Dubai Frame

The Dubai Frame (Arabic: برواز دبي) is an architectural landmark in Zabeel Park, Dubai.[4] It holds the record for the largest frame in the world.[4] Whilst described by The Guardian newspaper as "the biggest picture frame on the planet,”[4] it is also controversial as the "biggest stolen building of all time.”[4]

Dubai Frame
برواز دبي
Former namesAl Berwaz Tower[1]
General information
StatusCompleted
LocationZabeel Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Construction started2013[2]
Completed1 January 2018
Opened1 January 2018
CostAED 230 million[3]
Height
Architectural150 m (492 ft)
Roof150 m (492 ft)
Design and construction
ArchitectFernando Donis, DONIS
DeveloperDubai Municipality

The project was conceived by Fernando Donis,[4][5] and selected as the winner of a design competition by the Government of Dubai.[6] The designer has alleged that he had his intellectual property stolen and was denied credit for the design.[7]

Architecture competition

The design was selected as the winner of the 2009 ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Award from 926 proposals.[8] Participants from all over the world were invited to submit an emblem that would promote “the new face for Dubai". It is near the Star Gate of Zabeel Park and stands at 150.24 m (493 ft)[9] tall and 95.53 m (313 ft) wide.[10]

The ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award is an international architecture competition first held in 1988 and sponsored by one of the world's leading elevator companies.[11] An international panel of judges selected the winning idea from among 926 design proposals to create a Tall Emblem Structure for Dubai. The original jury consisted of 11 international architects — a former and current chairman of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the regional chairman of ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Dubai Municipality’s director general and Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum were listed as ‘honorary’ jurors.[12]

Dubai frame

Donis' design was ultimately selected, for which he won an AED 367329.70 ($100,000) prize.[13] According to Donis, when designing the structure he saw Dubai as a city full of emblems and rather than adding another one, they proposed to frame them all: to frame the city. Instead of building a massive structure, the purpose of the proposal was to build a void of 150 meters by 105 meters to continuously frame the development of the past, current, and future Dubai. To become the structure that celebrates yet constrains the city.[14]

Design

The Dubai Frame is created out of glass, steel, aluminum, and reinforced concrete with designs of the logo of Expo 2020 embedded on the outer facade. It is positioned in such a way that representative landmarks of modern Dubai can be seen on one side, while from the other side, visitors can also view older parts of the city.[15] An observation deck spans the top of the frame, with glass-bottomed floors looking down almost 150 meters onto the building's lower span. The lower span contains a museum showing the history of the city, and a video exhibit predicting the city's future.[16]

The Frame opened in January 2018.[17][4]

Lawsuit

In December 2016, the architect Fernando Donis filed suit in the U.S court system against the Municipality of Dubai and ThyssenKrupp Elevator.[7] In his suit, Donis claims that he has not received either a contract or compensation for his design, despite it being currently under construction.[13] As of 2018, the architect and the Municipality of Dubai were engaged in a legal dispute over ownership of the copyright for the building.[4]

See also

References
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