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February 2015 39 Middle & Top Right The main entry drive is a granite roundabout circled by date palms, with a central fountain and three peripheral fountains, looking like the feature of a face when seen from above. The ground level view of the Palm Court shows Pennisetum alopecuroides 'hameln" dwarf fountain grass (foreground), with olive trees and Delonix regia 'royal Poinciana' rising above the jetting waters. Middle Right From the hotel drop off at Tower Park, radial paving patterns emanate and extend into the landscaping beds that integrate with the traffic circle. The bollards are custom-cut polished black granite with a laser-etched patterning on the sides with the Burj logo. Beneath the bollards are concrete-filled metal pipes set in a continuous large below-grade concrete foundation to function as very strong vehicular crash barriers. All the hardscape within the 26 plus acres of Tower Park surrounding the Burj Khalifa skyscraper is granite. There is no precast concrete surface hardscape on site. Proscape, one of Dubai's premier landscaping contractors, supplied, coordinated and installed all the custom stone paving for the project. The granite was sourced through Stone & Slates LLC, Dubai, most of it imported from China, India and the Middle East, with most of the stone cut in Dubai. Bottom Right The hardscape slopes to three raised, sinuous granite planting beds whose lower plinths hold water that flows over its walls. Water also jets up between the beds. A carpet of red flowered 'Baby Sunrose' ice plants add color and nature to the driveway.