The idea was to bring residential living close to the water. completion of the project by September 2017. At the end, we have achieved a milestone and battled all the issues.” The concept of floating homes is popular in Europe, but for Dubai, it’s a new concept, which will give the city its newest attraction. Niknam remarks, “I always find residential water front living or water homes very interesting. Dubai has so many opportunities, which we thought have not been thought of, so the idea was to bring residential living close to the water. We wanted to bring people onto the water without any fencing without any barriers and make them experience something fresh, new, and fantastic.” The Nordic theme can be seen all across the area, from the waterfront living to the interiors of the floating homes. Niknam further elaborates, “When we started the two bedroom villa, we wanted to create an open floor plan concept that almost has an aloft atmosphere as one walks in, so openness, views of the water, making one space flow into another, no separations, no walls, and that relates to
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