Orla by Omniyat

At the apex of the Palm Jumeirah crescent in Dubai, on a 29,000 sq.m beachfront plot facing the open Arabian Gulf. Dubai Marina is ten to fifteen minutes away, Business Bay twenty, Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa twenty to twenty-five, Dubai International thirty and Al Maktoum International thirty-five.

Ninety-three in total. Two-bedroom simplexes from 2,799 sq.ft, three-bedroom simplexes and duplexes from 4,055 sq.ft, four-bedroom simplexes and duplexes from 7,675 sq.ft, three sky palaces from 30,740 sq.ft and one beach mansion of up to 58,476 sq.ft. Every residence has its own layout, spread over one or two storeys.

Foster + Partners drew the architecture — three staggered towers linked into a single form, sixty metres tall, positioned to channel the sea breeze. Interiors are by YODEZEEN, the landscape by Balinese studio ZED Collective, and the beach mansion by SAOTA. The developer is Omniyat, founded in 2005.

The building itself. Residents have a dedicated concierge on call twenty-four hours, doorman and porter services, valet parking and car grooming, housekeeping and à la carte services on request — the same standards as the Dorchester Collection hotels in London, Paris, Milan, Rome and Los Angeles.

A resident-only beach club on 150 metres of private sand with indoor and outdoor dining, a temperature-controlled outdoor infinity pool and an indoor lap pool, a children’s pool and play area, a spa with treatment rooms, salon, sauna and steam room, a fitness centre, cycling and yoga studios, plunge pools and jacuzzis, a business centre with two meeting rooms and a boardroom, a library lounge, a cigar lounge, a private cinema, a bowling alley and a pet grooming salon.

A 50/50 plan. Twenty-five per cent is paid as a down payment at booking and on signing the agreement, ten per cent at twelve months and fifteen per cent at twenty-four months from the agreement, and the remaining fifty per cent on completion.