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Masdar City Abu Dhabi Competition
Architecture Contest in UAE – design by LAVA architects
page updated 27 Sep 2016 with new pictures
Masdar Design Competition
Design: LAVA, architects
Masdar, world?s first sustainable city

Giant umbrellas, with a design based on the principles of sunflowers, will provide moveable shade in the day, store heat, then close and release the heat at night in the plaza of a new eco-city in the United Arab Emirates.
The ?sunflower umbrellas? are one aspect of the winning design by the international practice Laboratory for Visionary Architecture [LAVA] – this year?s recipient of the European Prize for Architecture – for the city centre for Masdar in the UAE – the world?s first zero carbon, zero waste city powered entirely by renewable energy sources.
Masdar is a planned city located 17 kilometres from Abu Dhabi. A government initiative, the city is being constructed over seven phases and is due to be completed by 2016.
The city centre includes a plaza, five-star hotel, long stay hotel, a convention centre and entertainment complex and retail facilities.

LAVA wins international design competition for the heart of Masdar, world?s first sustainable city
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LAVA won the design in an international competition against several hundred entries and strong competition from some of the world?s most high profile architects.
LAVA was founded in...