[Imperar]

So, what WILL they build? :rolleyes:

I bet they'll build a new city to the west, like the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz :D

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e207/vocasla/Random/EmeraldCITY.jpg

[Stephan23]

Good question btw! I think the biggest rollercoaster in the world, the longest rollercoaster in the world, the rollercoaster with the most turns, the highest rollercoaster, etc......

[Slugbelch]

So, what WILL they build?

Merge Tower
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d52cc2b279.jpg

Original size:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8813/19879414ja6.th.jpg (http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=19879414ja6.jpg)

[Evergrey]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Mcmansion_under_construction.jpg/800px-Mcmansion_under_construction.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^:jester:

[austin356]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Mcmansion_under_construction.jpg/800px-Mcmansion_under_construction.jpg




Hey that looks familiar!!!!!!

Where have I seen that again?:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[Imperar]

lol...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcmansion

[malec]

Dubai already has shitloads of these. Look at this:

http://i18.tinypic.com/6gx6pl5.jpg

[nickcurzon]

I can just see Dorothy in a abaya

[M.K.]

Maybe an aquarium, Sea World, Disneyworld? with magnetic Trains connecting to Abou Dhabi.:rolleyes: It lacks a big observation and Tv tower or big Cruise Ship Terminal.

[zaphod]

seriously, why havent they announced Dubai disney yet?

[Slugbelch]

They have. It's called Dubailand. They just used the second half of the Disneyland name, not the first. They should have used the Florida Disneyworld name instead of the California Disneyland. I think Dubaiworld sounds better, considering what's going to be built there.

[Imperar]

Yeah, and plus they already have their own version of KFC, called Dubai Fried Chicken

[beanhead4529]

they will build a giant air-conditioned dome over the entire city so that people can walk outside without melting

[smussuw]

They have. It's called Dubailand. They just used the second half of the Disneyland name, not the first. They should have used the Florida Disneyworld name instead of the California Disneyland. I think Dubaiworld sounds better, considering what's going to be built there.
We have Universal Studios Dubailand ;)

[mountsac]

dubai should build themselves a world class research university, in my opinion

[Slugbelch]

http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/18225/20039645526523690_rs.jpg http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/16242/20039686018938253_rs.jpg

[lexicon506]

Dubai should think about building an actual city instead of all this suburban crap.

[Distill3d]

I'm rooting for a spaceport so Richard Branson has somewhere to fly the Virgin Galactic to.

[Slugbelch]

Jebel Ali's secret cave
16 June, 2007

A secret cave has been revealed in Jebel Ali, the "mountain" that overshadows Cell Block G. According to Hussain Al Badi, GM of the Emirates Centre of Heritage, History and Culture, the cave's floor is "littered with spent ammuntion":

Al Badi believes that the cave was built by warring tribes and may have been used by the British to store weapons during the Second World War. There are other holes in the side of the hill, but none as large and wide as the cave of Ali. "This can be a major tourist attraction if the authorities pay attention to this place," he says.

Jebel Ali, which translates to Mountain of Ali or High Mountain, is actually a sandy hill only a couple of hundred yards high. But it turns out to be an area with a fascinating and bloody past. According to historians, the assassin of Shaikh Theyab Bin Eisa, a tribal leader killed around 1750, fled here to hide. Dr Faleh Handhal, also from the Heritage Centre, says Jebel Ali also used to be an "area of contention" between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

One can just imagine the hordes of bedouin warriors on camelback swarming onto the hillside with their curved swords gleaming in the sun; the harsh Arabic battle cries as the tribesmen fought to plant their flags on the summit.

Certainly a more appealing vision than today's beer-bellied expats trudging up the hill for a pint at Jebel Ali Cloob.

----------------------------------------

CHILLOUT! : First Middle East ice cafe to open in Dubai today (http://www.fahad.com/2007/06/chillout-first-middle-east-ice-cafe.html)
June 21, 2007

http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/19401/2005810483682489622_rs.jpg

Chillout ice cafe opens today in Dubai's Times Square Mall. It's the first ice restaurant in the Middle East. Almost everything at the restaurant is sculpted out of ice. Diners will sit on ice benches or chairs, eat at ice tables, out of ice plates, drink from ice glasses served from a bar made of ice.

A Dh9 million (US $2.45 million) investment, the restaurant is Dubai-based Sharaf Group’s enterprise while technical inputs came from Canada-based Iceculture Inc, who are credited with building ice lounges around the world, informed a spokesperson for Sharaf Group.

[Slugbelch]

Opus:

http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/20956/2001014968101456594_rs.jpg

http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/17283/2001053283392795088_rs.jpg

http://aycu24.webshots.com/image/18023/2001083249324963621_rs.jpg

http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/20683/2001012203955156264_rs.jpg

U-Bora:

http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/18061/2001920815187730117_rs.jpg

http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/21013/2001924357782837110_rs.jpg

Legs:
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/18019/2005509936050487287_rs.jpg

http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/20804/2005560378003223886_rs.jpg

Jebel Hafeet:
http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/19314/2005554859186615952_rs.jpg

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/19679/2005525415954142807_rs.jpg

Empire:

http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/17725/2003697472849921171_rs.jpg

http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/18190/2003617086640012395_rs.jpg

http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/16828/2003692657890837823_rs.jpg

[Aleks]

wow. i like the U-Bora tower and Opus.

[adam-machiavelli]

This is getting insane.

[Slugbelch]

http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/19218/2002935800983633149_rs.jpg
r3

Another rotating,floating tower

http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/20266/2002902221463290680_rs.jpg

http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/22186/2002929104584705430_rs.jpg

http://aycu12.webshots.com/image/19251/2002905355234648514_rs.jpg (http://www.waterstudio.nl/en/pa_hoteltoren_dubai.html)
DDI

[Mocholate]

oooh ,pipe dreams ,awesome concepts ,i wouldn't mind seeing what the projected costs of some of those buildings are !

I reckon they should go with something a bit more green
something like this perhaps :haha:

A flower arrangment modelled from the international finance centre
(pic courtesy of my sister who is working there at present)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/choppdat/300602.jpg

[Slugbelch]

Hydra Tower:
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/19059/2002962477578551238_rs.jpg
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/19344/2006141356223944677_rs.jpg

More from The Opus:
http://aycu15.webshots.com/image/19774/2006118403821422067_rs.jpg.http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/21548/2006173694609813124_rs.jpg

[Austin55]

A tower that can fly, oxygen to water trnsformer thing,a underground city, condos on rails that fly around the city, that cloud thing, the worlds biggest pointless sculpture, tons of tower shaped like blades of grass,and weeds...:rolleyes:

[rbowk]

ummm i recon they will build more tallest buildings dubai will go mad with them thats wat i think and they might build another island you no of dubai ummm who nows time will tell

[liferanger]

Could someone explain to me who is going to occupy all of these flashy buildings..? Are they built on spec or do they have signed tenants in all of them...just curious

[M.K.]

Legs are pretty nice, soft and futuristic one. I would approve it. Maybe a water tower...:shrug: or the galaxy of planets like saturn with the ring, jupiter and so on around the sun as some big 15 sphere glass buildings (planets+moons) together. They have already the the world, palms in water. Why not considering make planets buildings of our galaxy?! :frog:

[Slugbelch]

More Opus:
http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/20906/2004635316450614606_rs.jpg

http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/22230/2004666781126792484_rs.jpg

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/22048/2004691373035642716_rs.jpg
notomato

http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/20262/2001686866735660034_rs.jpg

[Slugbelch]

Tree building:
http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/21430/2000033979941367226_rs.jpg
Wordpress

[PhxSprawler]

Could someone explain to me who is going to occupy all of these flashy buildings..? Are they built on spec or do they have signed tenants in all of them...just curious

This is a very expensive means to boost tourism. It is like Las Vegas on crack. It's too bad Vegas doesn't embrace some of the architectural ingenuity that Dubai is - or any city on the planet for that matter. How long do we have to build big boxes?

[Slugbelch]

D.I.F.C. Atrium:
http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/20701/2001496843718376229_rs.jpg.http://aycu28.webshots.com/image/22427/2001457480890762937_rs.jpg

http://aycu12.webshots.com/image/23771/2001413164142974576_rs.jpg.http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/21621/2001436433316442580_rs.jpg

http://aycu34.webshots.com/image/23753/2001492400385102287_rs.jpg.http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/22481/2001408258057296374_rs.jpg

Palm Tower:
http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/21708/2001498708453262468_rs.jpg.http://aycu17.webshots.com/image/23416/2001434410246356156_rs.jpg

http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/22690/2001469423118946471_rs.jpg
Saybrite

...more and bigger coming...

[nycboi19]

That Is Some Crazy Shet That This City Is Doing

[Cypherus]

Some of these designs are antagonizing to the brain.

[Peichen]

Wow, I like all the crazy designs above and I guess they will get built. New York is already loaded with luxury apartment that's empty most of the time (the owner only spends a fraction of their time living in the city as they rotate the city they live in frequently). With increasing wealthy, some areas of the world are bound to be rich people's play ground that can afford this kind of buildings.

[LFRENCH]

my god i never knew gumpy lost his legs. that tower is just odd and that floating tower looks like a butt plug. the first tower is strange but awesome design and idea

[Aleks]

Wow, I like the cruise dock, but I don't see a point to the part that's in mid-air.

[munda]

they should build nothing
they should improve on the things they already got

[Aleks]

They should build things just change the designs. They need to stop and think before they do. Something could go horribly wrong in one of these structures and the company would end up paying for the building/structure and law suits.

[MolsonExport]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/DeathStar2.jpg

[M.K.]

I knew that Anakin Skywalker came from a desert planet, but could not related dark vader to a desert city yet... here is the answer connecting the cables in my mind then... As Dubai is in desert, now I understand...:jester:

[Nicko999]

The next thing Dubai need to do is to buy the whole world.:D

WHo knows! Probably in 2050 the planet would be surpopulated by those gigantic buildings.:yes:

[MolsonExport]

The next thing Dubai need to do is to buy the whole world.:D

WHo knows! Probably in 2050 the planet would be surpopulated by those gigantic buildings.:yes:

http://coruscant-cast.podomatic.com/coruscant-cast.gif
http://www.wallpaperlinks.be/img/mes_wall/sw02-city01-1024.jpg
http://www.planetizen.com/files/oped/20050531.jpg

Coruscant was cool, but LucAss totally ripped-off the idea from fritz lang (Metropolis)
http://www.dehora.net/journal/metropolis.jpg

[Dac150]

Dubai's Official List of Things to Build:

-A 100ft statue of "Dig em" the Sugar Smacks Frog
-And ahhhhhh..........Danny DeVito Museum...yeah a Danny DeVito Museum

[rbowk]

cool

[Grumpy]

is this kind of architecture suppose to be impressive ? well it is not my kind at all

[Alliance]

I want Dubai to build the World's largest pineapple.

[AltinD]

:previous: empty your pockets to finance the project, and they might.

[AltinD]

Merge Tower
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d52cc2b279.jpg

Original size:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8813/19879414ja6.th.jpg (http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=19879414ja6.jpg)

This is a dead proposal since two other towers of 82 and 55 floors each, are being constructed in that particular spot in SZR.

[Dac150]

^^^^^^^^^^^^

That building doesn't even seem habitable, just a steel skeleton.

[malec]

82 stories on SZR? Which tower is that?

[AltinD]

:previous: It's a typo; I meant to write 72 floors refering to HHR Tower with the Latifa tower next to it.

[Imperar]

I hope they build the world's largest coffin one day, officially to cover the dead city of Dubai, in 10 years.

[dubai 1]

i think they will attempt to catch the title for tallest twisting tower since plans didnt go right for infinity tower

[Dac150]

i think they will attempt to catch the title for tallest twisting tower since plans didnt go right for infinity tower

Did they cancel the Infinity?

[M.K.]

death star moon was really proposed in Ras Al Khaimah, 60km near Oman
http://www.dezeen.com/2007/05/11/rak-convention-and-exhibition-centre-by-oma/

[AltinD]

Did they cancel the Infinity?

No, but as things are going (there's a new major leak on site) the Chicago Spire might be completed first. :D

[AltinD]

I hope they build the world's largest coffin one day...

I doubt you'd be a big guy, most propably a tiny one. :whip:

[LoverOfDubai]

I do not know if this is a joke or not. It is similar to that cloud thing a few years ago.
But this is in the New York Times and it seems to be serious. The article is very short does not say much.

New York Times - Cloud Nine (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/style/tmagazine/07cloud.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)

[flight_from_kamakura]

So, what WILL they build next?
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e207/vocasla/Random/EmeraldCITY.jpg

BAHAHAHA!!! TOTALLY!

Dubai already has shitloads of these. Look at this:

http://i18.tinypic.com/6gx6pl5.jpg

something fitting about it though, no? a random row of mcmansions in the middle of the desert. the empty blandness of it all seems fitting, no?


http://www.dehora.net/journal/metropolis.jpg

seriously, amid all this middle eastern-cum-vegas kitsch/pastiche architecture, the important question is: why aren't these guys throwing up a few glorious deco temples? might be a nice way for them to fool people in 30 years into thinking they were part of the modern world back as it was just becoming modern.

[LoverOfDubai]

I believe the Shangri-La Hotel is Art Deco. I could be wrong: I do not know much about architectural styles.

[M.K.]

Yep, Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai is Art-Deco Revival...

[JDRCRASH]

http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/x-seed.jpg
:D

[alexjon]

Wal-Marts, as far as the eye can see!

[JDRCRASH]

I do not know if this is a joke or not. It is similar to that cloud thing a few years ago.
But this is in the New York Times and it seems to be serious. The article is very short does not say much.

New York Times - Cloud Nine (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/style/tmagazine/07cloud.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)

You've gotta be kidding me.......

[flight_from_kamakura]

Yep, Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai is Art-Deco Revival...

ah yes, the shangri-la...

http://b.imagehost.org/0406/shangrila_dubai.jpg

this is deco revival like dr. frankenstein's monster was a revival. lol, a revival that makes one wonder if it wasn't better off dead!

[CrazyTiger]

Dubai will build a skyscraper to the Moon. It will have Tractor Pulls straight out of Star Wars to help stop the moon from going away. Then people will be able to go to the moon and back without trouble.
:D

[Fran]

Kuwait-based property developer Abyaar has teamed up with top international fashion designer Christian Lacroix to establish a luxury residential tower on Dubai’s Jumeirah beach.
The 38-unit tower will include a Lacroix-designed façade, expansive lobby and luxury interiors, Abyaar said in a statement on Wednesday.

Marzooq Al Rashdan, managing director at Abyaar, said the firm had approached the French designer and established a long-term partnership that would involve similar developments around the region and internationally........

[sammysonny1]

Um whats the big deal with Dubai....

First of all for the most part no booze, no history, no cultre, were are the musems, parks, collages, banks, stockmarkets, muscial theatre, opera.

When all I see is a gross Houston/Miami/Dallas/Atlanta/Los Angelos/Minneapolis/Almost every city in America. I mean reallly didn't we learn from the mistakes of building expressways, and freeways. And building low density really ugly and tacky buidlings.

Also this may be off topic but i dont care... America gets all of the crap for being wasteful, but for us we need to revese and redesign our cities to use mass transit and not use cars and have better land management. But Dubai gets away with buidling all fo this stuff.

[LoverOfDubai]

Um whats the big deal with Dubai....

First of all for the most part no booze, no history, no cultre, were are the musems, parks, collages, banks, stockmarkets, muscial theatre, opera.

Dubai does in fact have alcohol, history, culture, museums, parks, colleges, banks, stockmarkets, musical theatres and will soon have an opera. I am not sure where you heard that Dubai has none of these, but I need to inform you that whatever that source was, it is incorrect.


When all I see is a gross Houston/Miami/Dallas/Atlanta/Los Angelos/Minneapolis/Almost every city in America. I mean reallly didn't we learn from the mistakes of building expressways, and freeways. And building low density really ugly and tacky buidlings.

When you say "we" you are talking about the United States. Dubai is not the United States and they still have a lot to learn. They are testing everything out, like all other developing cities in the developing world and like the United States did throughout the 1900s. I should also add that the United States still has a lot to learn about expressways, suburbs and buildings just like Dubai.

Although this is not the subject of this conversation, I would like to add that Europe is probably one of the best places to learn about cities. Dubai and the United States should attempt to learn from those cities. But still, I am sure that many cities all over the world (especially in the developing world) have features to offer European cities.


Also this may be off topic but i dont care... America gets all of the crap for being wasteful, but for us we need to revese and redesign our cities to use mass transit and not use cars and have better land management. But Dubai gets away with buidling all fo this stuff.

Actually, many media outlets (if you try to keep up-to-date with Dubai in the American media) criticize the United Arab Emirates for having the world's largest ecological footprint per capita. Also, many times they mention things about Dubai that are extremenly wasteful: such as Ski Dubai (the world's largest indoor ski slope), man-made islands, building out into the desert, many homes with private pools, etc. Also, Dubai is not as powerful or influential as the United States. The U.S. is always in the news and is noticed by many people all over the world. Therefore, they receive a lot of more criticisms than Dubai.


Many of the thoughts that you mentioned are a result of an over-generalization of Dubai. I like to think that I know a lot about Dubai. I try to keep track of things happening in Dubai and the view of Dubai in the West. Many times people do not know Dubai or understand the city. By attempting to learn more about Dubai, you will learn many things that you did not know; just like I have.

Despite my defense of Dubai, I myself see many problems throughout the city. Many times I ask "why, why, why?" I know Dubai is making so many mistakes that I am sure will impact them hard in the future. I can only hope the leaders of the emirate will notice these and attempt to fix them. Actually, many problems are beginning to appear (such as high rents, too much traffic and congestion, and a loss of local culture and many others) and there have been several attempts to remedy them; but not enough in my opinion.

Please, if you have any more questions, I would be glad to answer them. My only goal is to show the truth of Dubai.

[JDRCRASH]

Please, if you have any more questions, I would be glad to answer them. My only goal is to show the truth of Dubai.

That says it all; EAU DOES have flaws about it, but aren't as extreme as sammysonny1 pointed out with no base of source.

[detmi7mile]

please...no more mcmansions....

[Lecom]

Actually, many media outlets (if you try to keep up-to-date with Dubai in the American media) criticize the United Arab Emirates for having the world's largest ecological footprint per capita. Also, many times they mention things about Dubai that are extremenly wasteful: such as Ski Dubai (the world's largest indoor ski slope), man-made islands, building out into the desert, many homes with private pools, etc.

One of the things I believe they need to do is stop making all those expansive green lawns and use more native desert plants and landscaping. Sure, a large green lawn looks nice, but maintaining one in the desert is highly unsustainable and wasteful. There is a reason why deserts aren't covered by acres of green grass - the climate and percipitation are not right for it.

[Julito-Dubai]

http://www.expatriates.com/cls/3074763.html



SSC is down so i post it here. A new tower for Business Bay

and a new one for Jebel Ali Downtown:

http://www.expatriates.com/cls/3054880.html

[Mr Man]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/DeathStar2.jpg

Dubai is already building a deathstar. It's a hotel/convention center.



http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2007/05/21/061221collage1b_451x329x90.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/march08/Waterfront-City-Render2.jpg

http://dogfightatbankstown.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/09/azerbaijandeathstarhotel1.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/dubai/17.jpg

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2007/05/21/convention_render_1_451x329x90.jpg

http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/5/24/rem3.jpg


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What I want to see personally in Dubai is a Borg cube. It can be a condo/hotel.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/dax/cube_FC.jpg

[Dequal]

Borg Cube?

The Cube is going to be build! (Dubai Sport City)

http://dubai.mag3.be/images/stories//thecube/thecube.jpg

More on http://dubai.mag3.be

[Imperar]

The above images puts a happy smile on my face.

[Martin H Unzon]

The next... is moving buildings

"The Dynamic Tower" by David Fisher

http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/ALL-IMG/img-x-VB/019.jpghttp://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/ALL-IMG/img-x-VB/021_DUBAI.jpg

http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/IMG/Dubai_Project/004_DUBAI.jpg

And the video...
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/90sec.html
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/Dubai-Video/Dubai_640x360.html

The Brochure: http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/brochure-Dubai/Brochure-Dubai.zip
(all the images by Dynamic Architecture -website)

[1ajs]

Dubai is already building a deathstar. It's a hotel/convention center.



http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2007/05/21/061221collage1b_451x329x90.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/march08/Waterfront-City-Render2.jpg

http://dogfightatbankstown.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/09/azerbaijandeathstarhotel1.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/dubai/17.jpg

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2007/05/21/convention_render_1_451x329x90.jpg

http://i.treehugger.com/images/2007/5/24/rem3.jpg


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What I want to see personally in Dubai is a Borg cube. It can be a condo/hotel.



:slob:

[MolsonExport]

^when I look at the Dubai Death Star, I hear the "Darth Vader" song going through my mind.

Bah-bah-bah-ba-baba-ba-baba...

[1ajs]

hahaha speaking of darth vader i wonder if they will make a building based on this?
http://www.bricklink.com/SL/10175-1.jpg