New York's prestigious Guggenheim Museum will open an exhibit this week on the design of Dubai's Business Bay Dancing Towers as part of a retrospective exhibition on UK-based architect, Zaha Hadid. Hadid designed the unique three-tower hotel overlooking the Arabian Gulf, Dubai Creek, Business Bay, and Burj Dubai Downtown.
The Iraqi-born architect was recently declared the winner of an international competition to design the three towers, according to Khaleej Times. Hadid was the first woman to receive the distinguished Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. Her architectural concepts are now seen in landmark projects across Europe, North America and Asia.
"Zaha Hadid's design for the Dancing Towers confirms Business Bay's role as a project that reflects Dubai's rapidly changing future," said Hashim Al Dabal, CEO of Dubai Properties.
"The towers incorporate avant-garde definitions of functionality and form that will not only create a distinctive landmark at Business Bay, but also symbolize a new phase in Dubai's architectural standards," Dabal added.
The three towers will share a common base featuring retail, restaurants and related amenities. They will also be joined at various sections, and have offices and a hotel at the base and the hotel and residences at the top.
The floor spaces of the hotel and the office towers will merge on the seventh floor to create a link to the hotel business center with meeting rooms, office facilities and services for guests. On floor 38, the residential tower merges into the hotel to share collective leisure facilities, including the indoor swimming pool.
"The advantage of conjoining the three towers in one design is to allow people to live a full day cycle between the offices, residences and the hotel," said Al Dabal.
