Title & Author:

Superlative Emirates : the new dimension of urban design / edited by Caroline Klein.

Publication:

Cologne : Daab Media, ©2011.

Description:

240 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 239).
Machine generated contents note: 2002-2012 UAE: A Decade of Enlightenment. How a Small Arab Nation Captivated the World / Behr Champana Gagneron -- Facts -- Aedas -- Boulevard Plaza, Dubai -- Dubai Metro, Dubai -- Empire Tower, Abu Dhabi -- Pentominium, Dubai -- U-Bora Towers, Dubai -- Archgroup Consultants -- Emirates Park Towers Hotel, Dubai -- Asymptote Architecture -- The Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi -- Strata Tower, Abu Dhabi -- Atkins -- Atrium City, Dubai -- DIFC Lighthouse Tower, Dubai -- X-Change Gateway, Dubai -- Iris Bay, Dubai -- DBI Design -- Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi -- DXB-Lab -- Code Business Tower, Dubai -- Godwin Austen Johnson -- National Federal Council -- New Parliament Building Complex, Abu Dhabi -- Zaha Hadid Architects -- Signature Towers, Dubai -- Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Abu Dhabi -- Opus Office Tower, Dubai -- Glenn Howells Architects -- 55°TimeDubai, Dubai -- Lava -- Snowflake Tower, Abu Dhabi -- Masdar City, Abu Dhabi -- Foster+Partners -- Masdar Masterplan -- Foster+Partners -- Masdar Institute -- Lava -- Masdar Plaza -- Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi -- Ateliers Jean Nouvel -- Louvre Abu Dhabi -- Tadao Ando -- Maritime Museum -- Foster+Partners -- Zayed National Museum -- Gehry Partners -- Guggenheim Abu Dhabi -- Zaha Hadid Architects -- Performing Arts Centre -- Asymptote Architecture -- Guggenheim Contemporary Art Pavilions -- Studio Pei Zhu -- Art Pavilion -- OMA -- City in the desert, Ras Al Khaimah -- Rak Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort -- Ras Al Khaimah -- Waterfront City, Dubai -- ONL -- Manhal Oasis, Abu Dhabi -- Al Nasser Group Corporate Headquarters, Abu Dhabi -- Abu Dhabi Automotive Complex, Abu Dhabi -- Quantum-AIP -- Arabian Film Institute Complex, Dubai -- Executive Waterfront Residential Island Complex, Dubai -- Bio Research and Development Institute, Dubai -- Corniche Museum and Hospitality Complex, Abu Dhabi -- Reiser + Umemoto -- O-14, Dubai -- Aeon, Dubai -- RMJM -- Capital Gate Tower, Abu Dhabi -- Schweger Associated Architects -- Dubai Pearl, Dubai -- SOM -- Burj Khalifa, Dubai -- Infinity Tower, Dubai -- Rolex Tower, Dubai -- SMAQ -- Xeritown, Dubai -- Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture -- Meraas Tower, Dubai -- 1 Dubai, Dubai -- Za'abeel Energy City, Dubai -- Park Gate, Dubai -- Studied Impact -- 10MW Tower, Abu Dhabi -- X-Architects -- Mosque, Abu Dhabi -- Museum of Religious Tolerance, Dubai -- The White Hotel, Abu Dhabi -- Essays -- The Vertical Dream / Michael Schindhelm -- Dubai and Abu Dhabi: Identity through imagery, islands and an architecture of extremes / George Katodrytis -- Superlative Urbanity: The UAE's adventures in sustainable city making / Amer A. Moustafa.

Summary:

"The German architecture and design scene today is characterized by imaginative and progressive concepts on the highest technical and creative level. Especially in the field of ecological construction Germany set the international standards. Zeitgeist introduces the most compelling German architecture - and design offices, from the most established and renown to the shooting stars of the scene."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9783942597081
394259708X

Subject:

City planning United Arab Emirates Pictorial works.
Architecture United Arab Emirates History Pictorial works.
Architecture Émirats arabes unis Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture History United Arab Emirates Pictorial works.
Architecture
City planning
United Arab Emirates

Form/genre:

History
Pictorial works

Added entries:

Klein, Caroline.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318194
Call No.: 318194
Status: Available