Dubái

Team:
Yunuén Vieyra Velázquez
Paulina Martínez Tejeda
Rebeca Caldelas Aldana
Jaime Alberto Montaño Chagolla
What is Dubai ?

Is one of the seven emirates of the United

Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located south of
the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula
and has the largest population with the
second-largest land territory by area of all
the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and
Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have
veto power over critical matters of national
importance in the country's legislature.
Demographics
 Dubai is unusual in that its population is
comprised mainly of expatriates
 A quarter of the population reportedly trace
their origins to neighbouring Iran
 Dubai is also home to some 100,000 British
and other western expatriates
Language and religion
 The official language
is Arabic but English,
German, Hindi are
also widely spoken
 Islam is the majority
religion of the Emiratis
and while a vast
majority of the locals
are Sunnis
Economy
 Oil reserves in Dubai are less than one-
twentieth those of Abu Dhabi, and oil
income represents a small proportion of the
emirate's income.

 A majority of the emirate's revenues are

from tourism.
Real estate and property

 Today, Dubai is an important tourist

destination and port (Jebel Ali, constructed
in the 1970s, has the largest man-made
harbour in the world).

 The government's decision to diversify from

a trade-based but oil-reliant economy to
one that is service- and tourism-oriented
has made real estate more valuable
 Construction on a
large scale has turned
Dubai into one of the
fastest growing cities
in the world
Touristic Attractive
Burj hotel
 The Burj al-Arab
(Tower of the Arabs) is
a luxury hotel in Dubai
 Was briefly marketed
as "the world's first
seven-star hotel"
 it is the tallest building
used exclusively as a
hotel.
 It stands on an
artificial island 280 m
 The client wanted a
building that would
become an iconic or
symbolic statement for
Dubai
 It was built to
resemble the sail of a
dhow
 The interior of the
hotel is dominated by
a massive atrium
formed between the V
shaped structure and
its fabric sail
 Other features include
a helipad, suspended
near the top of the
building
 interior guest space
is a compilation of
lavish and luxurious
architectural styles
from both the east
and the west
 hotel boasts of 8,000
square meters of 22-
carat gold leaf
24,000 square
meters of 30
different types of
marble
 The building
becomes not only an
icon for Dubai but
symbolizes the
growing importance
of capitalism as well
The atrium is so large !
 The building accomplishes some of
its goals

 becoming a recognizable architectural form

 serving as an icon for Dubai
 symbolizing the on-going architectural
transformation
 symbolizing the wealth of the community
The property boom is largely
driven by many projects planned
for Dubai.

Off-shore such as Palm Islands

and The World (archipelago).
 Palm Island
 palm trees will shelter nearly 500 apartments,
2 000 villas, 25 hotels and 200 shops of luxury. 
 Hundred twenty-five kilometers of coast additional
will be thus created.
 The World
 With broad of Dubaï, nearly 300 artificial islands,
seen sky will form a planisphere.  If you want to
acquire one of these islands, it will cost some to
you between 6,2 to 36,7 million dollars. 
The aspirations of the ruling sheikh
are reflected by the ultra-modern
architecture of the city ,such as Burj
al-Arab located on its very own
island in the Persian Gulf and
currently the tallest hotel in the
world.
Dubai Marina. new city, of a total cost of 10 billion dollars
  It will be able to lodge 120 000 people. 
Emaar Properties is currently
constructing what will become the
world's tallest structure, the Burj Dubai.

The final height of the skyscraper is a

closely guarded secret , but estimates
so far point to a height upwards of 810m.
Finished in 2009.
 Madinat Al Arab

 Here the representation of the one of the

districts of the future greater sea front in the
world, Dubai Waterfront.  This sight
accounts for the architectural ambition and
the spectacular development of real
constructions with Dubaï