DUBAI | Dubai Towers | 360 M - 550 M (4 towers) | 60 - 91 FLOORS | ON HOLD - Page 3

mightygoose · #41 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 4:21 PM**

here is the correct thread please place all further comments here...

phillyskyline · #42 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 4:04 PM**

How are these dancing towers going to withstand strong winds? I really do like the design alot...

Downtown Bolivar · #43 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 4:58 PM**

Crazy design, but I think I like the dancers better. I appreciate the spirit of Dubai in building these towers--they seem to be melding art with skyscrapers. These towers look like a sculpture that you might put in the plaza of a tall building! I think the construction pictures of these will be fascinating if they get built.

samoen313 · #44 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 5:55 PM**

They look vaguely like different stages of deflating the old Russia Tower design.

AltinD · #45 Posted **Jan 21, 2007, 10:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZheat

Whether you like them or not, the designs for most of Dubai's buildings are never bland or predictable. This is a wild idea but it made me wonder how in the world they would design an elevator system for buildings like these. It doesn't look like an elevator could go from the base of the building to the top no matter where you placed it due to the curving shapes. It seems like you'd have to go part way up and then walk to another elevator that would be placed at just the right position to continue your trip. Dubai never ceases to amaze me.

The elevators will go STRAIGHT UP.

There is nothing extraordinary on the design, as far as structure is concearned. The central core is a conventional straight shaft and the floor plates just change configuration. The pointy top is not habitable so don't get confused by it.

Once again: DUBAI TOWERS, Dubai and DANCING TOWERS are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROJECTS!!!

malec · #46 Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 2:46 PM**

Insanely huge renders:

And my own:

Stratosphere · #47 Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 11:25 PM**

Why is it when these American architect firms design highrise buildings for Dubai or Shanghai, they let their imagination run wild, but when they do it for their own country, they keep their designs convervative, almost boring?

DUBAI2015 · #48 Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 4:13 AM**

I've been trying to find big renders since the beginning of December!

Dac150 · #49 Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 9:17 PM**

Without a doubt one the best to be built in this evergrowing city. It really amazes me on how engineers can mold these buildings into such shapes.

Lecom · #50 Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 11:01 PM**

Spectacular design, dumb name. Dubai would have Burj Dubai (Tower of Dubai), Al Burj, The Tower, and now Dubai Towers?

malec · #51 Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 11:47 PM**

"dubai towers" is a sort of brand name, that's why the ones in istanbul and doha are called the same

Nowhereman1280 · #52 Posted **Feb 27, 2007, 1:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratosphere

Why is it when these American architect firms design highrise buildings for Dubai or Shanghai, they let their imagination run wild, but when they do it for their own country, they keep their designs convervative, almost boring?

Simple, its called oil money...

Sweet design other than that, and yes, the elevators will go straight up, if you take a ruler or something and put it up and down, its quite clear that these just look like they are deviating, though the core is really straight.

Aleks · #53 Posted **Mar 2, 2007, 6:22 AM**

wtf is this are these actually gonna get built i think they need to redesign

the towers and make some that reflect the cultures and religions in u.a.e.

they look like hairs sticking out

all these ugly buildings architects are making dont look good in dubai

they need 2 all look good and together all futuristic buildings together and the rich nice fancy lookin buildings together and so on

Complex01 · #54 Posted **Mar 2, 2007, 6:33 PM**

Those are some crazy buildings. They are awesome in their own way. I have to say, Dubai is on the list of places i have to see, for all those amazing buildings above anything else...

Happy Valley Freak · #55 Posted **Mar 5, 2007, 3:46 PM**

wow I love the look of those things

-GR2NY- · #56 Posted **Mar 5, 2007, 3:57 PM**

Man, I really hope they start growing on me. Although they look like some kind of alien shrub so maybe they do grow in a way.

excel · #57 Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 9:24 AM**

Crazy crazy stuff. Dubai never ends.

Trogdor01 · #58 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 6:50 AM**

So, what's the latest on this project? Still going forward? The Wikipedia article about the towers shows some physical models, made sometime before September. Any word on when they may start?

malec · #59 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 12:31 PM**

Nobody knows. I recon they'll be massively delayed anyway

Trogdor01 · #60 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 4:20 AM**

Yeah, that's about what I've been able to find out, too. Do you know if anyone's working on diagrams for these towers? Will it be one diagram, or 4?