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Plan Design Enable

Architecture, masterplanning and urban design

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Infrastructure – the life support system of modern life – must be able to serve the increasing demands of society and must do so in a way that is sustainable. More than ever, this valuable infrastructure must not jeopardise the natural environment – the two must co-exist in a fine balance.

Atkins is a multinational engineering, architectural and design consultancy, providing expertise to help resolve complex challenges presented by the built and natural environment. Whether it’s the concept for a new skyscraper, the upgrade of a rail network, the modelling of a flood defence system or the improvement of a management process, we Plan, Design and Enable solutions.

‘The world has never seemed smaller, our sense of concern about the environment has never been greater, and the pace of technological change has never been quicker.’

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Plan Design Enable… is the simplest articulation of what we do.

Founded in 1938 by Sir William Atkins, Atkins employs over 16,000 staff based in more than 200 permanent offices worldwide. Projects have been undertaken in more than 150 countries. As of June 2009, Atkins generated an annual turnover in excess of £1.5 billion.

Atkins is the UK’s largest engineering consultancy, the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe, the largest UK design consultancy in the Middle East and the second largest global architecture firm.

Our size brings significant value to our clients, allowing us to harness an unrivalled pool of creative, professional people to produce outstanding solutions to challenging problems.

PlanThe challenges facing our clients are multidimensional, often because of the increasingly complex modern environment. From cost and risk planning, feasibility studies and logistics, to impact assessments and stakeholder engagement activity, we plan every aspect of our clients’ projects.

DesignAtkins designs intellectual capital such as management systems and business processes. We also design physical structures such as office towers, schools, bridges and highways. Whatever we design, we apply the same passion and creativity combined with rigorous quality standards.

EnableOur clients choose Atkins because they want to focus on their core operations. They entrust us to look after the management of projects, people and issues – ensuring that deadlines are met, costs are controlled and success is delivered.

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We work in the following sectors and offer a range of integrated services as follows:

Sectors Buildings/Developments Defence Education Health Hospitality Manufacturing Nuclear Retail Sports and Leisure Transport

To do this, Atkins in the Middle East & India draws on its international pool of professional staff in nine regional offices to work directly with our clients from the outset of a project. These include multidisciplinary teams of: architects; civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers; urban and masterplanners and environmental management strategists.

Our design capability extends across all our business divisions - from innovative architecture for the hotel and leisure sectors, to detailed masterplanning for major developments or engineering and design for infrastructure projects. Jointly, our regional teams are able to provide services to support the entire land development cycle.

As part of our design across these sectors and services, Atkins employs a Carbon Critical DesignTM philosophy to ensure that sustainable design is embedded as a key objective in the delivery of solutions to a client.

Services Planning:

– Masterplanning and Urban Design

– Transport Planning, Environment

– Geospatial Solutions

– Landscape Architecture

– Management Consultancy

Building Design Services: (LEED, Integrated multidisciplinary)

– Architecture

– Structural Engineering

– MEP Engineering

– Building Sustainability and Physics

– Specialist Building Services

– Interior Design

Excellence is our benchmark

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Hospitality 7

Residential 23

Offices and Commercial 45

Mixed Use 73

Healthcare 87

Education 95

Masterplanning and Urban Design 109

Sports and Leisure 121

Transportation 129

Truly inspired architecture captures the imagination because of the tension between parts of the structure that are gravity bound and other parts that imply movement.

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The AddressDowntown Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Client: Emaar Properties

Features: 306m high, 63-storey five star hotel and serviced apartments.

Status: Complete

Beachfront HotelDubai, UAE

Client: Confidential

Features: 255m high five star hotel, office and shopping centre. Total built-up area of 235,424 sq m.

Status: Design stage

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Shanghai Harbour City Crowne Plaza HotelShanghai, China


Features: Competition winning entry for a five star, 350 bed hotel being constructed on a man-made island created on a perfectly circular 500 hectare lake. Total built up area 66,700 sq m.

Status: Under construction

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Tianjin Biguiyuan Phoenix HotelTianjin Binghai, China

Client: Tianjin Biguiyuan Phoenix Hotel Ltd

Features: International conference centre, 1,200 room platinum grade hotel, entertainment and commercial facilities in a continuous 300m long east-west axial formation. Total built-up area of 300,000 sq m.


Jiangyin Crowne PlazaJiangyin, China

Client: ShenDa Group

Features: 27 storey, 270 room five star hotel for Crowne Plaza with a unit of 60 serviced apartments overlooking city park and Yangtze River.


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Shimao Wonderland IntercontinentalSongjiang, China

Client: Shanghai Shi Mao New Experience Development

Features: Futuristic three-star hotel to be built on the side of an abandoned water-filled quarry featuring public areas, guest rooms and conference facilities including sport and leisure centres.


Jumeirah Beach HotelDubai, UAE


Features: 93m high five star hotel comprising 25 floors.

Status: Complete

Awards: Best Resort in the World - Business Traveller Magazine in the UK

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Burj Al ArabDubai, UAE


Features: 56 storey super luxury hotel.

Status: Complete

Awards: ‘Tallest All Suite Hotel in the World’– Guinness Book of World Records

Signature TowerAbu Dhabi, UAE


Features: Five star hotel, high quality office space and apartments. Total built-up area of 287,000 sq m.


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Chengdu Hilton HotelChengdu, China

Client: Chengdu Hilton Development Co. Ltd

Features: Hotel, office and apartment tower. Total built up area of 205,000 sq m.


Istanbul 5 Star HotelIstanbul, Turkey

Client: Tasayapi – Selcuk Ecza

Features: Five star hotel and serviced apartments. Total built-up area of 99,480 sq m.


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Sports HotelAbu Dhabi


Features: 400 guest room hotel, set to receive gold LEED certification.


The Island Resort and HotelUAE


Features: 250 keys consisting of standard, junior executive, diplomatic and royal suites, standard villas, food and beverage outlets, meeting and event facilities, leisure and recreational areas.

Status: Design competition

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Barr Al Jissah Hotel and SpaBarr Al Jissah, Oman

Client: Barr Al Jissah Resort Company

Features: Three hotels, spa and heritage centre. Total built-up area of 73,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

The major challenge in the design of urban space is to understand and resolve connections and separations between widely different functions. However, central to this approach is that places are for people.

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Pier 8 ResidencesDubai, UAE

Client: Abyaar Real Estate Investment

Features: 170m high, 40 storey tower with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Total built-up area of approx 48,000 sq m.


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Chelsea TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Abdulsalam Alrafi Group

Features: 50 storey residential tower. Total built-up area of 65,920 sq m.

Status: Complete

ManazelDubai, UAE


Features: Two towers of 22 and 26 storeys. Total built-up area of approx 35,145 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Goldcrest ViewsDubai, UAE


Features: 159m high, 41-storey tower comprising 376 apartments, retail and parking spaces. Total built-up area of 57,231 sq m.

Status: Complete

Iris MistDubai, UAE

Client: Sheth Estate International

Features: 200m tower comprising 355 apartments of one, two and three bedrooms. Total built-up area of 77,450 sq m.


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Sama TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Al Hamid Group - Abu Dhabi

Features: 193m high, 49-storey development. Total built-up area of 93,950 sq m.


21st Century TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Al Rostamani Group of Companies

Features: 269m tower on 53 floors. Total built up area of 86,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Downtown Al AreenAl Areen, Bahrain

Client: Gulf Holding Company

Features: Predominantly low-rise residential townhouses and villas, retail areas, bridges and public realm.


Mohammed Bin Zayed City TowerAbu Dhabi, UAE

Client: Bloom

Features: 23 storey building with two levels of underground parking.

Status: Competition entry

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The CrescentBaku, Azerbaijan

Client: ADEC

Features: G+8 building with 62 duplex apartments. Total built-up area of 24,000 sq m.


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9GGHHDubai, UAE


Features: 50 floor tower on a six level podium incorporating 420 car parking spaces. Facilities include a spa, health centre, swimming pool, retail space.

Total built-up area of 53,552 sq m.

Status: Design complete

Lea Square London, UK

Client: Lamberfore

Features: Mixed-use regeneration with office and retail areas. Total built-up area of 90,000 sq m.

Status: Planning stage

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Mahboula TowerKuwait

Client: Al Tijaria (Commercial Real Estate Company K.S.C.C)

Features: Residential tower with 312 units, health club and parking.Total built up area 140,000 sq m.


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Business Bay Executive TowersDubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Properties

Features: Five residential towers varying in height between 27 and 47 storeys with a total of 1,041 apartments, swimming pool and health spa and 6,186 sq m of commercial space.

Status: Complete

2CDE Residential DevelopmentDubai, UAE

Client: Ahmed Ramadhan Juma Establishment

Features: 116m high, 27-storey tower comprising one-, two- and three-bedroom serviced apartments, eight duplex townhouses, two duplex penthouses with a built up area of between 300-400 sq m, a pool with landscaped gardens and water facilities, a food court and retail outlets.

Total built-up area of 33,642 sq m.


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Villa RoyaleTangiers, Morocco

Client: Gulf Holding Company

Features: Up market, low-rise residential development comprising primary school, clinic and equestrian centre.


Millennium TowerDubai, UAE


Features: 285m, 59-storey residential tower.

Status: Complete

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IconiaHyderabad, India

Client: Kondapur Towers Pvt Ltd

Features: Eighteen, 20-storey buildings on a 21.35-hectare site.


A sustainable design approach is essential from inception. Sustainability is not something that is added but something that is integral to the design.

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Supreme Education Council HeadquartersDoha, Qatar

Client: Qatar Petroleum & Supreme Education Council

Features: Five separate two-storey office buildings linked by a ‘wall of knowledge’. Total built-up areaof 86,000 sq m.


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Iris BayDubai, UAE

Client: Sheth Estate International Ltd

Features: 170m high, 32-storey tower located in the Business Bay area. Total built-up area of 36,000 sq m.


DIFC Lighthouse Dubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Investment Financial Centre

Features: Low-carbon, sustainable development comprising a 402m high office tower.


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Business Bay Sales CentreDubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Properties

Features: Administrative office for sales of commercial and residential property in Business Bay. Total built-up area of 3,400 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Al Sharq Office ComplexKuwait


Features: Office tower comprising shopping arcades, outdoor spaces, fitness clubs, restaurant

and café quarters. Total built-up area of 28,000 sq m.

Status: Concept design

Awards: ‘Future Architecture Awards’, MIPIM 2007 ‘CNBC Arabia Property Awards’ 2007

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Central TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Investment Financial Centre

Features: 110 storey office building in the centre of the DIFC development. Total built up area of 62,860 sq m.


Dubai Flower CentreDubai, UAE

Client: Department of Civil Aviation

Features: Centre for distribution of fresh cut flowers.

Status: Complete

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Harbour Office DevelopmentDubai, UAE

Client: MENA Capital Investments (Amwaj)

Features: 28 storey office tower.


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Bahrain World Trade CenterManama, Bahrain


Features: 240m high twin office towers that include a shopping mall and three ground-breaking 29m diameter wind turbines installed between the sail-shaped towers whose function is to partly generate the building’s own electricity. Total built-up area of

120,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

The HubBristol, UK

Client: ROK Development

Features: Two storey BREEAM EXCELLENT rated commercial building.Total built up area of 13,935 sq m.

Status: Complete

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China Resources Power Administration CentreChangshu, China

Client: China Resources Power

Features: 21,000 sq m administrative centre.

Status: Complete

Qingping Highway Management CentreShenzen, China

Client: Shenzhen Huayu Highway Investment Co. Ltd.

Features: Highway control centre. Total built up area of 50,000 sq m.


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The Riyadh TowerRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

Client: Al Ajlan Allied Group

Features: 224m, 42-storey office development.


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Almas TowerDubai, UAE

Client: DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)

Features: Commercial, retail and a diamond exchange centre. Total built-up area of 183,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Crystal OasisDubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA)

Features: G+11 complex on five plots comprising commercial office buildings related to micro-electronics industry with all related services. Total built up area 223,000 sq m.


TEDA CentreTianjin, China

Client: TEDA

Features: 18 medium rise blocks along a 1.5km long site. Total built up area of 486,236 sq m.


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Baku Office BuildingBaku, Azerbaijan


Features: 32 storey office, three storey mall, two medium-rise towers. Total built-up area of 80,000 sq m.


Al Rostamani Office and Residential Building Dubai, UAE

Client: Al Rostamani Real Estate

Features: 13 storey office/residential building. Total built up area of 30,800 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Tianjin Financial Street Urban DesignTianjin, China

Client: Tianjin Financial City Investment

Features: 40,000 sq m conceptual design for new financial centre.


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TEDA BuildingsTianjin, China

Client: TEDA

Features: Three mixed-use towers on a podium comprising commercial areas.


Mixed use buildings incorporate concepts of functional performance and comfort as well as creating an exclusive and communicative symbol to elicit recognition.

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Al Rajhi TowerRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

Client: Business Management Board of Alsheikh A Al-Rajhi

Features: Mixed-use commercial tower. Total built up area of 300 000 sq m.


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Wuhan Jiayu Landmark Hotel and Mixed DevelopmentWuhan, China

Client: Jiayu Group

Features: Mixed use tower with retail and leisure podium. Total built up area of 140,000 sq m.


Guangzhou Zhujiang East TowerGuangzhou, China

Client: Hengda Corporation

Features: 111 storey, 435m high mixed-use tower comprising five star hotel, serviced apartments and offices and commercial podium facilities.


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P17 TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Tasameem Real Estate

Features: 80 storey residential, office and hotel property.


Gateway BuildingBaku, Azerbaijan

Client: ADEC

Features: Retail facilities on the ground and first floors, 16 boutique apartments on floors four to

seven, with office floors from 3rd to 12th floor. Basement floor for plant and car park.

Total built up area 28,000 sq m.


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Centaurus DevelopmentIslamabad, Pakistan

Client: Pak Gulf Construction Ltd

Features: Five major buildings – two apartment towers and one office tower over a sculpted shopping mall on one side and a 246.5m tall five star deluxe hotel tower on the other.


Anara TowerDubai, UAE

Client: Tameer Holdings Investments

Features: 650 m high, 125-storey mixed-use tower Total built-up area of 470,000 sq m.


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Nomas TowerJuffair, Bahrain

Client: Nomas Enterprises W.L.L.

Features: 400,000 sq m development combining premium residential apartments and townhouses, three floors of retail and entertainment, a five-star hotel and boutique waterfront office facility.


Century CityDoha, Qatar

Client: Retaj Developments

Features: 350 keys 5-star hotel, 30 keys serviced apartments, offices, retail, conference facilities, spa & health club, 3,400 parking lots and mosque for 700 people.


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Icon HotelDubai, UAE

Client: Nakheel

Features: High end hotel.


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Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm JumeirahDubai, UAE

Client: Nakheel Hotel and Resorts

Features: Two asymmetric towers over 250m in height comprising a luxury ‘condominium’ hotel,

apartments and other related facilities.


Flexible spaces and high levels of adaptability are key components that allow institutions to respond to the rapidly and continually changing delivery of healthcare services.

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Royal Edinburgh HospitalEdinburgh, UK

Client: Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust

Features: 350-bed psychiatric hospital. Total built up area 33,000 sq m.


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Wellness ResortUAE


Features: Healthcare resort.


Centres of Clinical ExcellenceReading, UK

Client: CCE (Circle Healthcare)

Features: Private hospital. Total built up area 4,000 sq m.


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Milton KeynesMilton Keynes, UK

Client: Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Features: Women and children’s healthcare services. Total built up area of 3,500 sq m.


Wythenshawe HospitalSouth Manchester, UK

Client: South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust

Features: 320-bed acute unit and 77-bed mental health unit. Total built up area 30,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Kazan A&E HospitalTatarstan, Russia

Client: Tatarstan Government

Features: Accident and Emergency facility for the citizens of Kazan.

Status: Masterplanning and design complete

21st century learning places must be designed to raise standards of pupils’ attainment and positively influence behaviour and contribute to raising the morale of staff.

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Jumeirah English Speaking SchoolDubai, UAE


Features: 12 buildings ranging from single storey to G+2. Total built-up area of 18,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Flagship CampusDubai, UAE


Features: Full educational facilities supplying both IB and NCE curriculum from crèche to diploma. Total built up area 137,878 sq m.


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Northumbria University City Campus EastNewcastle upon Tyne, UK

Client: University of Northumbria

Features: University complex housing business, law and design faculties.

Status: Complete

Awards: Low Carbon New Build Project of the Year RICS Sustainability, Design and Innovation

and overall Building of the Year 2008 Northern Region – CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards

City College Plymouth RedevelopmentPlymouth, UK

Client: City College Plymouth

Features: Redevelopment of college campus. Total built up area of 37,000 sq m.


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Chancellor Park Primary SchoolChelmsford, UK

Client: Essex County Council

Features: 1,200 sq m primary school.

Status: Complete

Awards: 2005 Civic Trust commendation

Richmond SchoolNorth Yorkshire, UK

Client: North Yorkshire County Council

Features: Sixth form college for 400 students.


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Penistone Grammar ALCBarnsley, UK

Client: Laing O’Rourke

Features: Secondary school


Grimsby Institute of Further EducationLincolnshire, UK

Client: Grimsby Institute

Features: Further education college. Total built up area 25,000 sq m.


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North Nottinghamshire Collegeof Further EducationWorksop, UK

Client: North Nottinghamshire College

Features: College of further education.


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Brtiish Library Archive UnitBoston Spa, UK

Client: British Library

Features: Archive repository.

Status: Complete

Every site in the world is very different and therefore demands a different design approach and contextual response based upon human understanding and passion.

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Durrat Al BahrainBahrain

Client: JV Durrat Al Bahrain and Al Khaleej Development Co

Features: Residential, commercial and leisure resort. Total built-up area of 20 sq km.


Western Marina DevelopmentAbu Dhabi, UAE


Features: 370 deluxe waterfront villas, 230 key 5 star hotel, aqua park, 250 apartments, retail area and staff accommodation.


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Trafalgar Square – World Squares for all MasterplanLondon, UK

Client: Greater London Authority & Transport for London Street Management

Features: Redevelopment masterplan.

Status: Complete

International Crab MarketSuzhou, China

Client: Suzhou Industrial Park

Features: 85,000 sq m, five block commercial complexfor wholesale and retailing of the famousYangchenghu crabs.

Status: Complete

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Baoan Central District MasterplanShenzen, China

Client: Shenzen Planning Group

Features: New town urban design on 640 ha.


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Durrat MarinaBahrain

Client: JV Durrat Al Bahrain & Al Khaleej Development Co

Features: Three interconnected islands based around a marina with mixed-use residential, retail and commercial facilities on 68 ha of reclaimed land.


CITIC New Town DevelopmentChangsha, China

Client: Changsha Real Estate Co. Ltd

Features: Five functional districts comprising city and cultural plazas, ecological hotel, cyber port and residential units. Total built up area of 62,860 sq m.


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Xuzhou Railway Station MasterplanXuzhou, China

Client: Xuzhou Economy Development Committee

Features: Urban design and masterplan.


Designing sports facilities is a fascinating challenge, from which has emerged magnificent architecture that successfully resolves aesthetic and pragmatic issues.

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Wild Wadi Aqua ParkDubai, UAE


Features: Themed water park. Total built-up area of 3 ha.

Status: Complete

Awards: World Water Park Association Award - Industry Innovation Award for Outstanding Design & Theme - 1999

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Enchantment of the SeasMiami, USA

Client: Royal Caribbean International

Features: Lengthening and revitalisation of

luxury cruise liner.

Status: Complete

Kazan Zoo and Botanical ParkKazan, Russia

Client: Invest-City, Government of Kazan

Features: Three co-located central city sites. Total built-up area of 40 ha.


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Zabeel ParkDubai, UAE

Client: Dubai Municipality

Features: Technology theme park covering 47.5 ha.

Status: Complete

Plaza DubaiDubai, UAE


Features: 5,000 seat auditorium and stage, 5,000 sq m revolving shade structure, 2,500 sq m, reflection lake. Integration with underground parking, retail and loading bay areas.


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University of Northumbria Sports CentreNorthumbria, UK

Client: Northumbria University

Features: Three sports halls, a 25m swimming pool, 40m sprint straights, high performance training facilities and gymnasium.

Total built up area of 12,000 sq m.


Whether very large or very small, simple and elegant buildings are not an outcome of scale, but rather space, appealing not just to our senses but also to our intellect.

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Xi’An International Airport – Phase IIXi’An, China

Client: Western Airport Management Group Co.Ltd

Features: Airport masterplanning and Terminal 3 design. Total built up area of 270,000 sq m.


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Urumchi Diwopu International AirportUrumchi, China

Client: Urumchi Airport (Group) Co., Ltd

Features: Expansion of international airport. Total built-up area of 200,000 sq m.


Hangzhou Railway StationHangzhou, China

Client: Municipal Government/Hangzhou Urban Planning Bureau

Features: Transport interchange and railway station. Total built up area 357,700 sq m.


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Taiyun Wuxu Terminal Area BuildingTaiyun, China

Client: Shanxi Province Civilian Airport Group

Features: 55,000 sq m new airport terminal.

Status: Complete

Abra and Waterbus StationsDubai, UAE

Client: RTA Marine Agency

Features: Waterbus and abra waiting areas, retail and staff facilities plus a café.


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Dubai Metro – Green LineAbu Baker Al Siddique Station, Dubai, UAE

Client: JT Metro JV and Dubai Rail Link (DURL)

Features: ‘Type 2’ elevated concourse station.


Yinchuan AirportYinchuan, China

Client: Yinchuan He Dong Airport Expansion Project Headquarters

Features: Airport masterplanning and Terminal 2. Total built up area of 33,000 sq m.

Status: Complete

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Haramain High Speed Rail Link Makkah, KSA


Features: Four iconic design stations each 450m long.


Sustainable Metro StationDubai, UAE


Features: Passive smoke exhaust from trains, natural light to platform and concourse, external cladding designed to specifically respond to station orientation, station volume optimised to minimise air-conditioning.


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Sustainable Tram Depot Dubai, UAE


Features: Green roof acts as biofilter for tram wash water and provides thermal mass for depot. Photovoltaic cells drive pumps for roof irrigation. Venturi skylight encourages natural ventilation in winter and allows natural light into the depot buildings.


Signature BridgeDubai, UAE


Features: Total span of 200m providing a three-lane dual carriageway.


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Sowwah Island Roads and BridgesAbu Dhabi, UAE

Client: Mubadala

Features: Design and supervision of the bridge and road networks connecting the island to both Abu Dhabi and Al Reem Island. Dual-level road network on the island with connecting service roads.


Securing a sustainable future

As the problems facing our clients become more complex, the solutions delivered by Atkins become more and more innovative.

We are determined to help ensure our sector’s voice is heard on key issues such as health & safety and sustainability and aspire to be a world leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions.

Many of the sustainable design solutions relate to the reduction of carbon emissions and we refer to this primary sub-set of the discipline of sustainable design as ‘Carbon Critical Design’. We now plan, design and enable solutions in a carbon critical world, fundamentally changing the way we deliver projects to clients.

Developed from our early work in conjunction with the British University in Dubai (BUiD) and Cardiff University, we introduced the Atkins Sustainability Policy in November 2007, declaring our commitment to: educating our staff on sustainability; continuing to work with academia to develop sustainable solutions; and inspiring and challenging our clients, employees and supply chain to deliver sustainable solutions.

This has now developed into a strategic policy to adopt our Carbon Critical Design model for all new zero or low carbon sustainable buildings, including those in hot climates such as the Middle East. We are now focusing on inspiring and challenging all our stakeholders to deliver holistic sustainable solutions through Carbon Critical Design.

Atkins: more than an environmentally responsible consultancy – Carbon Critical DesignTM is at the heart of all that we do

“From buildings and railways to education, sustainability is interwoven into every project we are involved in and is

integral to the Atkins DNA. Our mission is to raise awareness of environmental design and its importance in the built environment,”

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Setting the benchmarks in sustainable design

The wide range of services and disciplines within Atkins are all fluent in the language of sustainability. This means we can respond effectively as a team to the challenges laid down by our architects and engineers across a range of projects.

This teamwork ensures that sustainability never becomes a ‘bolt-on’, or an afterthought. With our LEED and Estidama accredited design professionals supported by additional specialist sustainability consultants, Atkins in the Middle East is well positioned to offer the best sustainable solutions available for today’s fast moving clients.

Our projects set benchmarks in sustainable design and contribute to a diverse portfolio that includes some of the most inspirational, groundbreaking initiatives of the new millennium, such as:

The Bahrain World Trade Center, the first commercial building to harness wind power for energy;

DIFC Lighthouse Tower, set to be Dubai’s first low carbon commercial tower - aiming to reduce its total energy consumption by up to 50% and water consumption by up to 40%, compared to a typical Dubai design;

Richmond School sustainability pathfinder will set a new benchmark under the UK government’s BSF programme;

Northumbria University City Campus East – UK landmark structure which has become an environmental flagship;

WRAP – development of the Recycled Content Toolkit for Waste and Resources Action Plan.

Sharing our commitment Atkins is not content with driving the sustainability agenda by internal commitment and client advice. We believe we also have a responsibility to contribute at wider strategic level and we have joined several initiatives to help instigate change in the macro environment. These include founder membership and deputy chair of the Emirates Green Building Council to advise on Constructing Excellence within the UAE.

To achieve our extended aims, we employ full time in-house sustainability experts who set the parameters and work with architects and engineers to design and construct low-energy, resource-efficient buildings. In concert with this, we make a leading contribution to research in the field of sustainability in the built environment through a partnership with the British University in Dubai (BUiD) where we fund the Institute of the Built Environment.

We also support an internal technical community called SUSNET with 200 active members who share sustainability best practice and disseminate knowledge. SUSNET has evolved following an awareness raising training programme across the Atkins group. This has led to a saving of thousands of tonnes of carbon by changing the way we service buildings. It has also saved thousands of tonnes of waste through improved recovery rates and the adoption of the WRAP toolkits on our projects.

We believe that Atkins is achieving excellent results by encouraging our designers to innovate in ways that deliver genuine sustainable benefits. We are also proving that sustainable thinking can be harnessed within a large company and converted into innovative solutions and groundbreaking designs that are both functional and exciting.

Atkins is leading the way with building designs that incorporate new technologies.

Wind power

Bio-Mass

Photo-voltaics

Solar Thermal

Photo-voltaic (PV) panel

Client: Dubai Investment Financial Corporation


Features: This 400-metre, 64-floor luxury office tower exceeds any other skyscraper in reducing energy consumption. Our first step was to limit building loads passively. A high performance façade reduces heat transfer but allows ample light into the building. Pressure testing will ensure low infiltration gains. Breaking escape stairs and installing air locks at high level will reduce stack effects.

Efficient daylight-controlled lights, pumps, motors and fans reduce both primary energy loads and resultant cooling loads. Heat recovery wheels reduce outside air loads; low weight, double-decked elevators, occupancy control for ventilation and induction fans and occupancy/pollution sensing in the car parks all reduce energy use. Overall, energy will be reduced by 50% and water by 40%, compared to our business as usual benchmark.

The tall, slender geometry of the tower sculpted by sunlight and wind reflects the energy and kinetics of DIFC. The LED lit façade inspired by the traditional ‘Mashrabiya’ and the client’s logo transforms the tower into a ‘Lighthouse’. Metaphorically, the supergreen development is envisaged to become a beacon for all future low-carbon, sustainable developments within the region

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DIFC Lighthouse TowerDubai, UAE

Inspiredthinking

Client: Sheth Estate International Ltd


Features: Iris Bay is a 170m high, 32-storey tower, with a total built-up area of 36,000 sq m situated in the Business Bay area of Dubai. The revolutionary ovoid design for this building was inspired by the client’s request for an iconic landmark development that will stand out from its neighbouring buildings. The distinctive design comprises two identical double curved pixelated shells which are rotated and cantilevered over the podium.

Sustainability elements include balconies as shading devices; a low window-to-solid ratio where appropriate; natural ventilation including openable windows, and photo voltaics. The rear elevation is a continuous vertical curve punctuated by balconies while the front elevation is made up of seven zones of rotated glass. The project, which will incorporate both passive and active environmental features, includes naturally ventilated spaces and integrated solar energy and shading films in the glass façade.

Innovationin action

Iris BayDubai, UAE

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Status: Complete

Features: 240m high twin office towers that include a shopping mall and three ground-breaking 29m diameter wind turbines. In addition, Atkins developed the masterplan for the extended development that rejuvenates the existing mall and hotel and provides additional twin office towers with unobstructed views over the Arabian Gulf. Total built-up area of 120,000 sq m.

Unique to this building is a renewable energy design involving three 29m diameter wind turbines horizontally supported on bridges. The turbines are expected to produce between 11 and 15 percent of the total electrical consumption of the building.

Technical validation included the incorporation

of environmentally responsive design elements, different wind regime analysis of turbine performance and SARM analysis validation. Output from these investigations was incorporated by Atkins design teams into the structural and building services elements.

Award winningtechnology

Bahrain World Trade CenterManama, Bahrain

LEAF Awards winner 2006 - Best Use of Technology within a Large SchemeWinner of BEX (Building Exchange) Innovation Category Award - 2008

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