^^ how i love exxagerations. The figure was once 20%(!!!) and this figure was in times when Dubai was fluid and we had the feeling DUbai can't stop anything and bigger projects were still under construction. Most cranes in Downtown Burj Dubai for example dissapearded after the oldtown, Dubai Mall, Burj Dubai and so on were finished.
EDIT: somethings about the demant topic, with building so much space, so many towers, hotels, villas, luxury real estate and so on, Dubai is breaking it's own real estate and hotel market.
I think even 20% was over-inflated. A more appropriate figure (at the height of Dubai construction) was 2%. Although this may seem small, 2% is still a considerable number for just one city.
Placing supertalls so close together makes sense in Dubai, where skyscrapers naturally shade each other, reducing heat intake and thus cooling costs/energy consumption. i bet the streets of the Tallest Block will provide for nice and cool spaces, being in shade most of the day.
I like how these towers are so close together, unlike the Burj Dubai.
I still think they should have spread them around the marina. You still want sunlight to enter the rooms and having them so close together here will also make the traffic really bad.
torch looks like becoming worlds next tallest completed resi tower
work on 3rd plant level now started or 310m high.
princess keeps forging its way skyward, now 330m.
poor old 23marina is now on hold due to financial troubles.;-(
pentominium has now spire removed from design. which is good.
2 crames now on site. core ready to start climb to the heavens!
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, they have the best progress at the moment in Dubai Marina. (and maybe in Dubai as well)
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