Conference City, Abu Dhabi |
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates *International Competition, First Prize, 1975 Total Floor Area: 33,100m² Structure: 1 Basement Floor + 8 Storeys Reinforced Concrete Design Concept Built on reclaimed land in the Persian Gulf, the President’s official residence, international conference hall and residential quarters for guests make up a central complex situated within a surrounding moat redug in the center of the site. The “city in architecture” compactly integrates various individual buildings into a unified whole by covered corridors- semi-enclosed space- as in Japanese temple compounds, which coincides with the traditional patio system in Islamic architecture. |