Showing posts with label man-made island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label man-made island. Show all posts

Monday, 20 January 2014

Dubai’s Waterfront

Dubai's Waterfront
DubaiWaterfront was expected to become the world’s largest waterfront and man-made development.  The project consists of collection of canals and artificial archipelago. Occupying the last remaining Persian Gulf coastline of Dubai, it will add 70 kilometers to Dubai's coastline and encompass an area of 1.4 billion square feet of water and land developments. The artificial man-made island will include commercial, residential, resort and amenity areas thus providing world’s top notch destination for visitors, residential, businesses. It is built by worlds largest privately held real estate developers Nakheel – constructors of Palm Islands. The shape of the waterfront will resemble the Islamic symbol, the star and cresent. Dubai waterfront is planned to consist of 10 key areas including Madinat Al Arab, expected to become the new downtown and central business district of Dubai.