A park-like setting creates a relaxed green environment for this community of 330 apartments near the Dubai Hills Golf Club and Dubai Downtown.
Set amidst the wider landscape of the Dubai Hills Estate, residents have access to common terrace areas with uninterrupted views of the landscape. Healthy lifestyles are encouraged with sports facilitates including jogging and cycling tracks that weave through the community, connecting to the neighbouring schools, shops, cafés and hotels.
Rahul has 25 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant in the Middle East. As a Group Finance Manager at Cracknell, he is responsible for the financial health and processes, and accounting of the Group across its international locations.
Rahul is passionate about creating sustainable fiscal health within Cracknell to engage the stakeholders, build trust and create a stable financial environment in which to support the Group’s design and growth aspirations.
Michael is a Chartered Landscape Architect with 18+ years’ diversified experience in the Middle East and Europe in project management and contract administration, handling all work stages as well as a wide range of project types.
His design ethos is grounded in the development of original and appropriate design solutions; driven by the consideration of the genius loci, social, physical and historical context of a site and through the application of well-considered, tested and clever design solutions. Michael has a strong ability to efficiently develop innovative conceptual ideas into robust, cost effective and achievable design proposals tailored to specific project requirements.
He has worked in numerous multi-disciplinary design teams where it has been important to work with a range of design consultants along with undertaking regular client and key stakeholder meetings. This has provided him with an in-depth knowledge of all design consultant inputs and requirements to successfully coordinate and implement various sizes of landscape projects. Michael is committed to service excellence and his objective is to produce high quality, innovative Landscape Architecture with cost effective, feasible solutions in keeping with the requirements of his clients.
His role also includes building and maintaining client relationships and expectations, managing fee proposals, scope of work, project briefs, budgets, and project schedules along with the management of in-house landscape resources across Cracknell’s global studios.
Rathakrishnan has 31 years’ experience as an irrigation design professional in the Middle East region and India. As a Senior Associate Irrigation Engineer, he has a leading role in designing many types of irrigation systems for landscape projects across Cracknell’s global portfolio.
Rathakrishnan has a wealth of knowledge in computer aided design & drafting with AutoCAD and database management. He is passionate about design customisation and guiding the design team to achieve project deliverables with competitive industrial standards.
Ravi has 28 years’ experience as an irrigation design and supervision expert
across the Middle East and India. At Cracknell he designs, executes, supervises,
and maintains all kinds of irrigation and drainage systems including those for Golf
Courses.
Ravi is passionate about sustainable irrigation design by adopting IOT
enabled water use monitoring & controlling techniques and conservation tools.
Ziad initially trained and practiced as an architect and interior designer before a fascination with light led him into the realms of lighting in 2003, and consequently to a deeper specialisation in landscape and urban lighting design and planning. His main aim is to employ and modulate light to create human-centric and inclusive night environments, satisfying functional, human, aesthetic and environmental needs.
Having worked on projects with a wide diversity of global locations, scale, function and type, he has been active in creating designs for small private projects, commercial spaces, high-end resorts, public parks, and large urban developments. Ziad’s passion is in generating original strategies and relevant lighting techniques specific to the parameters and requirements of each situation – with every job there is the opportunity to push beyond the generic and to create a unique project-specific solution.
Moushumi has 20 years’ experience in landscape design in the Middle East and India. With a background in Architecture, she has a holistic design vocabulary. A key member of Cracknell’s design delivery team for projects with multi-level complexity, she has a strong ability to reconcile conflicting stakeholder requirements and find solutions for site constraints.
Having a keen interest in public realm, community & mixed-use developments, she is passionate about the integration of architecture and landscape to create seamless & meaningful experiences for the end users, improving their daily lives.
Bringing Arabian opulence to the thriving downtown district of Dubai, this residential area revives a traditional regional heritage.
A tranquil oasis for residents with open pedestrian spaces, subtle lighting effects, exquisite water features thoughtfully placed throughout, and elegant desert-themed planting, the gardens and grounds shelter the development from the heavily-trafficked area surrounding the nearby Burj Khalifa and Boulevard.
Luxury golf residences set in a rolling green landscape.
Arranged around the 18-hole Els golf club and adjacent to recreational hub Dubai Sports City, Victory Heights is a residential community that provides a haven of calm and quiet for residents.
Cracknell’s design of the public realm and streetscapes lends a unique artistry throughout, achieving a sense of serenity and security. Rolling green hills of the golf estate are echoed thematically throughout the gated development, expanding the space and creating luxurious arrival experiences.
Enhanced walkways, children’s playgrounds, and large open spaces complement amenities including community clubhouses and multiple swimming pools. A cycle track – the first of its kind at the time – circulates the community.
Set within a natural desert region, sensitive trails and parks integrate this residential community with the village centre.
Borrowing from the adjacent desert language, native plants and trees create a low-key place-responsive environment. Iconic ghaf trees nestle amongst swaying native grasses to create an atmospheric community landscape that embraces and celebrates it’s special desert location.
