DUBAI, 30 November 2006 — Time Residences is being planned as the world’s first turning tower and a place where residents views’ change every day. It will be a building that moves with the power of the sun. Solar energy is stored and used to drive the rotation mechanism, to provide 360-degree views to every resident.
According to developers, Time Residences is set to revolutionize the world of construction by being the only completely rotating residential structure on the planet. Construction is expected to start in June next year with projected completion in the first quarter of 2009. The 80,000-ton, 30-floor, structure in the heart of Dubai’s iconic City of Arabia development, itself the cornerstone of the breathtaking Dubailand plans, will house 200 unique apartments.
These will include a choice of one to four bedroom, single story apartments replete with the latest in design and technology. Several exclusive four-bedroom duplex penthouses and the signature five-bedroom “T” Triplex Super Penthouse will also be available on the “living floors”, which have been designed with comfort and luxury in mind.
In keeping with the super living concept behind the overall designs of the building, a large emphasis has been placed on life’s other elements, such as earth, water (pool area), air (circulating around the safe balcony), space (open plan uncluttered living) and fire which ignites entertainment at the top of the building, a Moon Lounge shaped as a moon crescent, for people to sit in, a first of its kind open air roof-top theater and observatory, while direct underneath will be the Ark Lounge to enable indulgence in the senses in its music cafe and billiards lounge.
Tav Singh, director of Dubai Property Ring, the developer of the building, is convinced that this signature development will redefine the art of living in the region. “We didn’t want to build just another building or tower, we wanted to create something unique — a precious place to live — a genuine contender to be one of the great buildings in the world.
The project is designed by UK architecture firm, Glenn Howells Architects, the company behind the Birmingham Rotunda in the UK, and Palmer and Turner based in Dubai and Hong Kong, the master developers of City of Arabia.
