Palm Island Dubai property, Jumeirah UAE houses

Palm Island Dubai Properties

UAE Waterfront Property – Persian Gulf Residential Development on the Coast

post updated 6 November 2026

UAE Villas Property – Island Design

The Palm Islands are three artificial islands off the coast of UAE:

Palm Jumeirah
Deira Island
Palm Jebel Ali

Creation of the islands started in 2001, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed at the time of writing (2014).

15 Jun 2010

Palm Island Dubai Property

Dubai’s palm tree-shaped resort island on land reclaimed from the sea will add 120 km of sandy beaches and be visible from the moon. Dubai Palm Island will include a huge amount of new property – 2,000 villas, up to 40 luxury hotel buildings, shopping complexes, cinemas and the Middle East’s first marine park.

picture : Palm Jebel Ali, UAE

This iconic development close to United Arab Emriate’s Jebel Ali port forms a massive logisitics operation.

Dubai Palm Island Development : further information on the island design

Palm Island Dubai Village Centre Information

RMJM are designing the Village Centres on the island for German-based international developers Innpro, who signed an agreement with the developers in August 2002. These iconic man-made islands were conceived by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister. The architects were involved in the design of the Scottish Parliament building with Enric Miralles, and designed the Okhta Tower in Russia. RMJM Architects have architectural offices all round the world and are headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Fly high above Dubai – The World Island, Atlantis, The Palm-4K UHD Phantom 3 drone, Published on 16 Apr 2016:
Film on YouTube

Dubai Palm Islands comprised of around 100 million cubic metres of rock and sand and will increase the UAE shoreline by a total of 120km. The first development finished in 2006. Property on the islands has already gone on sale with residential properties on The Palm, Jumeirah selling out in a matter of days.

Palm Island Dubai Building information from RMJM Architects 9 May 2003

Palm Jumeirah, UAE:

development image : GHD PTW Cox

Dubai Palm Island Background

Low interest rates and poor stock markets are making investment in The Dubai Palm attractive. The UAE government assists the real estate market, attracting wealthy immigrants to the city: much property is retailed below market value.

The purchasers of apartments and villas on Dubai Palm Island started to move in at the end of 2005. Property on the islands is due to take four years to complete. The project is being developed by a company titled Dubai Palm Developers. The supply of UAE property is not keeping up pace with demand. Luxury apartments on Dubai Palm Island are for sale to foreigners as well as Emiratis.

RMJM Architects – designers of the first project.

Location: Dubai, UAE

A film about this major UAE infrastructure development on YouTube:
Palm Island Dubai film on YouTube

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Dubai Palm Islands, Jumeirah UAE architecture, Jebel Ali property, Contemporary Deira properties

Dubai Palm Islands : UAE Architecture Development

Man-made project in The Gulf – waterfront Property Expansion

Post updated 15 January 2026

Dubai Palm Islands : An iconic symbol of revolutionary Dubai architecture

Over the years, Dubai has emerged as a home to the ground-breaking architectural wonders of the world. A mix of the traditional and the contemporary elegance, Dubai architecture surpasses some of the finest architectural designs and themes in Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, and other skyscraper cities of the world.

image : Palm Jebel Ali, UAE

Dubai Palm Island Development

While Dubai architecture boasts of several stunning hotels, shopping malls, urban residential developments, theatres, and tourist attractions, a lot is yet to come. For instance, the Palm Islands, the largest man-made artificial islands, though yet not completed, are already recognised as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ by several professional architects and art enthusiasts across the world.

The Palm Islands comprise three islands, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira, located on the coastal area of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Designed exclusively to resemble a giant palm tree, the Palm Islands house super luxury spas, high-end holiday accommodation, themed boutique hotels, shoreline apartment buildings, beaches, restaurants, cafes, dive sites, theatres and a variety of exciting popular tourist attractions.

The Palm Islands are built from approximately 94 million cubic meters of sand and almost 7 million tons of rocks and stones dredged from the creek and the surrounding sea bed. The Palm Jumeirah, for instance, was created by pouring sand fill onto the 10.5 metre-deep seabed using dredgers. The Dubai architects used a special dredging technique, called rainbowing, to achieve 3 metres high reclamation above sea-level. Further, they used natural rock to create a curved breakwater resembling the natural reef in the Palm Islands.

All this and much more definitely make the Palm Islands a brilliant example of Dubai architecture.

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UAE Architectural Design

The Dynamic Tower is going to be another feather in the cap of Dubai architecture. Designed by Italian architect David Fisher, the Dynamic Tower will feature 80 apartments rotating around a central column, with the help of 79 giant wind turbines placed between the floors. The whole world is waiting impatiently to view the world’s first moving building.

However, this is not all about Dubai architecture. Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Jumeriah Emirates Tower, Millennium Tower, 21st Century Tower, Al Attar Tower, Marina Heights Tower, and Le Reve are just few of the countless architectural marvels you get to see in Dubai.

If you are a professional architect, designer, student, or simply an enthusiast interested in the Dubai architecture, and want to get the latest architecture news and information about Dubai architecture, London architecture, architecture in New York, Barcelona, or anywhere in the world, you may visit www.e-architect.com. It is the largest website offering the latest, contemporary architecture news and information from around the world.

Here you may also know about Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, SANAA architects, and other renowned architects and their works.

Location: Dubai Palm Islands, UAE.

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UAE Property Developments

Burj Khalifa

Burj al Arab

Dubai Marina

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Website: Atlantis The Palm Dubai Hotel

Contemporary Architecture in Dubai – selection below:

The Opus Hotel in Dubai
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

photograph : Laurian Ghinitoiu