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Dubai EDITORIAL TEAM Chief Editor Shameem Zaidi Foreword Editor – Publisher Khalid Athar Associate Editor Nadya Zaidi Architecture is one of the most esteemed fields in the world. The launch of Architectural Times has fulfilled the need for a much-needed publication covering this significant aspect. Our country is lagging far behind in developing new conceptions in architecture. Ironically, our country has a rich architectural Assistant Editor heritage and the conquerors and rulers of this part of the world have left the marks fo their vision on the Umber Zaidi architecture of our times. Islamic architecture is one of the most precious legacies inherited by us. The Gulf countries especially Dubai is making a lot of focus on this significant aspect of urban life which is reflected in great towers, malls, villas, and other structures, we still need to take a giant leap in this Director Marketing direction. It is a vast field with growing opportunities in employment and housing. 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Ph & whatsapp: +971 50 130 5097 Shameem Zaidi Cell: +971 56 75 40191 Chief Editor [email protected] Sole Marketing Rights in MEA Corporate Communication Service 6, St. 39, G‐6/2 Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: +92 51 2874225, 2279830 Cell & whatsapp: +92 300 955 9879 Scan to download pdf version www.architecturaltimes.news Contents 06 Al Hijr or Madain Saleh, an ancient pre-Islamic archeological site in Saudi Arabia 09 Makli Necropolis 12 DLR Group's T3 (Timber, Transit, Technology) 13 Dubai 3D World 15 20 The Definitive Works of 2019 Pritzker Prize Winner Arata Isozaki Arata Isozaki with Jahangir Khan Sherpao 21 the President of ARCASIA 2008-2014 Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai, China 22 1991-94 Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art, Okayama, Japan 26 Most beautiful fortified 29 cities in Europe 39 16 1971-74 The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan 35 The Energy crisis of the developing world Best Designed Buildings is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: Ashar Aziz, CEO SkyElectric 15 Dubai 3D buildings 40 30 Team-Disney-Building-Arata Isozaki 31 Rothenburg, Germany Home Design Trends for 2019 Architectural Times Dubai's Super tall “Burj Jumeira” ubai Holding has released details of the latest skyscraper Dplanned for the UAE metropolis. The Burj Jumeira will soar 550 meters in the air, “inspired by the harmonious ripples of the UAE’s desert sand dunes and its flowing oases.” Inaugurated by the UAE's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on January 31st, 2019, the new tower will be built as part of a vast development known as Downtown Jumeira, “a city of the future distinguished by its intelligent design and cohesive infrastructure and network.” The tower's façade is to be covered in digital displays that can be utilized for various occasions and celebrations, with a 450-meter-high sky lounge and sky restaurant complete with interactive surfaces. The tower will also contain multiple observation decks giving visitors 360-degree panoramic views of Dubai, rising from a base designed in the outline of the Sheikh's fingerprint. Similar to the828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa, the scheme's façade will contain a digital display capable of lighting up the tower. This interactive ethos will continue inside, with digital displays on the tower's observation decks. The platforms themselves are accessed via lifts with digital screens to carry visitors through a distinctive experience until they reach the desired platform. The entire program will sit on a base designed in the outline of the Dubai ruler's thumbprint, which is set to contain a terraced outdoor amphitheater for cultural events and a water fountain. When the scheme breaks ground, it will be one of 14 supertall structures under construction in Dubai (300 meters plus) according to the CTBUH. Last year, the city announced that its first Skyscraper is to be preserved in a new modern Heritage innovation. Construction of the scheme will be carried out as Dubai hosts World Expo 2020, with completion expected in 2023. 06 March 2019 www.architecturaltimes.news Architectural Times First look at Burj Jumeira www.architecturaltimes.news March 2019 07 Architectural Times Al Hijr or Madain Saleh an ancient pre-Islamic archeological site in Saudi Arabia Khurram Khiraam Al Hijr or Madain Saleh is an ancient pre- the political capital of Nabataea, while Saleh site to join the World Heritage List. Islamic archeological site in Saudi the second branch heads towards Thus, the site has become the first Arabia. It was the land of Thamud in the Mesopotamia through Tayma in the north archeological site in Saudi Arabia to be Wadi Al Qura, "Valley of Villages", lying of Arabia. This important strategic enlisted by the WHC of the UNESCO. between Madina and Tabuk. Al Hijr is location has made Madain Saleh an also known as Madain Saleh, the Saleh's important trading city of Nabataea and a village. The site was mentioned in the significant economic destination for the R e s e a r c h e r s b e l i e v e t h a t t h e Torah (the old statement) of the Holy trade caravans. Nabataeans were the first inhabitants Bible, and the Holy Quran with reference who settled in Al Hijr, "Madain Saleh," to Prophet Saleh (PBUH). The Holy According to archeologists, Al Hijr was and hence were the original builders of it. Quran stated that the people of Thamud inhabited by Maeneans and Thamudians Researchers also believe that the had met their doom because they in the third millennium BC. Prior to them, Nabataeans had originated from the refused the call of Prophet Saleh to obey the place was occupied by the Lihyanite Arabian Peninsula. Historian Dedor Al God's Will after they slaughtered the she- in the 9th century BC. Nabataeans Saqali states that the Nabataeans were a camel that was sent to them as a divine invaded the state and subdued the nomadic shepherd tribe, who did not sign from God. Lihyanite, and used the stone structure know the art of Agriculture. The people as their houses, temples, and tombs. had no sedentary life nor did they drink Al Hijr or Madain Saleh is located 22 According to the found inscriptions, alcohol and that their land was mostly kilometers to the north-east of Al Ula Nabataeans were the real builders of Al rocky and rugged, unfit for a sedentary municipality of Al Madina Al Munawarrah Hijr. Al Hijr contains plenty of Maeneans life. province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Lihyanites inscriptions that refer to Al at latitude 4726 north and longitude 5337 Ula, Khoraiba and Hiania, as the oldest It is known that the Nabataeans had east, and it was called Al Hijr since the towns, dating back to around 1700 BC. founded a large kingdom extending from ancient times. It occupies a strategic Some of these places were destroyed by their capital Petra (Sila) in the north to position on the ancient trade route that earthquakes according to the Madain Saleh in the south. The oldest links southern Arabia, Mesopotamia, established literature. As for Al Hijr city's evidence of the existence of Nabataeans Levant, and Egypt. antiquities, they belong to Maecenas and dates back to the ninth century BC. the early Thamud traders, who had When they decided to take control of the The ancient trade route in Al Hijr that moved into it from the south of Arabian ancient trade route, they founded their emanates in the south of Arabian Peninsula. trading capital "Al Hijr”. Peninsula divides into two branches, one heading to the north passing through In 2008, UNESCO's World Heritage According to Nabataeans inscriptions Tabuk ends in Petra in Jordan, which was Committee (WHC) agreed on Madain found in the Madain Saleh, we can www.architecturaltimes.news March 2019 09 Architectural Times determine the age of the Kingdom. Red Sea. But in 63 AD it was annexed by niches into which the dead bodies were Alluding to the inscriptions Madain Saleh Rome. In 106 AD Emperor Trojan placed. emerged at the beginning of the first transformed it into Roman province with century BC and faded out in the mid- the rest of the Arabian Peninsula. Al Kheremat: second century AD.