Embassy District

Abu Dhabi

Although Abu Dhabi has benefited from years of solid landscape development by the Agriculture Department it was the finer details of landscape design which were missing in many locations. The newly created Abu Dhabi Public Gardens Directorate commissioned Joseph and his team to prepare designs for the redevelopment of the important Embassy District located in the central island. A holistic streetscape approach was taken as the design framework. At the site large Date Palms and good avenues of Ghaf and Zizyphus trees already existed. Missing was detailed urban design treatments, paving, signage, furnishings and lighting treatments. The outcome was a streetscape palette identifiable as the Embassy Districts own.