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«HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai unveiled an ambitious environment-friendly real estate project. Respectful of the region's cultural heritage in both scale and form, this new metropolis has been specifically designed to meet the needs of the modern Arab world.
Poised to become one of the world’s most spectacular urban developments, the project will cost over $60 billion. The 800 million square feet development will incorporate new homes, educational, financial and commercial facilities, iconic civic building and tourist landmarks.The project will be designed by renowned architect, Eric Kuhne of London-based CivicArts and Dubai Properties will commence work on the scheme shortly.
The project will consist of four centres or ‘houses’. The house of humanity will include quarters for charitable organizations and museums encompassing the theme of human civilization.
With family parks, zoological gardens, hotels, alternative medical and herbal clinics and premises for laboratories, institutions and colleges all specializing in conservation and natural sciences, the house of nature will focus on environment.
The House of Commerce will be occupied by large multi-national companies, insurance firms and both Islamic and international banks; all working in partnership with educational institutions specializing in financial sciences.
The house of wisdom will include translation offices, a grand library, knowledge garden, international universities, colleges of history and science and a mosque». (Fonte DTCM, Dubai)
Nella foto, come sarà la nuova "metropolis"
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