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Waterfront was planned to add more than 70 kilometres to Dubai's coastline [3] and encompass an area of 130,000,000 square metres (1.4 × 10 ^ 9 sq ft) of water and land developments. It was expected to house an estimated population of 1.5 million people. [citation needed]
The project, which is 50 percent larger than Palm Jumeirah, is proposed to include six marinas, a water theme park, a 'Sea Village', homes built on stilts above the water, and boardwalks that circle the "fronds" of the "palm" and spelling out an Arabic poem by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reading; "Take wisdom from the wise, it takes a ...
Dubai is perhaps most well known for land reclamation projects such as the Palm Islands, the World Islands, the Dubai Marina, and the Burj Al Arab. Most major land reclamation projects in Dubai have occurred in the past fifteen years, [when?] and the Burj Al Arab hotel, which is built on a man-made island, was started in 1994 and completed in ...
The Palm Jumeirah is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands, including Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai Islands, which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi). [3]
Palm Jumeirah, aerial view 2010 map of developments, including Palm Jebel Ali (under construction), Palm Jumeirah (complete), Palm Deira (under construction), The World (under construction), The Universe (not shown here, cancelled), and Dubai Waterfront (cancelled).
Land parcels were supposedly zoned for various uses: estate, mid-density, high density, resorts, and commercial. [26] The plan was for utilities to be routed underwater, with pumping stations at each of the hubs pumping fresh water to the islands. Power was to be supplied by the Dubai grid and distributed through underwater cables. However, as ...
The Dubai Mall is an enormous mall in Dubai, UAE, by Emaar Properties, as part of the 'Downtown Dubai' project. [12] Featured attractions include the world's largest gold souk , the 850,000 sq ft (79,000 m 2 ) Fashion Island; one of the world's largest aquariums; an Olympic-sized ice skating rink ; Oasis Fountain Waterfall; WaterFront Atrium; a ...
The Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) (Arabic: أبراج بحيرات الجميرا) is a large development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which consists of 80 towers constructed along the edges of three artificial lakes (Lake Almas West, Lake Almas East, JLT Lake) as well as the JLT Embankment of eight towers facing Jumeirah Islands.