1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
LOCATION: Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
DEVELOPER: Nakheel
Properties
CONTRACTOR: Jan De
Nul and Van Oord

2. PALM ISLANDS
 The Palm Islands
(Atlantis) are
an artificial archipelago in Duba
i, United Arab Emirates on
which major commercial and
residential infrastructures will
be constructed.
 They are being constructed
by Nakheel Properties, a
property developer in
the United Arab Emirates.
 They hired Belgian and
Dutch dredging and marine
contractor Jan De Nul and Van
Oord, some of the world's
specialists inland reclamation.
 The islands are the Palm
Jumeirah, the Palm Jebel
Ali and the Palm Deira.

3.  Each settlement will be in
the shape of a palm tree,
topped with a crescent,
and will have a large
number of residential,
leisure and entertainment
centers.
 The Palm Islands are
located off the coast
of The United Arab
Emirates in the Persian
Gulf and will add
520 kilometres of
beaches to the city
of Dubai.

4.  Among the three islands there will be over 100
luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side
villas and apartments, marinas, water theme
parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports
facilities and health spas.

5. PALM JUMEIRAH
 It is one of three islands called the Palm
Islands.
 The Palm Jumeirah is the smallest and the
original of three Palm Islands.

7. PALM JUMEIRAH
 The Palm Jumeirah is in
the shape of a palm tree.
 It consists of a trunk, a
crown with 16 fronds, and a
surrounding crescent island
that forms an 11 kilometres
(6.8 mi) long breakwater.
 The island is 5 by 5
kilometres (3.1 by 3.1 mi)
and its total area is larger
than 800 football pitches.
 The crown is connected to
the mainland by a 300-
metre (980 ft) bridge and
the crescent is connected
to the top of the palm by a
subsea tunnel.

8. PALM JUMEIRAH
 According to the
developer's publicity
material, the Jumeirah
Palm island will feature
themed hotels, three
types of villas
(Signature
Villas, Garden Homes
and Canal Cove Town
Homes), apartment
buildings, beaches, ma
rinas, restaurants, and
a variety of retail
outlets.
ATLANTIS

9. PALM JEBEL ALI
 This project is 50 percent larger
than the Palm Jumeirah.
 The project will include six
marinas, a water theme
park, 'Sea Village', homes built
on stilts, and boardwalks that
circle the "fronds" of the "palm"
and spell out an Arabic poem by
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum.
Take wisdom from the wise
It takes a man of vision to write
on water
Not everyone who rides a horse
is a jockey
Great men rise to greater
challenges

10. PALM JEBEL ALI

11. PALM DEIRA
 The Palm Deira is a
part of the Palm
Islands, Dubai.
 It was announced for
development in
October 2004.
 The first announced
design was 8 times
larger than the Palm
Jumeirah, and 5 times
larger than the Palm
Jebel Ali, and was
intended to house one
million people.

12. PALM DEIRA
 Originally, the design
called for a 14 by 8.5
kilometres (8.7 by 5.3
mi) island with 41
fronds.
 Due to a substantial
change in depth in the
Persian Gulf the
farther out the island
goes, the island was
redesigned in May
2007.
 The project then
became a 12.5 by 7.5
kilometres (7.8 by 4.7
mi) island with 18
larger fronds.

13. PALM DEIRA
CONSTRUCTION

14. THANK YOU
RAKTIM DEBNATH
(raktim.arch@gmail.com)