Etisalat Dubai
Etisalat Abu Dhabi
Etisalat Abu Dhabi E3
National Drilling Company
Transco Head Office
Adwea Research Centre
Adwea Training Centre
United Bank Limited Headquarters
National Holding Headquarters
Burj Khalifa Business Square
Chairmans Terrace
National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels Headquarters
Etisalat Call Centre
Etisalat Telecom & Admin. Building
Location
Dubai, UAE
Client
Etisalat
Scope
Architecture & Engineering
Status
Completed
Shankland Cox won an international design competition for Etisalat’s new head office in Dubai.
Our proposal responded to the brief with a dramatic organic design exploting a stacked set of office floors surrounded by Etisalat’s trade mark “ golf ball “ housing communication equipment.. The office floors are embraced by a sweeping curved wall. The building was judged by Etisalat to embody the spirit of Dubai and make an important reference to Dubai’s maritime tradition.
A set of publicly accessible floors is incorporated in the design at the lower four floors.
Our services include full architectural design, interior design, quantity surveying and cost control, as well as mechanical & electrical design of all building services
Etisalat Telecom & Admin Building
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
Etisalat
Scope
Architecture & Engineering Supervision of Construction
Status
Completed 2000
SCL was invited to work in collaboration with the internationally acclaimed Architect Carlos Ott. Our scope of works included detailed design & supervision of construction. The design features a glazed cylinder stack of office floors pierced on one side by a full height services & circulation stack rising the full length of the building.
We also provided quantity surveying, full building design & engineering service.
Etisalat Telecom & Admin. Building E-3
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
Etisalat
Scope
Architecture & Engineering Design Supervision of Construction
Status
Completed
We were commissioned by Etisalat to design a new office tower adjacent to their existing iconic building. The brief called for flexible open plan office spaces which could be adapted to a variety of configurations to suit the company’s changing needs.
Our design responded with a smooth external envelope of green anti-sun glazing, punctuated by polished granite service cores running the height of the building.
Care was taken to ensure consistency with Etisalat’s corporate requirement for high rise buildings, both in terms of internal layouts, internal and external finishes
Burj Khalifa Business Square
Location
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
Client
Emaar Properties
Scope
Concept to Supervision
Status
Completed 2007
Concept, detailed design, tender documentation and supervision for podium level landscape to an A-grade office complex located on the Burj Khalifa site. Features include circulation road and car parking areas, central pedestrian priority courtyard with VIP vehicular drop off areas, outdoor dining areas and function lawn. Each phase consists of 3 office buildings, grouped around a landscape courtyard space and shared surface areas. The landscape areas are located on level 3 of the development and linked by a 9m wide pedestrian land bridge.
Transco Head Office
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
ADWEA / TRANSCO
Scope
Architecture, Engineering Design & Supervision of Construction
Status
Completed
SCL was invited by the Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA) to build a head office building for TRANSCO which is its subsidiary. This modern building with latest facilities includes seven floors, impressive atrium, panoramic elevators, flexible office spaces with high end finishes.
Adwea Research Centre
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
ADWEA
Scope
Architecture & Engineering
Status
Completed 2006
Adwea Training Centre
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
ADWEA
Scope
Architecture & Engineering
Status
Completed 2004
Chairmans Terrace
Location
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
Client
Emaar
Scope
Concept to Supervision
Status
Completed 2008
Shankland Cox has developed the office terrace for Mr. Mohd.
Al Abar, Chairman of Emaar. The Terrace is situated in the Burj
Khalifa Business Square and is overlooking the Burj Khalifa, the
Lake and the Dubai Mall
The Scope of work covers concept and detailed design of
all hard and soft landscape works, landscape lighting, water
features, tender documentation, contract administration and
site supervision.
Complete landscape design includes:
• Water features
• Private terraces
• Hardscape
• Ornamental planting
National Holding Headquarters
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
National Holding
Scope
Project Management, Architect of Record
Status
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Shankland Cox Ltd. were appointed as Project Managers and
Architect of Record for this unique building. The Concept was prepared by Zaha Hadid Architects in the UK.
This complex project required a high level of collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects in London together with the specialist curtain walling contractor.
Shankland Cox played a priority role helping to ensure that Zaha Hadid's design intent was maintained.
National Drilling Company
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
National Drilling Corporation
Scope
Architecture & Engineering services
Status
Completed 1998
Our brief for this prestigious 20 storey building was to produce a striking architectural design that reflected our client’s pre- eminence in the oil sector services field. Our design empha- sizes the corporate strength of NDC with a vertical stepped glass facade and is surrounded by an upper most floor pent house suite conceived as cylinder terminal feature.
United Bank Limited Headquarters
Location
Karachi, Pakistan
Client
UBL
Scope
Architecture, Interior Design & Engineering Services. Supervision of Construction
Status
On site
Shankland Cox won an international design competition for the creation of a new head office building for the United Bank Limited in Pakistan. The design required a concept which would be iconic, transparent and flooded with natural light.
Our response to the brief was a uniquely dramatic design consisting of two triangular shaped towers connected by a soaring 20 storey atrium with bridges on various levels within the two structures. The intelligent and creative design thus ensures that the office staff has access to well lit spaces.
Headquarters for National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client
NCTH
Scope
Architecture & Engineering Site Supervision
Status
Completed
We were commissioned by a leading hotel development company in the UAE to design their new headquarters building. A distinctive and dramatic design was requested by the client. Our designers produce a compact 8 storey building with accrued corner facade treatment. This is broken dramatically with a full height atrium space placed on the diagonal to form a memorable entrance experience. The facade warps around the corner and is stopped short on a raking diagonal under which a smooth glazed “window wall” continues.
Call Centre
Location
Ajman, UAE
Client
Etisalat
Scope
Architectural, Interior Design & Engineering Supervision of Construction
Status
Completed
Shankland Cox Ltd, were appointed by Etisalat to design and supervise their first custom-built call centre in the UAE.
Further to an inclusive study tour in Europe & US, Shankland Cox and Etisalat prepared a detailed brief outlining the requirements for their first bespoke Call Centre in the emirates. It was important that the design would carefully consider and respond to all cultural and religious norms for a diverse work force operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week without fail.
Design services covered full architectural, structural, MEP and Landscaping discipline, from concept to detail, followed by site supervision of construction.