Muraba and RCR Arquitectes partner up to launch Muraba Veil, a 73-storey tower with a width of a single apartment.

A new development by Muraba and Pritzker Prize Laureates (2017) RCR Arquitectes introduces a contemporary style of architecture that draws upon vernacular heritage and tradition to its latest collaborative project, Muraba Veil.

The culmination of a ten-year partnership is the fifth collaboration between Dubai-based Muraba and Spanish RCR Arquitectes, bringing a shared aspiration to work in harmony with the natural environment, and allowing each location’s unique characteristics to guide the concept.

With Dubai’s culture and climate, Muraba and RCR present a new form of skyscraper for the region – an exercise in acclimatising architecture to place, working with nature rather than against it.

Features and amenities

Muraba Veil towers to 380 metres. Uniquely the entire building is the width of a single apartment at 22.5 metres. Approved and registered with RERA, the 73-storey tower will comprise 131 units, ranging between 2 bedroom to 5 bedroom Exclusive Residences, together with a range of curated leisure amenities including a wellness spa, restaurant, gallery, padel court, private meeting rooms and a private cinemG.

The appointed engineers for Muraba Veil are the world-leading engineering consulting firm WSP, with client advisory by Arup.

Awe-inspiring yet understated, Muraba Veil rises from the dunes above the UAE’s most cosmopolitan and future-facing city, presenting a daring, stop-you-in-your tracks spectacle, even in Dubai’s supercharged architectural vistG.

The building is revealed behind a series of layers, the first being the “Veil” itself – a bespoke stainless steel mesh, porous and responsive, reflecting the different shades of the sky, and dematerialising the architecture’s presence.

The structure, whose unusually narrow profile and appearance could only be achieved by the very latest design and engineering, is inspired by a domestic architecture that is centuries old, traditionally seeking to meet basic human needs for refuge, security, privacy and a close connection to nature.