The design approach with regards to the exterior of the building is largely inspired by our ancestral Arab traditions. The old city wall behind which the vertically differentiated urban texture is set against the horizon, is interpreted as a solid base giving rise to separate fragmented low and mid-rise tower clusters; the cities of Sana'a and Shebam are very appealing historic visual references. The masked screen ties the ten different towers together in a gesture of the unifying power of technology to that of uniqueness and originality of the traditional elements. The exterior design also adopts the element of "masking" in Islamic Architecture. Certain design elements are introverted and hidden by walls and screens, rendered by modern Hi-Tech curtain walls of aluminium elaborated into modern Mashrabias (Oriels).