JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
History
This project, owned by the Emirates Group, was originally conceived as a single, 350 m (1,150 ft), 77-storey tower intended to be completed in 2008 and built alongside the Sheikh Zayed Road. However, its design and location had to be changed because of the construction of a creek extension belonging to the Business Bay megaproject. The new twin-tower design was launched at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai in 2006 with 395 m (1,296 ft) towers. However, the shape of the towers was modified and the height decreased to 355 m (1,165 ft) in a later redesign. The concrete structural frames of both towers topped out in April 2010. By April 2011, the spires on both towers had been added and the outer structure of both towers almost completed. The buildings were completed in 2012, surpassing the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana as the world's tallest hotel.
With the first tower open, the hotel comprises 14 food and beverage outlets, rooftop bars, a business center, conference halls and meeting rooms, an extensive banquet hall, a 3,700 m (40,000 sq ft) spa and health club, as well as retail outlets, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium.
The 2B+G+82 storey twin towers were completed in November 2012.
The hotel has 1364 standard guest rooms, 240 suites, 4 "presidential suites", a banquet hall, an auditorium, 18 Shops, 19 restaurants and a spa.
The form is inspired by the date palm. The towers are symmetrically placed on the 7-storey high podium to get views of the Burj Khalifa, Business Bay and the sea. The podium houses all the public areas, restaurants, banquet hall and back of house areas. The entrance lobby is 4 floors high and overlooks the Business Bay. The 1,000 capacity banquet hall has an independent access.
Architect Ashok Korgaonkar, founder and principal architect of Archgroup International Consultants designed the J W Marriott Marquis.
Gallery
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Emirates Park Towers under construction on 31 January 2008
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20 September 2007
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28 December 2007
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Dubai
- List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates
- List of tallest twin buildings and structures in the world
- List of tallest hotels in the world
References
- ^ "JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower I". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower II". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building complex ID 115348". Emporis. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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- ^ "JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower II". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ JW Marriott Marquis Dubai at Structurae
- ^ "Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa to be commanding Dubai Business Bay focal point". AMEinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Construction of Dh1.8b Emirates Park Towers project firmly on track". Gulf News. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "JW Marriott Marquis Dubai - Business Bay (Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa)". BNC Network. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ "Face to Face: Ashok Korgaonkar, Archgroup - Construction Week Online". 7 November 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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