UAE Landscape Architect

Bonyan International Investment Group on Saturday announced the launch of its ‘Eye of Ajman’ project, a 3.5 billion-dirham ($953 million) community development comprising residential, office, hospitality and retail plots within 20 minutes of Dubai.The development, located over 6.27 million square feet along Emirates Road in the Al-Hamidiyah area, is the Dubai firm’s first project in Ajman.With a number of plots designed to take the shape of a human eye, it will also house schools, hotels, a mosque, a clinic, health club and ... Read More

The National reported that a light rail network will be up and running in Abu Dhabi within 7 years, supported by a fast rail link between the capital and Dubai.Mr Falah Al Ahbabi GM of Urban Planning Council said that a predicted growth of population in the capital to more than 3 million meant could not be sustained on private cars alone, and that the city would have its own metro by 2015. He added that "We know the urgency of this ... Read More

With more than 30,000 square metres of exhibition space and over 300 exhibitors, organisers IIR Middle East say there is now a waiting list of potential exhibitors hoping for last-minute cancellations. For the second successive year Cityscape Abu Dhabi is being held under the patronage of His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Cityscape Abu Dhabi, launched last year with the support of prominent government ministers ... Read More

The Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has approved the list of 6,000 new names for the streets in Ras Al Khaimah .The renaming of streets is to replace the difficult names of many streets with easy ones and the new street numbering system would make it easier for people to reach their destinations. In the new system, the names of well-known streets would remain unchanged but others would get new names. Every building would have a number, along ... Read More

Some critics claim that the Gulf's property boom is nothing more than a mad, headlong race of one state trying to outdo another in extravagance. In the case of Doha, the capital of Qatar - until recently viewed as dull and dusty - that may well be true. Doha is now attempting to turn itself into the business and tourist heart of the Middle East, with enough glamour and glitz to rival neighbouring Dubai.Flush with money generated by the North Field, said ... Read More

ALDAR Properties PJSC, the renowned international property development company, attended the prestigious MIPIM exhibition held in Cannes, France. Taking its world-class developments Al Dana precinct on Al Raha Beach and the entertainment destination, YAS Island to the event, ALDAR raised awareness of its developments in Abu Dhabi, as well as contributing to the global awareness of the emirate.The 2030 Plan announced by the UAE capital city Abu Dhabi in November 2007 set out guidelines for infrastructural plans in light of the massive ... Read More

Dubai and Abu Dhabi will have a combined total of 356,000 new household units available in next five years, but the projected supply is not expected to exceed demand for the next three years, a survey finds out.Predicting that there will be 202,000 new households in Abu Dhabi and 154,000 in Dubai over the next five years, the survey estimates that unit supply will be approximately 180,000 units for the three-year period between 2008 and the end of 2010. In 2007, only ... Read More

KEO International Consultants Accepts MIPIM AR Award at Ceremony Held in Cannes, France. The South of Shamkha Master Plan Received Commended Award in the ‘Regeneration and Master Planning’ Category at the 2008 MIPIM AR Future Project Awards Recently at a formal awards ceremony at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France. In attendance were some of the world’s most influential design and real estate professionals who were present to honor the elite MIPIM Architectural Review Award recipients for 2008. The MIPIM Real Estate ... Read More

Nakheel, one of the world’s largest and most innovative real estate developers, has revealed the masterplan for Waterfront City, the vibrant centrepiece of Waterfront, the largest urban development project in the world. Waterfront City is planned to become a lively city centre 24 hours a day for a predicted residential population of 92,000 and a working population of approximately 310,000 people. Covering a land area of more than 330 hectares, Waterfront City comprises of a central island surrounded by four neighbouring districts ... Read More

It is one of the most seismic changes the world has ever seen. Across the globe there is an unstoppable march to the cities, powered by new economic realities. But what kind of lives are we creating? And will citizens - and cities - cope with the fierce pressures of this new urban age? Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum and author of a major new report, asks if the city of the future will be a vision of hell or ... Read More