The Al Ghaf tree, is the national tree of the UAE. It is an evergreen, flowering tree able to withstand the harsh desert environment of the UAE, with small leaves to minimise loss of water due to evaporation. The Ghaf tree is a keystone species; it is critical to the survival of other species in the ecosystem of the UAE. Without it, many other species would not survive. On this basis we took the Al Ghaf tree as the inspiration for designing this iconic tower that extends from the sand dunes at the podium, up to the fluid forms of slabs representing the leaves of the Ghaf Tree.