Cayan Tower
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill · 2013
Hexagonal floors turn around a central core, a little at each level, until the top stands at a right angle to the base: a full 90-degree twist over 307 metres.
- Height
- 307 m
- Storeys
- 75
- Finished
- 2013
Dubai.
Dubai Marina. Rebuilt to the metre.
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25.0820° N · 55.1365° E
The light of the Gulf
Evening over the Marina. Princess Tower and the Marina Torch rise above the canal; far to the east, the Burj Khalifa.
This is not a picture of Dubai. It is Dubai Marina, built on the real map: every tower where OpenStreetMap draws it, every quay and pontoon on the water, every shop under its own name. Walk the Marina, buy a lot beside it, build on it.
Get the highlights.
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Cayan Tower
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s tower turns a full 90 degrees as it rises: every floor is rotated a little on the one below, around a central core. It was finished in 2013.
- Height
- 307 m
- Storeys
- 75
- Twist
- 90°
Pieces of the city, as the world draws them
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- 01Cayan Tower
- 02Princess Tower
- 03The Marina Torch
- 04Marina 101
Princess Tower
Dubai Marina · 2012
101 storeys under a dome and a spire. From 2012 to 2015 it was the tallest residential building in the world.
- Height
- 413 m
- Storeys
- 101
- Finished
- 2012
The Marina Torch
Dubai Marina · 2011
A slender residential tower of 86 storeys, finished in 2011, its spire reaching 352 metres and its crown lit at night.
- Height
- 352 m
- Storeys
- 86
- Finished
- 2011
Marina 101
Dubai Marina
101 storeys and 425 metres of glass: the tallest tower of Dubai Marina.
- Height
- 425 m
- Storeys
- 101
- Rank in the Marina
- 1
Dubai Marina
3 km of towers on the water. 2,000 date palms. 103 shops. One marina.
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Marina Walk
The promenade around the canal: date palms and lamps, café terraces, the yachts at their pontoons and the water buses at their stops.
Walk Dubai
Every view on this page is a frame of the world itself, rendered in real time.
The names on the Marina are the real ones
Shop by shop, as OpenStreetMap lists Marina Walk and The Walk today.
Cafe Bateel · Carrefour · Zaatar W Zeit · Fisherman's Wharf · Pepper & Crab · The Observatory · Asia Asia · Atelier M · Baker & Spice · Baskin-Robbins · Nando's · Johnny Rockets · Siddharta Lounge · Bistro Des Arts · Starbucks ·
Costa · Cargo · The Scene · Reem Al Bawadi · Massimo's Italian Restaurant · Just Falafel · Grill Republic · Piccolo Mondo Avenue · City Social · Row On 45 · Roast · Pho Bo · Iran Zamin Restaurant · Charm Thai · Simitchi ·
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Terraces on the water
At dusk the terraces fill and the windows light up along the quay. Every name above the door is the one OpenStreetMap gives it.
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META PULS HOF
The shopping hall of the Al Maktoum district: boutiques on every side of a plaza, with fountains and café terraces, a step from the stadium.
Boutiques
Furnished to the last shelf: the oak blocks, the lit walls, the pieces on display.
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META PULS Arena · Al Maktoum Stadium
Where the real stadium stands, in Oud Metha: the home of Al Nasr since 1978, rebuilt for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In META PULS, a seat for every ticket.
The Al Maktoum Stadium
The full house, the match on the pitch: every seat can be sat in, every ticket takes you to yours.
Go to the arena →
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ASTRA CINEMA
On the roof of the HOF, a cinema and a concert hall: 144 leather recliners before the screen, 540 velvet seats before the band shell. A seat for every ticket, the film on the screen, the show on the LED wall.
ASTRA LIVE
The concert hall on the roof: the curved rows, the stage, the light.
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Princess Tower
413 metres and 101 storeys, finished in 2012: from then until 2015 the tallest residential tower in the world. Its dome and spire hold the last of the light.
Night
Then the towers light up floor by floor, the canal mirrors them and the yachts come home. The same Marina, open all night.
Counted, not guessed.
Every figure comes from the world’s own data: what is drawn, where it stands.
0kmkm of the real Marina, edge to edge, on the true map
0trees, each where it grows
0street lamps
0shops under their real names
0towers and landmarks modelled one by one
0bridges over the canal
0ways in: the web, the phone and the headset
Your address in Dubai
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