dubai is doing something awesome.

November 16, 2007 – 9:16 pm

these impressive construction projects are worth another look at the super rich emirate of dubai, who are still very busy building.

burj dubai.

yea.

as of 24 october 2007,

this colossal building is already the world’s current tallest freestanding structure on land, rising 585.7 m (1,922 ft).When completed, it is planned to rise over 800 m (2,625 ft).

 

Burj Dubai has been designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that will include 30,000 homes, nine hotels such as the Burj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments, 0.03 km² (0.01 sq mi) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 0.12 km² (0.05 sq mi) man-made Burj Dubai Lake. Burj Dubai will cost US$ 800 million to build and the entire 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) development will cost around US$ 20 billion.

The silvery glass-sheathed concrete building will give the title of Earth’s tallest free-standing structure to the Middle East — a title not held by the region since 1311 AD when Lincoln Cathedral in England surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, which had held the title for almost four millennia.

 

next up -

the palm islands.

thats what ‘the palm deira’ is going to look , there are two others under construction - the palm jumeirah and the palm jebel ali.

To date, the islands are the largest land reclamation projects in the world and will result in the world’s largest artificial islands.

my question is how this affects the marine life seeing as only the first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand being dumped into the ocean.

from the makers of the palm islands - the world by dubai.

brainchild of sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, the ruler of dubai - this man-made archipelago of 300 islands in the shape of a world map is currently being built 4 km (2.5 miles) off the coast of dubai.

unconfirmed developments on wikipedia :

On May 3, 2007, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee announced that he was buying the Greece Island for ex-wife, and mother of their two children Pamela Anderson. Lee said he chose the island because of his own Greek heritage, and he hopes Pam, the kids and he can spend time there together.

hydropolis - an underwater hotel.

Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world’s first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London’s Hyde Park.

really looks like a modern version of atlantis .. lets hope they don’t share a common fate !

really amazing things ahead.. and speaking of the future –

try not to fuck up our only planet, dubai - i hope the fishes won’t mind the new guests too much.

 

more reading :

burj dubai skyscraper info

palm islands realestate website

wikipedia list of lots of all major dubai constructions.

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