The Dubai Frame (Arabic: برواز دبي) is an observatory, museum and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai. It holds the record for the largest frame in the world.The building has a height of 150.24 meters and a width of 95.53 meters.The building mainly serves as an observatory, providing views of old Dubai in the north and newer parts in the south.
The project idea was initially conceived by Fernando Donis through an architecture competition by ThyssenKrupp and Dubai Municipality,and selected as the winner of a design competition by an international jury.Donis has alleged that he had his intellectual property stolen and was denied credit for the design. The final project was completed by Hyder Consulting, part of Arcadis NV. It opened in January 2018.
The Dubai Frame is created out of glass, steel, aluminum, and reinforced concrete with designs of the logo of Expo 2020 embedded on the outer facade. The Dubai Frame used the 'golden rectangle' with the side ratios of 1:1.618. It is positioned in such a way that representative landmarks of modern Dubai can be seen on one side, while from the other side, visitors can also view older parts of the city. An observation deck spans the top of the frame, with glass-bottomed floors looking down almost 150 meters onto the building's lower span. This space serves as a symbolic bridge between past and present with the two towers connected by the glass bottomed top of the frame.The lower span contains a museum showing the history of the city, and a video exhibit predicting the city's future.Using special effects the museum creates a very visually-compelling experience taking you from the nomadic fishing and pearl diving village of the past up to a projection of 50 years into the future.
Dubai Frame was formerly known as "Al Berwaz Tower"
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