The Archive by Imtiaz

The Archive at DLRC (Dubai Land Residence Complex) is one of the most famed library-themed residential tower, by Imtiaz Developments with studios to 3-bedroom apartments. The amazing architecture complex rises as 17-storey façade, with the Library inspired books Archive, whereas the front desk built from books, stacked and bound, presenting an exclusive class address for writers and readers by mind. The two connected towers along Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, is the newest signature from a developer, and it comes with a novel idea for the number of dwellings being tried at this large of a scale in Dubai: A home designed, room by room, as a physical library. What makes this different form all, is not just a reading room for the enjoyment of amenities but an arranged environment focused on the act of reading, ranging from the steps linking the entrance from the street to the common entrance hall. In architecture, the design is a series of stacked cantilevers, or geometric shapes of glass and bronze-toned metal and perched sequences of terra cotta planters and cascading plantings that spill over the balustrade work at each level. The façade is colourful by day: neutral hues from the travertine-toned stones on the podium, timber-effect fins and a chevron-patterned bronze screen that fringes the base of the building, its cooler, glass curtain roof expressing the residential floors above. At night, the same volumes are illuminated from the inside and the perforated bronze facades glow a healthy warm amber with each tower capped by the Imtiaz signage like spines stretching out to catch the light. The composition demystifies the classic single, unbroken tower form, creating a sense of two volumes that may be viewed as two companion editions in a single book. In the interiors, it usually delivers on the concept, albeit in a typically unevenly fashion. There's no traditional lobby, though, because instead, the residents come in through a two-layered library, which is encircled by a wooden spiral staircase and has a veritable library of about ten thousand books. Some of which won't have been published until the latter half of the twentieth century. As below a dome-shaped map-memorial ceiling, and the reception area itself is formed from books stacked and bound together where a check-out counter might normally be found. Residents who prefer to work and not read can find a dedicated writers room with a closed door, a desk and a reading lamp in this room, while those who just need a bit of quiet, soft seating near the shelves will find it in the reading lounge on the library's ground floor. The concept of the library is implemented to the very tip of the slightest architectural details within the dwellings inside. Each apartment assumes that the person living in it will want to have more books, and have many more books. The bedroom present hard-wired shelf is built into the living area, a reading lamp is placed just at hand's reach next to a deep lounge chair pointing towards the skyline, and in the bedroom a wall shelf slopes close to the bed making it possible to reach unseen items without getting out of bed. A chapter on one side, coffee on the other becomes the rhythm and never an afterthought – there's a lit bookshelf in the kitchen next to the coffee station.

Key Highlights:

Studio to 3-bedroom apartments designed with a sharp writer eye to present a rare class luxury living.
Signature 17-storey residential development by Imtiaz, a Dubai famed developer established with glory of precision and craftsmanship.
Twin-tower design connected by a shared podium and rooftop amenity level at service.
Concept-led architecture built around a literary, library-inspired theme to get inspired every day.
Two-storey arrival library housing roughly 10,000 books beneath a domed ceiling.
Dedicated Writer's Room, Reading Lounge, and rooftop Reading Salon with fireplace.
Located on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, within 20 minutes of Downtown Dubai and Dubai International Airport.