Downtown Dubai
Downtown Dubai is a district in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , the center of which is the Burj Khalifa , which is the tallest building in the world with a height of 828 meters .
Apartments, office buildings and hotels were built on around 700 hectares, mostly in high-rise buildings and skyscrapers. Downtown Dubai is south and right next to Sheikh Zayed Road .
The narrower Downtown Dubai is to relieve the historically grown Dubai Downtown on both sides of the northern creek banks. In the center of the urbanization, artificial water areas provide variety and spatial structure. The low-profile “Old Town” is already finished, a luxury quarter built in the style of old Arab centers. One of the world's largest fountain systems was opened in the artificial lake near the Dubai Mall in spring 2009: 275 meters long with fountains up to 150 meters high, which are illuminated as music-backed cascades of 6600 lights and 50 color projectors with around 1.5 million lumens. This system can constantly hold at least 80 cubic meters of water at full pumping capacity.
The Dubai Mall , which opened in November 2008, is also part of this project, the total construction costs of which are estimated at 20 billion US dollars . The 306-meter high- rise The Address Downtown Dubai, which was completed in 2008, is also located in Downtown Dubai. The Dubai Mall Hotel is located in the northwest of the mall complex.
The Dubai Metro - Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall station - has been serving this area since January 2010 .
literature
- Gerhard Martin Burs: Media Presentation in Contemporary Architecture: The Example of the United Arab Emirates. Transcript, Bielefeld 2016, ISBN 978-3-8376-3343-6 , pp. 227-273.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gulf News of July 21, 2006 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 25 ° 11 ′ N , 55 ° 16 ′ E