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02-09-2010 > RMJM Design Istanbuls First LEED Towers

Varyap Meridian, IstanbulCurrently taking shape in the amin financial district of Istanbul are a selection of towers for a project called Varyap Meridian, the first eco-friendly designs by RMJM for the area.

01-09-2010 > Beirut Tower Promises Modern Hanging Gardens

Beirut TerracesAdding to the growing number of new apartment blocks in the Lebanese city of Beirut is this new design from starchitect duo Herzo and De Meuron.

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15-07-2010 > Versace And Damac Team Up In Beirut

Versace Damac Tower, BeirutDamac has teamed up with Italian designer Versace to bring this new tower proposal to the rich in Beirut.

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02-07-2010 > Crumpled Glass Tower Set For Istanbul

Regnum Tower, IstanbulSkyscraper after skyscraper is being proposed for the Turkish city of Istanbul, with the latest being this tower that looks rather like a crumpled glass box.

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02-06-2010 > Autopia Promises Car Heaven

Autopia, IstanbulFancy going car shopping and taking the test drive on a spin around the roof of the mall? Well soon you might be able to do just that if plans for a new motorcar dedicated shopping centre in Istanbul are realised.

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07-04-2010 > Abu Dhabis Twin Glass Eggs

Abu Dhabi Investment CouncilEver since the Gherkin and Torre Aghbar emerged together on the world's architectural stage, eggs have become rather "in".

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12-01-2010 > Arcapitas Cantilevers Galore

Arcapita Bank Headquarters, ManamaWhilst it's neighbours like Dubai and underwent an architectural boom driven by hopeless optimism and a seemingly unending love of bling, the Bahraini capital of Manama has seen landmark buildings go up that are slightly more visually restrained.

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28-12-2009 > Emre Arolats Fragmented Istanbul Skyscrapers

Selenium Mecidiyekoy Residences, IstanbulYet another skyscraper project has been designed for Istanbul, one of the most rapidly rising cities in Europe, and a place that seems to have been almost impervious to wider negative economic conditions.

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20-04-2010 > Futuristic Saudi Cultural Complex Gets Underway

King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and CultureRising from the desert outside the Saudi city of Damman like some melted bars of platinum is the planned King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture, a project designed by Norwegian architects, Snøhetta.

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23-03-2010 > Roman Ruins Hold Up Nouvels Beirut Scraper

The Landmark, BeirutIt should be the latest under construction building by the starchitect Jean Nouvel, but The Landmark in Beirut has yet to see the substructure begin after things haven't gone exactly to plan.

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04-01-2010 > Burj Dubai To Open

The completed Burj DubaiToday the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, opens in a lavish celebration in Dubai amidst financial turbulence that almost consumed the Emirate.

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17-12-2009 > LAVA Reinvent The Arab Oasis

Masdar City PlazaDubai may be going pop but it's neighbour Abu Dhabi remains as rich, and ambitious as ever, something evidenced by this scheme for an entirely new city in the Middle-Eastern emirate that's intended to be completely self-sustaining.

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