2008 NATURE 003 ARCHITECTURE Dubai - United Arab Emirates Price: UAE 50 AED, Bahrain 5 BHD, KSA 50 SAR, Kuwait 4 KWD, Oman 5 OMR, Qatar 50 QARSAR. Oman 5 OMR, Qatar 4 KWD, Kuwait 50 SAR, KSA 5 BHD, Bahrain AED, 50 UAE Price: Emirates Arab - United Dubai compasses COP numero 3.indd 1 1-12-2008 14:35:31 FINLAND UK NETHERLANDS FRANCE SWITZERLAND ITALY SPAIN CINA UNITED STATES GREECE IRAN JAPAN INDIA HEADQUARTER 003 [compasses] [editorial] 16 ١ﻓﺘﺘﺎﺣﻴﺔ SINGAPORE [experiences] ﺧﺒﺮات CO2 Emissions 0 18 ARGENTINA X vs. Y 22 AUSTRALIA Jumeirah Beach Club 30 Burj Dubai Residential Tower 32 Bamboo Towers 34 Desert Rose 36 Interview with Mohannad Sweid 38 Hollywood with love 40 Fashion Designer for Dubai 44 [focus] 52 ﺗﺮﮐﻴﺰ Publisher’s Board Scientific Director Correspondents Licensee Saeed Hareb Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi Italian Creative Design FZ LLC Massimo de Falco Anna Baldini (Deputy) Argentina Marcelo Corti Mario Donato The Grand Mosque Marco Ferretti Australia Fleur Watson Managing director Scientific Committee China Carlo Santoro [architecture] ﻫﻨﺪﺳﺔ هـﻌﻤﺎرﺔ Managing Editor David Chipperfield Finland Agatino Rizzo Head Office Giuseppe Rufo Odile Decq France Alessandra Cianchetta Dubai Media City Massimiliano Fuksas Greece Polyxeny Mantzou PO Box 502235 [Renzo Piano] Ecological Piano – Livio Sacchi 62 Interiors Consultant Hans Ibelings India Anand Batt Ph +971 4 3911873 [Arup Associates] Holistic engineering – Anna Baldini 70 Linda Nubani William Menking Iran Siamak G. Shahneshin Fax +971 4 3904369 [Zaha Hadid] Artificial landscape – Valerio Paolo Mosco 76 Yehuda Safran Italy Diego Barbarelli
[email protected] Real Estate Consultant Karl T. Ulrich Alba Cappellieri www.compasses.ae [BmasC] Recycling modernism – Graziella Trovato Moya 84 Ali Matar Diego Terna [LANDS] Material and nature – Luca Guido 92 Editorial Staff Coordinator Japan Salvator John Liotta Dubai Media City License [BIG] Garden homes – Matteo Belfiore 98 Graphic Design Esther Delgado Singapore Francesca Moretti N.