Architecture, masterplanning and urban design

Plan Design Enable

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.
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 its 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.

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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 UKs 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.

Plan Design Enable is the simplest articulation of what we do. Plan

The 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.

Design
Atkins 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.

Enable
Our 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.

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.

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

Services
Planning: Masterplanning and Urban Design Transport Planning, Environment Geospatial Solutions Landscape Architecture Management Consultancy Building Design Services:
(LEED, Integrated multidisciplinary)

Excellence is our benchmark

Architecture Structural Engineering MEP Engineering Building Sustainability and Physics Specialist Building Services Interior Design

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.

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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.

Hospitality
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The Address
Downtown Dubai, Dubai, UAE Client: Emaar Properties

Features: 306m high, 63-storey five star hotel and serviced apartments. Status: Complete

Beachfront Hotel
Dubai, 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

Hospitality

Shanghai Harbour City Crowne Plaza Hotel

Shanghai, 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

Tianjin Biguiyuan Phoenix Hotel

Tianjin 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

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Hospitality

Jiangyin Crowne Plaza

Jiangyin, 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

Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental

Songjiang, 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

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Hospitality

Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Dubai, UAE Client: Status: Awards: Confidential Complete Best Resort in the World Business Traveller Magazine in the UK

Features: 93m high five star hotel comprising 25 floors.

Burj Al Arab
Dubai, UAE Client: Status: Awards: Confidential Complete Tallest All Suite Hotel in the World Guinness Book of World Records

Features: 56 storey super luxury hotel.

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Hospitality

Signature Tower
Abu 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

Chengdu Hilton Hotel

Chengdu, 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

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Hospitality

Istanbul 5 Star Hotel

Istanbul, Turkey Client: Tasayapi Selcuk Ecza

Features: Five star hotel and serviced apartments. Total built-up area of 99,480 sq m. Status: Design stage

Sports Hotel
Abu Dhabi Client: Confidential

Features: 400 guest room hotel, set to receive gold LEED certification. Status: Design stage

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Hospitality

The Island Resort and Hotel

UAE 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

Barr Al Jissah Hotel and Spa

Barr 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

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Hospitality

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.

Residential
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Pier 8 Residences
Dubai, 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

Chelsea Tower
Dubai, UAE Client: Abdulsalam Alrafi Group

Features: 50 storey residential tower. Total built-up area of 65,920 sq m. Status: Complete

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Residential

Manazel
Dubai, UAE Client: Confidential

Features: Two towers of 22 and 26 storeys. Total built-up area of approx 35,145 sq m. Status: Complete

Goldcrest Views
Dubai, 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

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Residential

Iris Mist
Dubai, 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

Sama Tower
Dubai, 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

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Residential

21st Century Tower

Dubai, UAE Client: Al Rostamani Group of Companies

Features: 269m tower on 53 floors. Total built up area of 86,000 sq m. Status: Complete

Downtown Al Areen
Al Areen, Bahrain Client: Gulf Holding Company

Features: Predominantly low-rise residential townhouses and villas, retail areas, bridges and public realm. Status: Design stage

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Residential

Mohammed Bin Zayed City Tower

Abu Dhabi, UAE Client: Bloom

Features: 23 storey building with two levels of underground parking. Status: Competition entry

The Crescent
Baku, 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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Residential

9GGHH
Dubai, 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

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Residential

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

Mahboula Tower
Kuwait 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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Residential

Business Bay Executive Towers

Dubai, 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

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Residential

2CDE Residential Development

Dubai, UAE Client: Ahmed Ramadhan Juma Establishment

Features: 116m high, 27-storey tower comprising one-, twoand 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

Villa Royale
Tangiers, Morocco Client: Gulf Holding Company

Features: Up market, low-rise residential development comprising primary school, clinic and equestrian centre. Status: Design stage

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Residential

Millennium Tower
Dubai, UAE Client: Status: Confidential Complete

Features: 285m, 59-storey residential tower.

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Iconia
Hyderabad, India Client: Kondapur Towers Pvt Ltd

Features: Eighteen, 20-storey buildings on a 21.35-hectare site. Status: Under construction

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Residential

A sustainable design approach is essential from inception. Sustainability is not something that is added but something that is integral to the design.

Offices and Commercial

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Supreme Education Council Headquarters

Doha, Qatar Client: Qatar Petroleum & Supreme Education Council

Features: Five separate two-storey office buildings linked by a wall of knowledge. Total built-up area of 86,000 sq m. Status: Design complete

Iris Bay
Dubai, 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

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Offices and Commercial

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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Offices and Commercial

Business Bay Sales Centre

Dubai, 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

Al Sharq Office Complex

Kuwait Client: Confidential

Features: Office tower comprising shopping arcades, outdoor spaces, fitness clubs, restaurant and caf quarters. Total built-up area of 28,000 sq m. Status: Awards: Concept design Future Architecture Awards, MIPIM 2007 CNBC Arabia Property Awards 2007

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Offices and Commercial

Central Tower
Dubai, 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

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Offices and Commercial

Dubai Flower Centre

Dubai, UAE Client: Department of Civil Aviation

Features: Centre for distribution of fresh cut flowers. Status: Complete

Harbour Office Development

Dubai, UAE Client: Status: MENA Capital Investments (Amwaj) Design complete

Features: 28 storey office tower.

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Offices and Commercial

Bahrain World Trade Center

Manama, 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 buildings own electricity. Total built-up area of 120,000 sq m.

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Complete

Offices and Commercial

The Hub
Bristol, UK Client: ROK Development

Features: Two storey BREEAM EXCELLENT rated commercial building. Total built up area of 13,935 sq m. Status: Complete

China Resources Power Administration Centre

Changshu, China Client: Status: China Resources Power Complete

Features: 21,000 sq m administrative centre.

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Offices and Commercial

Qingping Highway Management Centre

Shenzen, China Client: Shenzhen Huayu Highway Investment Co. Ltd.

Features: Highway control centre. Total built up area of 50,000 sq m. Status: Competition entry

The Riyadh Tower

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Client: Status: Al Ajlan Allied Group Design stage

Features: 224m, 42-storey office development.

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Offices and Commercial

Almas Tower
Dubai, 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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Offices and Commercial

Crystal Oasis
Dubai, 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

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TEDA Centre
Tianjin, 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

Baku Office Building

Baku, 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

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Offices and Commercial

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

Tianjin Financial Street Urban Design

Tianjin, China Client: Tianjin Financial City Investment

Features: 40,000 sq m conceptual design for new financial centre. Status: Competition entry

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Offices and Commercial

TEDA Buildings
Tianjin, China Client: TEDA

Features: Three mixed-use towers on a podium comprising commercial areas. Status: Design stage

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Offices and Commercial

Mixed use buildings incorporate concepts of functional performance and comfort as well as creating an exclusive and communicative symbol to elicit recognition.

Mixed Use
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Al Rajhi Tower
Riyadh, 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

Wuhan Jiayu Landmark Hotel and Mixed Development

Wuhan, 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

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Mixed Use

Guangzhou Zhujiang East Tower

Guangzhou, 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

P17 Tower
Dubai, UAE Client: Tasameem Real Estate

Features: 80 storey residential, office and hotel property. Status: Design stage

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Gateway Building
Baku, 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

Centaurus Development
Islamabad, 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

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Mixed Use

Anara Tower
Dubai, 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

Nomas Tower
Juffair, 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

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Mixed Use

Century City
Doha, 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

Icon Hotel
Dubai, UAE Client: Status: Nakheel Design complete

Features: High end hotel.

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Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah

Dubai, 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

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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.

Healthcare
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Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Edinburgh, UK Client: Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust

Features: 350-bed psychiatric hospital. Total built up area 33,000 sq m. Status: Design stage

Wellness Resort
UAE Client: Status: Confidential Concept design

Features: Healthcare resort.

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Healthcare

Centres of Clinical Excellence

Reading, UK Client: Status: CCE (Circle Healthcare) Concept design

Features: Private hospital. Total built up area 4,000 sq m.

Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes, UK Client: Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Features: Women and childrens healthcare services. Total built up area of 3,500 sq m. Status: Design stage

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Healthcare

Wythenshawe Hospital
South 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

Kazan A&E Hospital

Tatarstan, Russia Client: Tatarstan Government

Features: Accident and Emergency facility for the citizens of Kazan. Status: Masterplanning and design complete

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Healthcare

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 School

Dubai, UAE Client: Confidential

Features: 12 buildings ranging from single storey to G+2. Total built-up area of 18,000 sq m. Status: Complete

Flagship Campus
Dubai, UAE Client: Confidential

Features: Full educational facilities supplying both IB and NCE curriculum from crche to diploma. Total built up area 137,878 sq m. Status: Design stage

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Northumbria University City Campus East

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Client: University of Northumbria

Features: University complex housing business, law and design faculties. Status: Awards: Complete 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

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Education

City College Plymouth Redevelopment

Plymouth, UK Client: City College Plymouth

Features: Redevelopment of college campus. Total built up area of 37,000 sq m. Status: Design stage

Chancellor Park Primary School

Chelmsford, UK Client: Status: Awards: Essex County Council Complete

Features: 1,200 sq m primary school.

2005 Civic Trust commendation

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Education

Richmond School
North Yorkshire, UK Client: Status: North Yorkshire County Council Design stage

Features: Sixth form college for 400 students.

Penistone Grammar ALC

Barnsley, UK Client: Status: Laing ORourke Under construction

Features: Secondary school

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Grimsby Institute of Further Education

Lincolnshire, UK Client: Grimsby Institute

Features: Further education college. Total built up area 25,000 sq m. Status: Concept design

North Nottinghamshire College of Further Education

Worksop, UK Client: Status: North Nottinghamshire College Design stage

Features: College of further education.

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Education

Brtiish Library Archive Unit

Boston Spa, UK Client: Status: British Library Complete

Features: Archive repository.

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Education

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 Bahrain
Bahrain 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

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Masterplanning and Urban Design

Western Marina Development

Abu 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

Trafalgar Square World Squares for all Masterplan

London, UK Client: Greater London Authority & Transport for London Street Management Complete

Features: Redevelopment masterplan. Status:

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International Crab Market

Suzhou, China Client: Suzhou Industrial Park

Features: 85,000 sq m, five block commercial complex for wholesale and retailing of the famous Yangchenghu crabs. Status: Complete

Baoan Central District Masterplan

Shenzen, China Client: Status: Shenzen Planning Group Under construction

Features: New town urban design on 640 ha.

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Masterplanning and Urban Design

Durrat Marina
Bahrain 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

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CITIC New Town Development

Changsha, 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

Xuzhou Railway Station Masterplan

Xuzhou, China Client: Status: Xuzhou Economy Development Committee Competition entry

Features: Urban design and masterplan.

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Masterplanning and Urban Design

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 Park

Dubai, UAE Client: Features: Status: Awards: Confidential Themed water park. Total built-up area of 3 ha. Complete World Water Park Association Award - Industry Innovation Award for Outstanding Design & Theme - 1999

Enchantment of the Seas

Miami, USA Client: Royal Caribbean International

Features: Lengthening and revitalisation of luxury cruise liner. Status: Complete

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Sports and Leisure

Kazan Zoo and Botanical Park

Kazan, Russia Client: Invest-City, Government of Kazan

Features: Three co-located central city sites. Total built-up area of 40 ha. Status: Design stage

Zabeel Park
Dubai, UAE Client: Status: Dubai Municipality Complete

Features: Technology theme park covering 47.5 ha.

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Sports and Leisure

Plaza Dubai
Dubai, 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

University of Northumbria Sports Centre

Northumbria, 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

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Sports and Leisure

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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XiAn International Airport Phase II

XiAn, 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

Urumchi Diwopu International Airport

Urumchi, China Client: Urumchi Airport (Group) Co., Ltd

Features: Expansion of international airport. Total built-up area of 200,000 sq m. Status: Competition entry

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Hangzhou Railway Station

Hangzhou, 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

Taiyun Wuxu Terminal Area Building

Taiyun, China Client: Status: Shanxi Province Civilian Airport Group Complete

Features: 55,000 sq m new airport terminal.

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Transportation

Abra and Waterbus Stations

Dubai, UAE Client: RTA Marine Agency

Features: Waterbus and abra waiting areas, retail and staff facilities plus a caf. Status: Design stage

Dubai Metro Green Line

Abu Baker Al Siddique Station, Dubai, UAE Client: Status: JT Metro JV and Dubai Rail Link (DURL) Under construction

Features: Type 2 elevated concourse station.

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Transportation

Yinchuan Airport
Yinchuan, 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

Haramain High Speed Rail Link

Makkah, KSA Client: Status: Confidential Competition entry

Features: Four iconic design stations each 450m long.

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Transportation

Sustainable Metro Station

Dubai, 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

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.

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Concept design

Transportation

Signature Bridge
Dubai, UAE Client: Confidential

Features: Total span of 200m providing a three-lane dual carriageway. Status: Design complete

Sowwah Island Roads and Bridges

Abu 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

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Transportation

Atkins: more than an environmentally responsible consultancy Carbon Critical DesignTM is at the heart of all that we do
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 sectors 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.

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,

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 todays 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 Dubais 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 governments 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.

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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

DIFC Lighthouse Tower

Dubai, UAE

Inspired thinking

Client: Status:

Dubai Investment Financial Corporation 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 faade 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 faade inspired by the traditional Mashrabiya and the clients 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 145

Iris Bay
Client: Status:

Dubai, UAE
Sheth Estate International Ltd Under construction

Features: Iris Bay is a 170m high, 32-storey tower, with a total builtup 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 clients 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 faade.

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Bahrain World Trade Center

Manama, Bahrain

Award winning technology

Client: Status:

Confidential 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.

LEAF Awards winner 2006 - Best Use of Technology within a Large Scheme Winner of BEX (Building Exchange) Innovation Category Award - 2008

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