Hydropolis - World's 1st Underwater Hotel in Arabian Sea

• Shaped like numerical '8'; as big as London's Hyde Park;
  covers 260 hectares of sea-bed
• Estimated cost: US$500 million
• 220 suites with a land station and connecting tunnel
• Designed by Joachim Hauser of Crescent Hydropolis Resorts PLC
• Hotel zones resemble the human motor and cardiovascular systems with the central sinus knot representing the pulse
• Aims to introduce people who do not dive or swim to the aquatic world

Dancing Towers - Choreographed Theatrics in Business Bay

• Underlying theme - Dynamism through stasis
• 3 interlinking towers with hotel, offices and apartments
• Height (tentative): 330 meter
• Common podium for the buildings
• Twisting and twining creates an effect of 'choreographed fluidity'
• Maximum visibility and utilization of natural light
• Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Zaha Hadid

Dubai Pearl - Arabian jewel in TECOM

• A mixed-use development containing residential, hotel, theatre, retail and office developments linked together
• Complex expected to cost $810 million
• International retail and leisure zones
• 1500-seater art theatre
• An integrated city for 20,00 people
• A $3 bn project covering 1.4 sqm of Dubai media and technology free zone
• Located within New Dubai

0-14 Tower - Perforated Marvel in Business Bay 

• 22-storey commercial tower
• Named for its site designation (!)
• Encased in a 40 centimeter thick concrete shell with 1000 perforations
• Covers 300,000 square feet
• 0-14 sits on a 2-floor podium
• One meter gap between shell and main enclosure creates a cooling 'chimney effect'
• Designed by Reiser Unemoto P.C

The Opus - Zaha Hadid's Magnum Opus in Business Bay 

• 3 separate towers
• Covers 85,000 sq.m on an island plot
• Appears as a single cube with an asymmetrical 'void' in the middle
• Overall effect of fluidity and oneness
• When fully lit, Opus would seem to hover above the ground
• Features a patterned glass façade
• 87% space efficiency; maximizes views from within
• Estimated cost: US$266.7 million
• Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Zaha Hadid

Burj Al Alam - Floral Wonder in Business Bay

• Resembles a crystalline flower
• Full curtain wall system with 3 outer wall 'petals'
• Also called 'The World Tower' in English
• 501 meter skyscraper with 108 storeys
• Mixed use project with offices, apartments and shopping mall
• Set to accommodate 25,000 people; 4,300 parking spaces
• Has a 6-floor crown containing a Turkish bath, sky garden and club facilities

Dubai Promenade -  The Circle Beckons 

• Located on its own peninsula facing the Gulf overlooking 'The Palm Jumeirah'
• Built up area of development size is approx. 1,060,000 sq m
• Unique waterfront community with its own shoreline
• The Icon Hotel complements the hospitality part of Dubai Promenade
• Hotel features circular tower flanked by twin wave-like structures

Palm Jumeirah - 8th Wonder of the World

• 92,234,000 cubic meters of sand used to build up landmass
• If all fill materials used to build 'The Palm were placed end to end, a wall 2 m high and 0.5 m thick could circle the world 3 times
• DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) was used to create precise shape of the palm 
• The Crescent acts as a breakwater and is able to withstand a 4-m high wave
• The Crescent is built from the bottom up, beginning with the sand, geo-textile fiber, small rocks and then medium sized rocks, once above water
• 100 m opening on both sides of the Crescent ensures that sea water is refreshed every 14 days
• Sub-sea tunnel, an engineering feat, connects the Crescent to the main body of the island
• Tunnel is 1,400 km long and 40 m wide with 2 cells for traffic and a service/emergency cell in between

Al Burj  - Aspiring to be the Tallest in the World

• Located near Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina
• Constructed by Nakheel in collaboration with South Korean Samsung Engineering & Construction, Japanese Shimizu Corporation and Australian Grocon
• Proposed height to be 1,400 m (4,593 ft), proposed to be the tallest tower in the world
• Design include 3 towers connected by sky bridges with 2 twin spires and 1 tower shorter than the others
• Al Burj to have 228 floors with total floor area of 1,490,000 m sq (16,038,200 sq ft)

Dubai Towers - Dancing Flames at The Lagoons

• 4-tower complex located in Al Dana district of 'The Lagoons'
• Inspired by movement of candlelight
• Mixed-use towers range between 57 and 94 floors
• Features apartments, offices, hotel, retail outlets & restaurants

The World - Unique World off the Coast of Dubai

• A large group of 300 islands built in the shape of a world map
• The entire coverage area of development is 9 km in length and 6 km in width, encircled by an oval breakwater
• Estimated cost $14 billion
• Built primarily using sand dredged from the sea.
• Located 4 kilometers off the shore of Jumeirah
• Each island in the archipelago ranges from about 150,000 square feet to 450,000 square feet
• Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher presented with one of the islands
• Marine or air transport can only be used to commute between islands

Burj Al Arab- World's Tallest Hotel on Jumeirah Beach

• Resembles the sail of a dhow, a type of Arabian sailing vessel
• Designed by British architect Tom Wright of WS Atkins PLC
• At 321metres, it is the world's tallest hotel, presently (excluding mixed-use properties)
• Situated on an artificial island 280meters out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge
• Comprises 28 double-storey floors and accommodates 202 bedroom suites with smallest occupying 169 square meters and the largest covering 780 square meters
• Features the tallest atrium lobby in the world, at 180 meters (590 ft)
• A suspended helipad supported by a cantilever atop the building
• 202 duplex suites are adorned with stone (granite) from Brazil, and marble and glass from Italy, and the finest Irish linens

Burj Dubai - World's Tallest Tower

• Tallest man-made structure on Earth. As of 12 May 2008, Burj Dubai had reached a height of 636 m (2,087 ft), with 160 completed floors
• Located at the First Interchange along Sheikh Zayed Road
• Estimated cost: US$4.1 billion
• Constructed by Samsung Engineering & Construction, the firm behind the Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia and the Taipei 101, Taiwan.
• The cladding system is designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures.
• To house World's first Armani hotel
• 200 m of dancing fountain at the feet of the tower