DUBAI | The Pentominium | 1,693 FT / 516 M | 120 FLOORS [Archive] - Page 4

JDRCRASH

Aug 23, 2010, 3:10 PM

The Pentominium arrives late in the show, like a diva.
Now that the excitement with the 400m towers is nearly over, I'm glad that this one enters the scene. Almost perfect timing.

Agreed. I'm hoping Dubai goes on a 200m towern craze. It doesn't need anymore supertalls.

malec

Sep 11, 2010, 10:08 PM

Updates, from August but still, a nice picture here with 23 marina

Yes, no change on top. But looks as podium is almost overground now:

29/August/2010 by 234sale:

http://i33.tinypic.com/2hh3ubp.jpg

Will be a long, long way to catch 23 Marina...

http://i35.tinypic.com/2uos48z.jpg

OneWorldTradeCenter

Oct 13, 2010, 4:28 PM

Another update from SSC, slow progress but still under-construction.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/5075648684_4b2c8ac1a1_b.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/29ok5jm.jpg

Dylan Leblanc

Oct 13, 2010, 6:13 PM

cool, finally U/C again. this thing is really going to top off the Marina area.

Skyscrapers144

Oct 21, 2010, 3:59 AM

Here's my Pentominium Tower model:

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1415/dsc02064fl.jpg

Innsertnamehere

Oct 21, 2010, 11:58 AM

awesome tower! the top of that shorter one is a bit messed though....

Skyscrapers144

Oct 21, 2010, 11:02 PM

awesome tower! the top of that shorter one is a bit messed though....
I know. That one is the CitySpire Center in NYC.

OneWorldTradeCenter

Oct 22, 2010, 5:41 PM

cool, finally U/C again. this thing is really going to top off the Marina area.

Why U/C again?? After my knowledge it was never on-hold. Progress has been slow the last months, but there is some acticity at the site.

malec

Oct 24, 2010, 6:55 PM

Yes it's going slow at the moment and has not been on hold recently. A person on SSC who is maybe a site manager here or something (he certainly knows a lot about this particular construction site) says it's because of the huge amount of stuff that has to be done at ground level to hold up such a tall and skinny tower (and also that there's very little space to store materials in adjacant sites. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if there are financial problems.

Pictures by 234sale

http://i56.tinypic.com/34673mt.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2zgrdag.jpg

Infernal_Elf

Oct 29, 2010, 10:03 PM

lets hope the pentominium dont run into financial troubles and get halted that would be a huge loss for Dubai and the Dubai marina especially.

i kinda miss the time when there where no limit in Dubai . like when infinity tower continued even after the whole building site was turned into a pond.

i Guess it couldn't last anyway, the speed earlier was insane.

and it actually turned Dubai into the world famous city it is today with some of the boldest skyscrapers Projects in the world in only about 15 years

OneWorldTradeCenter

Oct 30, 2010, 3:19 PM

:previous: I think at has a chance of 90% to be completed in 2014.

kiwi4life

Nov 1, 2010, 4:22 AM

this has got to be my second favorite tower in dubai, i would definately love to be project manager or superintendent on this tower, their doing a great job, go dubai!!

OneWorldTradeCenter

Nov 24, 2010, 5:56 PM

Update:

http://i56.tinypic.com/2mg0c37.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=451708&page=118

JDRCRASH

Nov 24, 2010, 6:09 PM

lets hope the pentominium dont run into financial troubles and get halted that would be a huge loss for Dubai and the Dubai marina especially.

I think the worst that could happen now at this point is it being cut short like Waterview in Chicago. But he good thing about this is that even if it doesn't get built to its full height, it helps make the marina a denser (buildings right next to each other) area.

kiwi4life

Nov 25, 2010, 2:41 AM

i think it will pull through

Fabb

Dec 22, 2010, 9:56 AM

Saturday, dec 18 :

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3720/p1060062d.jpg

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3866/p1060063.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6459/p1060064o.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1237/p1060060i.jpg

OneWorldTradeCenter

Dec 26, 2010, 3:39 PM

Some more shots:

http://i56.tinypic.com/102wbq1.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/4vh7pw.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/cw1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=451708&page=120

SimonM

Dec 28, 2010, 2:09 PM

Is it still under construction, or is it on-hold as many other projects in the UAE??

OneWorldTradeCenter

Jan 6, 2011, 2:38 PM

Is it still under construction, or is it on-hold as many other projects in the UAE??

It is still U/C yet, although I'm surprised about that.

Innsertnamehere

Jan 6, 2011, 9:03 PM

seems to be speeding up.

ThreeHundred

Jan 6, 2011, 9:37 PM

How walkable is the Dubai Marina?

towerpower123

Jan 8, 2011, 3:48 AM

Dubai doesn't seem like a pedestrian place. For being a city approaching 2 million, there are very few people on the the streets. How come they don't build any ground level retait in the buildings? :shrug:

Aleks

Jan 8, 2011, 4:52 AM

that's actually a common misconception, a city this large isn't based entirely on cars. old dubai seems like it has a pretty strong pedestrian population and other areas around as well.

as for the marina, it looks like it could be one of the better pedestrian friendly developments. not sure since i've never been, but the proximity of the buildings provide shade from the sun during summer days, and i imagine from the wind as well (unless there's a wind-tunnel effect between the towers). i think what the marina lacks is some grocery shops, and local retail that residents will frequently visit, rather than a mall.

whatever happened to the mall anyways? will it be another empty complex? they should've mandated retail space in every tower so they could use that lot for a plaza, park, or something besides more retail space (although i imagine it'd be a pretty popular place due to location).

Fabb

Jan 8, 2011, 5:23 PM

whatever happened to the mall anyways? will it be another empty complex? they should've mandated retail space in every tower so they could use that lot for a plaza, park, or something besides more retail space (although i imagine it'd be a pretty popular place due to location).

I remember seeing a shopping mall near the exit of the metro station. I didn't go inside, so, I have no idea if it's already busy.
Some completed towers include retail space. I've seen a Carrefour supermarket at the foot of a building.
I guess that more retail will come in the near future.

Infernal_Elf

Jan 23, 2011, 6:51 PM

you have the rather large Marina mall very close to the metro station.

it has about 400 shops and u also got shops and restaurants here and there along the canal.

and some along Jumeirah beach in and around the 40+ post modern Highrises.

and u can rather easily walk around it all during cool days and the winter

N830MH

Jan 28, 2011, 2:32 AM

Here's my Pentominium Tower model:

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1415/dsc02064fl.jpg

Wow! Looks good! I can't wait to be completions. Is that in Dubai?

Infernal_Elf

Jan 28, 2011, 2:42 PM

yes the pentominium is being built in Dubai or to be more spesific the Dubai marina

but in that collection of Models only the blue one at the far left wich is the pentominum is being built in Dubai

Fabb

Feb 5, 2011, 5:09 PM

Update by Imre :

http://i54.tinypic.com/242hn55.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/30kybeg.jpg

Infernal_Elf

Feb 5, 2011, 6:12 PM

around 11 floors now :D and rising

will be cool to see when it starts overtaking one after one

Fabb

Apr 22, 2011, 12:56 PM

It's been a while since the last update...

22/April/2011

Pentominium

http://i55.tinypic.com/rlckf9.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2nls0b5.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2uxxnuu.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/33u8ldx.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2u7x8qt.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2j35u11.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2jb2vs1.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2wp5khx.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/28bdues.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/ztyuk9.jpg

Dac150

Apr 24, 2011, 9:21 PM

Forgot all about this building; nice to see it gaining some height.

Kanto

Jun 23, 2011, 9:03 PM

Another Dubai giant. It's nice to see this city rise even in these economically troubling times :notacrook: Is there any recent progress? All pics here are kinda old :shrug:

Illithid Dude

Aug 12, 2011, 10:03 PM

According to Skyscraper City, as of last week, the workers have left. Sadly, Pentominium is now on hold.

kkhuynh

Aug 13, 2011, 3:58 AM

Another Dubai giant. It's nice to see this city rise even in these economically troubling times :notacrook: Is there any recent progress? All pics here are kinda old :shrug:

I dont think the picture is as nice as it's seem, it's quite a slow process considering the fact that this project has been proposed for over many years now and you'd think that it's almost surpassed the 40th floors or something by this time

()_T

Aug 13, 2011, 10:26 PM

According to Skyscraper City, as of last week, the workers have left. Sadly, Pentominium is now on hold.

12/August/2011

Pentominium, 12 days without workers , ON HOLD status seems confirmed now...

http://i53.tinypic.com/otnaew.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2vcc48m.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/34nfrmc.jpg

Link (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=82817787&postcount=2972)

OneWorldTradeCenter

Aug 21, 2011, 10:31 AM

Yes, it's officially on-hold now; saw also reports on SSC. Maybe thy're going to resume later. I hope it!

steveve

Aug 22, 2011, 2:50 PM

Yes, it's officially on-hold now; saw also reports on SSC. Maybe thy're going to resume later. I hope it!

wow.. that sucks.... This is already such a quiet/slow project, that i even forget is going to be super super tall! lets hope this lasts a short while...