Dewan Architects - Shaping United Arab Emirates

The Dewan Architects and Engineers have been the forefront of Middle East’s booming architectural and engineering forefront. With founder and chairman Mohamed Al Assam, they completed their first high-rise, Baniyas tower, in 1988 and have continued to have a huge affect on the landscape of Dubai ever since.

Lifang has worked on a few projects with the Dewan Architects, two of which are Dubai Residential tower, and Khilani Mosque. This is an example of the variety that Dewan Architects have in their projects. The residential tower is a new development, while the Mosque was a renovation and conservation project. They state that it is vital to conserve the components of the original design to maintain respect for the “Rich heritage of Iraqi Islamic Design”. The project consisted of “the Mosque, the religious school, a research center, a public library, a guesthouse for VIP visitors, multipurpose hall, VIP visitor hall for religious events, secondary hall and commercial offices”.

Lifang finds it engaging and humbling to work with such prestige firms such as Dewan-Architects. We love to be involved in projects which have such big impacts on their communities as the Dubai Residential Tower and Khilani Mosque If you would like to see other apartments and religious renders see our portfolio.

WHN+ The Johnston Building, NC

Located in Charlotte North Carolina, WHN + Architects has served for over 25 years as “in house” Architects for office renovation, custom design spaces, and interior design. They work on a variety of projects in the realms of Commercial, Education, and Industrial.

Lifang worked on the interior of the Johnston Building with WHN + Architects. The Johnston Building is a 17 floor and 175,000 square foot commercial office building constructed originally in 1924 and renovated recently by WHN architects. The Building is a National History landmark property stated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmark Commission, which has only been enhanced by WHN’s interior design expertise.

Lifang Enjoys working on projects as small as office renovation to the planning of properties in full, because all projects have a purpose and use. The simplicity and subtlety of interior design with each texture and material have its place in the render world alongside the concept and larger scheme designs of property development multi-faceted projects and their impact on their surrounding communities.

If you would like to see more office spaces please check out our portfolio.

World's Tallest Hotel- Ciel

The First Group is a prominent property developer located in Dubai with premium developments and residences located in prime locations such as Dubai Marina and Business Bay. The top properties are: Millennium Place located Marina in Dubai Marina with 462 rooms and suites, Dolphin Tower located in Business Bay with 330 rooms and suites, and their featured property which Lifang had the honor of working with them on; Ciel located in Dubai Marina.

As of December 11th 2019, Ciel has been set to be the World’s Tallest hotel by A news site: What’s On, with its 1042 suites and extensive amenities. There is a Rooftop deck with a 360 metre high viewing platform to enjoy the sights of the Dubai marina and Arabian Gulf. This hotel has a fully-equip spa and swimming pool. You can expect 24-hour reception, world-class dining, Travel concierge, as well as Valet parking and a Business lounge when staying at this establishment. The amenities continue with 24/7 laundry service and a full fitness center Gymnasium. See more about investing in the property as well as its production time line on their site.

Lifang enjoys the opportunity of aiding prosperous development groups such as The First Group with visualizing their projects which will hopefully decorate the skylines of major cities for years to come. We have worked on other property development projects which you can see here.

Whats Ahead

We’re delighted to announce the completion of our Capital Investment Project, consist of Rendering Farm Hardware upgrade and adoption of Amazon AWS Thinkbox Deadline to optimize on-premise rendering farm and scale compute capacity.

The new round of Capital Investment is not just hardware and software upgrade but also includes establishing a higher quality standard for all stages of production (Modeling, Rendering, Post-Work). Our goal is to continuously provide the best service and products to our clients.

We appreciate your trust, and we’ll do our best to continue to give you the kind of service you deserve. Please feel free to contact us if there are any questions.

INI Design Studio Gateway Towers: Dubai

INI Design Studio is a Multi-disciplinary firm located in India with branches at Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, and London. INI stands for all of their integral themes to their methods of approaching designs such as, inquiry, innovation, imagination, inspiration and more but officially it stands for “Integrated Ideas Design Studio”.

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The Gateway Towers is a project that INI Design Studio, Stantec, and Lifang collaborated on. The project was set to be located in Dubai with 72,770,000 SF. The design was split into two main component of commercial and residential. There is a key boutique hotel located on the 50th floor of the commercial tower with a lobby that lifts up into the service spaces such as Health club, spa, food and beverage outlets, and conference center.

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Lifang worked on some exterior views of their unique and innovative multifaceted design ad well as the curvy and appealing interiors such as the above lobby. Lifang has also worked on other multi-use beautiful buildings, see more on our portfolio.

Understanding Our Rendering Process

We put this Rendering Workflow video together to help clients such as you to better understand LiFang Rendering Process. Some of the original artwork and designs were provided by Tim Gorter of Interdisciplinary Architecture.

Tim Gorter is a licensed architect with over 15 years experience in the architecture and construction industries. His skill with design, programming, site analysis, strategic facility planning, and design and construction management has benefited a wide spectrum of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional clients.

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Please visit our Exterior Services and Interior Services page for more projects such as this.

Vida Za’abeel By Emaar, Dubai (UAE)

Rising from the heart of the city, Vida Za’abeel designed by Emaar Properties an award winning and world’s most valuable real estate developments companies, known for luxury lifestyle and high quality buildings. Vida Za’abeel is a tow-tower mixed-use development of 70 and 68 stories offering spectacular 360° views of Dubai's iconic skyscrapers; Burj Khalifa, Za’abeel Park, Dubai Creek Tower and the Arabian Gulf, featuring residences, commercial offices, hotels and leisure attractions.

Vida Za’abeel Residences designed to provide its residents with high-end designed apartments and premium amenities including gyms, multi-purpose halls, and indoor kids play areas, opening out to landscaped terraces, unique spaces. Vida Za’abeel hotel is home to 200 room, including courts, gardens and pools, as well as about 3,000 square meters of retail space, including a supermarket.

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Vida Za’abeel strategically located in the opulent neighborhood which connects the old and the new Dubai creating a stimulating environment of the road network that also fasten reaching any distention and leisure tourists who demand all the frills of hassle-free modern luxury travel. This residential development is offering 3 years post handover payment plan that allows the residents to purchase the property within a flexible payment schedule with easy installments.

Lifang’s team was happy to showcase the aerial view of this unique development, please visit our website for more Birds Eye views and other services.

Pan African Stadium - Brazzaville 2015

Lifang has worked on multiple large scale government projects in its 14+ year career in graphic architectural design such as Sochii games, and Pan African games, 

The Olympic stadium, a Creation of IAD and Unicon Development, Located in Brazzaville,  has a surface area of 121,989 m2, which included a nautical complex with surface area of 15,727,98 m2, and sports palace of 4,240 m2 surface area. Within its boundaries there was a hotel with 128 rooms and a surface area of 13,475,52 m2, restaurant for 250 guests and conference rooms with a capacity of 200 spaces. As stated by Archdaily.

The standout design of the master plan shows the lines that connect each African Capital in Brazzaville. A beautiful aspect of this project is how it utilizes the power of the Congo River to create a permanent dialogue between Civilization and nature. 

Lifang products are only heightened by the spectacular designs our clients bring us, and the Pan African complex is a beautiful multi-themed development that will leave a great impression for years to come.

You can see more development and stadium projects we have worked on at our portfolio. When we work with quality animations such as this one, we also can provide high resolution still Images which are great uses for marketing and are those used above.

3800 Aqua- Bridgeport in Suffolk, VA.

Beco LLC was founded by Burt Cutright and Eric Olson in 1990 and has set a standard of innovative and great quality design for their customers. Beco has designed award winning developments such as  Harbour Breeze Lifestyle Apartments in 2002, which was selected for best Maintenance shop in ACE award winners. 

Lifang has collaborated with Beco Asset on a few big projects, but one that has stood out is their 3800 Acqua luxury Apartments located in Bridgeport in Suffolk, VA. We helped design a fly through of the multi-use development within a densely populated urban area.

The community has retail stores, dining, entertainment and apartments all within walking distance. Their apartment buildings have 14 different and beautifully designed unit types for all types of renters. One-site there are resort-style pools, fitness centers, dog parks, pet grooming, and a clubhouse. 

Beco has other projects under development such as their Harbour Breeze Medical Center, Royal Sail Senior Apartments, and Everton estates. To keep an eye on their progress check out their site.

Lifang has also worked on other development projects the Alto Town-homes with Dooley Development, another great partner. To see more larger scale projects done by our team Check out our portfolio.

Sochi Olympic Stadium 2014

The 2014 Olympic Winter Games were the first time that the Russian Federation hosts the Winter Games at 11 new purpose-built venues. The Games were organised in two clusters the “Coastal Cluster” for ice events in Sochi, and the “Mountain Cluster” located in the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains. This made it one of the most compact Games ever, with around 30 minutes travel time from the Coastal to Mountain Cluster.

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The building featured a temporary shell-like roof based on the jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs that have become an icon of Russian culture. Constructed from translucent poly-carbonate, the roof facilitated light projections during the games and was likened by the architects to the snow-covered peaks of the Caucasus Mountains.

The south side of the building was designed to shelter the stadium and spectators from the adjacent seafront, while longer elevations on the east and west sides open out to the plaza where the cauldron was shown.

During the games the 40,000-seat stadium was used to host the opening and closing ceremonies, but no sporting events. It was then converted into a 45,000-seat football venue for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, before being downsized to a 25,000-seat club for a local football team. Lifang had the pleasure to produce and showcase the animation for this huge event, please visit our website for more Birds Eye views, animation and other services.