Sharjah Flying Saucer Building Rehabilitation
Sharjah Flying Saucer building rehabilitation, UAE, 1978 Brutalist architecture – star-shaped canopy around a seven-metre concrete dome over a circular arrangement of columns
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Why not visit include the New Citizens School by Godwin Austen Johnson? It is conceived and developed by Al Zarooni Emirates Investments and designed by Godwin Austen Johnson (GAJ). This school facility aims to inspire and stimulate. It features a teacher training foundation, excellence centre and K-12 school.
We also post details about the W Dubai – Mina Seyahi, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street, by Aedas with Interior Designer: Blink. This 5-star beachfront resort project is an extension to the existing Le Meridien hotel. With an unrivalled beachfront location, the new Aedas-designed hotel tower is the city’s newest luxury hotel destination. The accommodation promises to stun with its eclectic design.
Finally, we feature Sharjah Flying Saucer Building Rehabilitation by SpaceContinuum Design Studio / Mona El Mousfy. The core structure was revealed by removing the grey aluminum cladding on the saucer’s pillars and the orange aluminum cladding on its canopy. The Flying Saucer is a Brutalist-style building. It originally housed a café, restaurant, newsstand and gift shop.
Sharjah Flying Saucer building rehabilitation, UAE, 1978 Brutalist architecture – star-shaped canopy around a seven-metre concrete dome over a circular arrangement of columns
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