As part of a high-value real estate development in Dubai, UAE, Gateway Business Park includes new office and hotel buildings as well as facilities for support services. Historic Islamic cities, with low-scale and high-density, provided the precedent for the proposed vision. The new office and hotel buildings incorporate sustainable features and are designed using a contemporary architectural language. Their forms cantilever over the street, creating a rich pedestrian experience and blurring the relationship between indoors and outdoors.