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This document provides biographical and professional information about British architect Tom Wright. It discusses that Wright was born in 1957 in London and studied architecture at Kingston University. His most notable design is the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, which he spent five years leading the design team to create. The document also lists and provides brief details about several other major projects Wright has worked on, including developments in Dubai, Bahrain, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Georgia, South Korea, and Cyprus.
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- 2. BIOGRAPHY Tom Wright(born 18 September 1957) is a British architect. His most notable design is the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Born in Croydon, a town in Greater London, United Kingdom on 18 September 1957,
- 3. EDUCATION Wright studiedat the Royal Russell School and then later at the Kingston University School of Architecture. Qualified in 1983, Wright went on to become a director of the architectural practice Lister Drew Haines Barrow, which was taken over in 1991 by Atkins for whom he has worked since then.
- 4. WORKS Burj AlArab, Dubai, UAE Ribbon of Light, Tehran, Iran Kazan Zoo, Tatarstan, Russia Durrat Masterplan, Bahrain Centaurus, Islamabad, Pakistan Aeron, Tehran, Iran Surf Hotel concept RCCL Enchantment of the Seasshape Ad Astra Tower, Batumi, Georgia Incheon Masterplan, South Korea Opal Hotel, Seychelles RCCL Oasis of the Seasshape Landmark Tower, Limassol, Cyprus
- 5. Burj Al Arab,UAE, Dubai The Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) was designed by Tom Wright in October 1993 and completed on site in November 1999 in time for the millennium. The image below shows the first drawing of the Burj Al Arab concept which along with the simple card model convinced the client that the tower should be built. Wright spent five years in Dubai leading the Atkins Jumeriah Beach Resort design team The brief was to create an icon for Dubai, a building that would become synonymous with the place, as Sydney has its Opera House and Paris the Eiffel Tower so Dubai was to have the Burj Al Arab.
- 6. Durrat Al BahrainIsland Development, Bahrain The five by four kilometre man made archipelago Durrat Al Bahrain lies in the south east of Bahrain and is of such a scale that it can be clearly seen from orbit. The island development is a grand plan to offer a new seaside way of life for Bahraini citizens and holiday homes for people from the Gulf Region. The islands are built in shallow water and have been carefully designed so that tidal currents change the water daily without causing dangerous flows between the islands. The atoll and petal shaped islands are residential and the crescent is primarily mixed use. We were involved in the creation of the project since the first sketch.
- 7. Aeron, Tehran, Iran A mixed use development concept situated next to the Tehran Karaj Highway in Iran. This ambitious scheme consists of a large shopping mall which includes an ice skating rink and an indoor aquapark. The two aeronautically inspired towers contain a five star hotel and high tech office accommodation.
- 8. RCCL Enchantment ofthe Seas In 2005 Enchantment of the Seas was the third Royal Caribbean ship to be lengthened to increase her capacity and facilities. After she was cut in half, a new, 22 meter middle section containing 151 staterooms and suspension bridges that span the pool area and overhang the sea were added. We were asked to look at the design of the upper level pool deck and to make the design visually exciting so that the ship stood out from the crowd. The upper promenade decks were fabricated as arch supported bridges, the pool deck was curved out over the sea and the pools were reconfigured resulting in an award winning pool environment.
- 9. Opal Hotel, Seychelles Four star hotel concept on Beau Vallon Beach in the Seychelles. The site which is situated directly adjacent to the beach is very narrow resulting in a U shaped plan configuration where the majority of rooms look inwards over the formal landscaped pool.
- 10. RCCL Oasis ofthe Seas Working from the outset with the client and a team of international consultants to create the worlds largest and most spectacular cruise liner. As the design developed from overall ship concept into area concepts we developed the design of the Royal Promenade, the Central Park, the Boardwalk and the Rising Tides bar.
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