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.”
