Despite laying-off 111 staff in January 2009 as the property sector stalled, the US-based architecture firm Burt Hill continues to be one of the largest architecture design companies in the UAE, with more than 200 employees. The company boasts a focus on sustainable design, technology integration, and energy management. With 10 locations in the UAE, India, and the United States (headquartered in Philadelphia), Burt Hill is among the world’s largest architecture, engineering, interior design, and landscape architecture companies.

Among the firm’s projects in the UAE are the multi-billion dirham Al Mafraq Hospital, ADEC Headquarters, and the masterplan for Union Properties 3.5 million m² Motor City in Dubai. The key components of the project are the Dubai Autodrome, UpTown Motor City, Green Community Motor City and Business Park Motor City. One final component, the F1 – X theme park would be put on hold by at least a year due to the global financial crisis and lack of access to credit. The Dubai branch of the firm opened in 2003 to tap into the emirate’s emerging real estate market.
 
 

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