Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) will be presented to a total of twenty recipients – ten architects and ten builders. His Excellency S.C. Jamir, Governor of Maharashtra, Dr. J.M.Pathak, Commissioner, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and over three hundred senior professionals from the construction industry across India will be present at the event.
Russell Gilchrist from Skidmore, Owings & Merril, Chicago, designers of Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world will deliver the key note address. Russell, with a history of working on innovative and world-renowned projects, will provide valuable insights on unique trends in architecture and the growth of international high-rise construction in his keynote address.
Constituted by ASAPP Media, the awards recognize exceptional work done by Architects and Builders in various aspects of infrastructure and real estate industry over the years. The selection was based on a survey conducted amongst the professionals from the industry.
“We have used the perception mapping process to select winners. An exhaustive survey was conducted among professionals within the industry. The highlight of CW Architect & Builder Awards 2008 is that it is recognition and admiration by peers. The awards are given by the industry to the industry. The value of the awards is highlighted by the fact that the whole industry is participating in the awards,” says Pratap Padode, Managing Director, ASAPP Media Information Group
Padode, who has been instrumental into getting the awards constituted adds, “Our consistent efforts in documenting success, recognizing talent, addressing pertinent issues, and creating the awakening for a transparent and well-governed industry are bearing fruit in the form of a community that is more forthright about sharing information”
The tallest vehicular bridge in the world - The Millau Viaduct is a large cable-stayed road-bridge designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster.
What makes it special is the fact that it's slightly taller than the EiffelTowerwith its one mast's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft) and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the EmpireStateBuilding.
Apart from this, its construction broke three world records: the highest pylons in the world, the highest mast in the world and the highest road bridge deck in the world.
Scheduled for completion in December 2009, the ChenabBridge in the Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir (India) will be 359 metres (1,180 ft) high, and its likely that Millau Viaduct will lose its position as the highest bridge deck in the world.
TrumpOcean Club is designed by Colombian architectural firm Arias Serna Saravia, and developed by the Trump Organization in partnership with the K-Group Developers (a Panama resort developer).
The project is developed at a cost of over US$220 million dollars, built on an artificially constructed peninsula on the PanamaBay.
The 70-storey project will be a 2.6 million-sq ft waterfront condominium tower development & offers accommodation in 509 condominiums, 126 bay lofts and 369 hotel condominium suites that ranges in area from 1,076 sq ft to 4,284 sq ft.
The residents are offered various amenities such as yacht club, private beach, gourmet restaurants, wellness spa and a state of the art business center with condominium residences and bay lofts.
Apartments start at US $400,000 & the project is expected to complete in 2009.
A new floating home on LakeUnion, Seattle, Washington, designed by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects .
Its one of the eight proposed new floating homes in the home dock located on LakeUnion. To maximize the interior volume & outdoor entertaining space it has the public spaces on the second level & the private spaces on the floating level.
So the floating level accommodates the entry, master bedroom & bathroom, & guest room & bathroom. The translucent staircase connects the two levels.
The Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing designed by FXFOWLE makes it the largest and the tallest spanning arch bridge in the world. In a major international design competition, the architectural design of a 1-mile long and 673-feet tall bridge in Dubai, was selected by the country's Roads & Transport Authority. FXFOWLE's design makes the 6th Crossing, the largest and tallest spanning arch bridge in the world and is poised to join five existing Dubai Creek crossings (four bridges and one tunnel), further advancing the infrastructure and transportation initiatives in Dubai.
