A skyscraper described as “unusually narrow” by the designers who imagined it. The team from the Spanish studio RCR Arquitectes, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2017, has unveiled the first images of its building which stands out in the forest of skyscrapers of Dubai, with its height of 380 m and a width of 22 .5 m.
The skyscraper, named Muraba Veil, has a total of 73 floors and 131 apartments, with two to five bedrooms, which will extend the entire length of the building to benefit from a double exposure. “Next to the apartments, the tower will house a spa, a restaurant, an art gallery, a padel court, meeting rooms, a private cinema,” details the online architecture magazine Deezen. Although the building is smaller than usual, the designers have certainly not neglected comfort.
The building, made of stainless steel, strives to mix modernity with the old. “The structure, whose unusually narrow profile and appearance could only be achieved through cutting-edge design and engineering, draws inspiration from centuries-old domestic architecture, traditionally seeking to meet basic human needs shelter, security, privacy and a close connection with nature,” says the studio.
At 18 million dirhams (around 9.15 million euros) for the minimum apartment, the price is far from cheap, like many properties located on Dubai’s main transport artery, Sheikh Zayed Road.
The Muraba Veil adds to the city’s impressive collection of skyscrapers, the tallest of which, Burj Khalifa, stands at 820 m high. The city has a total of more towers measuring more than 300 m than any other city in the world, notes CNN, and is also home to the highest infinity pool in the world, the deepest diving pool and the largest garden in natural flowers. One of the most polluting states in the world continues to break records.
