[R@ptor]

I think it's about time that we finally open a construction thread about this building. The ABBCO ROTANA HOTEL will be the world's tallest hotel when completed. Please post all your construction pictures of the Abbco Rotana Hotel in this thread.

Facts:

Height: 333m (1092ft) Roof, 380m (1246ft) Spire
Floors: 72
Architect: Khatib & Alami
Location: Sheikh Zayed Road (between 21st Century Tower & Al Ghaya Tower)


http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/591/4023rotana.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/591/28dubai-abbcorotanahotel-01.jpg

[Beyond 1000]

A beauty of a building and an expensive looking hotel. This would be the tallest "all hotel" building in the world. When does construction begin anybody?

[Fabb]

The two renderings seem to have a different top.
And the first one looks more slender, too.
Which one is more realistic ?

[GO_UAE]

The first one is the most recent rendering

[Fabb]

OK.
We should expect an asymmetrical spire then, right ?

[R@ptor]

It's rising!

Photo by Altind Carnut from SSC

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/altind/Picture071.jpg

[lakegz]

oooo this is beautiful!!!! im usually critical of dubai designs but this one looks much more mature then its neighbors. my favorite dubai project!

[colemonkee]

Wow. Thing is huge. Diggin' the design too. You guys should post more construction threads over here. That way us lazy people don't have to go over to SSC to get all the updates. :D

[Pluto]

3-2-1 liftoff!!

[golscorer4]

Personally I'm not a fan. It just looks goofy. Colors, patterns, forms, proportions... everything is goofy. I honestly don't understand what the architects that have designed a lot of those buildings along Sheikh Zayed Road are thinking. Maybe its a culture thing or just personal preference.

I'm continually amazed at the growth in and around Dubai, so in that case I've got tons of respect, but I could really care less for the architectural styling.

BTW, that thing is gonna sway like crazy. Super-tall with a very small footprint. Yikes.

[RLS_rls]

Those construction workers look East Indian.

The design ain't bad. The colours are a bit early 90's, and the roof is...perplexing, but it should be a nice building. I just hate it when they make a rendering where the windows look more like blue wals than windows.

[smussuw]

Those construction workers look East Indian.


All of them are either indian, pakistani, bangladshi or asian.

[Austinlee]

I like it but it is very phallic. Was this tower designed by an under-sexed lady?

[Stratosphere]

3-2-1 liftoff!!
Yeah, it does somehow look like a rocket.

[Stratosphere 2020]

I like the design it looks futuristic and very Dubai. I like how Dubai is creating its own personal style in architecture instead of copycatting western style architecture.

[RLS_rls]

^That's true for the most part, but I find a lot of buildings in Dubai look like they're from Miami.

[JACKinBeantown]

Or China. I like it.

[dazzler]

July 3rd
by Krazy from SSC

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/89722afe.jpg

[Jonovision]

good to see it rising! This is one of my favorite dubai towers.

[some_stupid_nut]

I liked the first version of the crown better. The one with the spire in the middle. Looks a lot better.

[Lecom]

Great building real tall too, just towers over 21st Century Tower, world's tallest residential building.

[Jonovision]

So are they building the one in the first pic or in the second? I would prefer to see the second one built myself, it just looks more unified and streamlined.

[giallo]

^ The tower will match the first rendering. I also like the second rendering, Jono. I wonder why they changed it.

[igzaklee]

another bad--a$$ for DUBAI



**another vote here for original render

[nezzybaby]

is very bizarre that the redesign would look that much worse... but either way it is good to see this rising, and it seems to be doing so at a pretty fair pace

[dazzler]

July 19
by Krazy from SSC

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/54e5141f.jpg

[malec]

So this supertall is ready to rise. It'll be really thin though.

[R@ptor]

Great photo.

So this supertall is ready to rise. It'll be really thin though.

Yes, it will only be as wide as the buildings to the right and left of it, but will be almost 3 times as high!!!

[shortydee999]

Any more construction photos?

[Lecom]

It's gonna be a great addition to the skyline.

[Fabb]

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/591/4023rotana.jpg

^After seeing how big the adjacent towers are, it seems like it'll be even more impressive.

[malec]

I don't think it'll be as big as shown there. It seems oversized

[Fabb]

Or... maybe it's the other two buildings that are undersized. Compare the palm trees in the real photo and those of the rendering.

[colemonkee]

That's an amazingly small footprint for a tower that tall. This will be interesting to watch go up.

On another note, are there any plans to develop towers in the immediate vicinity, but off of SZR? For example, are there any plans to build towers on the street at the top of that picture? That would create some depth to the SZR skyline.

[smussuw]

Yes because behind those we will have the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) which will have some towers.

[Fabb]

Yes because behind those we will have the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) which will have some towers.

Sounds like a big project. Will it be insanely tall ?

[phillyskyline]

I like this rendering a lot. I wonder how it will look in its surroundings. Hopefully it's in an area where it will compliment other highrises in the area.

[R@ptor]

Sounds like a big project. Will it be insanely tall ?

Before I copy everything from SSC,just have a look here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=184220

They also have a Plot Map of the whole DIFC.

[malec]

Here's what'll be just behind the hotel. The render shows some of the towers that'll actually be there such as the hexagon shaped one but not everything. It's gives a good general idea though.
http://www.projectdubai.com/projects/fixed/prj3_mainbig.jpg

[malec]

Also don't forget in the backround will be the burj dubai development and business bay. Here's a render that shows the masterplan only (of both)
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/3577/businessbay9az.jpg

[malec]

Here's an update. This one's ULTRA FAST :eek:

http://tinypic.com/f24r4i.jpg

[malec]

Here are the latest pics of the new world's tallest hotel to be:

http://i1.tinypic.com/nmg584.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/nmg9p4.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/nmga51.jpg



Does anyone give a shit?
Will there most likely not be one single post after I post this update?
Is that just because it's in Dubai?

[Mascalzone]

Hell, it's growing very fast!!!!

Amazing Building

[malec]

A Post!!! :d

[Jularc]

I love it and it looks like is in a great location aswell. :tup:

[malec]

BTW, how thin is the thinnest building in the world?
By that I mean height to width ratio.

This one is currently at 1/2 its height so will be about 10:1 :D

[giallo]

^ I heard 1 King West in Toronto was, but it could be hearsay.

I'm amazed at how fast this sucker is rising.

[Stephenapolis]

This is going to be a very impressive tower once it is completed.

[JBinCalgary]

great looking hotel! and another notch on the old belt for dubai!
kinda looks like the apollo rocket

[Biff]

That is going to be really thin! Shure growing fast.

[Beyond 1000]

No wonder they call it a rocketship.

[Thefigman]

So much is happening in Dubai. I'm surprised that this building is going up so quickly, considering that resources have to be an issue.

[malec]

With some other buildings it definitely is an issue though. A lot of towers especially in the marina area have been slow especially at ground work.

[malec]

Latest updates:

http://i1.tinypic.com/o56zx5.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/o5714o.jpg



How it compares with 21st century:

http://i1.tinypic.com/o5737n.jpg

[Zerton]

english!



how long until the 'masterplan' is done?

[Fabb]

46 floors out of 72.
26 to go. It will probably top out by the end of the year.

[giallo]

The rooms on the side of this tower get some poopy views

[malec]

On floor 47 now.

http://i1.tinypic.com/okbfvo.jpg

[malec]

Now if this doesn't get replies I'll kick some people's asses!! The cladding is amazing:

http://i1.tinypic.com/rsv1w8.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/rsv7ky.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/rsucrt.jpg

[ThreeHundred]

Mabye when the building has more glass on it I'll change my opinion but the cladding looks too 'office park.'

Btw..how ped friendly is the SZR? It looks like a freeway with skyscrapers lining the sides. How do people cross the street?

The Rotana will be a tall, thin building. It looks cool. But people on the first 50 floors are going to have..well..not going to have any views.

[some_stupid_nut]

Wow its going up fast! Its very slender.

[jamesinclair]

I love how they number the floors. Really fast work on this thing

[malec]

I guess they are working on floor 52 then

[giallo]

Great update. Thanks, Malec.

[Jonovision]

Awesome update! I wonder why they started the cladding so high up?!

[Stephenapolis]

I do not like the cladding thus far. Like it was said before. It looks like the cladding on a suburban office park.

[malec]

I don't particularly know the difference anyway so I couldn't care less

[Thefigman]

This building looks a lot like a rocket ship. I like it!

[Fabb]

That'll be a shiny, curvy building.

[bobdreamz]

tall & thin and rising fast..looks good!thanks for the updates malec.

[Buck]

Where are you getting these updates malec?

This thing's construction is incredible.

[malec]

From (completely inaccessible) Skyscrapercity

[colemonkee]

^ Do you mean skyscrapercity?

[malec]

Yep sorry :D

[architect1]

I think the cladding was started up high because the base is different from the rest of the building as you see in the drawing. there could be some things they have to add on the base. I don't know if any one knows this or not. when a building is being built the build everything that needs to be built first like concrete and still then what ever crew can jump in and not effect the rest of the building starts there work. I have only just begin this process in class Its interesting what you can work on well the building is still under construction.

I like the design its small but it makes a statement. Nice pics hope you post it when its almost complete and complete.

[malec]

Some of the best pics ever taken of this tower. From SSC:
Taken mostly by AltinD


09/04/2006

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2wms2.jpg


On the 59th Floor:

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2wvfb.jpg


In the skyline:

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2wunl.jpg


Faccade shots:

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2wy04.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2wz6b.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/v2xk3q.jpg


At night:

http://i1.tinypic.com/v4cc9j.jpg


In the skyline:

http://static.flickr.com/56/126233380_a9bb4c4597_b.jpg

[Buck]

Fantastic shots!

[giallo]

This rose so quickly. I gotta catch my breath.

[LeftCoaster]

The glass cladding going up looks like its going to look really good... this is definetly one of my fav projects goin up anywhere right now

[Fabb]

Good ! It's already one of the tallest in Dubai.

[malec]

It'll be the 2nd tallest on completion, only the emirates office tower will be taller.

[Fabb]

But the height of the Abbco Rotana hotel will be more legitimate.

[Bergenser]

this building look great ;), its just so amazing that Dubai is "building a new city" how many older builings from 1500-1970 would you find in the city in 2010? :)

[Michi]

Like everything else in Dubai, it is gorgeous!

[malec]

On the 65th floor:

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrnb7d.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrnhuv.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/xek6s8.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/xekb5s.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/54/143350311_3d2798bb87_b.jpg

[Ragging Tower]

Wow. nice shots. It just sweet to see the buildings on SZR getting taller and taller.

[colemonkee]

This will be one of those towers that ends up looking much better than the render. Thanks for the pics!

[WonderlandPark]

This will be one of those towers that ends up looking much better than the render. Thanks for the pics!

Agreed, looks great.

[Stephenapolis]

The different colors of glass help make this look much better.

[Thefigman]

Sweet.

[Fabb]

It will be nice, tall and slender, but I wish the cladding wasn't purely reflective glass, with almost no reference to the floors.
It'll look like an abstract sculpture.

[Pandemonious]

I dunno, it works quite well for the Wells Fargo Plaza in Houston. This is one Dubai tower that I really like. It is amazing how fast this one went up. I can't wait to see how the crown/spire turns out on this one... should be impressive.

[Capsule F]

This is a great building, I didnt even hear about it til recently, shows you how much Dubai has going up.

[malec]

Taken by AltinD

http://i2.tinypic.com/zlqjxe.jpg

[Bergenser]

wow the builing looks more and more gorgeous!
:D

[Dalton]

So far it looks much better than the rendering on the first page which had my wondering how many stages it is and whether it is expendable or has the ability to return to earth and be reused after the launch.

[Lecom]

Tall, sleek and sexy. Dubai developers need to focus on these towers more instead of the cheesy proposed replicas.

[Thskyscraper]

Tall, sleek and sexy. Dubai developers need to focus on these towers more instead of the cheesy proposed replicas.
Agreed 200% This is a really nice tower.

[spyguy]

Great update!

But I never really had a problem with the rendering. In fact, I thought the real life product would be worse and rather tacky, to some degree like the building next door with the green glass and what I like to call gold magnets.

[Scruffy]

i am absolutley in love with how slim it is. When its finished, this very well could be the landmark tower for the middle east. (more so than burj al arab, kingdom centre) at least until burj dubai is finished