[chex]

how to get a skyline in 3 years...
amazing...

[Fabb]

You can see the princess tower, 23 marina and the torch rising:



... and Almas tower (almost completed) ?

[Apex]

nice road lol
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6923/imresolt147qt4.jpg

:haha: Hahahaha, is this some kinda joke? :jester:

[Fabb]

Looks like there's no sidewalk.

[Apex]

Looks like there's no sidewalk.

Um, I think that's the least of its concerns!! :haha:

[O-Town Hockey]

:haha: Hahahaha, is this some kinda joke? :jester:

No, it's called Dubai.....one big practical joke played on people who love highrise architecture and urban form.

[zagreb]

wanted to buy a condo in miami, but bought one in dubai marina instead. It was a no brainer. These condos sell like hot cakes. The only real joke is americas economy, if I inveted in miami, my condo would be worthless now. By the way looks like the up coming 1400 meter Al Burj next to dubai marina will have Trumps involvement, not bad.

[Dequal]

wanted to buy a condo in miami, but bought one in dubai marina instead. It was a no brainer. These condos sell like hot cakes. The only real joke is americas economy, if I inveted in miami, my condo would be worthless now. By the way looks like the up coming 1400 meter Al Burj next to dubai marina will have Trumps involvement, not bad.

I still don't believe that it is technical possible to build a 1,400 metres high building...

[Rise To The Top]

I still don't believe that it is technical possible to build a 1,400 metres high building...

This is the Marina thread, not the Tall Tower thread.

Looks like some good progress, I really do hope they fix the roads and put some malls or open markets down in the streets though, looks wayyyy too sterile down there.

[Fabb]

Looks like LA will a pedestrian's paradise compared to this area.

[Jobohimself]

The designs already look dated. Dubai will be the definition of urban mediocrity.

[Fabb]

I disagree.
The whole will be better than the sum of its parts... and a few very good ones will be among the spectacular cluster.

[malec]

^^ That road in front of the massive podium isn't actually there in reality. It was just put in for the model but the roads are behind the towers and all along the marina's edge is pedestrian only.


Anyway some pictures by Imre:


Ocean Heights:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/398/2617673428411f5c641boil7.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2617673428411f5c641boil7.jpg) http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8179/26176735145b2c84bdaboug2.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26176735145b2c84bdaboug2.jpg) http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1885/261685125362a821567aolz1.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261685125362a821567aolz1.jpg)


Sulafa Tower

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9169/261767368876c67881e6oqo8.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261767368876c67881e6oqo8.jpg)


Marina Pinnacle

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7720/26168514176511e5b15coiu8.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26168514176511e5b15coiu8.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3725/2617681740bbe4c1e325ogy7.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2617681740bbe4c1e325ogy7.jpg)


Elite Residence

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8860/26176749440b4e754b4cotk5.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26176749440b4e754b4cotk5.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5379/261767503062fb65b018ooh0.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261767503062fb65b018ooh0.jpg)


Mag 218

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1858/2616851521b82594751aoss9.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2616851521b82594751aoss9.jpg)


The Torch

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/420/261685203902e66097acowz8.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261685203902e66097acowz8.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6622/2617674028ce108418f9ozi3.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2617674028ce108418f9ozi3.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5957/261685161589bbb72b74ozx2.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261685161589bbb72b74ozx2.jpg)


Princess Tower (ugh, really crap cladding)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8532/26176747620c71f4f58eowh3.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26176747620c71f4f58eowh3.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2973/26176825366f72d068f8ozv0.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26176825366f72d068f8ozv0.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7905/26176826927b8efa4beboev0.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26176826927b8efa4beboev0.jpg)


23 Marina

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1193/26168590897f8b422652odw3.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26168590897f8b422652odw3.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/796/26168812632f89c31cfeojr0.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26168812632f89c31cfeojr0.jpg)


Marina 101

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4651/261768180234b949eb55dc2.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=261768180234b949eb55dc2.jpg) http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8822/26168594237e97861decoaa3.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26168594237e97861decoaa3.jpg)

[Imre]

thanks Malec,

new tower coming soon, between the MAG and the Pentominium

board is there, G+106fl , can be the Marina 106

[Fabb]

It's amazing to witness the construction of a whole, hyper-modern city.
Thanks for the updates !

[malec]

Here is how the area looks now.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9608/dubaimarina080701gd1.jpg


Excavation has actually started on the Marina 106 site.

http://i29.tinypic.com/9kuw69.jpg

[malec]

http://i25.tinypic.com/15s3fgh.jpg

[Fabb]

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/9608/dubaimarina080701gd1.jpg

^It's amazing. That'll be the most important concentration of supertalls in the world.
(Who said Marina sky towers were ugly ?)

[malec]

Pictures of the marina 101 site. Only from the 2nd of June but are close ups.

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jun2008_1.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jun2008_3.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jun2008_2.jpg


Massive tower coming soon by Tameer (same developers as princess tower and elite residence) coming soon. It won't technically be part of the marina but will be very close. The design should be good unlike princess towers, etc since they're having a design competition.
It'll be located where the hard rock cafe is. The cafe itsself will stay I think but there's a lowrise hotel next to it that's going to be demolished. The location is on the right of this picture where that small ESB like structure is.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2476593586_e239e09c07_o.jpg

[Stephan23]

Thanks malec!! SSC down again. Nothing new this time :)

[borgo100]

^^ yum.....not, they have it wrong..... its one thing to build a city, its another to build it right (i.e, smaller street grid, less highways, more rapid transit, more predestine friendly) like how would i cross that road just to get to the ocean!, Dubai is built around the car...

[LoverOfDubai]

^^ yum.....not, they have it wrong..... its one thing to build a city, its another to build it right (i.e, smaller street grid, less highways, more rapid transit, more predestine friendly) like how would i cross that road just to get to the ocean!, Dubai is built around the car...

Only if more people in Dubai thought like you, borgo100. It is such a shame that Dubai has so much potential to implement what you listed above, but they do not. I only hope that Dubai will become such a city as it implements the Dubai Metro, new tram lines, and expands its bus network. But, they still continue to make terrible mistakes without thinking of the consequences.

[malec]

Foundation for Infinity Tower will be poured soon:

http://i35.tinypic.com/156y4vn.jpg

[NYC4Life]

Amazing amount of construction and boom in Dubai, and to think just a few years ago none of these towers existed.

[Fabb]

Foundation for Infinity Tower will be poured soon:


That's the site that was flooded, right ?
It's good to see that the construction is on again.

[LoverOfDubai]

That's the site that was flooded, right ?
It's good to see that the construction is on again.

Correct. It was flooded after the wall between the water and the pit of the Infinity Tower caved in.

It took longer than was planned to reach this point, but it is finally here.

[Fabb]

What's the estimated delay caused by the incident ?

[malec]

About a year I think.

[Fabb]

... and in about a year, the Emirates Crown will have ended its brief reign as the tallest in the area.

[malec]

New renders
Click the thumbnails for a large version



http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2620/ripples0smallio8.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/576/ripples0br1.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ripples0br1.jpg)



http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1944/3ripples0smallbq4.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3758/3ripples0pd7.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3ripples0pd7.jpg)



http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7906/4smallea9.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2418/61833416kr0.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=61833416kr0.jpg)





Names of towers:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/66/namesqf2.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=namesqf2.jpg)

[Fabb]

Great job !

(I hate the doughnut... it spoils the amazing verticality of the cluster)

[malec]

One last render for now. Next time I make renders there'll be some more towers in there.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2893/5smallfk2.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3885/82731793kp1.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=82731793kp1.jpg)

[borgo100]

anyone else think that all those 300m placed together looks like shit?

[Aleks]

Not really. I like it. Better than many of the skylines Dubai has. Even though the buildings have funky shapes they still fit together which is what messes up some parts of Dubai. That a lot of buildings have so many weird shapes that they don't fit well.

[Cypherus]

Those buildings are awesome. Those supertalls being very close together does detract from the overall presentation, but at the same time it looks like a mini downtown core.

[Fabb]

anyone else think that all those 300m placed together looks like shit?

No.

It's a unique architectural complex.
I'm only skeptical about the ornamental top of a few skyscrapers, but it seems like a deliberate attempt to create something different.

[Aleks]

^Ahh! You explained it better than I did.^

[subterranean]

What a nightmare

[Alliance]

anyone else think that all those 300m placed together looks like shit?

Very much so. Though its not so much the height as it is the abominable architecture.

[malec]

I love the chaos of this cluster. What's a pity though is that it's the cheap crap designs that are a certainty to get built while the awsome ones like the pentominium mightn't because they're, well, cheap.

[Fabb]

What's a pity though is that it's the cheap crap designs that are a certainty to get built while the awsome ones like the pentominium mightn't because they're, well, cheap.

Marina101&106 are not cheap crap designs. Many cities would be proud to have them as their pinnacle.

[malec]

^^ They're not bad, well, marina 101's top is a ripoff of another tower but the proportions look pretty good. For towers like princess tower and any others in that style if the cladding is good then even if the shape of the building is not good it'll still look fine. Example is the marina crown lowrise (well, actually 200m :))

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/408/imresolt158sj4.jpg


The thing is construction though, costs have gone way up which means the ones with a simple box shape will get built since they're the cheapest to build. This means towers like the torch, princess tower, marina 106, etc. Also the cladding will have to be crap which is disastrous for this style of tower.
Ultramodern ones like the pentominium can get away with cheap cladding more easily but they're expensive to build because of their structure.

Crap cladding on princess tower

http://i37.tinypic.com/2q9cmxu.jpg


Cladding started on the torch, we'll see how it looks like soon when more is on

http://i38.tinypic.com/2r5b2j6.jpg

[Lecom]

Is it just me or is Princess Tower thicker than the two neighboring towers? Looks like it on the pic above and here as well:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2548431194_e2b4a362f6_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2548431194_e2b4a362f6_o.jpg

By the way, malec, what's the tower rising to the left of the marina crown?

[malec]

Ocean Heights.

[malec]

According to people on SSC the aliens landed at the infinity site yesterday (foundation poured :))

Also the aliens recently landed at the marina 101 site as well.

http://www.sheffieldre.com/marina101.html

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jul2008_4.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jul2008_5.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jul2008_6.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jul2008_7.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_jul2008_8.jpg

[Fabb]

Thanks for the good news !
I'm looking forward the landing of even more aliens on the sites.

[malec]

Next will be elite residence. Don't know how long away they are from pouring the foundation there since nobody has taken a picture for ages!
Then in about a year the foundations for the pentominium, marina 106 and maybe damac heights could be done.

[Aleks]

Yes! I like the design of Infinity. Really basic but modern design. I hope the facade isn't cheap looking because it looks nice in the renderings.

[malec]

The pentominium looks very tall in this picture. It reminds me of certain views of Sears tower when I was in Chicago. You might have a tower in front, then another ;arger one behind, then the massive Sears behind that and you can see them all. This tiered effect makes towers look really impressive I think.

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4580/marinareadyforrendermv2.jpg


BTW rumours are that marina sky towers didn't get approved with the current design :pepper: :pepper: :pepper:

[Fabb]

rumours are that marina sky towers didn't get approved with the current design

... only rumours. Maybe they will just change the position of the shorter tower.

[Aleks]

Woah! Nice render. What building is that with the random facade in the foreground?

[Fabb]

Woah! Nice render. What building is that with the random facade in the foreground?

Marina Arcade Tower

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9840/imresolt075eb2.jpg

[malec]

^^ Don't think it's 300m though. I recon 260m.

By the way, the torch has reached a first setback.

Updates by Dubai Steve

http://i34.tinypic.com/qrfcsn.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/mwtgro.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2e1rh8x.jpg

[Aleks]

Why is it that the cores are built at almost the same height as the floors. Is it cheaper than building the core 5+ stories above the floor they're currently working on?

[fynrdzynr]

Why is it that the cores are built at almost the same height as the floors. Is it cheaper than building the core 5+ stories above the floor they're currently working on?
Admittedly my experience is rather old (haven't worked on core walls in high rise construction since mid70's) but I'd think it's all to do with scheduling. Accessing the system constructing the cores is difficult & the larger the differential, the degree of difficulty providing access & services increases significantly. We'd normally be 3-5 levels above the current floor being prepared except when core wall pattern changed. We'd accelerate to being 7-8 levels above to give us time to change configuration without hindering those forming up the floor.

[fynrdzynr]

Any photos from Infinity since the pour?
According to people on SSC the aliens landed at the infinity site yesterday (foundation poured :))

[malec]

Getting updates isn't that easy since they won't just let you take pictures. You have to enter another tower, go up a few floors, then do it.

[malec]

Why is it that the cores are built at almost the same height as the floors. Is it cheaper than building the core 5+ stories above the floor they're currently working on?

I don't know if you can see but the core and the main walls are poured in one go. The same technique is used for 23 marina and the al attar tower.

Anyway, here are some pictures from today from Imre

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imresolt/sets/72157606496515013/


Foundation of elite residence was poured today :banana:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2724523768_fd233098fc_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2724524440_6f2d471c35_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2723700419_b903460d38_o.jpg

[malec]

Infinity Tower by 234sale on SSC


http://i38.tinypic.com/2qitpwy.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/1zgvjlz.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/amxxxf.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/if4wao.jpg

[Fabb]

Interesting.
By night, it looks like an enclosed construction site.

[SilentStrike]

ocean heights is by far the best one.

[Lecom]

Circular core at the Infinity? Interesting.

[malec]

^^ It makes the most sense I guess since the floorplans for each floor can stay the same that way even if the tower twists. Does the chicago spire have this as well?

[Aleks]

By night it looks like an oil rig or something. I never really thought about it but you're right malec, it does make more sense to have a sound core since the shape of the tower twists. I imagine the Spire will have the same feature since they're digging a circular hole for the foundation but I'm not 100% sure.

[malec]

This is from the developer's website:

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/default.asp


Slip form work at 34th level in progress - 1

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/4%20slip%202.JPG


Slab at 31st level in progress - 1

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/3%20Slab%201.JPG


Slip form work at 34th level in progress - 2

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/2%20Slip%201.JPG


Slab at 31st level in progress - 2

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/1%20slab%202.JPG


Block works in progress at 16th LVL

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/1%20Interior.JPG


Gypsum partition works in progress at 7th Level

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/2%20interior.JPG


MEP works in progress at 8th Level

http://www.hircon-me.com/contsruction_updates/property-images/3%20Interior.JPG

[malec]

Princess Tower and The Torch.
The torch has stalled for the past month while they work on the mechanical floor

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8316/imresolt433yp7.jpg



23 Marina.
Waterproofing and some cladding. Maybe only a test?

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8316/imresolt433yp7.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/337/imresolt456nr1.jpg



Ocean Heights
This is going up very fast despite the changing floorplates

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2825/imresolt428bh7.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7052/imresolt425nc2.jpg



In the future:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1656/33719378tj5.jpg

[malec]

Updates from Imre. He posted many more images but I'll only post one of each tower so as not to clog up the thread:



Princess Tower

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5481/imresolt007dh8.jpg



The Torch (they messed up something it seems :()

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8242/imresolt003hy6.jpg



Damac Heights. Will start soon I guess

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8209/imresolt031hd6.jpg



Infinity Tower

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9770/imresolt090el9.jpg



Elite Residence

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/64/imresolt023hb6.jpg



Marina 101

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6862/imresolt014mu4.jpg



23 Marina

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9711/imresolt105vv1.jpg



Ocean Heights

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/59/imresolt008xc6.jpg



A general image

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9546/imresolt001wz9.jpg



Many more pictures here:
http://flickr.com/photos/imresolt/sets/72157607137833953/

[Fabb]

I guess that Marina 23 will be the first supertall to top out.

[NYC4Life]

An instant Downtown is sprouting .

[Aleks]

What will they mess up on the Torch?

[malec]

They seem to be rebuilding the corners of the mechanical floor for some reason.


I think the reason the floor count has not moved is there has been a major fuck up on the mechanical floor. Im not a construction expert but it looks to me like something has gone wrong and cant progress further until it gets sorted out.

In this pic we can see that back on August 1st the mechanical floor had angled splays reducing the size of the floorplate to a smaller size for the higher floors.
http://i33.tinypic.com/zbuhs.jpg


We can see more clearly here that the reducing concreate pillars have been finished with purpose and look as they should.
http://i35.tinypic.com/255o13l.jpg


It would appear from Imre's latest pics that these areas have been covered for workers protection and remiedial work is in progress.
http://i36.tinypic.com/25iqfxc.jpg


A close up of the areas being worked on.
http://i34.tinypic.com/m7vwiv.jpg


Finally we can see that the angled concrete reduction plinths have been taken out for some reason.
http://i35.tinypic.com/i2oq9w.jpg

A word from braveheart on the subject would be great. At the least it provides a legitimate oportunity for a piss take.

Comments from the usual suspects also appreciated as SP dont seem to be greasing the wheels of communication lately. As i have said before i can deal with delays but i would just like to be kept informed.

[fynrdzynr]

Can anyone see evidence of reinforcement having been cut?
Note that the tapered section hasn't been completely removed. They've left maybe 600 of the taper.

[malec]

^^ There was a rendering, or maybe a model or something where the setback occured at the next mechanical floor. Hope they didn't screw up the plans. :sly:

Anyway some updates:


Marina 101 updates from the developer from the 14th.


http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_sep2008_2.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_sep2008_3.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_sep2008_4.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_sep2008_5.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_sep2008_1.jpg



Infinity Tower (from the damac website for some reason :lol:)


http://damacproperties.com/media/system/const_update/17/73/damac-heights-20080911-1.jpg

http://damacproperties.com/media/system/const_update/17/73/damac-heights-20080911-2.jpg

http://damacproperties.com/media/system/const_update/17/73/damac-heights-20080911-3.jpg

http://damacproperties.com/media/system/const_update/17/73/damac-heights-20080911-4.jpg

[malec]

Marina Sky Towers project is cancelled. :banana:

Has become this:

http://www.zawya.com/pr/images/MST_2008_10_04.jpg

[Fabb]

That's a very bad sign.
I hope this cancellation won't be the first in a long list.

[Jonovision]

That's better then what it was. But that podium is still much too big.

[fynrdzynr]

I hope this cancellation won't be the first in a long list.
You better believe it. Luxury boat builder here had AU$8m in orders cancelled last week. I expect the knock-on effect from US to be felt for at least another 6 months.

[malec]

The Torch (restarted and problem fixed), Princess Tower and 23 Marina

http://i35.tinypic.com/34ywcj4.jpg

[Fabb]

Good photo !
But the palm trees are blocking the cladding that's being installed on 23 Marina.

[malec]

The torch rising well

http://i37.tinypic.com/2hqrvp1.jpg

[malec]

Nice picture from a sandy location on the palm


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2962001737_706038fe21_b.jpg


Click here for a larger version
http://flickr.com/photos/bchoi9999/2962001737/sizes/l/in/set-72157608252371374/

[NYC4Life]

What a cluster, impressive.

[malec]

More pictures of marina 101 from the developer. This time from 2 days ago

Latest pictures from 2 days ago.

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_3.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_4.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_5.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_6.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_7.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_8.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_9.jpg

http://www.sheffieldre.com/images/constructionimages/marina101/marina101_oct2008_10.jpg

[malec]

Possible new design for the Oasis Beach Hotel replacement

http://jbrcommunity.com/download/file.php?id=61




Infinity Tower from the 27th of October by melkor

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo34/melkor_gds/IMG_0661.jpg?t=1225101952



Ocean Heights by melkor again

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo34/melkor_gds/IMG_0650.jpg?t=1225075571



The Torch, Princess Tower and 23 Marina by Joannides from the 29th

http://i37.tinypic.com/sg3jts.jpg



23 Marina, Pentominium and Marina 106 by scoot68 from the 24th

http://i33.tinypic.com/2vbleuo.jpg

[malec]

Excellent pictures from Nader taken from picasa.

Finally we have a picture of elite residence and we can see the core is about to rise above ground level. Also nice overviews of other towers which we don't get frequent updates of.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8327/helicoptertour01nov0807yj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/helicoptertour01nov0807yj5.jpg/1/w1600.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img230/helicoptertour01nov0807yj5.jpg/1/)

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6813/helicoptertour01nov0805lx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/helicoptertour01nov0805lx4.jpg/1/w1600.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img363/helicoptertour01nov0805lx4.jpg/1/)

[NYC4Life]

The Palm Islands look impressive in the view. Amazing what Dubai is doing.

[Aleks]

The palms will look amazing once all the vegetation is in place!

I might have asked this before but I don't remember.... Why is it that skyscrapers in Dubai are being built mostly from concrete rather than steel? Well, wrong wording but here's an example...

These towers in Dubai have thin floor-plates on the top part of the U/C section but on the lower section there's more concrete added, creating smaller windows:
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo34/melkor_gds/IMG_0650.jpg?t=1225075571
Photo by Melkor.

This tower here in Seattle has less concrete and more steel exposed:
http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t325/Aleks0o04/f5e92b1a.jpg?t=1225690532
Photo by me.

Anyways, I know there are various factors that affect the type of construction like use of the tower, finance, size, geography, design, etc... but I've noticed that even office towers are being built with a lot of concrete. Towers that on renderings look like they'll be made from a lot of glass are really just full of concrete and covered with glass everywhere... Even short buildings.

Not bashing Dubai, just wondering...

[Lecom]

That's a very bad sign.
I hope this cancellation won't be the first in a long list.

It was cancelled because of overwhelming, and well-deserved, negative responses. This is the first time in Dubai history when the Sheikh (who has the ultimate say in what gets built and what doesn't) was bombarded with emails that outlined what is wrong with the proposal. There is no way that an action like that had no effect on a man overly concerned with selling a positive image of his emirate to the world at large. Remember, we're not dealing with standard Western development schemes here, where something like email bombardment of the developer may be casually looked over.

[malec]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbravophotos/3010547862/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/3010547862_012bdc8707_o.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbravophotos/3009711799/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/3009711799_a16cbd0ebb_o.jpg


And a small one from very far away:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmadws/3010761024/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/3010761024_3d0b7499f1_o.jpg

[Fabb]

It'll be a beautiful, dense, linear city along the sea shore.
I want to see that in a few years.

[Misterfreeman87]

Is it just me or is Princess Tower thicker than the two neighboring towers? Looks like it on the pic above and here as well:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2548431194_e2b4a362f6_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2548431194_e2b4a362f6_o.jpg

By the way, malec, what's the tower rising to the left of the marina crown?

Someone should tell them that skyscrapers only arnt making a city. There is just desert, highways and skyscrapers, it just looks wrong, this wont change if they will just add more skyscrapers to the scene. It just looks like some LasVegas hotel complex not like a true urban complex.

[NYC4Life]

An impressive cluster but like the above statement said, it doesn't fit with the location.

[malec]

According to SOM infinity tower is only 307m and has 73 floors
http://som.com/content.cfm/infinity_tower

[NYC4Life]

Still a tall tower.

[StatenIslander237]

Someone should tell them that skyscrapers only arnt making a city. There is just desert, highways and skyscrapers, it just looks wrong, this wont change if they will just add more skyscrapers to the scene. It just looks like some LasVegas hotel complex not like a true urban complex.

Every city is different. Not to say that Dubai's whole "just-add-people instant city" approach is necessarily right, but then again, we've never seen anything like this before in the world. Every other city has a long history, and who knows how this will turn out. It is a true experiment of city growth, design, and legacy. Personally, I'm very intrigued by it, and this could be the ENORMOUSLY HUGE first chapter in the life of city just as legendary as all the other greats. I'm not counting it out or in yet. I'm just excited... :banana:

[Aleks]

Great way to put it StatenIslander.

[Lecom]

Every city is different. Not to say that Dubai's whole "just-add-people instant city" approach is necessarily right, but then again, we've never seen anything like this before in the world. Every other city has a long history, and who knows how this will turn out. It is a true experiment of city growth, design, and legacy. Personally, I'm very intrigued by it, and this could be the ENORMOUSLY HUGE first chapter in the life of city just as legendary as all the other greats. I'm not counting it out or in yet. I'm just excited... :banana:

Agreed.

[yarabundi]

Plus urbanism evolve. Middle-Orient and Asia are two real laboratories where new ideas, new concepts on urbanism will be tried -even if those are only superficials, cosmetic.

[malec]

From Imre today:



23 Marina (barely any movement :()

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2856/imresolt009kv6.jpg



The Torch

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2980/imresolt123ob5.jpg



Infinity Tower

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3585/imresolt118xr3.jpg



Elite Residence

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6420/imresolt114jh0.jpg



Princess Tower

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2518/imresolt095mk2.jpg



Ocean Heights (very fast! :))

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/289/imresolt011ys5.jpg



Marina 101 (can see the core popping its head up, it's the yellow one in front of the Elite Residence core)
Pentominium (can see three piling rigs on site and also a mobile crane lifting a steel caisson)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3836/imresolt006dz0.jpg

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8231/imresolt007zl1.jpg

[uaarkson]

no word of official heights for these buildings yet?

god, those chrysler knock-offs are such an eye-sore :haha: