The traditionally designed Old Town community will articulate inspirational Arabic culture within the most influential address on earth.The classical outline of Old Town, is beginning to take shape in Downtown Dubai, offering a flavour of the privileged lifestyles formerly enjoyed by a few.
The Old Town is a mixture of low-rise three-storey apartment buildings and mid-rise towers with penthouses, and offers a counterpoint to the sharply modern style of most of Burj Dubai, the heart of emerging Downtown district.
The look draws on the Al-Bastakia neighbourhood of Bur Dubai and the residences of Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum and Mohammed Shareef Boukash with textures that reflect the gypsum, clay or sarjool plastering used in the early 20th century. Earthy natural tones reflect the surrounding landscape.
Terraces, balconies, parapets (waresh), pergolas, recesses and niches are signature features of the style, which is given further emphasis by the elegant window and door openings.
Residents will live in one of six quarters, Yansoon, Reehan, Miska, Zaafaran, Zanzabeel, or Kamoon.
This 'city within a city' combines residential, commercial, hotel, entertainment, shopping and leisure outlets with open green spaces, water features, pedestrian boulevards, an old town and the world's largest shopping mall, Dubai Mall.
The Dubai Mall in Downtown Burj Dubai is one of the largest malls in the world, will be the premier lifestyle destination for shopping and entertainment. It is a shopper’s paradise featuring 1,200 retail outlets, two anchor department stores, a 220-store Gold Souk and more than 150 food and beverage outlets – all masterfully spread over an astonishing area totalling 12.1 million square feet.
Last Updated: 10th Dec - 09:15 am
