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THOE will have 131 floating homes, each coming with butler service Though half of the owners of the 100 floating seahorses (floating homes) in The Heart of Europe (THOE) project on The World islands will be keeping them for their own use, the rest are available for rent. But it will not be cheap if…
25m visitors from over 180 nations expected to visit the Expo The National Media Council has selected architect Santiago Calatrava’s design for the UAE Pavilion for Dubai World Expo 2020. Located facing the Al Wasl Plaza, which lies at the centre of the 200-hectare exhibition zone, the UAE Pavilion – whose design will be inspired…
Switzerland has officially signed up for Dubai Expo 2020 and has become the first country to do so. Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee Chairman Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum announced the news after meeting Switzerland’s Ambassador to the UAE Maya Tissafi. Sheikh Ahmed said, “Expo 2020 Dubai will be an international focal point where…
Emaar’s The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour is expected to be more than a brick-andmortar addition to a world crammed with the usual concrete suspects. According to Santiago Calatrava Valls, the famous Spanish-Swiss neofuturistic architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, who is helming the project, it will be an “inspiring and usable” monument that will…
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