DUBAI | Abbco Rotana Hotel | 1,246' Pinnacle / 1,092' Roof | 72 FLOORS

R@ptor · #1 Posted: **Dec 5, 2004, 9:38 PM**

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)

Beyond 1000 · #2 Posted: **Dec 6, 2004, 4:29 AM**

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 · #3 Posted: **Dec 6, 2004, 7:50 AM**

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

GO_UAE · #4 Posted: **Dec 6, 2004, 4:32 PM**

The first one is the most recent rendering

Fabb · #5 Posted: **Dec 6, 2004, 4:36 PM**

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

R@ptor · #6 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 3:46 AM**

It's rising!

Photo by Altind Carnut from SSC

lakegz · #7 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 3:55 AM**

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 · #8 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 4:21 AM**

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.

Pluto · #9 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 4:57 AM**

3-2-1 liftoff!!

golscorer4 · #10 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 5:21 AM**

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 · #11 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 5:38 AM**

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 · #12 Posted: **May 15, 2005, 6:29 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilon Doomm

Those construction workers look East Indian.

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

Austinlee · #13 Posted: **May 16, 2005, 4:55 AM**

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

Stratosphere · #14 Posted: **May 16, 2005, 7:52 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluto

3-2-1 liftoff!!

Yeah, it does somehow look like a rocket.

Stratosphere 2020 · #15 Posted: **May 20, 2005, 10:26 PM**

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 · #16 Posted: **May 21, 2005, 12:16 AM**

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

JACKinBeantown · #17 Posted: **May 21, 2005, 12:20 AM**

Or China. I like it.

dazzler · #18 Posted: **Jul 3, 2005, 12:20 PM**

July 3rd
by Krazy from SSC

Jonovision · #19 Posted: **Jul 3, 2005, 3:30 PM**

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

some_stupid_nut · #20 Posted: **Jul 3, 2005, 3:35 PM**

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