Overview

The Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) is a mixed use community with a little over 50% of the Towers planned for residential use, 27% as office only and the rest as hotel or mixed use. Four towers within the development will offer hotel facilities, 3 are earmarked as serviced apartments in part. Retail areas will help enhance the overall community atmosphere with dedicated supermarkets, laundries, restaurants and areas of shopping. From an architectural viewpoint the distinctiveness of each tower design will provide an individualistic appeal to this community. Offering land as well as some water based entertainment and recreation opportunities, the development has extensive facilities for shopping, indoor sports and dining. In view of the uncomfortable climate in the summer months in the region an air conditioned buffer zone is being provided between the landscaped areas and the actual shop front of the retail areas. All the architectural options have been designed to allow an open air approach with a colonnade for the retail frontages in the winter months and optional air conditioned walkways in the summer months. To assist in the circulation between the two levels of retailing, special glass circulation towers have also been designed, serving as focal points and wayfinding beacons for the clusters.