The Muraba Veil could rival the Burj Khalifa for the most recognisable Dubai building (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
A super-thin skyscraper 70 metres taller than the Shard but the width of just one apartment is set to be built in Dubai.
Details of the Muraba Veil apartment block were unveiled last week, showing how it will be 380 metres high but only 22.5 metres wide.
The distinctive building will take a prime spot between Jumeirah and Downtown overlooking the Dubai Water Canal, looking oddly one dimensional among more typically designed structures.
Skyscrapers often get given a nickname, with those in London better known as the Gherkin, the Cheesegrater and the Walkie Talkie than whatever their actual names are.
With that in mind, we’d like to get in early and name this one The Ruler.
Artists’ impressions from inside the skyscraper show how developers are aiming for a super lux feel, with greenery and water everywhere and even an ‘underground oasis’.
Potential residents will have to pay well for the privilege though, with the cheapest apartment starting around £3.78 million.
Let’s take a look inside…
The underground oasis spa would let light spill down from the roof (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
‘Your only neighbour is the sky’ say developers with each apartment taking up the whole width of the floor (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The underground spa renderings have a beach-like feel (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
A ‘rooftop bathing pool high above the city’ (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
Developers wanted a minimalist yet green and lush feel (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The upkeep of all these plants would be tough though, unless they’re fake (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
A ‘hybrid space’ open to the sky is intended to cool the air before it enters the apartments (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The base of the skyscraper (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
And how it looks from the outside…
The skyscraper is designed to have a ‘veil,’ which is a porous reflective mesh made of stainless steel wrapping around the whole building.
Changing how it looks in different light conditions, it will also provide shade and let natural light filter in, cooling it naturally.
The Muraba Veil is pictured left of the highway next to the canal (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
This mesh gives the Muraba Veil its name (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The tower block is 70 metres taller than the Shard, the UK’s tallest building (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The highest apartments won’t be for those afraid of heights (Picture: Muraba LLC/RCR Arquitectes)
The 828m Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world’s tallest building (Picture: Getty)
It is set to be completed by 2028, including 131 flats between two and four bedrooms, as well as a five-bedroom penthouse, spread over 73 stories.
Each apartment will span the whole width of the building, even if another flat may take the other side of the floor.
While it will be one of the tallest skyscrapers (though still nowhere near the 828m Burj Khalifa), it will also be one of the skinniest, only wider than the 18m-wide ‘world’s thinnest skyscraper’ Steinway Tower in …read more
Source:: Metro
