Former names Al Berwaz Tower Architectural 150 m (492 ft) Developer Emaar Properties Cost 160 million AED Architect Fernando Donis | Completed Under construction Roof 150 m (492 ft) Height 150 m Construction started 2013 | |
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Location Zabeel Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Similar Zabeel Park, Dubai Frame | برواز دبي, Bluewaters Island, Museum of the Future, Dubai Opera | ||
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Dubai Frame (Arabic: الإطار دبي) is a project conceived and titled by Fernando Donis and his office DONIS. The design was selected as the winner of the 2009 ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Award from 926 proposals. Participants from all over the world were invited to submit an emblem that would promote “the new face for Dubai". It is an upcoming project of Dubai tourism, under construction near the Star Gate of Zabeel Park. Standing at 150 m (492 ft) initially proposed 105 m wide.
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It is positioned in such a way that representative landmarks of modern Dubai can be seen on one side, while from the other side, visitors can as well view older parts of the city.
Dubai frame
Architecture competition
The ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award is an international architecture competition first held in 1988 and sponsored by one of the world's leading elevator companies. An international panel of judges selected the winning idea from among 926 design proposals to create a Tall Emblem Structure for Dubai.
The original jury consisted of 11 international architects — a former and current chairman of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the regional chairman of ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Dubai Municipality’s director general and H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum were listed as ‘honorary’ jurors.
According to DONIS, when designing the structure it saw Dubai as a city full of emblems and rather than adding another one, they proposed to frame them all: to frame the city. Instead of building a massive structure, the purpose of the proposal was to build a void of 150 meters by 105 meters to continuously frame the development of the past, current and future Dubai. To become the structure that celebrates yet constrains the city.
