_project Name: The Veil Residential Tower
_location: Dubai, UAE
_brief: The client wanted a 60-story tower which responded to the site.
_considerations: The site is situated on the edge of the city so the structure needed to harness the natural and manmade vistas
_response: We have created a building which responds with a completely different level of openness depending on which side it is facing. Like wearing a veil, it is open to the city centre on one side and more closed to the desert on the opposite side - an advantage when considering reductions in carbon emissions when cooling the building. Completion for 2012.