You don’t have to work at Dubai’s ICD Brookfield Place to understand its pull. By noon, the lobby café is filled with energy and by evening, that same crowd drifts upstairs for drinks, dinner, or a quick reset between meetings and workouts. Somewhere between culture, cuisine, and commerce, the building has quietly become one of the city’s most magnetic meeting points.
The Sky Suites may have set the tone — private, light-filled spaces that redefined what “office” could mean — but it’s everything else that gives the address its pulse. Downstairs, 1Rebel turns up the volume with high-octane classes; on Level 2, Reform Athletica brings a slower kind of precision. Skin Laundry and Y12 Salon keep things polished, while Embody’s performance-led programmes make wellness feel like a serious pursuit rather than a side note.
Dining is where ICD Brookfield Place really comes alive. There’s Bar Des Prés, the French-Japanese concept from Cyril Lignac, where the lighting alone feels cinematic. La Niña serves Iberian-Latino flair with just the right amount of drama, and Il Gattopardo does old-school Italian with golden-age charm. Josette is where you’d go for the elegant Parisian fare, from escargot to oysters. 1920, The Guild, and Lulu and the Beanstalk each tell their own story — the first all velvet and skyline views, the second all buzz and brasserie spirit, and the third a tucked-away creative hideout with the city’s best playlists.
Designed by Foster + Partners, the tower itself is an architectural paradox — glass and steel, yet somehow warm and human. The LEED Platinum certification might impress on paper, but it’s the building’s lived-in rhythm that keeps people coming back.
ICD Brookfield Place is proof that in Dubai, the most interesting spaces are the ones that don’t fit into a single definition.