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Dubai - SZR Construction
Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road was near-empty desert as recently as the early 1990s. Much has changed in the last 15 years and more unnamed plots have recently been released to extend the skyline further.
Please use this thread to post any proposals, renders and updates that appear anywhere along the strip. :tup: To start off, here is SZR in 1993...... http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...allery.3.5.jpg and more recently...... http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...allery.3.6.jpg |
Most recent aerials from Brian McMorrow:
http://k43.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...lsJan07109.jpg http://k41.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...lsJan07096.jpg http://k43.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...lsJan07103.jpg http://k43.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...lsJan07068.jpg http://k47.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...lsJan07066.jpg |
Some of the imposing structures under construction:
Rose Rotana: http://i11.tinypic.com/4cu8xeo.jpg Park Place: http://i14.tinypic.com/2gxpgy0.jpg Damas Towers: http://i14.tinypic.com/48eznsw.jpg Dubai Tower: http://tinypic.com/e6sk20.jpg http://i16.tinypic.com/2zio6zd.jpg Capitol Towers: http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...lsJan07050.jpg WTC Residence: http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...lsJan07051.jpg Al Tayer Tower: http://i11.tinypic.com/2nq9wn4.jpg http://i14.tinypic.com/2crrd3q.jpg HHH Tower: http://i14.tinypic.com/3451o47.jpg http://i11.tinypic.com/4idjrjp.jpg Nicco hotel + accicio office tower: http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3369/img6293jx1.jpg Al Durrah (reduced from 330m to about 200m) http://i10.tinypic.com/29aqhd0.jpg http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2/dsc0507rv6.jpg Al Attar Tower (On hold since the contractor was fired and they need to find another one) http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1358/img6303fu3.jpg |
Wow, a great kickstart to the thread Altin. Thank you very much. :tup:
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^^ It wasn't me but MALEC, the UAE moderator on SSC and starter of a similar thread there.
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He started a similar SZR thread somewhere else in ssp, but I'm not sure where it is. It would make for good link reference.
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I loved the Park Place!
it's just so nice cladding. :D |
:previous: I don't ever remember seeing another SZR thread on SSP myself, but it kinda makes sense to have one in the ME&A section anyway!
Some more from Brian McMorrow http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...aiNov06027.jpg http://k53.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/...aiNov06032.jpg http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...aiSep06523.jpg http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...lsJan07106.jpg |
GUESS from where it was taken :D
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/3...0425ce12_o.jpg Grant Johnson / Flickr |
Wouldn't be on B.D. by any chance? ;)
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Look at this site:
http://i5.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/7...lsJan07050.jpg Here is being build a complex of 3 combined towers: http://www.baidas.net/public/images/tc1.jpg Hotel Tower 4B+G+M+54 Residential Tower 4B+G+M+54 Office Tower 4B+G+M+50 but if you think that is great, see what was first planed to be build there, but changed becouse of the new Airport height restrictions applied in the aerea, restricting the maximum height in that plot to just 198 meters: http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/9069/3407wz.jpg 85F / 340m 75F / 300m 65F / 280m :( |
Yeah, it's a shame they changed it....but I kinda like the new one too!
That eyesore of a building next to it is awful, what where they thinking of? :sly: |
Here's a quick assembly of one side of the SZR diagrams available on ssp:
As of Jan. 1 2007: http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8...diagramgl8.jpg EtisalatTelecom Bldg. / World Trade Center / Emirates Office Tower / Emirates Hotel Tower / The Tower / Capricom Tower / Kendah House / Sky Tower / Al Attar Tower / Ghaya Residence / Rose Rotana / Oasis Tower / 21st Century Tower / Damas Tower 1 / Damas Tower 2 / Dunsit Dubai I added a couple that weren't complete yet (R.R. and D.T.1&2), but were done enough to make an impact on the skyline as of Jan.1 so I went ahead and added them. If you see any in the diagrams that belong on this side of the road, or any corrections/additions, please let me know. I ended with Dunsit because there is a lot of ground between this one and the couple other ones near the BD and it wouldn't look right next to the Dunsit, especially with only one or two to add. I would like to add them if, somehow, it would look right in the diagram. :shrug: |
And facing the other side of the road:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/980/szrdiagram2au1.jpg Shangri La Hotel / Chelsea Tower / Sheikh Marwan Tower / Towers Rotana Hotel / Saeed Tower 2 / Zabeel Tower / Khalid Al Attar Tower / Al Wasl / Park Place / API Tower / Fairmont Hotel Very few diagrams available for this side and several not even listed even though they are completed. :shrug: Maybe more will be made in the future. |
Maybe a lazy question but what exactly is SZR, is it that road with skyscrapers on each side of it?
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Quote:
http://i12.tinypic.com/2e2f2wi.jpg |
Finally looking like some density w/ all those gorgeous highrises...
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very nice buildings!
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Ok Altin, from that angle it doesn't look that bad! I take it back.
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