Plan Design Enable
Architecture, masterplanning and urban design
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Infrastructure – the life support system of modern life – must be able to serve the increasing demands of society and must do so in a way that is sustainable. More than ever, this valuable infrastructure must not jeopardise the natural environment – the two must co-exist in a fine balance.
Atkins is a multinational engineering, architectural and design consultancy, providing expertise to help resolve complex challenges presented by the built and natural environment. Whether it’s the concept for a new skyscraper, the upgrade of a rail network, the modelling of a flood defence system or the improvement of a management process, we Plan, Design and Enable solutions.
‘The world has never seemed smaller, our sense of concern about the environment has never been greater, and the pace of technological change has never been quicker.’
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Plan Design Enable… is the simplest articulation of what we do.
Founded in 1938 by Sir William Atkins, Atkins employs over 16,000 staff based in more than 200 permanent offices worldwide. Projects have been undertaken in more than 150 countries. As of June 2009, Atkins generated an annual turnover in excess of £1.5 billion.
Atkins is the UK’s largest engineering consultancy, the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe, the largest UK design consultancy in the Middle East and the second largest global architecture firm.
Our size brings significant value to our clients, allowing us to harness an unrivalled pool of creative, professional people to produce outstanding solutions to challenging problems.
PlanThe challenges facing our clients are multidimensional, often because of the increasingly complex modern environment. From cost and risk planning, feasibility studies and logistics, to impact assessments and stakeholder engagement activity, we plan every aspect of our clients’ projects.
DesignAtkins designs intellectual capital such as management systems and business processes. We also design physical structures such as office towers, schools, bridges and highways. Whatever we design, we apply the same passion and creativity combined with rigorous quality standards.
EnableOur clients choose Atkins because they want to focus on their core operations. They entrust us to look after the management of projects, people and issues – ensuring that deadlines are met, costs are controlled and success is delivered.
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We work in the following sectors and offer a range of integrated services as follows:
Sectors Buildings/Developments Defence Education Health Hospitality Manufacturing Nuclear Retail Sports and Leisure Transport
To do this, Atkins in the Middle East & India draws on its international pool of professional staff in nine regional offices to work directly with our clients from the outset of a project. These include multidisciplinary teams of: architects; civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers; urban and masterplanners and environmental management strategists.
Our design capability extends across all our business divisions - from innovative architecture for the hotel and leisure sectors, to detailed masterplanning for major developments or engineering and design for infrastructure projects. Jointly, our regional teams are able to provide services to support the entire land development cycle.
As part of our design across these sectors and services, Atkins employs a Carbon Critical DesignTM philosophy to ensure that sustainable design is embedded as a key objective in the delivery of solutions to a client.
Services Planning:
– Masterplanning and Urban Design
– Transport Planning, Environment
– Geospatial Solutions
– Landscape Architecture
– Management Consultancy
Building Design Services: (LEED, Integrated multidisciplinary)
– Architecture
– Structural Engineering
– MEP Engineering
– Building Sustainability and Physics
– Specialist Building Services
– Interior Design
Excellence is our benchmark
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Hospitality 7
Residential 23
Offices and Commercial 45
Mixed Use 73
Healthcare 87
Education 95
Masterplanning and Urban Design 109
Sports and Leisure 121
Transportation 129
Truly inspired architecture captures the imagination because of the tension between parts of the structure that are gravity bound and other parts that imply movement.
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The AddressDowntown Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Client: Emaar Properties
Features: 306m high, 63-storey five star hotel and serviced apartments.
Status: Complete
Beachfront HotelDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 255m high five star hotel, office and shopping centre. Total built-up area of 235,424 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Shanghai Harbour City Crowne Plaza HotelShanghai, China
Client: Confidential
Features: Competition winning entry for a five star, 350 bed hotel being constructed on a man-made island created on a perfectly circular 500 hectare lake. Total built up area 66,700 sq m.
Status: Under construction
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Tianjin Biguiyuan Phoenix HotelTianjin Binghai, China
Client: Tianjin Biguiyuan Phoenix Hotel Ltd
Features: International conference centre, 1,200 room platinum grade hotel, entertainment and commercial facilities in a continuous 300m long east-west axial formation. Total built-up area of 300,000 sq m.
Status: Under construction
Jiangyin Crowne PlazaJiangyin, China
Client: ShenDa Group
Features: 27 storey, 270 room five star hotel for Crowne Plaza with a unit of 60 serviced apartments overlooking city park and Yangtze River.
Status: Under construction
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Shimao Wonderland IntercontinentalSongjiang, China
Client: Shanghai Shi Mao New Experience Development
Features: Futuristic three-star hotel to be built on the side of an abandoned water-filled quarry featuring public areas, guest rooms and conference facilities including sport and leisure centres.
Status: Under construction
Jumeirah Beach HotelDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 93m high five star hotel comprising 25 floors.
Status: Complete
Awards: Best Resort in the World - Business Traveller Magazine in the UK
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Burj Al ArabDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 56 storey super luxury hotel.
Status: Complete
Awards: ‘Tallest All Suite Hotel in the World’– Guinness Book of World Records
Signature TowerAbu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Five star hotel, high quality office space and apartments. Total built-up area of 287,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Chengdu Hilton HotelChengdu, China
Client: Chengdu Hilton Development Co. Ltd
Features: Hotel, office and apartment tower. Total built up area of 205,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
Istanbul 5 Star HotelIstanbul, Turkey
Client: Tasayapi – Selcuk Ecza
Features: Five star hotel and serviced apartments. Total built-up area of 99,480 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Sports HotelAbu Dhabi
Client: Confidential
Features: 400 guest room hotel, set to receive gold LEED certification.
Status: Design stage
The Island Resort and HotelUAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 250 keys consisting of standard, junior executive, diplomatic and royal suites, standard villas, food and beverage outlets, meeting and event facilities, leisure and recreational areas.
Status: Design competition
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Barr Al Jissah Hotel and SpaBarr Al Jissah, Oman
Client: Barr Al Jissah Resort Company
Features: Three hotels, spa and heritage centre. Total built-up area of 73,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
The major challenge in the design of urban space is to understand and resolve connections and separations between widely different functions. However, central to this approach is that places are for people.
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Pier 8 ResidencesDubai, UAE
Client: Abyaar Real Estate Investment
Features: 170m high, 40 storey tower with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Total built-up area of approx 48,000 sq m.
Status: Under construction
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Chelsea TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Abdulsalam Alrafi Group
Features: 50 storey residential tower. Total built-up area of 65,920 sq m.
Status: Complete
ManazelDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Two towers of 22 and 26 storeys. Total built-up area of approx 35,145 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Goldcrest ViewsDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 159m high, 41-storey tower comprising 376 apartments, retail and parking spaces. Total built-up area of 57,231 sq m.
Status: Complete
Iris MistDubai, UAE
Client: Sheth Estate International
Features: 200m tower comprising 355 apartments of one, two and three bedrooms. Total built-up area of 77,450 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Sama TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Al Hamid Group - Abu Dhabi
Features: 193m high, 49-storey development. Total built-up area of 93,950 sq m.
Status: Under construction
21st Century TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Al Rostamani Group of Companies
Features: 269m tower on 53 floors. Total built up area of 86,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Downtown Al AreenAl Areen, Bahrain
Client: Gulf Holding Company
Features: Predominantly low-rise residential townhouses and villas, retail areas, bridges and public realm.
Status: Design stage
Mohammed Bin Zayed City TowerAbu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Bloom
Features: 23 storey building with two levels of underground parking.
Status: Competition entry
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The CrescentBaku, Azerbaijan
Client: ADEC
Features: G+8 building with 62 duplex apartments. Total built-up area of 24,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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9GGHHDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 50 floor tower on a six level podium incorporating 420 car parking spaces. Facilities include a spa, health centre, swimming pool, retail space.
Total built-up area of 53,552 sq m.
Status: Design complete
Lea Square London, UK
Client: Lamberfore
Features: Mixed-use regeneration with office and retail areas. Total built-up area of 90,000 sq m.
Status: Planning stage
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Mahboula TowerKuwait
Client: Al Tijaria (Commercial Real Estate Company K.S.C.C)
Features: Residential tower with 312 units, health club and parking.Total built up area 140,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Business Bay Executive TowersDubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Properties
Features: Five residential towers varying in height between 27 and 47 storeys with a total of 1,041 apartments, swimming pool and health spa and 6,186 sq m of commercial space.
Status: Complete
2CDE Residential DevelopmentDubai, UAE
Client: Ahmed Ramadhan Juma Establishment
Features: 116m high, 27-storey tower comprising one-, two- and three-bedroom serviced apartments, eight duplex townhouses, two duplex penthouses with a built up area of between 300-400 sq m, a pool with landscaped gardens and water facilities, a food court and retail outlets.
Total built-up area of 33,642 sq m.
Status: Under construction
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Villa RoyaleTangiers, Morocco
Client: Gulf Holding Company
Features: Up market, low-rise residential development comprising primary school, clinic and equestrian centre.
Status: Design stage
Millennium TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 285m, 59-storey residential tower.
Status: Complete
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IconiaHyderabad, India
Client: Kondapur Towers Pvt Ltd
Features: Eighteen, 20-storey buildings on a 21.35-hectare site.
Status: Under construction
A sustainable design approach is essential from inception. Sustainability is not something that is added but something that is integral to the design.
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Supreme Education Council HeadquartersDoha, Qatar
Client: Qatar Petroleum & Supreme Education Council
Features: Five separate two-storey office buildings linked by a ‘wall of knowledge’. Total built-up areaof 86,000 sq m.
Status: Design complete
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Iris BayDubai, UAE
Client: Sheth Estate International Ltd
Features: 170m high, 32-storey tower located in the Business Bay area. Total built-up area of 36,000 sq m.
Status: Under construction
DIFC Lighthouse Dubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Investment Financial Centre
Features: Low-carbon, sustainable development comprising a 402m high office tower.
Status: Design complete
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Business Bay Sales CentreDubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Properties
Features: Administrative office for sales of commercial and residential property in Business Bay. Total built-up area of 3,400 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Al Sharq Office ComplexKuwait
Client: Confidential
Features: Office tower comprising shopping arcades, outdoor spaces, fitness clubs, restaurant
and café quarters. Total built-up area of 28,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
Awards: ‘Future Architecture Awards’, MIPIM 2007 ‘CNBC Arabia Property Awards’ 2007
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Central TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Investment Financial Centre
Features: 110 storey office building in the centre of the DIFC development. Total built up area of 62,860 sq m.
Status: Concept design
Dubai Flower CentreDubai, UAE
Client: Department of Civil Aviation
Features: Centre for distribution of fresh cut flowers.
Status: Complete
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Harbour Office DevelopmentDubai, UAE
Client: MENA Capital Investments (Amwaj)
Features: 28 storey office tower.
Status: Design complete
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Bahrain World Trade CenterManama, Bahrain
Client: Confidential
Features: 240m high twin office towers that include a shopping mall and three ground-breaking 29m diameter wind turbines installed between the sail-shaped towers whose function is to partly generate the building’s own electricity. Total built-up area of
120,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
The HubBristol, UK
Client: ROK Development
Features: Two storey BREEAM EXCELLENT rated commercial building.Total built up area of 13,935 sq m.
Status: Complete
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China Resources Power Administration CentreChangshu, China
Client: China Resources Power
Features: 21,000 sq m administrative centre.
Status: Complete
Qingping Highway Management CentreShenzen, China
Client: Shenzhen Huayu Highway Investment Co. Ltd.
Features: Highway control centre. Total built up area of 50,000 sq m.
Status: Competition entry
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The Riyadh TowerRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: Al Ajlan Allied Group
Features: 224m, 42-storey office development.
Status: Design stage
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Almas TowerDubai, UAE
Client: DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)
Features: Commercial, retail and a diamond exchange centre. Total built-up area of 183,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Crystal OasisDubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA)
Features: G+11 complex on five plots comprising commercial office buildings related to micro-electronics industry with all related services. Total built up area 223,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
TEDA CentreTianjin, China
Client: TEDA
Features: 18 medium rise blocks along a 1.5km long site. Total built up area of 486,236 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Baku Office BuildingBaku, Azerbaijan
Client: Confidential
Features: 32 storey office, three storey mall, two medium-rise towers. Total built-up area of 80,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
Al Rostamani Office and Residential Building Dubai, UAE
Client: Al Rostamani Real Estate
Features: 13 storey office/residential building. Total built up area of 30,800 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Tianjin Financial Street Urban DesignTianjin, China
Client: Tianjin Financial City Investment
Features: 40,000 sq m conceptual design for new financial centre.
Status: Competition entry
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TEDA BuildingsTianjin, China
Client: TEDA
Features: Three mixed-use towers on a podium comprising commercial areas.
Status: Design stage
Mixed use buildings incorporate concepts of functional performance and comfort as well as creating an exclusive and communicative symbol to elicit recognition.
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Al Rajhi TowerRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: Business Management Board of Alsheikh A Al-Rajhi
Features: Mixed-use commercial tower. Total built up area of 300 000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Wuhan Jiayu Landmark Hotel and Mixed DevelopmentWuhan, China
Client: Jiayu Group
Features: Mixed use tower with retail and leisure podium. Total built up area of 140,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
Guangzhou Zhujiang East TowerGuangzhou, China
Client: Hengda Corporation
Features: 111 storey, 435m high mixed-use tower comprising five star hotel, serviced apartments and offices and commercial podium facilities.
Status: Competition entry
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P17 TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Tasameem Real Estate
Features: 80 storey residential, office and hotel property.
Status: Design stage
Gateway BuildingBaku, Azerbaijan
Client: ADEC
Features: Retail facilities on the ground and first floors, 16 boutique apartments on floors four to
seven, with office floors from 3rd to 12th floor. Basement floor for plant and car park.
Total built up area 28,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
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Centaurus DevelopmentIslamabad, Pakistan
Client: Pak Gulf Construction Ltd
Features: Five major buildings – two apartment towers and one office tower over a sculpted shopping mall on one side and a 246.5m tall five star deluxe hotel tower on the other.
Status: Under construction
Anara TowerDubai, UAE
Client: Tameer Holdings Investments
Features: 650 m high, 125-storey mixed-use tower Total built-up area of 470,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
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Nomas TowerJuffair, Bahrain
Client: Nomas Enterprises W.L.L.
Features: 400,000 sq m development combining premium residential apartments and townhouses, three floors of retail and entertainment, a five-star hotel and boutique waterfront office facility.
Status: Concept design
Century CityDoha, Qatar
Client: Retaj Developments
Features: 350 keys 5-star hotel, 30 keys serviced apartments, offices, retail, conference facilities, spa & health club, 3,400 parking lots and mosque for 700 people.
Status: Concept design
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Icon HotelDubai, UAE
Client: Nakheel
Features: High end hotel.
Status: Design complete
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Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm JumeirahDubai, UAE
Client: Nakheel Hotel and Resorts
Features: Two asymmetric towers over 250m in height comprising a luxury ‘condominium’ hotel,
apartments and other related facilities.
Status: Design complete
Flexible spaces and high levels of adaptability are key components that allow institutions to respond to the rapidly and continually changing delivery of healthcare services.
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Royal Edinburgh HospitalEdinburgh, UK
Client: Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust
Features: 350-bed psychiatric hospital. Total built up area 33,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Wellness ResortUAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Healthcare resort.
Status: Concept design
Centres of Clinical ExcellenceReading, UK
Client: CCE (Circle Healthcare)
Features: Private hospital. Total built up area 4,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
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Milton KeynesMilton Keynes, UK
Client: Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Features: Women and children’s healthcare services. Total built up area of 3,500 sq m.
Status: Design stage
Wythenshawe HospitalSouth Manchester, UK
Client: South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Features: 320-bed acute unit and 77-bed mental health unit. Total built up area 30,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Kazan A&E HospitalTatarstan, Russia
Client: Tatarstan Government
Features: Accident and Emergency facility for the citizens of Kazan.
Status: Masterplanning and design complete
21st century learning places must be designed to raise standards of pupils’ attainment and positively influence behaviour and contribute to raising the morale of staff.
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Jumeirah English Speaking SchoolDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 12 buildings ranging from single storey to G+2. Total built-up area of 18,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Flagship CampusDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Full educational facilities supplying both IB and NCE curriculum from crèche to diploma. Total built up area 137,878 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Northumbria University City Campus EastNewcastle upon Tyne, UK
Client: University of Northumbria
Features: University complex housing business, law and design faculties.
Status: Complete
Awards: Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year RICS Sustainability, Design and Innovation
and overall Building of the Year 2008 Northern Region – CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards
City College Plymouth RedevelopmentPlymouth, UK
Client: City College Plymouth
Features: Redevelopment of college campus. Total built up area of 37,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Chancellor Park Primary SchoolChelmsford, UK
Client: Essex County Council
Features: 1,200 sq m primary school.
Status: Complete
Awards: 2005 Civic Trust commendation
Richmond SchoolNorth Yorkshire, UK
Client: North Yorkshire County Council
Features: Sixth form college for 400 students.
Status: Design stage
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Penistone Grammar ALCBarnsley, UK
Client: Laing O’Rourke
Features: Secondary school
Status: Under construction
Grimsby Institute of Further EducationLincolnshire, UK
Client: Grimsby Institute
Features: Further education college. Total built up area 25,000 sq m.
Status: Concept design
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North Nottinghamshire Collegeof Further EducationWorksop, UK
Client: North Nottinghamshire College
Features: College of further education.
Status: Design stage
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Brtiish Library Archive UnitBoston Spa, UK
Client: British Library
Features: Archive repository.
Status: Complete
Every site in the world is very different and therefore demands a different design approach and contextual response based upon human understanding and passion.
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Durrat Al BahrainBahrain
Client: JV Durrat Al Bahrain and Al Khaleej Development Co
Features: Residential, commercial and leisure resort. Total built-up area of 20 sq km.
Status: Under construction
Western Marina DevelopmentAbu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 370 deluxe waterfront villas, 230 key 5 star hotel, aqua park, 250 apartments, retail area and staff accommodation.
Status: Design stage
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Trafalgar Square – World Squares for all MasterplanLondon, UK
Client: Greater London Authority & Transport for London Street Management
Features: Redevelopment masterplan.
Status: Complete
International Crab MarketSuzhou, China
Client: Suzhou Industrial Park
Features: 85,000 sq m, five block commercial complexfor wholesale and retailing of the famousYangchenghu crabs.
Status: Complete
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Baoan Central District MasterplanShenzen, China
Client: Shenzen Planning Group
Features: New town urban design on 640 ha.
Status: Under construction
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Durrat MarinaBahrain
Client: JV Durrat Al Bahrain & Al Khaleej Development Co
Features: Three interconnected islands based around a marina with mixed-use residential, retail and commercial facilities on 68 ha of reclaimed land.
Status: Under construction
CITIC New Town DevelopmentChangsha, China
Client: Changsha Real Estate Co. Ltd
Features: Five functional districts comprising city and cultural plazas, ecological hotel, cyber port and residential units. Total built up area of 62,860 sq m.
Status: Competition entry
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Xuzhou Railway Station MasterplanXuzhou, China
Client: Xuzhou Economy Development Committee
Features: Urban design and masterplan.
Status: Competition entry
Designing sports facilities is a fascinating challenge, from which has emerged magnificent architecture that successfully resolves aesthetic and pragmatic issues.
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Wild Wadi Aqua ParkDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Themed water park. Total built-up area of 3 ha.
Status: Complete
Awards: World Water Park Association Award - Industry Innovation Award for Outstanding Design & Theme - 1999
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Enchantment of the SeasMiami, USA
Client: Royal Caribbean International
Features: Lengthening and revitalisation of
luxury cruise liner.
Status: Complete
Kazan Zoo and Botanical ParkKazan, Russia
Client: Invest-City, Government of Kazan
Features: Three co-located central city sites. Total built-up area of 40 ha.
Status: Design stage
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Zabeel ParkDubai, UAE
Client: Dubai Municipality
Features: Technology theme park covering 47.5 ha.
Status: Complete
Plaza DubaiDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: 5,000 seat auditorium and stage, 5,000 sq m revolving shade structure, 2,500 sq m, reflection lake. Integration with underground parking, retail and loading bay areas.
Status: Competition entry
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University of Northumbria Sports CentreNorthumbria, UK
Client: Northumbria University
Features: Three sports halls, a 25m swimming pool, 40m sprint straights, high performance training facilities and gymnasium.
Total built up area of 12,000 sq m.
Status: Under construction
Whether very large or very small, simple and elegant buildings are not an outcome of scale, but rather space, appealing not just to our senses but also to our intellect.
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Xi’An International Airport – Phase IIXi’An, China
Client: Western Airport Management Group Co.Ltd
Features: Airport masterplanning and Terminal 3 design. Total built up area of 270,000 sq m.
Status: Design stage
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Urumchi Diwopu International AirportUrumchi, China
Client: Urumchi Airport (Group) Co., Ltd
Features: Expansion of international airport. Total built-up area of 200,000 sq m.
Status: Competition entry
Hangzhou Railway StationHangzhou, China
Client: Municipal Government/Hangzhou Urban Planning Bureau
Features: Transport interchange and railway station. Total built up area 357,700 sq m.
Status: Competition entry
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Taiyun Wuxu Terminal Area BuildingTaiyun, China
Client: Shanxi Province Civilian Airport Group
Features: 55,000 sq m new airport terminal.
Status: Complete
Abra and Waterbus StationsDubai, UAE
Client: RTA Marine Agency
Features: Waterbus and abra waiting areas, retail and staff facilities plus a café.
Status: Design stage
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Dubai Metro – Green LineAbu Baker Al Siddique Station, Dubai, UAE
Client: JT Metro JV and Dubai Rail Link (DURL)
Features: ‘Type 2’ elevated concourse station.
Status: Under construction
Yinchuan AirportYinchuan, China
Client: Yinchuan He Dong Airport Expansion Project Headquarters
Features: Airport masterplanning and Terminal 2. Total built up area of 33,000 sq m.
Status: Complete
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Haramain High Speed Rail Link Makkah, KSA
Client: Confidential
Features: Four iconic design stations each 450m long.
Status: Competition entry
Sustainable Metro StationDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Passive smoke exhaust from trains, natural light to platform and concourse, external cladding designed to specifically respond to station orientation, station volume optimised to minimise air-conditioning.
Status: Concept design
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Sustainable Tram Depot Dubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Green roof acts as biofilter for tram wash water and provides thermal mass for depot. Photovoltaic cells drive pumps for roof irrigation. Venturi skylight encourages natural ventilation in winter and allows natural light into the depot buildings.
Status: Concept design
Signature BridgeDubai, UAE
Client: Confidential
Features: Total span of 200m providing a three-lane dual carriageway.
Status: Design complete
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Sowwah Island Roads and BridgesAbu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Mubadala
Features: Design and supervision of the bridge and road networks connecting the island to both Abu Dhabi and Al Reem Island. Dual-level road network on the island with connecting service roads.
Status: Under construction
Securing a sustainable future
As the problems facing our clients become more complex, the solutions delivered by Atkins become more and more innovative.
We are determined to help ensure our sector’s voice is heard on key issues such as health & safety and sustainability and aspire to be a world leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions.
Many of the sustainable design solutions relate to the reduction of carbon emissions and we refer to this primary sub-set of the discipline of sustainable design as ‘Carbon Critical Design’. We now plan, design and enable solutions in a carbon critical world, fundamentally changing the way we deliver projects to clients.
Developed from our early work in conjunction with the British University in Dubai (BUiD) and Cardiff University, we introduced the Atkins Sustainability Policy in November 2007, declaring our commitment to: educating our staff on sustainability; continuing to work with academia to develop sustainable solutions; and inspiring and challenging our clients, employees and supply chain to deliver sustainable solutions.
This has now developed into a strategic policy to adopt our Carbon Critical Design model for all new zero or low carbon sustainable buildings, including those in hot climates such as the Middle East. We are now focusing on inspiring and challenging all our stakeholders to deliver holistic sustainable solutions through Carbon Critical Design.
Atkins: more than an environmentally responsible consultancy – Carbon Critical DesignTM is at the heart of all that we do
“From buildings and railways to education, sustainability is interwoven into every project we are involved in and is
integral to the Atkins DNA. Our mission is to raise awareness of environmental design and its importance in the built environment,”
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Setting the benchmarks in sustainable design
The wide range of services and disciplines within Atkins are all fluent in the language of sustainability. This means we can respond effectively as a team to the challenges laid down by our architects and engineers across a range of projects.
This teamwork ensures that sustainability never becomes a ‘bolt-on’, or an afterthought. With our LEED and Estidama accredited design professionals supported by additional specialist sustainability consultants, Atkins in the Middle East is well positioned to offer the best sustainable solutions available for today’s fast moving clients.
Our projects set benchmarks in sustainable design and contribute to a diverse portfolio that includes some of the most inspirational, groundbreaking initiatives of the new millennium, such as:
The Bahrain World Trade Center, the first commercial building to harness wind power for energy;
DIFC Lighthouse Tower, set to be Dubai’s first low carbon commercial tower - aiming to reduce its total energy consumption by up to 50% and water consumption by up to 40%, compared to a typical Dubai design;
Richmond School sustainability pathfinder will set a new benchmark under the UK government’s BSF programme;
Northumbria University City Campus East – UK landmark structure which has become an environmental flagship;
WRAP – development of the Recycled Content Toolkit for Waste and Resources Action Plan.
Sharing our commitment Atkins is not content with driving the sustainability agenda by internal commitment and client advice. We believe we also have a responsibility to contribute at wider strategic level and we have joined several initiatives to help instigate change in the macro environment. These include founder membership and deputy chair of the Emirates Green Building Council to advise on Constructing Excellence within the UAE.
To achieve our extended aims, we employ full time in-house sustainability experts who set the parameters and work with architects and engineers to design and construct low-energy, resource-efficient buildings. In concert with this, we make a leading contribution to research in the field of sustainability in the built environment through a partnership with the British University in Dubai (BUiD) where we fund the Institute of the Built Environment.
We also support an internal technical community called SUSNET with 200 active members who share sustainability best practice and disseminate knowledge. SUSNET has evolved following an awareness raising training programme across the Atkins group. This has led to a saving of thousands of tonnes of carbon by changing the way we service buildings. It has also saved thousands of tonnes of waste through improved recovery rates and the adoption of the WRAP toolkits on our projects.
We believe that Atkins is achieving excellent results by encouraging our designers to innovate in ways that deliver genuine sustainable benefits. We are also proving that sustainable thinking can be harnessed within a large company and converted into innovative solutions and groundbreaking designs that are both functional and exciting.
Atkins is leading the way with building designs that incorporate new technologies.
Wind power
Bio-Mass
Photo-voltaics
Solar Thermal
Photo-voltaic (PV) panel
Client: Dubai Investment Financial Corporation
Status: Design complete
Features: This 400-metre, 64-floor luxury office tower exceeds any other skyscraper in reducing energy consumption. Our first step was to limit building loads passively. A high performance façade reduces heat transfer but allows ample light into the building. Pressure testing will ensure low infiltration gains. Breaking escape stairs and installing air locks at high level will reduce stack effects.
Efficient daylight-controlled lights, pumps, motors and fans reduce both primary energy loads and resultant cooling loads. Heat recovery wheels reduce outside air loads; low weight, double-decked elevators, occupancy control for ventilation and induction fans and occupancy/pollution sensing in the car parks all reduce energy use. Overall, energy will be reduced by 50% and water by 40%, compared to our business as usual benchmark.
The tall, slender geometry of the tower sculpted by sunlight and wind reflects the energy and kinetics of DIFC. The LED lit façade inspired by the traditional ‘Mashrabiya’ and the client’s logo transforms the tower into a ‘Lighthouse’. Metaphorically, the supergreen development is envisaged to become a beacon for all future low-carbon, sustainable developments within the region
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DIFC Lighthouse TowerDubai, UAE
Inspiredthinking
Client: Sheth Estate International Ltd
Status: Under construction
Features: Iris Bay is a 170m high, 32-storey tower, with a total built-up area of 36,000 sq m situated in the Business Bay area of Dubai. The revolutionary ovoid design for this building was inspired by the client’s request for an iconic landmark development that will stand out from its neighbouring buildings. The distinctive design comprises two identical double curved pixelated shells which are rotated and cantilevered over the podium.
Sustainability elements include balconies as shading devices; a low window-to-solid ratio where appropriate; natural ventilation including openable windows, and photo voltaics. The rear elevation is a continuous vertical curve punctuated by balconies while the front elevation is made up of seven zones of rotated glass. The project, which will incorporate both passive and active environmental features, includes naturally ventilated spaces and integrated solar energy and shading films in the glass façade.
Innovationin action
Iris BayDubai, UAE
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Client: Confidential
Status: Complete
Features: 240m high twin office towers that include a shopping mall and three ground-breaking 29m diameter wind turbines. In addition, Atkins developed the masterplan for the extended development that rejuvenates the existing mall and hotel and provides additional twin office towers with unobstructed views over the Arabian Gulf. Total built-up area of 120,000 sq m.
Unique to this building is a renewable energy design involving three 29m diameter wind turbines horizontally supported on bridges. The turbines are expected to produce between 11 and 15 percent of the total electrical consumption of the building.
Technical validation included the incorporation
of environmentally responsive design elements, different wind regime analysis of turbine performance and SARM analysis validation. Output from these investigations was incorporated by Atkins design teams into the structural and building services elements.
Award winningtechnology
Bahrain World Trade CenterManama, Bahrain
LEAF Awards winner 2006 - Best Use of Technology within a Large SchemeWinner of BEX (Building Exchange) Innovation Category Award - 2008
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