Regional landscape practice, TerraVerde, is celebrating after being named ‘Landscaping Contractor of the Year’ at ITP Business Publishing’s inaugural Facilities Management Middle East Awards.
A naturally beautiful country, Ras Al Khaimah boasts the longest coastline of all the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is arguably the most scenic with miles of untouched white sand, lush green landscapes and striking mountain ranges.
American Society of Landscape Architects 2008 Awards Announced - The Lurie Garden, Chicago, by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd of Seattle, USA. Image Credit Linda Oyama Bryan.
The Abu Dhabi Municipality has completed the plans for a new city to be established in southern Al Shamkha area. The city will accommodate around one million people.The municipality is currently distributing 10,000 residential plots of land to citizens to build their houses. SOURCE: Khaleej Times Online - Abu Dhabi plans new city for one million people. Read More
XPRESS reveals the master plan behind the demolition notices handed out to residents of Satwa. The area has been earmarked for a multi-billion dirham transformation project that aims to change the landscape of Dubai in dramatic fashion.Dubai may soon become the Venice of the East.According to a draft master plan, a copy of which was obtained by XPRESS, winding waterways, lush green gardens and parks and waterfront properties are set to replace the dilapidated buildings and shanty neighbourhoods of Satwa. SOURCE: Xpress: News ... Read More
Senior figures in the United Kingdom government are increasingly concerned about the rise of Dubai as a financial centre and what it might mean for the future of the City of London.They fear that a combination of huge oil surpluses in the Middle East and a relatively low-cost business hub, regulated with a common law legal system, may prove an irresistible lure to financial executives struggling with soaring costs in a global recession.Last week Standard Chartered chief economist Gerald Lyons told journalists ... Read More
As apart of the New York Times Magazine special on Architecture Arthur Lubow looks at Shenzhen and Dubai two very different cities developing at break neck speed.Read more @ Face Value – SOURCE: NYTimes.com Read More
The Geography and Urban Planning Program-me of Qatar University’s Department of Humanities opened its two-day symposium on ‘Urban Planning in Qatar: Teaching & Applications’ yesterday.The event also includes a graduation exhibition of urban planning designs and models from the Programme’s first female graduating class that has 19 students.The event brought together stakeholders in the field of urban planning to discuss the synergy between the teaching and research approaches of Qatar University (QU) and the public and private sectors’ practice of planning methods and ... Read More
Abu Dhabi plans to build a transport network including a new airport and railway system to connect its western region with neighbouring emirates and stimulate the area's economy, officials said on Sunday.A masterplan, to be ready by early 2009 at the latest, would outline details of the transport network and the investments to be made, Mohamed Hareb Al-Yousef, assistant undersecretary of Aviation at Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport said.Mott Mcdonald and Steer Davies Gleave are the consultants for the masterplan, he said. Read ... Read More
The administrative capital is Abu Dhabi; the commercial capital is Dubai. In China, there is Beijing and then there is Shanghai. In Germany, Frankfurt and Berlin. America, Washington DC and New York City. This “separation of powers” between cities is not a unique phenomenon.Investment in infrastructure is high onboth Abu Dhabi and Dubai’s to-do lists with new regulatory and executive authorities announced almost weekly, it seems. While it is Dubai’s local art scene that is thriving, it is Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island ... Read More
WAM Abu Dhabi, May 18th, 2008 (WAM)– Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi's leading tourism asset developer, is to build a 'Grade A' Accommodation village, complete with a wide range of recreation facilities at cost AED700 million. "By building this village, TDIC is fulfilling its commitment to ensuring best practice delivery across every element of its operations," said Lee Tabler CEO of TDIC. "The company is also delivering on the promise of respect which ... Read More
Al Zorah, the master-planned AED220 billion coastal development launched in Ajman earlier this month announced pre-sales of around AED10 billion at Cityscape Abu Dhabi, representing the first wave of sales for Phase One of the project.The overwhelming interest in the project from the Al Zorah Development Company, a joint venture between the government of Ajman and Solidere International Limited,came during the two week pre-launch sales process which ended May 7th. Investment has been secured from regions including Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent ... Read More
The UAE real estate market is facing a massive shortage in residential units - and it will only get worse in the coming years, a property executive has warned. Read more @ the Source: ArabianBusiness.com – UAE facing 300,000 housing shortfall by 2017 Read More
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