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Have you ever seen the moon rise on the ground? The "Crescent Tower", which is an attractive and innovative building, is located in the Dubai Za ' Abeel Park and is scheduled to be completed by 2015 after acquiring the ThyssenKrupp Elevator Construction Award in 2008 (ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture award). Through the appearance of the Islamic Center is not only declared the concept of a very difficult appearance of the building is to show the world its outstanding architectural skills and strong financial resources ...
If the "Crescent Tower" can be successfully built, will undoubtedly become Dubai's new landmark and one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.
about "ThyssenKrupp Elevator Building Award"
"Crescent Tower" (Crescent Moon Tower, Dubai) architectural design case from a California stronghold of the United States Business Line--transparent House, "Crescent Tower" is their participation in the 11th "ThyssenKrupp Elevator Building Award" (ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award) competition works.
The ThyssenKrupp Elevator Building award began in 1988, the competition, sponsored by the German elevator company ThyssenKrupp and held in major cities around the world, aims to encourage architects to create more imaginative and innovative scientific and technological ideas, providing many new possibilities for the future appearance of many transition cities.
Dubai-The birth of the Crescent Tower
2008 "ThyssenKrupp Elevator Building Award" held in Dubai, the purpose of this competition is to create a new landmark in Dubai for the Za ' Abeel Park, to explain Dubai's promotion to an international metropolis, with a total of 4,651 architects enrolled in 108 countries and a total of 926 architectural projects. , the winner was the "Dubai-Crescent Tower" (Crescent Moon Tower, Dubai) proposed by Transparent house in the United States.
The double meaning of
Crescent Tower
The "Crescent Tower" project won, not least because it showed the modern glory of Dubai and, more importantly, proclaimed the traditions of the Islamic countries to the people of the world. Transparent house Architects ' design concepts are organized into the following two points:
The Islamic Center-the star Moon represents the dawn of civilization in Islam. The moon Totem is often seen in the Islamic world, from the national flag of Islam to the "moon House" of the mosque, in which the moon and the stars can be found. The architectural design into the appearance of the moon, that is, the worship from the lack of a surplus, bloom bright.
Center for Economic and Technological development--it's not easy to build a giant crescent. The difficulty of building the Crescent Tower is a declaration of Dubai's advanced technology and high economic development.
Crescent Tower appearance & function
The outer carvings of the Crescent Tower are designed with exquisite Arabic inscriptions, projecting a rich and varied image on the ground through different angles of the sun.
The 33-storey Moon Landmark Tower, located on the shores of the Caspian Sea (Caspian), is quite romantic.
A closer look at the plan, the Crescent Tower for a complex commercial space, which plans to set up a children's library, meeting rooms, restaurants, duplex cafes and open-air viewing platform and other equipment.
It is said that the 2015 Crescent Tower will be completed at the same time as its sister, the full Moon hotel, which occupies a total of 220 hectares, becoming the main activity of the Dubai industry.
The stronghold is now empty and ready to serve as a base for offices, homes, hotels and agencies, as well as 50,000 Baku (Baku, the capital and Economic and cultural center of the Caspian Sea) and 48,000 employees.
The oil kingdom's building is more and more enough to see, let the Crescent Tower and the sailing hotel together become Dubai girls!