DUBAI | Burj Al Alam | 1,673 FT / 510 M | 108 FLOORS | ON HOLD - Page 9

malec · #**161** Posted **Sep 28, 2009, 9:38 AM**

Updates:

Quote:

Originally Posted by 234sale

malec · #**162** Posted **Oct 6, 2009, 8:27 AM**

Update:

Also some renders:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imre

05/October/2009

Cityscape 2009 , Burj Al Alam, Nikken Sekkei

malec · #**163** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 1:49 PM**

From today

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imre

27/October/2009

Burj Al Alam

cityofblindinglights · #**164** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 4:45 PM**

ugly as shit?
We must not be looking at the same building.

malec · #**165** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 6:22 PM**

Whatever you may think of this, I really really doubt this will go beyond piling.

TonyAnderson · #**166** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 8:45 PM**

Dubai is building some of the most unique and interesting buildings ever seen - I think that's why some people think they're ugly - they're just not what people are used to.

Aleks · #**167** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 10:36 PM**

Yup, people are used to the square boring boxes. I also think it's because there are so many unique buildings in one place it...

a) makes for a weird and different skyline
b) people get jealous
c) both

Now I'm not saying that every building in the city is a masterpiece, but many are really good looking. People judge on them because they're being built in Dubai.

JDRCRASH · #**168** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 10:57 PM**

There are worse buildings in Dubai than this.

koops65 · #**169** Posted **Oct 28, 2009, 5:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by The North One

this building is as ugly as shit

I think it looks great.

Your opinion is just different than mine. But you are certainly entitled to it.

colemonkee · #**170** Posted **Oct 28, 2009, 6:52 PM**

I like it too. The crown is very inventive, evoking a desert flower with steel and glass, not all too unlike Gehry's Disney Hall in Los Angeles, which does it using stainless steal. It just does it atop a 108-story glass tower.

MolsonExport · #**171** Posted **Oct 28, 2009, 7:05 PM**

The top reminds me of the Sydney Opera House (orange peel petals, sails)

NYC2ATX · #**172** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 8:16 AM**

Dubai may be the first city in history where a building is built to a whopping 1,673 feet, a height unthinkable in all except the most major of the world's cities, and it becomes only the second-tallest building in the city.

Dubai never ceases to amaze/entertain me.

malec · #**173** Posted **Oct 29, 2009, 10:11 PM**

Third tallest, the pentominium is taller by 6 metres.

malec · #**174** Posted **Nov 8, 2009, 9:45 AM**

Can't see much but anyway...

Quote:

Originally Posted by 234sale

They are not working at night.

kiwi4life · #**175** Posted **Nov 8, 2009, 9:43 PM**

k who says this building looks like shit, go home if your gonna make negative remarks like that, bc u obviously have no respect.

kiwi4life · #**176** Posted **Nov 8, 2009, 9:43 PM**

by the way this building is magnificant, and will look good once done. i wonder what it will look like this time next yr.

Pizzuti · #**177** Posted **Nov 9, 2009, 1:11 AM**

The thing I like most about this tower is how it will bring Burj Dubai into perspective, a lot less monolithic. I think this will really hold together the skyline.

It's not very close to Burj Dubai, but when you are approaching the city of Dubai from outside or looking towards the coast from the outskirts of town you should be able to see both towers. I think this is about 2/3 the height of Burj Dubai, which is a nice ratio.

PhxPavilion · #**178** Posted **Nov 9, 2009, 3:36 AM**

I think it's ok but would look better without the flower fins at the top.

koops65 · #**179** Posted **Nov 9, 2009, 11:23 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi4life

k who says this building looks like shit, go home if your gonna make negative remarks like that, bc u obviously have no respect.

Again, you each have different opinions. Respect each others, please...

Ktulured55 · #**180** Posted **Dec 17, 2009, 4:39 AM**

I can't wait to see this one start to go up. I love the building! Malec, any more new pics? would like to see some more solid foundation work going on