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“Arab Architect Award” for lifetime achievements from the Arab Towns Organization Award Foundation, in its 9th Cycle, received in Doha, Qatar on 27 May 2008. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] "Architectural Designer of the Year 2008 Award" from Retail City Dubai for Al-Manshar Shopping Center, Kuwait.
The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (918.6 ft.) from Jumeirah Beach. The architect claimed that "the client wanted a building that would become a symbolic statement for Dubai, similar to Sydney with its Opera House, London with Big Ben or Paris with the Eiffel Tower. It needed to be a building that would become synonymous with ...
The structure of the Rose Rayhaan, also in Dubai, is 333 metres (1,093 ft) tall, [22] 12 m (39 ft) taller than the Burj Al Arab, which is 321 metres (1,053 ft) tall. [22] The Burj Al Arab’s helipad, located 210 meters above ground, has been the site of several high-profile events, including a tennis match between Roger Federer and Andre ...
The architecture of Qatar, ... (2014) designed by Mangera Yvars Architects [51] Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art (2010) designed by Jean-Francois Bodin [52]
Wright became head of Atkins' architecture arm. [4] Wright became design director for the Jumeirah Beach Resort, Dubai, and designed the Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) during that time. It was conceived in October 1994 and finished in 1999.
The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA; Arabic: متحف الفن الإسلامي) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar.As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.
Dubai Towers - Doha is a stalled supertall skyscraper with a roof height of 403 m (1,322 ft) (spire height 432 m (1,417 ft)) developing in Doha, Qatar. The estimated cost of Dubai Towers - Doha is 2.3 billion Qatari Riyal (US$620 million). [2] When completed, the structure would have been the tallest building in Qatar.
SOMA’s work, mainly in New York City, Dubai, Qatar, Erbil, and Lebanon, covers projects across several industries. [1] SOMA architects designed the controversial Park51 Islamic Cultural Center in Manhattan, New York, dubbed the "Ground Zero mosque", the designs to which they unveiled in October 2010. [1]