Dubai Frame to be Monument to Past and Future
The Dubai Frame, a 150-meter-by-105-meter window-frame like structure in the emirate's Zabeel Park, will be completed by the end of next year.
The US$ 32.3 million project, which won the ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Architecture Award in 2009, will feature a museum and is expected to attract up to 2 million visitors per year.
The Dubai Frame is intended to highlight both the old and news sides of the city, with newer icons such as the Burj Khalifa visible through one side, and older parts of the city such as Dubai Creek and Deira on view through the other.
The structure will be completely transparent, with elevators that will take visitors to a viewing deck located at its peak. A terrace cafe on the top cross-beam and a 150-meter-high glass floor bridge are the major highlights of the project, which will include an observation deck at the top of each vertical shaft. The ground leg of the Frame will include a museum that tells the story of the development of the city and information on its past and present.
The US$ 32.3 million project, which won the ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Architecture Award in 2009, will feature a museum and is expected to attract up to 2 million visitors per year.
The Dubai Frame is intended to highlight both the old and news sides of the city, with newer icons such as the Burj Khalifa visible through one side, and older parts of the city such as Dubai Creek and Deira on view through the other.
The structure will be completely transparent, with elevators that will take visitors to a viewing deck located at its peak. A terrace cafe on the top cross-beam and a 150-meter-high glass floor bridge are the major highlights of the project, which will include an observation deck at the top of each vertical shaft. The ground leg of the Frame will include a museum that tells the story of the development of the city and information on its past and present.
