The latest architectural development to appear on the Dubai skyline will be a multi-billion dirham complex called the Dubai Festival City, the Gulf News reported Sunday.
The project, designed by internationally acclaimed architect Jon Jerde, will be completed in 2004-5 at a cost of Dh6 billion. The private development is the brainchild of Al Futtaim and Sons and will be built on the Dubai Creek near Rashidiya.
Citing the biggest project of its type in the Middle East, it will include an 8,000-seat open-air amphitheater, 80 restaurants - 40 of which will have a waterfront view - shops, hotels, offices and apartments. The floorplan incorporates 10,000 square meters of space for cinemas, another 10,000 for cultural activities, and 30,000 for additional family entertainment.
Designed to blend with Dubai's desert landscape and the Creek, it will be decorated in traditional desert colors and will have several water features including a marina, four giant waterfalls and its own canal. Jerde said the complex was designed to cope with the UAE's climate and natural resources – Albawaba.com
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