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Wasl Tower in Dubai
Mixed-Use High-Rise Development in UAE – design by UNStudio
27 Oct 2017
Wasl Tower
Architects: UNStudio
Location: Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, Dubai
Wasl Tower – One of the World’s Tallest Ceramic Facades
Wasl Tower – at over 300 metres, one of the world’s tallest ceramic facades – now under construction in Dubai

A new kind of high-rise for Dubai

UNStudio, in collaboration with Werner Sobek, was invited by the Wasl Development Group to design a new kind of high-rise for the city of Dubai that would act as a benchmark for both the region and for the Wasl Development Group itself. The project is located in an exceptional central position in Dubai?s network – along Sheikh Zayed Road, the main thoroughfare that connects the Emirates north to south – and directly opposite the Burj Khalifa. When completed the Wasl Tower will be one of the world?s tallest ceramic facades.

Dubai?s reputation as a transfer hub is rapidly transforming into one of a long stay destination, especially during the cooler winter months. The city also enjoys an impressive infrastructure. When arriving at night by plane or car it resembles an ever evolving organism in the dark dessert; connecting places, people and culture.

The design concept for Wasl Tower – a slender 300 metre tall super-high-rise – reflects the notion of these connections...