Photographs: Courtesy Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote Architecture, the award-winning, New York-based practice, nears completion of The Yas Hotel project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Yas Hotel is a 500-room, 85,000-square-meter complex now under construction by Aldar Properties PJSC. Asymptote was awarded the commission to design the buildings and environs from a closed competition two years ago targeting an opening date of October 30, 2009 to coincide with the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Read the rest of this entry »
Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency Hospital, Jebel Ali, UAE
All renderings: Courtesy of Perkins Eastman
International architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman recently unveiled the design of Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency (A&E) Hospital – the newest and most sophisticated Accident and Emergency Hospital of its kind in the UAE.
“Based on our experience with large-scale complex care facilities, we believe that the Al Maktoum A&E Hospital will create a new standard for innovative, patient-centered care, in the UAE,” says Jonathan N. Stark, AIA, Principal and Managing Director of Perkins Eastman International. Read the rest of this entry »
Architectural Designed, Images from UNStudio MOMEMA is situated on Art Island part of Culture Village, on the banks of Khor Dubai (Dubai Creek) the museum has a striking design by world renowned architects, UNStudio, which brings together elements of the sea and Dubai’s tradition of seafaring. Here is from Ben van Berkel about the Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art Read the rest of this entry »
