Al Fahim Tower is a commercial office building in Dubai; 55,000m², 34 floors, 165M high. Five floors were reserved as the headquarters for Al Fahim Enterprises with the remaining floors rented.
Service provided: Architecture (whilst with dBJ)
Team: James Ward, Steven Caldeira
Architects: dBJ (collaboration with Al Wasl Al Jadeed Consultants-planning application)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Client: Al Fahim Enterprises
A new Hall of Residence for the University of Bath designed as a traditional quadrangle and containing 160 study bedrooms for students. The building was clad in Bath stone.
Service provided: Architecture (whilst with dBJ)
Team: James Ward
Location: Bath, United Kingdom
Client: University of Bath
Completion: 1988
A major luxury 5 star resort hotel on the Red Sea, the Hyatt Resort Hotel comprised some 460 rooms and suites, 29 villas, a health spa, five restaurants, souk, children’s crèche, ballrooms and a conference centre.
The interior style chosen whilst contemporary had references to ancient Egypt in the column and freeze decoration and worked well with the Andalusia architecture.
Services Provided: Interior Design (whilst at dBJ)
Team: James Ward, Stephen Newbold, Stuart Wilsdon
Location: Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Client: Hyatt International and RAMW
Completion: 1995
A 200 villa residential development for ex-patriots.
Service provided: Architecture (whilst with dBJ)
Team: James Ward
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: Private
A small rural guest palace and farm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. The palace itself comprised a formal circular Majlis for 50 with an adjoining formal dining room, lobby areas, bathrooms, a suite for His Highness; kitchens and support facilities.
Extensively landscaped gardens with fountains and water features, gazebos, aviaries, traditional tents and a grotto with a waterfall were provided surrounded by date palms and fruit trees.
Services provided: Architecture/Interior Design/Landscape Design (whilst with dBJ)
Location: Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia
Client: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Completion: 1996
Outline Masterplan for a site in Aqaba. Creation of a new lagoon and marina, five hotel sites, residential zone, golf course and commercial zone.
Service Provided: Masterplanning (whilst at dBJ)
Team: James Ward, Steven Caldeira
Location: Aqaba, Jordan
Client: Zara Investment Holding Co.