JamesTaylor

I'm just wondering with all the developments under way in Dubai, most of which it seems are being sold via the use of 3d visuals, who's doing all the work?

is the work carried out by companies in Dubai? i know a lot of the architects involved in these projects are ultimately based outside Dubai, does this mean that the images and animations are also being completed by companies outside of dubai?

i've just had a quick search on google for arch vis in dubai but found nothing and equally the visualisation firm lookup resource here doesn't list dubai or the UAE as a means of searching the listed firms.

what is the state of the industry in Dubai? can anyone list some firms operating there or equally any of the firms undertaking work on these developments?

James

arnold@asylumstudio.co.za

As far as we know most of the work gets outsourced to various companies around the world. Last year we did about 40% of our turnover for Dubai, UAE and Bahrain. It seems as though most of the work comes to us via the architectural or development companies that we work with who have undartaken work over there and they prefer to work with somebody that they know. As far as what the industry is like there i could not tell as we do all the work from South Africa. Hope that helps...

Maxer

My firm does some work for Dubai, mostly oil companies looking to set up shop there. I’ve done several animations and renderings for different projects that have come up over the years.

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JamesTaylor

Thanks Arnold, from looking around i was getting the impression that a lot of the work would be shipped outside of Dubai, by the fact i struggled to find any viz firms in Dubai! (there must be some?) I guess like you say 3d work initially comes from the architects using it as a means of communication and then stays with the 3d firm through to marketing material.

anvaraziz

chek ur mail dude,,,,,,

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pirallah

We have done our share of acrhitectural visualization, though most of the work here in Dubai focuses on marketing finished architectural and interior products. I know some people inside the bigger local archi firms, and they claim that most of the design is done somewhere else...US, Hongkong, Philippines, UK, etc. A foreign design has better "branding value", its more "marketable" (so they say)...

There are local architectural firms, but here architecture is not a recognized profession (like engineering)...it's a "consultancy"..like advertising. Its depressing to think that the biggest construction site in the world today doesn't pay proper respects to the professionals that design these things...but oh well, they pay well, i guess that's enough to compensate us for now. Im pissed, but I cant complain. What a predicament.

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pirallah

And by the way, you want to round-up the most interesting firms in Dubai in a single event, try going to the CITYSCAPE 2006, in DICC on Dec 04 to 06. Here's a link:

http://www.cityscape-online.com/

You'll also get a chance to see some of the most ambitious projects in the world today that's being planned and being built. If you're into interiors, furniture, and similar, try the INDEX on November 7-11, same venue. Here's the link:

http://www.indexexhibition.com/

If youre interested in the Construction Materials and Technology, come to the Big 5 2006 on October 28 to November 1, and amass a horde of brochures! Here's the link:

http://www.thebig5exhibition.com/


If you're interested in computers, CG, hardware, and similar stuff, come to GITEX 2006, also in DICC on November 18-22. You'll also see here a showcase of the best exhibitions design being done in the UAE (by us, hehe), as this is the biggest event of the year. Here's the link:

http://www.gitex.com/

Dubai is abuzz with all these events. Check out other exhibitions and shows in the DWTC events calendar: http://www.dicec.ae/events/default.aspx

Ill be in every show, so see you there!

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JamesTaylor

thanks for the links, i was seriously considering tring to move out there a few months back, but its not so much at the forefront of my mind anymore.......always good to keep a bredth of whats going on tho!!

thanks again.