A STRIKING landscaping concept that focuses on local cultural and environmental concerns while tying the large urban space together is taking shape on a major mixed-use project in the UAE.

PLANTERS, which introduced the preserved palms concept into the region close to two decades ago, has launched what it expects to be the next revolutionary concept in the landscaping sector.

TENSILE fabric structures are being used in innovative ways both as protective sun shades and aesthetic features in a range of projects in exterior applications such as landscaping, canopies and car-parks as well as to create light airy roof structures for buildings in the Gulf region.