Dubai

[malec]

I don't get this argument at all. Why the hell do these comparrisons come up? Just because dubai has big buildings?



Some stuff.

Article in nytimes about Koolhaas plan for some of dubai waterfront:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/arts/design/03kool.html?scp=8&sq=dubai&st=nyt

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/03/arts/Rem2650X.jpg


Possible designs for al burj

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Dubai promenade (near the area of dubai marina where the big towers are)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8884/imresolt02dh3.jpg


New bridge across creek:

http://worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1929_1_01%20FXFOWLE_6th%20Crossing_Night.jpg

[Alonzo-ny]

Koolhaas better use more imagination on 22nd street.

[futurecity]

Dubai will have the world's most spectacular skyline and most futuristic cityscape in the world soon enough. Nothing cities like NY or London(sorry nick) could do to compete with the architectural leeway, scenic beauty and modern efficieny that will be Dubai - a gleaming city of the future. I would like to live there, and I'm sure most of you too.. only problem is the visas, and the strange laws on foods, medicines, etc.. Yes, dubai may not bustle like NY or London or Tokyo, the old beauty of paris, but you can't deny its lower population density will mean that quality of life will be greater and its setting on an outstanding beach is a big plus. Its subway will be world class too. Although it lacks the old, its new will exceed the modernity in other world cities making up for that. It must be great to be the King of Dubai!!

[ZippyTheChimp]

I would like to live there, and I'm sure most of you too.Don't be too sure of that.

Expect a host of surprising (to you maybe) comments.

[Alonzo-ny]

Sorry but horrible cheesy reflective glass doesnt make a city 'gleam' notice a complete absence of good or big name architects dispite the supposed wealth of freedom there. Dubai will have an impressive skyline in silouette only. I liked the idea of reclaimed islands in the beginning with Burj Al Arab (one of two Dubai buildings i like) but thats now gone to far and the new islands take away the beauty of the original.

NY isnt pushing the boat out right now but London is one place playing it right. Gorgeous old architecture and amazing proposals at every scale. I'm sorry i dont want to live in an urban nightmare in a desert. I wish Dubaiers would realise they are competing only with Vegas and Disneyland.

[TREPYE]

Yes, dubai may not bustle like NY or London or Tokyo, the old beauty of paris, but you can't deny its lower population density will mean that quality of life will be greater and its setting on an outstanding beach is a big plus.


People-not "gleaming" buldings- make cities. The bustle you speak of is the true makeup of great cities. Having all of those buildings with no people to fill aint no better than a beautiful well-designed Tiffany lamp that is unplugged.

Duba is is trying to pull off the ol' carriage before the horse trick.....time will tell if it actually works this time.

[Meerkat]

I would like to live there, and I'm sure most of you too..

I can honestly say i can't think of anywhere i would less like to live.

[Scraperfannyc]

I say Manhattan can use a shot of Dubaiism. I'm tired of the solows, the macklowes, the kaufmanns the changs, the zoning restrictions, and worst of all, the NYC nimbys.

NYC is a city made of imported items, so lets import some of that Dubai building.

[RandySavage]

Dubai Metro's 2nd day of testing:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2489394296_f616bc2df5_o.jpg
credit:www.flickr.com/photos/harnan/

[lofter1]

It seems that Dubai is the final destination for many unfortunate young women from
Eastern Europe & Asia who are the unfortunate victims of human trafficking.

The Countertraffickers (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/05/080505fa_fact_finnegan)
Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade.

The New Yorker
May 5, 2008

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Photograph by Bela Doka.
Stella Rotaru, at left, of the International Organization for Migration,
with one of the group’s beneficiaries.

Stella Rotaru’s cell-phone number is scribbled on the wall of a women’s jail
in Dubai. That’s what a former inmate told her, and Rotaru does get a lot
of calls from Dubai, including some from jail. But she gets calls from many
odd places—as well as faxes, e-mails, and text messages—pretty much
non-stop. “I never switch off my phone,” she said. “I cannot afford to,
morally.” She looked at her battered cell phone, which has pale-gold paint
peeling off it, and gave a small laugh.

Rotaru, who is twenty-six, works for the International Organization for
Migration, a group connected to the United Nations, in Chisinau, Moldova.
She is a repatriation specialist. Her main task is bringing lost Moldovans home.
Nearly all her clients are victims of human trafficking, most of them women
sold into prostitution abroad, and their stories pour across her desk in stark
vignettes and muddled sagas of desperation, violence, betrayal, and sorrow ...

***

[MidtownGuy]

Well, at least they're finally adding a metro.;)

[kliq6]

Ill be in this country the week of June 9th, will provide any insight I can upon return

[lammius]

Ill be in this country the week of June 9th, will provide any insight I can upon return

Please do. I bet the place is a world different than when I was last there more than a year ago.

[Fabrizio]

Klig: we are expecting pics and comments. Pleeeeease.

[kliq6]

both will be involved, no problem at all!

[zupermaus]

dbl post

[zupermaus]

Though Dubai watch out, Shanghai has built 4000 highrises in 15 years - nearly 3000 of them 400ft or over, with another thousand planned,
making it the most built up city in the world (though Sao Paulo and Seoul may have differing claims with
tens of thousands of shorter highrises). Shanghai has an unofficial population of 20 million, with 140 million
in its CSA. In a decade there will be 30 million in the city, growing by a million a year in the city proper,
though in the next few years it will join up with the Hangzhou conurbation, among others, and counting 70 million in a contiguous megalopolis.



Shanghai ten years ago:

Puxi and Pudong sides of the river

http://www.earthtopatrick.com/photos/shanghai_panorama.jpg


Shanghai 2007 (pics of only the Puxi side, with fewer skyscrapers)

thanx to Staff@ www.skyscrapercity.com (http://www.skyscrapercity.com)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9326/2138969342a0586c53eaopd9.jpg


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People's Park:

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Plans for next year, the shortest one on the right is taller than the Empire State Bdg
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080421_acf00a0f4e029e61e6dazizmwSEU5kQ7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/yowhsing/278972_1159441421_x8x4JMHTe2cC.jpg

2008 construction pic

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Due to the commercial success of the Xintiandi and Old City districts vast areas of the city are now being restored
(its not all greedy construction). Hongkou Jewish quarter and the French Concession are in the makeover:

http://woollymammoths.org/Mark/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/shanghai_old_town_street.JPG http://www.savagexi.com/photos/xintiandi.jpg




beware this is misleading, NYC has 17 million (not 8.1 million) in the city contiguous
Today show in Shanghai:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KskDG1NeF68&eurl=http://shanghaiist.com/2007/07/22/shanghai_21st_o.php






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[zupermaus]

sorry Im diverting the thread...


Dubai!

walk of fame
www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com (http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com)
http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2008/01January/Burj_Dubai010906.jpg

Worlds tallest building on the edge of town (that will one day likely be the
centre), twice the height of the Empire State Building at the mo and still
climbing. The building on the left is a 1000 footer:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2520309591_3fcce0dbd3_o.jpg

Khalid LJ, www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com)
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa48/ijmm/Burj_Dubai_by_Khaled_LJ.jpg

http://photos.igougo.com, http://alisha.nomadlife.org
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p335080-Dubai-Ski_Centre_-_in_the_desert.jpg http://alisha.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Only%20in%20Dubai3-729098.jpg

[Alonzo-ny]

UK says UAE terror risk is 'high' from BBC

Dubai emirate in particular has become a major tourist destination
British nationals in the United Arab Emirates have been warned there is now a high risk of a terror attack there.

Travel advice from the UK Foreign Office said terrorists might be planning indiscriminate attacks in places frequented by expatriates.

It did not give details about why there was believed to be a more serious threat than the general one previously issued to UK nationals.

Unlike neighbour Saudi Arabia, the UAE has had no major terrorism incidents.

Expatriates make up a majority of the population of the oil-rich state, which consists of seven individual emirates, including the main ones Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is also a major tourist destination.

"High" is the most serious of four terrorism risk levels which the Foreign Office uses in its warnings, the others being "general", "underlying" and "low".

Security awareness

British officials do not usually comment on the reasons for specific changes in its foreign travel advice, but say conditions in overseas countries are constantly under review.

"There is a high threat from terrorism," an official travel advice notice for the country said. "We believe terrorists may be planning to carry out attacks in the UAE."

The web-posted advice says attacks could happen at any time and may target residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests.

"You should maintain a high level of security awareness, particularly in public places," the advice says.

However, the advice is prefaced by an assurance that the "vast majority of visits" to the UAE are "trouble-free".

At least 100,000 UK citizens are resident in the UAE and more than one million Britons travelled there in 2006, the British embassy says.

[futurecity]

Shanghai really is impressive -- i told you, if NY'ers wouldn't be so stubborn with their "open streets" the times square area could look like that pedestrian plaza above....much much nicer IMO. I feel sorry for the lack of ambition in NYC. The new Tower will blow anything in NY away. Its amazing that Shanghai is 70million in the metro area. Dubai and Shanghai are the future, NY is the past. No creativity in NY whatsoever -- why can't they do something like interesting like that ground light show.

[futurecity]

Though Dubai watch out, Shanghai has built 4000 highrises in 15 years - nearly 3000 of them 400ft or over, with another thousand planned,
making it the most built up city in the world (though Sao Paulo and Seoul may have differing claims with
tens of thousands of shorter highrises). Shanghai has an unofficial population of 20 million, with 140 million
in its CSA. In a decade there will be 30 million in the city, growing by a million a year in the city proper,
though in the next few years it will join up with the Hangzhou conurbation, among others, and counting 70 million in a contiguous megalopolis.



Shanghai ten years ago:

Puxi and Pudong sides of the river

http://www.earthtopatrick.com/photos/shanghai_panorama.jpg


Shanghai 2007 (pics of only the Puxi side, with fewer skyscrapers)

thanx to Staff@ www.skyscrapercity.com (http://www.skyscrapercity.com)

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9326/2138969342a0586c53eaopd9.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2423305848_d7e311f463_o.jpg


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1328/536367835_4ff7c58c83_o.jpg

People's Park:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/1404225220_af005202c8_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1405/1382965177_635e2d7006_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/1395142847_27c1bb7c01_o.jpg



Wow, the most dynamic city in the world -- a NY beater. YES, sorry NY and London, this CITY is the new NEW.

[kb94806]

The UAE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uae) are definitely growing dynamically and rapidly. I believe the western countries (incl. the US) have reached a certain level of saturation that does not allow growth in great spurts without sacrificing security and stability.

But back to the subject of skyscrapers: my favorite building in the UAE is not located in Dubai but in Abu Dhabi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi).

http://www.bestwaytoinvest.com/UserFiles/Image/Abu_Dhabi_2-real%20estate.jpg

Size is not always the most important factor. Beauty is also important. I am even thinking of buying property in Abu Dhabi (http://www.abudhabiventure.co.uk/)- but definitely not a skyscraper (at least not the whole one :p).

UAE is the one for me!

[brianac]

Dubai has sights set on world's tallest skyscraper (again)

The Associated Press
Sunday, October 5th 2008, 9:10 PM

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2008/10/06/amd_dubai-tower.jpg Barbour/Getty
The Dubai Tower is the world's tallest skyscraper, but possibly not for long. Plans have been announced for an even taller building, also in Dubai.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+Arab+Emirates) - As it nears completion of the world's tallest building, Dubai (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Dubai) said Sunday it's planning an even more ambitious skyscraper: one that will soar the length of more than 10 football fields.

That's about two-thirds of a mile, or the height of more than three of New York (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York)'s Chrysler (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Chrysler+Holding+LLC) buildings stacked end-to-end.
The building, by state-owned builder Nakheel, will be composed of four separate towers joined at various levels and centered on an open atrium. It's expected to take more than a decade to complete.

About 150 elevators will carry residents and workers to the Nakheel Tower's more than 200 floors, the company said.
The new project is inspired by Islamic design and draws inspiration from sites such as the Alhambra (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Alhambra) in Spain (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Spain) and the harbor of Alexandria in Egypt (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Alexandria+(Egypt)).
Dubai is already home to the world's tallest building, even if it remains unfinished.

That skyscraper, the Burj Dubai (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Burj+Dubai), or Dubai Tower in Arabic, is being built by Nakheel's chief competitor, Emaar Properties (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Emaar+Properties+PJSC).

The final height of Nakheel's proposed tower is a secret, as is the price tag. The company would only say it will be more than a kilometer (3,281 feet) tall.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/10/05/2008-10-05_dubai_has_sights_set_on_worlds_tallest_s.html

© Copyright 2008 NYDailyNews.com

[brianac]

Dubai reaches for sky with plan for tallest tower - one kilometre high

Confident Gulf state's glitzy building will incorporate traditional Islamic styles

Monday October 6 2008

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The new tower, to be built by development company Nakheel, will take 10 years to construct and will easily surpass the Burj Dubai tower, which will stand at 818 metres tall when completed next year. Photograph: Nakheel/PA

Dubai, emirate of extravagance and superlatives, laid claim to an extraordinary new record yesterday with a multibillion dollar plan to build the world's tallest tower in the face of deepening global financial gloom.

The tower, at the centre of the Nakheel port and harbour complex, is to be "over one kilometre" high and have more than 200 floors, beating its nearest rival, the existing Burj Dubai tower, still under construction and due to rise to a mere 818 metres.

The latest first for this tiny Gulf state, the glitziest of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates, will incorporate traditional Islamic styles for its extensive gardens, waterfront and bridges.

"It sends another message to the world that Dubai has a vision like no other place on Earth," said Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of Dubai World, the parent company of developer Nakheel.

"At more than a kilometre high this is an unbelievably groundbreaking design," boasted Chris O'Donnell, Nakheel's Australian CEO. "We are pushing the boundaries of sustainable design."

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the emirates, grabbed attention in Britain last month when it bought Manchester City football club. Dubai failed to do the same with Liverpool FC, but analysts say this new project is dazzling evidence of its confidence in the face of the credit crunch and worries about global recession.

Its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum, famous for breeding and racing thoroughbred horses, and for his $18bn (£10bn) fortune, was due to give it his blessing at a VIP launch last night.

The complex will provide homes and offices for 100,000 people. If all the reinforcing bars were laid end to end they would stretch from Dubai to New York - one quarter of the way round the world.

The tower will be so tall that it will have five different micro-climates.

The temperature in the atmosphere at the top of the building could be as much as 10 degrees cooler than at the bottom. High-speed lifts will allow people to see the sunset twice - from the bottom and again from the top of the building.

Pressed on the issue of height, O'Donnell said: "We are building a tower that's going to be over one kilometre. This is a complete iconic development. It may be the tallest. Someone may build something taller."

Developers in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will doubtless take note.

Indoor ski slopes
Dubai, once a sleepy fishing and pearling port, is already home to some of the biggest and busiest shopping malls on the planet, as well as indoor ski slopes in a desert country where the temperature is regularly over 40C (104F) .

Nakheel is famous for its signature Palm Jumeira island and is building two other offshore Palm developments that will extend Dubai's 70km coastline to 100km.

Last month Jumeira saw the opening of the massive $1.5bn Atlantis Hotel, where guests can pay a $25,000 a night for a room and gaze at sharks in a vast aquarium in the lobby. It is to be inaugurated by Kylie Minogue next month, in spite of fears of a terrorist attack.

The launch of the port and harbour complex was accompanied by a loud PR fanfare (the Guardian was invited to attend with other international media). But it left key questions unanswered, not least the cost of the project at a time of tightening credit, falling oil prices and stock markets and a sense that the Gulf is not immune to the effects of the world financial crisis.

"We all know the world is experiencing incredible market movement, " said O'Donnell. "This will have an impact on the Middle East, but our view is that it will be relatively small. This will be built over 10 years. I can guarantee we will have many more cycles over this period."

Islamic influence
Nakheel was keen to stress that the design includes Islamic elements inspired by the Alhambra in Spain, the harbour of Alexandria in Egypt, the promenade of Tangier in Morocco, and the bridges of Isfahan in Iran.

That looks like a gesture to Arabs and Muslims uncomfortable with the influx of expatriates to this most globalised of Middle Eastern cities, where over 80% of the 1.3 million population are foreigners.

The message that Dubai has a vision is not new, even if the circumstances are changing for the worse.

"We have been bombarded with the tallest, the best, the largest, for the past few years," sighed Prof Abdelkhaleq Abdullah of Emirates University. "The novelty has gone.

"In Dubai they like to project confidence but they turn out to be right. They don't chicken out like the others do. They go for the market and the publicity stunt.

"Doom and gloom about Dubai has been around from day one; they say we are over-ambitious, that we are stretching our reserves, that there will be a crash. There will be a crash one day, but not yet. The leadership is amazingly confident. Still, I wish there would be a slowdown because we can't sustain this double-digit growth."

Dizzying heights

• The tower will be more than 1km high
• It will have more than 200 floors and 150 lifts
• Approximately 30,000 workers involved in construction
• 10,000 parking spaces
• There will be another 40 towers ranging in height from 20 floors to 90 floors (250m-350m)
• The complex will have more than 19,000 residential apartments
• There will also be more than 3,500 hotel rooms and a super luxury 100-room hotel will be located at the top of Nakheel tower

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/oct/06/architecture.middleeast

© Guardian News and Media Limited 2008

[joe25]

^ WOW, its a wonder what oil and tourist money can do.

[NYC4Life]

Makes you wonder, we should start drilling for oil here in the U.S.

[brianac]

Eye on Dubai: World's New Tallest Tower Gets Wet

Monday, October 6, 2008, by Joey


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In advance of the massive real estate/development conference Cityscape Dubai 2008, desert megadeveloper Nakheel teased a "grand announcement" that would show "how Islamic elements are inspiring Dubai's future." Design blog Dezeen (http://www.dezeen.com/2008/10/06/1km-high-tower-by-nakheel/) has the reveal, and it's a massive mixed-use development called Nakheel Harbour & Tower, the centerpiece of which is a skyscraper designed by architecture firm Woods Bagot (http://www.woodsbagot.com/en/pages/middleeast.aspx). Nakheel Tower, which is this week's World's Tallest Building, is actually four individual towers stuffed inside a single concrete structure. A crescent-shaped podium encircles the base, and the tower "incorporates elements from great Islamic cities of the past - the gardens of Alhambra in Spain, the harbour of Alexandria in Egypt, the promenade of Tangier in Morocco and the bridges of Isfahan in Iran." In addition to hotel rooms, housing, retail and parks, the development will have a transportation hub and "the world's first inner-city harbor." Note: All pirates will have their hands cut off.

· Nakheel Harbour & Tower by Woods Bagot (http://www.dezeen.com/2008/10/06/1km-high-tower-by-nakheel/) [Dezeen]
· Nakheel Harbour & Tower Press Release (http://www.nakheel.com/news/islamic-ingenuity-inspires-dubais-capital-nakheel-harbour-tower) [Nakheel]

http://curbed.com/archives/2008/10/06/eye_on_dubai_worlds_new_tallest_tower_gets_wet.php

Copyright © 2008 Curbed

[Alonzo-ny]

Makes you wonder, we should start drilling for oil here in the U.S.

Joke?

[NYC4Life]

Of course, sarcastically speaking, we could improve our economy and maybe build huge skyscrapers from domestic oil revenues.

[NYC4Life]

Official Site:

http://www.nakheelharbour.com/

[Jasonik]

I want one of those slick 'halo-deck' drafting setups!

[zupermaus]

More

Total insanity today. :nuts:




Jumeirah Gardens City with Atrium City Towers (now called One Dubai, what a crap name!), One Park Avenue (was EP 07) and some others:


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Al Burj / Tall Tower / Nakheel Harbour and Tower
>1000m (probably 1200m)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1874/63415926ta2.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7084/40704052mi7.jpg

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6870/68290242ed9.jpg

[zupermaus]

recent pic:

the end of days
http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/efa_10_06/29_y.jpg

[BenM]

Via Curbed, a really interesting article. I'd always wondered how they financed those projects.

Dubai May Need Help From Abu Dhabi to Fund Borrowing (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=a4sAgqSD_LIA)

Dubai may need help from Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates government to finance a surge in borrowing that paid for the world's tallest tower, palm tree- shaped man-made islands and stakes in banks worldwide. . .

Government-controlled companies owe at least $47 billion, more than Dubai's gross domestic product, and they will continue to accumulate debt at a faster pace than the economy grows, the New York-based rating firm (Moody's) said.

[nick-taylor]

Dubai is going to collapse quicker than the stock markets have and there isn't a way to simply part-nationalise a state to help it recover.

If it wasn't the economy, it was going to be the lack of being able to get anywhere that was going to be bring it back to earth. The place is a hell hole with far too much construction but a complete lack of credible transport infrastructure.

Shanghai is the way forward - sensible construction practices that match transport infrastructure investment.

[zupermaus]

more pix, enjoy

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/efa_10_06/29_y.jpg

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2008/08August/burj_dubai_1009.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2921973598_b7f3b9c63c_b.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/2wcfnyt.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/7104/2496653212a28a5b94311rb2.jpg http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1589/25280655558ebc41e1a01wp0.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/2117744931_569a8c947b_b.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/714/imresolt07of3.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z2pgl.jpg http://www.time.com/time/potw/20070920/potw_01.jpg



http://www.eikongraphia.com/images/Copyright%20Burj%20Al%20Arab%20(0)%20S.jpg

[lofter1]

What is the allure of that place?

It looks nastier than LA on the worst summer day.

And with hardly any of the green.

:confused:

[NYC4Life]

Interesting to see where all of this construction will leave Dubai in 10 years.

[zupermaus]

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/781/rojamwg2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/rojamwg2.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img512/rojamwg2.jpg/1/)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8746/rojammirrorcp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://dubaibeachfurnishedapartments.com/7-star-burj-al-arab-dubai.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/2403446307_09f2977644.jpg http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/07/6f/48/dubai.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/img508/rojammirrorcp0.jpg/1/)


Palm Jumeirah under construction:

http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/uploads/dubai-palm-jumeirah.jpg

http://www.visitdubai.info/the_palm_dubai/the_palm_dubai_01.jpg http://www.dubaiforlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/dubai-aerial-photos-03.JPG

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1010/rojamdg8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/rojamdg8.jpg/1/w650.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img508/rojamdg8.jpg/1/)


Palm Deirah:

http://www.privateislandsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/palm-deira.jpg

World Islands

http://www.eikongraphia.com/images/universe/Cut_Out_The_Universe_S.jpg

[NYC4Life]

Amazing scale of developments, but how much of it is really needed?

[zupermaus]

Basically the Dubai Emirate has 20 years of oil left ,and back in the day the ruling Sheikh came up with a business plan to ensure the city would have an economic future beyond oil, in competition with the other Emirates and Sheikhs. He of course built the Burj-al-Arab, the worlds first 7 star hotel, and along with the duty free shopping successfully lured the luxury market. Next was tourism - Palm Jumeirah quickly followed to extend the beaches to hundreds of km. On the back of that success came the World Islands - snapped up by the worlds celebrities even before completion, and soon to come Palm Deira.

Basically the initial plans have flowered beyond recognition as tourism and business has soared, making the city the de facto playground for the worlds billionaires, and where the Middle East in general comes to let their hair down.

Foreigners now number 90% of the population, making it the worlds most cosmopolitan city in terms of percentage, and tourism is predicted to climb from 6.5 million in 2006 to 10 million by 2010, making it the worlds 2nd or 3rd most visited city in terms of foreign arrivals (after London and Bangkok). Location also helps immeasurably -billions of people live within 6hrs flight of the city. The new airport, currently seeing in 40 million passengers p/a, has capacity for 120 million.

Of course if the current economic climate does significantly affect the oil demand and Middle East (or billionaires for that matter), the other emirates will still help Dubai out. The UAE as a country still has huge reserves of oil left (more than US, Venezuela, Russia or China), and 120 years left on the clock (by comparison 20 years longer than the Saudis, and 12x longer than the US, which has only 11 years left at current production). It also has the worlds 3rd largest natural gas reserves - all this for a country population of 3.8 million.

In other words if tourism, luxury goods, and billionnaire investment do simultaneously dry up, there is always the oil and gas. And vice versa. Like I said before the population is only 3.8 million.

[Alonzo-ny]

They have over-islanded, looks like crap now.

[zupermaus]

Trust me there's going to be more. The whole city will one day resemble an archipelago - its all about beachfront.

[Alonzo-ny]

Shame, the palms looked good jutting out on their own, now the are crushed in.

[Derek2k3]

Those islands are tasteless environmental disasters.

Also, the roads in Dubai seem to make little sense for a city promising all this future growth. It's not like it will ever become a walking city when it's so damn hot all the time.

[NYC4Life]

Nakheel Harbour Tower - Site Prep.

Oct. 19, 2008

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7686/imresolt141br2.jpg

[195Broadway]

What is the allure of that place?
:confused:

My 10 year old daughter, upon being intoduced to the projects in Dubai: "That place is the future"
It is the allure of the cutting edge.

[lofter1]

I understand the allure of the pretty pictures.

What I don't get is the allure of the real place.

[Alonzo-ny]

I doubt a ten year old has a firm grasp of the urban environment. Dubai might look like a futuristic cityscape but that doesnt mean its good. Yes it looks cool, but would I want to live there. No way. And thats before I even consider the heat.

[195Broadway]

^,^
^
As far as living there is concerned, I doubt I would be interested either. Having never lived in an urban environment myself, I'll defer to your analysis of that.
On another level, I see Dubai as a beacon of hope in that part of the world. I see the possibility of it helping to bridge the cultures of the middle eastern and western worlds.

[zupermaus]

^that's precisely the idea behind Dubai

[malec]

OK now this is basically a repost of what I posted elsewhere but if you want to know the pure insanity regarding the amount of proposals then here you go.
All >300m here :eek:





Burj Dubai Area Skyline Render

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8269/new10po2.jpg


Names of the towers

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2092/bigfatmapwhite3gn7.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigfatmapwhite3gn7.jpg)http://img353.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)


Marina Area Skyline Render

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2620/ripples0smallio8.jpg


Highres and names of the towers

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/66/namesqf2.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=namesqf2.jpg)




Nakheel Harbour Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=291398&page=51&highlight=dubai)
>200F, ~1140m, Announced

Current Design
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6738/mainnakheelharbourandtoyn8.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mainnakheelharbourandtoyn8.jpg)http://img366.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3493/ic7hc8wg4.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ic7hc8wg4.jpg)http://img366.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/589/nakheelharbourtower4ty6uy8.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nakheelharbourtower4ty6uy8.jpg)http://img366.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/8232/t71k0gfh9.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t71k0gfh9.jpg)http://img366.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1883/081005horizonrp3.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=081005horizonrp3.jpg)http://img171.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9253/081005nhcloseupmu2.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=081005nhcloseupmu2.jpg)http://img171.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4882/081005nhharbordayeb3.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=081005nhharbordayeb3.jpg)http://img353.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

Previous Proposals
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3730/alburj0ob.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alburj0ob.jpg) http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1231/alburjlb1.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alburjlb1.jpg)



One Dubai (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620512&page=6&highlight=dubai)
Announced along with the East Park Towers as being part of the same project (designed by Smith & Gill). 3 towers all over 100 floors connected by skybridges (tallest 201 floors), ~850m, Announced

Current Design
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5388/04bstower125sp7yi3.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower125sp7yi3.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7739/04bstower115hz7pj9.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower115hz7pj9.jpg) http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/8082/25ss9smhs4.th.jpg (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25ss9smhs4.jpg)http://img396.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4609/005bv6.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=005bv6.jpg)http://img508.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/858/10xexjctp2.th.jpg (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10xexjctp2.jpg)http://img508.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1428/2vt1moxpg4.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2vt1moxpg4.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5034/008jz5.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=008jz5.jpg)http://img148.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Burj Dubai (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=534013&page=400&highlight=dubai)
~162F, ~819m, Rising, (steel section, ~185th floor)

Current Design
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2988/burjdubaiyr0.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjdubaiyr0.jpg) http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8662/dubaiskyscraper050819rv5.th.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaiskyscraper050819rv5.jpg) http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2475/dubaiskyscraper050201pb1.th.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaiskyscraper050201pb1.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/1179/burjdubai7qy.th.jpg (http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjdubai7qy.jpg) http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1786/burjdu40no2.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjdu40no2.jpg) http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2661/1bigburjmv6.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1bigburjmv6.jpg) http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7939/burjrendersca8.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjrendersca8.jpg)



Anara
A 125 floors, 700m
Will be built on the site hard rock cafe (very near the tallest block). Designed by Atkins.
Announced
Current Proposal
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5610/dsc08480so6.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08480so6.jpg)http://img137.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/219/dsc08482dt3.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08482dt3.jpg)http://img137.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7523/anaragg8dr1qv6.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=anaragg8dr1qv6.jpg)http://img137.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)




The Pentominium (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=451708&page=27&highlight=dubai)
120F, 618m (516m spire), Doing some digging

Current Design
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2111/pentosw9eg6.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pentosw9eg6.jpg) http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5517/30350376cv7.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=30350376cv7.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/359/10803100020aedas20pentopc7.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10803100020aedas20pentopc7.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1682/10801100020aedas20pentoxk8.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10801100020aedas20pentoxk8.jpg) http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5030/pent1rt6lu3.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pent1rt6lu3.jpg)



One Park Avenue (JG) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620512&page=6&highlight=dubai)
125 floors, ~600m, Announced

Current Design
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9619/04bstower65gu1sn2.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower65gu1sn2.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8854/04bstower95bm3br0.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower95bm3br0.jpg) http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/916/dsc08430lp1.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08430lp1.jpg)http://img239.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4083/dsc08452qb7.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08452qb7.jpg)http://img239.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5646/dsc08472ys9.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08472ys9.jpg)http://img510.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Meraas Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=620512&page=6&highlight=dubai)
101 floors, ~550m, Announced

Current Design
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6695/04bstower75je5ut9.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower75je5ut9.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9817/04bstower55hn2go1.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04bstower55hn2go1.jpg) http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2383/f9ifk1wl3.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f9ifk1wl3.jpg)http://img61.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9291/dsc08429ss4.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08429ss4.jpg)http://img239.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1469/dsc08453eg0.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08453eg0.jpg)http://img510.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Dubai Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=415209&page=13&highlight=dubai)
97-57 floors, 360m, 410m, 460m, 550m, Site Preparation

Current Design
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8122/dubaitowers1cp4.th.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaitowers1cp4.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7948/imresolt211iq9ea0.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt211iq9ea0.jpg) http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7831/lagrp5.th.jpg (http://img471.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lagrp5.jpg) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7162/dubaitowers2kc7qq5.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaitowers2kc7qq5.jpg)



Burj Al Alam (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=325591&page=25&highlight=dubai)
108F, 510m, Piling

Current Design
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4167/burjalalam2largefr0.th.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjalalam2largefr0.jpg) http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5734/f92a29e3id5.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f92a29e3id5.jpg) http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7214/bbburjalalamnewrenderwl6.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bbburjalalamnewrenderwl6.jpg) http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/733/imresolt168kj8gk3.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt168kj8gk3.jpg)



DIFC Central Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=418775&page=9&highlight=dubai)
A very unknown project. Various renders from different firms keep popping up. Most proposals look to be around 500m high, Concepts

Current Design
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3920/v6j05crt4.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=v6j05crt4.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3707/485qcxurv7.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=485qcxurv7.jpg) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8574/atkinsdifccentralgj7.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=atkinsdifccentralgj7.jpg) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/680/4mhk0f7qb0.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4mhk0f7qb0.jpg) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8667/towerhf6.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=towerhf6.jpg)



Damac Heights (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=488517&page=6&highlight=dubai)
105 floors, 460m, Site Prep

Current Design
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5231/imageia2kc0.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imageia2kc0.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/711/oh2pw8nv9.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oh2pw8nv9.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9615/oh2ant1zy3.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oh2ant1zy3.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4711/imresolt336gm3lv7.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt336gm3lv7.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9169/ojdt1kdm6.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ojdt1kdm6.jpg)



Some Government Tower
>100fl, ~450m Concept

Current Design
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8396/imresolt229jx3vu2.th.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt229jx3vu2.jpg)



Dynamic Tower
80F, 420m, Under Design

Current Design
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8889/100262rotate202bigxi6.th.jpg (http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=100262rotate202bigxi6.jpg)

Previous Designs
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8159/appartmentfloorpage21yy2.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=appartmentfloorpage21yy2.jpg) http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7015/tavola19limtx3.th.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tavola19limtx3.jpg) http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1839/2utouc0ot3.th.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2utouc0ot3.jpg)



Princess Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381420&page=21&highlight=dubai)
101F, 414m, Rising (~30th floor)

Current Design
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/3371/52md.th.jpg (http://img423.imageshack.us/my.php?image=52md.jpg) http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5406/23r64ufaw8.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23r64ufaw8.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6751/2q9cmxubo4.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2q9cmxubo4.jpg)



Marina 101 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=435154&page=12&highlight=dubai)
102F, 412m, Basement levels underway

Current Design
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5747/marina1012pn.th.jpg (http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marina1012pn.jpg) http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9977/142wf9pb0.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=142wf9pb0.jpg) http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/691/imresolt091yj8fb0.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt091yj8fb0.jpg) http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9063/imresolt089wm6bv9.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt089wm6bv9.jpg) http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7910/marina101jul20087dg3.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marina101jul20087dg3.jpg)



Dubai Lighthouse Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=465596&page=10&highlight=dubai)
66F, 400m, Due to start late autumn

Current Design
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7835/376lq0.th.jpg (http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=376lq0.jpg) http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3849/9985100020atkins20lightft4.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=9985100020atkins20lightft4.jpg) http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6554/9984100020atkins20lightvp1.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=9984100020atkins20lightvp1.jpg) http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7223/9981100020atkins20lightrw6.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=9981100020atkins20lightrw6.jpg)



Tanmiyat Towers

Current Design
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5045/16byd0jph1.th.jpg (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16byd0jph1.jpg)http://img386.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/2974/21l0rqelf5.th.jpg (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21l0rqelf5.jpg)http://img386.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



New Oasis Beach Hotel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=594988&page=2&highlight=dubai)
~400m, 106F, Under Design, existing hotel getting demolished in september

Possible Designs
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7125/filext8.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=filext8.jpg)http://img528.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4031/25jb5n4gt1.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25jb5n4gt1.jpg)http://img528.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Marina 106 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=629936&page=2&highlight=dubai)
107 floors. Signboard up and some excavation happening. Slurry wall getting built

Current Design
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6103/dubaibigfr5.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaibigfr5.jpg) http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3891/10mp6.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10mp6.jpg) http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8900/82731793kp1wb4.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=82731793kp1wb4.jpg)



23 Marina (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341366&page=18&highlight=dubai)
90 floors, 395m, Rising, (~35th floor)

Current Design
http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/2889/223marina2jp.th.jpg (http://img447.imageshack.us/my.php?image=223marina2jp.jpg) http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3048/dr3vqosn6.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dr3vqosn6.jpg) http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3048/dr3vqosn6.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dr3vqosn6.jpg) http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5236/141i72hng5.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=141i72hng5.jpg)



Emirates Park Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=425215&page=6&highlight=dubai)
77F, 395m, Rising, (~10th floor)

Current Design
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8009/emirates4bj.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emirates4bj.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1128/v7finalkj3ud3.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=v7finalkj3ud3.jpg) http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7619/2njekw8it9.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2njekw8it9.jpg)



Cassells Tower
98fl, ~390m Concept

Proposals
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1622/imresolt237rk7ah9.th.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt237rk7ah9.jpg) http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1184/imresolt240vl7em5.th.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt240vl7em5.jpg) http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5373/1434901158307406largedy8.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1434901158307406largedy8.jpg) http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5341/61677zd3ato49d6odubulrjsi4.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=61677zd3ato49d6odubulrjsi4.jpg)



Elite Residences (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=487990&page=5&highlight=dubai)
92F, 380m, Building basement levels

Current Design
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4216/elitejp6.th.jpg (http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elitejp6.jpg) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7021/imresolt106an9bn8.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt106an9bn8.jpg) http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7703/l0jm4pc8.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l0jm4pc8.jpg)



Hard Rock Hotel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=548104&page=6&highlight=dubai)
78F, 379m, Under Design, due to start in late autumn

Current Design
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/th_hardrock.gif (http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/hardrock.gif) http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/th_hardrockfullir1.jpg (http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/hardrockfullir1.jpg) http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/th_22871p1720bignc4.jpg (http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s326/malec0/22871p1720bignc4.jpg)



The Wave Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=538195&page=5&highlight=dubai)
92F, 370m, Concept

Current Design
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5386/1209firstsupertallondubvn0.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1209firstsupertallondubvn0.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8216/wavetowerdubaiacero1411os4.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wavetowerdubaiacero1411os4.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8920/mg5143ob1ls0.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mg5143ob1ls0.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5194/22385659kh4xj3.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=22385659kh4xj3.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1535/wavetowerdubaiacero1411vb6.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wavetowerdubaiacero1411vb6.jpg)



Lamtara Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=477586&page=7&highlight=dubai)
70+60F, 360+320m, Piling

Current Design
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6448/34rvhtywm4.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=34rvhtywm4.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8164/imresolt01al5kk0.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt01al5kk0.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/466/imresolt18mf3ev2.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt18mf3ev2.jpg)



Almas Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341341&page=48&highlight=dubai)
74F, 360m, Topped Out

Current Design
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7918/4023almastower1ak.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4023almastower1ak.jpg) http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2640/imresolt169eq3cj8.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt169eq3cj8.jpg) http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6314/imresolt170jp3gg0.th.jpg (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt170jp3gg0.jpg) http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9458/imresolt002ke2om6.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt002ke2om6.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6254/22601325rf2.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=22601325rf2.jpg)



Emirates Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=4769&page=16)
54/56F, 355/309m, Completed

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2733/1106127972c77f98212oam5.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1106127972c77f98212oam5.jpg) http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4941/208902253522159e9e69oso0.th.jpg (http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=208902253522159e9e69oso0.jpg) http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3901/2087461720cfa3d752a5oxu0.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2087461720cfa3d752a5oxu0.jpg) http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1116/362295585ce8d6ce278bop9.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=362295585ce8d6ce278bop9.jpg)



One Park Avenue (DIFC) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=703022)
90 floors.

Current Design
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/1036/difc20perspective01rz3.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=difc20perspective01rz3.jpg) http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1066/difc20perspective02202yg5.th.jpg (http://img376.imageshack.us/my.php?image=difc20perspective02202yg5.jpg) http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3066/31dba4a9ee86b70b51ec45eyp8.th.jpg (http://img376.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31dba4a9ee86b70b51ec45eyp8.jpg)



More towers in Jumeirah Gardens
2 towers
Placeholders

Possible Designs
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3692/p1pb2.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1pb2.jpg)http://img142.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2676/p2yx6.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p2yx6.jpg)http://img142.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Volante
~350m, 90 floors, Under design (super luxury res tower)

Current Design
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9725/2cr4ln9ls3.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2cr4ln9ls3.jpg) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7301/33y6nb5ix3.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=33y6nb5ix3.jpg) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8315/2ir7xhvrt9.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2ir7xhvrt9.jpg)



Signature Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=361826&page=14&highlight=dubai)
79+65+52F, 349.3+295.6+238.7m, Approved, some soil test done. Awaiting more news.

Current Design
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8884/dancingjl7.th.jpg (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dancingjl7.jpg) http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2200/963951288bn3.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=963951288bn3.jpg) http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2852/dubai5py0af6.th.png (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubai5py0af6.png) http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3050/sigrender3cq8cx6.th.png (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sigrender3cq8cx6.png) http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6088/sigrender1ym6qo0.th.png (http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sigrender1ym6qo0.png)

Previous Proposals
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9913/a01zi3ni3.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a01zi3ni3.jpg) http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2013/a02dh1fw7.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a02dh1fw7.jpg) http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4750/a03tt6yf0.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a03tt6yf0.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1444/04rotationsequenceallrioa1.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04rotationsequenceallrioa1.jpg) http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8911/051214finalpdfspreadspahf7.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=051214finalpdfspreadspahf7.jpg) http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7613/crosssectionallrightsrexq2.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crosssectionallrightsrexq2.jpg)



Al Attar Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=342226&page=22&highlight=dubai)
76F, 342m, Core topped out. Creating top structure now.

Current Design
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6960/alattar17pzix3.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alattar17pzix3.jpg) http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6784/243529809286a2c7d12eonc6.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=243529809286a2c7d12eonc6.jpg) http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7254/268112359704fb0bf26aocg1.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=268112359704fb0bf26aocg1.jpg) http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7739/oa5554uu3.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oa5554uu3.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7565/5f93ecceus5.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5f93ecceus5.jpg)



The Torch (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381118&page=18&highlight=dubai)
80F, 338m, Rising, (~35th floor)

Current Design
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3935/torchvy8.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=torchvy8.jpg) http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7157/vy8gnpxg9.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vy8gnpxg9.jpg) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6758/qrfcsnbc0.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qrfcsnbc0.jpg) http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6199/marinav610ij2hb0.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marinav610ij2hb0.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4281/torch2wc6.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=torch2wc6.jpg)



Rose Rotana Suites (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=425284&page=34&highlight=dubai)
72F, 333m, Completed

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/349/imresolt026qw0uo9.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt026qw0uo9.jpg) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2586/542187079719ac9d95covk6.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=542187079719ac9d95covk6.jpg) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8175/imresolt062bt7ue1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt062bt7ue1.jpg) http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/644/imresolt83pf1tc0.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt83pf1tc0.jpg) http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3852/imresolt41nc1mz2.th.jpg (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt41nc1mz2.jpg)



Dubai Eiffel Tower
330m Stale Proposal

Current Design
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2541/perspectivenq6.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=perspectivenq6.jpg)



Al Yacoub Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381101&page=17&highlight=dubai)
72F, 330m, Rising (~40th floor)

Current Design
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1963/bigben1mt.th.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigben1mt.jpg) http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8788/26819449800215940ceaohe5.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26819449800215940ceaohe5.jpg)



The Skyscraper
65F, 330m, On Hold, site abandoned. However may restart soon

Current Design
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1157/stillaal4sd6.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stillaal4sd6.jpg) http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7000/stilldmo7np3.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stilldmo7np3.jpg) http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/921/stillchc6ud8.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stillchc6ud8.jpg)



Infinity Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358434&page=31&highlight=dubai)
80F, 330m, Basement levels underway

Current Design
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9554/p10007746fx.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p10007746fx.jpg) http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8118/dr421wqa2.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dr421wqa2.jpg) http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/5492/infinity4qw6hz2.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=infinity4qw6hz2.jpg)



The Index (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341358&page=59&highlight=dubai)
86F, 328m, Rising, (~80th floor)

Current Design
http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9852/index4ot.th.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=index4ot.jpg) http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7209/2681941888f53a0d1c36omu1.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2681941888f53a0d1c36omu1.jpg) http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8665/24351267928a16527c97orz1.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=24351267928a16527c97orz1.jpg)



Burj Al Arab[/SIZE] (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=4618&page=28Built[/I]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9365/2257217327d61aaf96f3oro6.th.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2257217327d61aaf96f3oro6.jpg) http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3277/2262925072afa67c520fojs7.th.jpg (http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2262925072afa67c520fojs7.jpg) http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/5852/13483657398f5435fbd0buy6.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13483657398f5435fbd0buy6.jpg)



[SIZE="4"]HHH Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=502746&page=7&highlight=dubai)
72F, 317m, Rising, (~45th floor)

Current Design
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3038/3451o47te8.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3451o47te8.jpg) http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/247/2681949408385b365b0dozx7.th.jpg (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2681949408385b365b0dozx7.jpg) http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4881/projttowerfa0jd8.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=projttowerfa0jd8.jpg)



Ocean Heights (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=435149&page=10&highlight=dubai)
82F, 310m, Rising, (around the 15th floor)

Current Design
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/7137/oceanheights5zv.th.jpg (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oceanheights5zv.jpg) http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3430/imresolt013rl3gj8.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt013rl3gj8.jpg) http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3346/imresolt017ya2ry0.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt017ya2ry0.jpg) http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9026/imresolt016sh9eg1.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt016sh9eg1.jpg) http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4435/2681140763fb01bef5e6omi9.th.jpg (http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2681140763fb01bef5e6omi9.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1803/oceanheightsbigue1.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oceanheightsbigue1.jpg)



The Address (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341355&page=42&highlight=dubai)
65F, 306m, Completed

Current Design
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9854/lakehotel7ox.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lakehotel7ox.jpg) http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4074/250539180820a142d8f5bmv2.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=250539180820a142d8f5bmv2.jpg) http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5694/imresolt056sn3qk6.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt056sn3qk6.jpg)



Khalid Al Attar Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=524484&page=4&highlight=dubai)
61F, 301m, Rising, (~50th floor)

Current Design
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3734/photo05we8.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05we8.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1773/30hsk06ab8.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=30hsk06ab8.jpg) http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9890/imresolt059av6nk0.th.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt059av6nk0.jpg)

Previous Proposals
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1466/4201alattarbuildingid2.th.jpg (http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4201alattarbuildingid2.jpg)



Al Hekma Tower
61F, ?m, On Hold

Current Design
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5886/hik8vbhm7.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hik8vbhm7.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2462/imresolt130xd4wp8.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt130xd4wp8.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9558/imresolt133dl2xv5.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt133dl2xv5.jpg)



Zaha Tower for Dubai
Concept

Current Design
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5658/img2425qr3rt1.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2425qr3rt1.jpg)



Desert Gate Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=345271&page=23)
Hotels in Bawadi. Concept

Placeholder Design
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/686/aboutusmk1cp5.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aboutusmk1cp5.jpg)http://img125.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2634/78113880zp7us8nydubaiatps2.th.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/my.php?image=78113880zp7us8nydubaiatps2.jpg)



Asmaran Supertall
Tower in Bawadi. Concept

Current Design
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6029/asupertall1iz3.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asupertall1iz3.jpg) http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9313/asupertall2et5.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asupertall2et5.jpg) http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2891/asupertall3br4.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asupertall3br4.jpg) http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7448/asupertall4ob1.th.jpg (http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=asupertall4ob1.jpg)



Supertall in Downtown Burj Dubai
Just a tower in the model for now. Emaar's placeholders usually turn out to be real towers though.
Under Design

Placeholder Design
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2588/dsc08416ng8.th.jpg (http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08416ng8.jpg)http://img373.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)




Burj Park IV
Another placeholder in Burj Dubai Downtown
Under Design

Placeholder Design
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2094/dsc08613li4.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08613li4.jpg)http://img122.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Nikken Sekkei Towers
Project to be in Jumeirah Garadens by Meraas. Designed by Nikken Sekkei.
Concept

Current Design
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2190/104541jgc1bigcg5.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=104541jgc1bigcg5.jpg)http://img122.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Meydan City Tower
Not much known about this. 75 floors according to an article.
Concept

Possible Design
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1862/gallery31et7.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallery31et7.jpg) http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/7158/dsc08016dt4.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08016dt4.jpg)http://img366.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Meydan City Tower 2
Placeholder

Possible Design
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8219/dsc08021do8.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08021do8.jpg)http://img248.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



City of Arabia Towers
4 towers
Placeholders

Possible Designs
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2587/dsc08558sg8.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08558sg8.jpg)http://img248.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Dubai Waterfront City Concept
Placeholder

Possible Design
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1862/gallery31et7.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallery31et7.jpg) http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1408/2waterfrontcityrender45vd7.th.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2waterfrontcityrender45vd7.jpg)http://img530.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Nakheel Harbour Placeholders
4 towers
Placeholders

Possible Design
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2793/87855994vf6.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87855994vf6.jpg)http://img146.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Lagoons Placeholders
2 towers
Placeholders

Possible Design
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7319/imresolt08yq6cm2.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt08yq6cm2.jpg)http://img221.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2456/imresolt22rh2tr2.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt22rh2tr2.jpg)http://img151.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Arjan Landmark Tower
Placeholder

Possible Design
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3140/aryg2my7.th.jpg (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aryg2my7.jpg)http://img381.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)



Expected tower in the tallest block
One plot left in the tallest block area in the marina. A supertall tower will definitely go there.
Expected degisn

Possible Design
?



Expected tower in the tallest block
Info from SA Boy, expected to be next to Anara tower.
Expected degisn

Possible Design
?

[NYC4Life]

The sickest amount of skyscraper proposals in the history of humanity.

[BenM]

Survey Signals Dubai Housing Boom Has Ended (http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122649558637520553-lMyQjAxMDI4MjE2MjQxOTI1Wj.html) (WSJ)


This city's six-year property boom appears finally to be over, with asking prices for some homes here falling as much as 19% in October from the previous month, according to a closely followed survey. Home prices were climbing sharply as recently as the first half of this year. But over the summer and fall, tightened local lending collided with the global financial crisis to choke off easy credit. That scared away buyers, especially local and international property speculators who have helped fan years of price increases. . .


Dubai's economy is significantly dependent on its property market, which the government opened to foreign investors in certain developments in 2002. A handful of government-owned or controlled developers have borrowed heavily amid a construction boom.
In today's global credit crisis, they may have difficulty raising fresh funds if revenues decline significantly in the current property-market downturn. Local banks and financial firms, many also partly government owned, have lent significantly to developers and investors.

[futurecity]

Yikes.... the ammount of skyscrapers is amazing... to think that Malec's first render is only a small portion of the total ammount....that alone would be the world's best skyline there.... what are the chances that most of these get done?

[malec]

^^ I think the majority will not be built. However I guess there will still be 20 supertall towers (over 300m) there.

At the moment there are 5 completed towers, 2 topped out, and one which hasn't topped out but surpassed 300m (burj dubai). That's 8 so far.
Then in the marina there are 4 towers which have between 30 and 40 floors so far, on SZR there are 4 that have over 40 floors now and also two more (twin towers) which have about 15 but are rising quickly. That's 18 altogether.

I don't think there will be much more after that. I really doubt any of the really big ones (>500m) will be built and we might see two more in the marina and two more on SZR.


Here is my list with what I think are the odds for seeing them materialize

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2049/94810448vx6.jpg

[futurecity]

79 supertall projects :) Nice.... however, you seem to have a rather pessimistic view on many of the new towers... how come?

That would topple the nearest competitor X10 nearly......I guess, Hong Kong currently or Shanghai - Cities with a massive population compared to Dubai. It really would look like a science fiction movie city..

Also, what is that massive ladder-shaped tower in your first render?

Thanks

[malec]

79 supertall projects :) Nice.... however, you seem to have a rather pessimistic view on many of the new towers... how come?
Dubai's property market is crashing (who knows how far down it'll go)
Dubai have borrowed more than their GDP
Dubai is heavily dependent on the economic state of the world since it relies on business, trade, tourism, etc.
etc...



Also, what is that massive ladder-shaped tower in your first render?


That's "One Dubai" shown as the 2nd tower in the list.

[Ed007Toronto]

REAL ESTATE
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Dubai Faces Hit as Property Boom Fades
By CHIP CUMMINS

DUBAI -- This city's six-year property boom appears to be over, with asking prices for some homes falling as much as 19% in October from the previous month, according to a closely followed survey.

The property market here isn't important just to buyers, sellers and lenders. The government, through a handful of big developers, is the largest player in the sector. A sharp slowdown could crimp its financing as worry grows about its ballooning foreign debt.

Home prices were climbing sharply as recently as the first half of this year. But over the summer and fall, tightened local lending collided with the global financial crisis to choke off easy credit. That scared away buyers, especially local and international speculators who have helped fan years of price increases.

Other factors were at work. Dubai has been rocked by a series of arrests and probes at several big property developers and financial institutions. No charges have been filed, but the dragnet alarmed investors. Government officials moved to tighten regulations in order to slow down run-away speculation and property flipping.

Analysts at HSBC Holdings PLC said Wednesday that the average asking price for homes in Dubai fell 4% in October from September. Advertised prices for upscale Dubai "villas," typically stand-alone homes in a master development, fell by 19% month-on-month, the bank found. In next-door emirate Abu Dhabi, average home prices fell 5%.

The report included only prices for the so-called secondary market, which includes second-hand homes and unfinished property that investors bought from developers in the hope of selling quickly for a profit. The report didn't include prices for property sold directly by developers.

Property agents here have been warning of softening prices and disappearing buyers for weeks. But the HSBC report provided the first quantitative evidence of a significant correction. The bank warned of "protracted weakness should lending practices remain in place for a while."

Banks have significantly tightened lending, requiring bigger down-payments and raising mortgage rates. HSBC said the average down payment increased 125% in the month, to more than $220,000. Mortgage rates increased by as much as two percentage points.

Dubai's economy is significantly dependent on its property market, which the government opened to foreign investors in certain developments in 2002. A handful of government-owned or controlled developers have borrowed heavily amid a construction boom.

In today's global credit crisis, they may have difficulty raising fresh funds if revenues decline significantly. That has raised larger fears about Dubai's ability to repay its debt. The city-state doesn't have the large reserves of oil that many of its Middle East neighbors enjoy. Instead, Dubai has financed its economic diversification with international borrowing by the government and by government-controlled corporations.

Dubai officials have said in recent weeks that government finances are sound. Analysts say the oil-rich federal government of the United Arab Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi, would lend a lifeline in a crisis.

Dubai stocks have taken a pounding, driven down by property and financial shares. The Dubai Financial Market finished Wednesday down 62.7% year to date. Shares in Emaar Properties PJSC, a partly government-owned developer that is building the world's tallest skyscraper here, finished down almost 79% from its 52-week high in January.

The government and developers have scrambled to reassure investors. On Wednesday, Emaar said in a statement it would relax payment plans for customers in a bid to attract new buyers. An Emaar representative didn't immediately respond to phone and email messages.

[Shadly]

This place is going to come to a grinding halt over the next year. The whole city was a "hail Mary" pass to the modern world. There's a good chance the debt this thing has inspired, combined with the region and the system of government of the UAE, will result in a lot of unrest - the exact opposite of what Sheikh Mohammad was going for.

Borrowing more than your GDP?!? Obscene!!

[lofter1]

Dubai calls off New Year's Eve extravaganza

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00441/STB-hotelatlantis_441949a.jpg
(Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Dubai is famed for its spectacular firework displays

TIMES ONLINE (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5423839.ece)
12.31.08
David Byers

Dubai's opulent, multimillion-pound New Year's Eve celebrations have been cancelled due to the Gaza violence, leaving hordes of expatriates hastily making alternative plans.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of the Gulf state, called off festivities late last night.

He said "all public New Year’s celebrations" should be stopped "in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are currently enduring death, suffering and destruction in Gaza".

The city, home to thousands of Western expatriate businesspeople and tourists, usually holds spectacular public firework displays and open-air entertainments worth millions.

British and other foreigners living in the city were today planning alternative celebrations. Hotels were said to be holding revised indoor entertainments, but any outdoor elements would be called off.

A spokesman for the five-star Le Meridien hotel, which is known for all-you-can-drink champagne brunches, said: "Normally we have outdoor entertainment but this year it will be just indoors."

A spokesman for the four-star Arabian Courtyard said there would be no music or dancing to ring in the New Year, although the hotel’s restaurants and bars would stay open.

Kelly Frost and Lisa Welsh, 28-year-old Britons who both live in Dubai, had planned to attend a party at an Irish pub but this has now been cancelled.

"The only alternative is to have a party indoors," said Miss Frost, a sales, marketing and events coordinator from Cardiff who emigrated to Dubai with her parents at the age of three.

"I think people are just gutted they’re not able to celebrate New Year as they would’ve done.

"Facebook is awash with people saying: ’What are you doing tonight?’. Sometimes being spontaneous is the best way to be.

"At this rate, we probably won’t know what we’re doing until ten to midnight."

Miss Welsh, a public relations executive who moved to Dubai from Liverpool two-and-a-half years ago, said: "Expats are aware of the situation and are up-to-date with what’s happening in Gaza and are sympathetic about the situation.

"But the New Year is something we can’t stop happening. I think everyone is a bit stuffed about what to do. You feel a little bit bad if you do go out and celebrate.

"I think we’re just going to stay in or maybe find a house party."

Dubai's celebrations were the best known internationally among a host of Arab events to be cancelled in solidarity with Palestinians caught up in the Hamas-Israeli fighting.

Egypt cancelled official events, including a special concert by famed Egyptian singer Mohammed Munir set to be held at Cairo’s Opera House and a variety performance hosted by the ministry of information due to be broadcast on state television.

Syria and Jordan also called off celebrations, with Syria's capital Damascus set to host a concert by singer Sabah Fakhri in a hotel.

A concert by Colombian star Shakira in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, however, is still scheduled to go ahead. Events at hotels in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, were also set to proceed as planned.

Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.

[TREPYE]

How is this good for the tourism industry that they are trying to develop?? :confused:

What is happenng in Palestine/Israel is lamentful but does it have to come to this? Usually people party to forget about lifes's ills. I guess the tourism that they are going to depend on is at the mercy of tragic world events.

[ASchwarz]

The problems in the Gaza are just an excuse for broke-ass Dubai to cancel their celebration.

Maybe the hundreds of stalled developments are really only "paused", also in solidarity with the Palestinians...

[Alonzo-ny]

After whining about respect in the flight 93 memorial you now whine about this? If say Canada had a 911 level attack a couple days ago for instance would there still be the same New Year celebrations in NY? People who respect other people show solidarity. Something you dont know anything about.

[ASchwarz]

After whining about respect in the flight 93 memorial you now whine about this?

I never commented in such a thread. I don't even know this thread.

If say Canada had a 911 level attack a couple days ago for instance would there still be the same New Year celebrations in NY?

The Gaza is a long way from, and has little to do with the UAE.

More important, there is no 9/11-style attack. There are Palestinians and Jews killing each other, which has been happening with varying levels of frequency for a half-century. A pox on both their houses.

In their most recent sordid chapter, the closest thing that would approach the dictionary definition of terrorism would be the Palestinian mortar attacks. Nothing the Israelis have recently done would come close to terrorism, to say nothing of a comparison to 9-11.

People who respect other people show solidarity. Something you dont know anything about.

If you feel Dubai is on pause because of 50 years of idiotic Mideast fighting, and not because of the economic maelstrom, be my guest.

There was similar violence two New Years' ago, yet for some strange reason Dubai did not cancel their festivities. I wonder why...

[Alonzo-ny]

I was talking to Trepye.

[TREPYE]

After whining about respect in the flight 93 memorial you now whine about this? If say Canada had a 911 level attack a couple days ago for instance would there still be the same New Year celebrations in NY? People who respect other people show solidarity. Something you dont know anything about.

I'm sorry I'm not a good and noble as you....

Why do the families of victims of 9/11 think they can do whatever they want?

Peoples loved ones are killed all the time. Should we give the land where every murder victim was killed over to their families to dictate? We all saw how some of the families acted at ground zero. This instance is ridiculous, why do they need so much land? 2200 acres! Im not being un-compassionate, they dont need a 2200 acre memorial to grieve like everyone else does when their loved ones die.

Listen Im well aware of the significance and horror of 911, non-americans died also. I dont see why they need 2200 acres. I think seizing private land for a grossly oversized memorial that is maybe 200 times bigger than the Ground Zero memorial is encroaching on peoples personal rights to ownership. I think the families use the horror of those events to guilt trip people into giving them exactly what they want, Im not going to walk on eggshells. I understand what happened that day, it was a global event. A 2200 acre memorial is disproportionate to the event.

After all the unsympathetic comments that you have made about te families of 9/11 flt 93 you sound like a complete moron lecturing about showing soldarity.

Asking you to show a little more respect towards the families of 9/11 and wondering why Dubai would cancel a celebration that serves as an attraction point to their city is a little bit different. Well that is if you can understand the difference in the first place. Stop being tit-for-tat for me calling you out in the PA 9/11 thread.

ASchwartz: Can you really save significant $$ by making this cancellation? Wasn't all the fireworks and all the other preparatory stuff in place and hence paid for?

[Alonzo-ny]

The Dubai reaction is proportional. The PA 911 memorial is not. If it was then the whole of manhattan should be seized for the ground zero memorial. You are part of the 'give the 911 families whatever they want' club. Im not being tit for tat. You have deified the 911 families and think they can do no wrong and that nothing is enough to ease their horrible pain, do think worse things have never happened to other people? You didnt call me out I stand by what I said and still believe Im 100% percent correct.

[Jasonik]

Cash Crunch Halts Work on Dubai Skyscraper

Cyrus Sanati | January 14, 2009, 2:48 pm (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/cash-crunch-halts-work-on-dubai-skyscraper/)

In a further sign that the property bubble in Dubai has popped, Nakheel, the state-controlled developer, said it was halting work on a skyscraper that would have stood one kilometer tall, or roughly twice the height of the Empire State Building in New York.

The suspended building is part of a growing list of projects that have gone cold in what was one of the hottest real estate markets in the world. In December, Nakheel stopped work on Dubai’s very own Trump Tower — an $800 million project that was to sit on one of the emirate’s fabricated palm-shaped islands.

Other projects that are reportedly on hold for various reasons include big names like the W hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel.

Moody’s Investors Service sees more trouble on the horizon for Dubai and this week issued its first negative outlook on banks in the United Arab Emirates since it began reviewing them a decade ago. It believes that many small-scale developers that took out loans will go bust as property prices spiral downwards, according to The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi.

The one-kilometer tall skyscraper was part of the $38 billion Nakheel Harbor and Tower project, which had been in the works for a while, but was only announced last fall as the housing bubble was deflating.

The Nakheel tower would have eclipsed the Burj Dubai, another supertall skyscraper, which is being built across town. Sales of condos in the Burj have fallen off sharply, forcing the developer to slice as much as 50 percent off their original asking prices.

Elsewhere in Dubai, residential property prices fell 8 percent in the fourth quarter, which was the first quarterly decline since foreign ownership became legal in the Emirate in 2002. Meanwhile, sales of new homes have dropped by 50 percent.

The boom times have come to a rapid end in Dubai because of a huge liquidity squeeze and the bursting housing bubble. Foreign investors have pulled billions of dollars out of the country, crushing its ability to build more gleaming towers — many of which stand empty.

Dubai has relied on cheap capital from abroad to finance its grand vision to become both a tourist attraction and a financial capital. Much of that money, combined with the oil wealth of neighboring Persian Gulf states, was used to finance dozens of luxurious apartment buildings as well as monumental projects like the world’s tallest building, the world’s largest airport, the world’s biggest mall and several man-made, palm-shaped islands.

Now the emirate is facing one of the world’s largest debt loads: its current debt level stands at $80 billion or roughly 1.5 times its gross domestic product.

[Alonzo-ny]

I remember saying years ago that Dubai would never last and that its buildings would remain empty.

[lofter1]

Sun, sea and sewage in the playground of the rich in Dubai

The Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5607619.ece)
Sonia Verma in Dubai
January 29, 2009

A noxious tide of toilet paper, raw sewage and chemical waste has transformed Dubai’s most prestigious stretch of shoreline into a foul-smelling health hazard.

A stretch of the exclusive Jumeirah Beach — a magnet for Western tourists and home to a string of hotels — has been closed.

“It’s a cesspool. Our tests show too many E. coli to count. It’s like swimming in a toilet,” said Keith Mutch, the manager of the Offshore Sailing Club, which has posted warnings and been forced to cancel regattas.

The pollution is a blow to Dubai’s reputation as an international holiday destination offering almost guaranteed sunshine and clear seas.

The debate over who is to blame is also turning toxic, pitting the city’s wealthy expatriates against local authorities, who have been criticised for failing to stop lorry drivers dumping human and industrial waste into the ocean.

The row also illustrates how Dubai’s rapid development threatens to outpace the Emirates’ ability to enforce environmental standards, angering the foreigners that the boom town seeks to attract. Mr Mutch first detected trouble during a walk on the beach last summer.

“The stench was unbearable and the water was a muddy brown. There was toilet paper in the sand,” he recalled.

He traced the sludge to a storm drain, buried behind a pile of rocks near the dock. It was spewing effluent into the sea.

He followed the drain several kilometres inland to the Al Quoz industrial area, which houses the cement, paint and furniture factories that have helped to fuel the city’s rapid growth.

There he discovered that dozens of sewage lorries carrying human waste from Dubai’s 1.3 million inhabitants emptied their tanks into storm drains such as the one leading to the sailing club. The drains, all connected, were built to carry excess water that falls during Dubai’s short rainy season.

According to some truckers — mostly poor workers from southern Asia – illegal dumping of waste is a purely financial decision.

In interviews, several said that they were paid by the truckload to collect waste from the city’s septic tanks and transport it to the only sewage treatment plant in the area.

This involved a long drive into the desert with lengthy queues at the end — so they opted to dump their loads in the storm drains.“We are paid so poorly, we have no other choice,” said one driver, who insisted on remaining anonymous.

Mr Mutch spent several nights documenting the illegal dumping. He sent letters and photographs to the municipality and departments of tourism, health and environment.“

At first I was ignored,” he said — but when the local press took up the story the city took action, imposing fines of up to $25,000 and threatening to confiscate tankers and deport drivers.

City authorities have since promised to build another sewage pit as a “medium-term solution”, while insisting that the latest test results show water samples to be within safe standards.

Mr Mutch, however, disagrees, citing independent tests commissioned by the sailing club showing that the water is still badly contaminated with bacteria, human faeces and chemicals.

“The water is still not safe. It’s a bleak situation and we don’t know what else we can do,” he said.

Copyright 2009 Times Newspapers Ltd.

[Shadly]

Guess they are starting to realize a city isn't all tall buildings and fancy dressing. Most of a time, it's about pipes filled with poo.

[BenM]

Via Curbed.

Believe Him or Not, He Puts a Fresh Spin on Architecture (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123432213609971519.html)


With property prices almost everywhere headed for the ground floor, this might not seem the best time for building a luxury skyscraper. The moment would seem especially unpropitious in Dubai, where the global financial crisis has undermined a once-booming real-estate market and last month halted work on what would have been the world's tallest building. So what are the prospects for a ritzy residential and office tower whose most distinctive features depend on untried technology to which most listeners react with head-shaking disbelief?
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-DC716_ccfish_DV_20090211095622.jpg Associated PressCalled "the world's first building in motion," the Dynamic Tower will be an 80-story skyscraper with revolving floors that will give it an ever-shifting shape, shown in this artist's rendering from Dynamic Architecture.

If David Fisher has any doubts, he is not sharing them. The 60-year-old architect and businessman, born in Israel and based for the past four decades in Italy, says the world-wide economic downturn has yet to dent demand for his rotating Dynamic Tower, in which the cheapest apartments will go for $3 million and the priciest for 10 times that much.
"Luxury products are sold almost more in times of crisis," he insists. "The same people that had $1 billion, maybe now they have $600 million, but they feel more like spending. They say, 'let's have fun.'". . . . .


There's a lot more, and it left me wondering if the guy is truly brilliant or simply delusional. I'm betting on the latter.

[Alonzo-ny]

God, enough of this proposal already its not happening.

[philvia]

there was an article in the times the other day about how dubai is "spiraling downwards"


.....who would ever have guessed! :confused:

[philvia]

actually, here it is.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=dubai%20spiral%20&st=cse

[BrooklynRider]

Most people working in the architecture an design field will attest that Dubai's "boom" is over. However, Oman and Doha will still see substantial development.

[Alonzo-ny]

There is a chance I will be working in Qatar this summer so hopefully their boom continues for a while. I think the days of building skyscrapers for western inverstors is over.

[malec]

God, enough of this proposal already its not happening.
Exactly, I don't know why there was so much news in the first place. If this was real the location would be known, the developer, etc.

Anyway some of these articles I've read are going a bit over the top (and especially stuff people say, etc). Contrary to what they say the building boom has not come to a grinding halt, yet. It's not as if all the towers that were half way up have suddenly stopped and are all just sitting there unfinished.

Almost all of what was already well on its way up is still going up (with a few exceptions of course). However nothing is selling and prices are dropping everywhere (rightfully so and hope they drop by another 20 to 30%, they were way too expensive). Once these projects that are still getting built get done then the construction will stop. Also there will be a lot of holes in the ground from towers that just started but didn't have the main contracts and financing ready however in terms of uncompleted eyesores there will be a few but not all over the place.

Anyway here are some construction updates of the biggest towers.




Pentominium (2027ft)
5 piling rigs on site doing lots of work. There are more piles here than for the burj dubai and deeper too. I think this will go on hold after the piling finishes but who knows.

http://www.quetschluft.de/dubai/300_1924_qa.jpg



Burj Al Alam (1675ft)
On Hold. A massive hole in the ground. Has always been insanely slow that it was hard to tell whether it was on hold or not. I think there's a 1% chance this will get built :)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2vhxbbo.jpg



The Lighthouse (1319ft)
Piling still going on. They will have to chose a main contractor soon. We will see then if they have the financing or not.

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6918/imresolt043jg0.jpg



Princess Tower (1358ft)
Rising

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1796/imresolt159ls3.jpg



Marina 101 (1352ft)
Starting to rise now. Don't think it's very fast but not slow either.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8035/imresolt040.jpg



Emirates Park Towers (1296ft and 1296ft)
Rising nicely. Cladding should come soon

http://i41.tinypic.com/ioqn34.jpg



23 Marina (1276ft)
Rising at a good steady pace

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5158/imresolt044.jpg



Elite Residence (1247ft)
Just starting to rise properly now. We'll see what the pace is soon enough

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7599/imresolt161fs9.jpg



Almas Tower (1191ft)
Topped out. Will be finished soon

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6194/imresolt016.jpg



LamTara towers (1181ft and 1050ft).
On hold however was already very very slow before TSHTF

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8581/imresolt123.jpg




Al Attar (1120ft)
On Hold now. Was quite slow anyway but let's hope they finish it so at least it doesn't remain like this

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2927/imresolt144.jpg



The Torch (1109ft)
Rising

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/121/imresolt050.jpg



Al Yacoub (1083ft)
Very slow construction (was quick beforehand but has slowed down). I think this will go on hold soon like al attar tower

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/259/imresolt064iv4.jpg



The Index (1076ft)
Topped out.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9804/imresolt135.jpg



HHHR Tower (1040ft)
Very fast construction. Almost topped out, just need to put on the spire now

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1602/imresolt132wm9.jpg



Ocean Heights (1017ft)
Rising very quickly (1 floor every 5 days)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1716/imresolt015xb3.jpg



Infinity Tower (1007ft)
Original construction disaster fixed, now rising very quickly.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9499/imresolt078.jpg

[lofter1]

And what is it that supposedly will take place inside all these new buildings?

[Alonzo-ny]

The Index is the only one worth anything.

I recently met with an consultant who worked in Dubai. He told me that in the palm islands the thin fingers of water are completely stagnant complete with algae and sea serpents and no-one wants to buy the properties.

[scumonkey]

I also heard that the properties on the palm island were already starting to sink?

[lofter1]

Anyone with a brain understands that water must CIRCULATE in order to stay free of nastiness.

Unless maybe those folks are Desert Dwellers and don't know water from camel snot.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Sea serpents?

[malec]

I also heard that the properties on the palm island were already starting to sink?
That rumour has been around for years.

The Index is the only one worth anything.

I recently met with an consultant who worked in Dubai. He told me that in the palm islands the thin fingers of water are completely stagnant complete with algae and sea serpents and no-one wants to buy the properties.
Well nothing of this sort has been said by people who own properties (some of which post on skyscrapercity). I'm sure they would have been the first to say this stuff if it was happening.

By the way don't say I'm one of those dubai fanboys or whatever. I do think they're in deep shit and I hope they do learn their lessons from the mistakes made.

Anyway, I missed one.

The Skyscraper (1083ft)
Was on hold for ages but recently restarted. Could easily go on hold again.

http://i43.tinypic.com/11ug8i1.jpg



Also I think the following towers are good:
Pentominium
Lighthouse
Almas Tower
The Index
HHHR Tower
Ocean Heights
Infinity Tower

[Alonzo-ny]

Serpent = snake.

I think Ill trust an intelligent person in the industry rather than SSC posters. In fact Id trust anyone before a SSC poster.

[zupermaus]

noice pic

http://burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2009/02/burj2106.jpg

[Tectonic]

And what is it that supposedly will take place inside all these new buildings?
My thoughts exactly, at least they'll be nice to look at.

[Alonzo-ny]

Not really for the most part.

[TREPYE]

And what is it that supposedly will take place inside all these new buildings?

It does beg the question.

[philvia]

sucks the lighthouse will probably not be built. it was the only one i cared about... i wish the design can be transplanted to 80 south st :)

[Shadly]

Vacant half built towers, deserted sub divisions, sea serpents swimming in algae.

Tim Burton must love this place.

[HoveringCheesecake]

A city with a sterile, artificial grid with little to no public transportation that is soon to be dominated by half built and empty towers. My dream city!

Sorry, but nothing beats the density and eccentricity of a city that has evolved over hundreds of years like London or NYC.

[malec]

A new progress report from today.

Most notable changes are that Lamtara towers have been increased to 454m and have restarted and also, burj al alam might have more activity on site soon. Progress is good at the tallest block, not so good at at SZR where al yacoub, the index and al attar are very slow. HHHR Tower has topped out with a crappy little spire, almas is almost done, etc.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6173/40208254.jpg


Dubai Supertall Progress Report


Nakheel Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=722506) (on hold)

Same as before, on hold for who knows how long. Nakheel say one year but they are almost bankrupt.

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4882/081005nhharbordayeb3.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=081005nhharbordayeb3.jpg) http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/568/20u1seq.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20u1seq.jpg)


Burj Dubai (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=534013) (slow progress)

In the recent two months progress here has been a little better. More cladding has gone up and work is probably progressing on the interiors.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2988/burjdubaiyr0.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjdubaiyr0.jpg) http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5764/25h1kp3.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25h1kp3.jpg)


Pentominium (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=451708) (average progress)

The latest (very deep) excavations show that piling has probably finished and now they are digging to reveal the pile caps.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3842/25rjvr5.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25rjvr5.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/528/2q0j0k3.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2q0j0k3.jpg)


One Park Avenue (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=705098) (on hold)

No news here at all.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5646/dsc08472ys9.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc08472ys9.jpg) http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4302/imresolt143om5.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt143om5.jpg)


Dubai Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=415209) (on hold)

On hold, similar to any other huge government backed projects, who knows for how long this will stay on hold.

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7162/dubaitowers2kc7qq5.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dubaitowers2kc7qq5.jpg) http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3761/4lkgh3.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4lkgh3.jpg)


Burj al Alam (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=325591) (slow progress)

There have been reports from newspapers that work will restart here. Pictures of the construction site also show more piling rigs on site so work will probably pick up now. Apparently the building has been redesigned to cut costs. According to some reports the tower now has 120 floors as opposed to 108. Eight contractors have bid for the main contract although it remains to be seen how much work will get done eventually.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5240/v4azdk.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=v4azdk.jpg) http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8655/10pt0sh.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10pt0sh.jpg)


LamTara Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=477586) (slow progress)

This project has recently resumed construction. Also new information from the architects has revealed that the height of the tallest of the two tower is 454m with 88 floors and the other tower has 77 floors but the height is unknown.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9558/imresolt18mf3.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt18mf3.jpg) http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3366/dpbwxk.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dpbwxk.jpg)


Damac Heights (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=488517) (on hold)

No recent news here.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5231/imageia2kc0.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imageia2kc0.jpg) http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3312/awvuwh.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/my.php?image=awvuwh.jpg)


Marina 106 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=629936) (average progress)

Piling continues.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1572/oka745.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oka745.jpg) http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8059/2581njs.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2581njs.jpg)


Princess Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381420) (average progress)

Progress has been slower in the past few months with around one floor being built every 2 weeks. The core has reached the 61st floor.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5015/208u0j7.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=208u0j7.jpg) http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7563/23hxbft.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23hxbft.jpg)


Marina 101 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=435154) (average progress)

Construction speed has picked up in the last few weeks since the main residential floors have now started to be built. The tower is at the 16th floor approximately. The tower next door (Sulafa Tower) is being built by the same contractor which should result in less problems with logistics, etc.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9884/2884cog.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2884cog.jpg) http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5002/fjnl2v.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fjnl2v.jpg)


The Lighthouse (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=465596) (slow progress)

There have been no recent updates here so status is unknown. It will be interesting to find out if piling has finished or not.

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7223/9981100020atkins20lightrw6.th.jpg (http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=9981100020atkins20lightrw6.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/636/2sbnbsx.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2sbnbsx.jpg)


Burj al Fattan (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=594988) (slow progress)

Demolition is continuing at the usual slow pace. There is also no recent news about what is to be built there.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7125/filext8.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=filext8.jpg) http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/362/vhawwx.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vhawwx.jpg)


23 Marina (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341366) (average progress)

This tower has now reached the 56th floor. The general rate of progress hasn’t changed much in the past few months. Floors are being built at a rate of around one floor every 9 days.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6076/30d8ga9.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=30d8ga9.jpg) http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4109/15fgbom.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=15fgbom.jpg)


Emirates Park Towers (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=425215) (fast progress)

The good progress has continued. The towers are now 53 floors high.

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8009/emirates4bj.th.jpg (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emirates4bj.jpg) http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4183/dhcz9c.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dhcz9c.jpg)


Elite Residence (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=487990) (average progress)

Work on the main tower above the podium has now started but like princess tower, is quite slow. The core is at the same height while the main tower is now 2 floors above the podium.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6189/25plsv5.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25plsv5.jpg) http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7458/scvzwn.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scvzwn.jpg)


Almas Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341341) (average progress)

This is almost completed.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2738/30adr3p.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/my.php?image=30adr3p.jpg) http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6922/358w137.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/my.php?image=358w137.jpg)


Al Attar Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=342226) (slow progress)

This recently resumed construction with the addition of some new cladding but seems to have slowed down again. Progress on all Al Attar projects is erratic.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3461/2ch6cg8.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2ch6cg8.jpg) http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1678/wtatjm.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtatjm.jpg)


The Torch (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381118) (fast progress)

The rapid progress continues on this tower with the core reaching 67 floors recently. If the current rate of progress continues then this will be the tallest tower in the marina in under two months. When compared to neighbouring under construction towers, a lot of cladding work needs to be done. Princess Tower and Ocean Heights for example have almost all the cladding done up to their current height while this has only approximately half of the cladding done.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3838/2cmvhx4.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2cmvhx4.jpg) http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1886/2akk008.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2akk008.jpg)


Rose Rotana Suites (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=425284) (done)

A completed but unused tower on SZR.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9972/3002738qa.th.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3002738qa.jpg) http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1629/img6054ocl.th.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img6054ocl.jpg)


The Skyscraper (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=782096) (slow progress)

There haven’t been many recent updates here so it is not known if piling is continuing or if it has gone on hold again.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1157/stillaal4sd6.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stillaal4sd6.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1018/2hwmrkx.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2hwmrkx.jpg)


Al Yacoub Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381101) (slow progress)

Work on this tower has resumed with some progress on the cladding. The height of the tower remains unchanged.

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1963/bigben1mt.th.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigben1mt.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6727/5lpa51.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5lpa51.jpg)


The Index (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=341358) (slow progress)

Progress on this topped out tower continues at a very slow pace with only a few cladding panels being added each day. There is probably more interior work happening though.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/9852/index4ot.th.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=index4ot.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/229/rgxhr7.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rgxhr7.jpg)


HHHR Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=502746) (fast progress)

This tower has recently been topped with a hideous spire that looks like it was made by lego or something like that. Progress on this tower has been very good in general and the tower itself looks great.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3038/3451o47te8.th.jpg (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3451o47te8.jpg) http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5664/25heo7q.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25heo7q.jpg)


Ocean Heights (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=435149) (fast progress)

This tower continues to be built at a quick pace with the core now having reached the 57th floor. Also, the subtle twisting of the tower is starting to take shape visually.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4388/5md5l3.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5md5l3.jpg) http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3581/2mrirue.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2mrirue.jpg)


Infinity Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358434) (fast progress)

Progress on this tower continues to be good with many workers on site. Work is now progressing on the 8th floor of the tower while the core remains at the 15th. The twisting can already be seen.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9089/ax1tl1.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ax1tl1.jpg) http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/769/t86u0g.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/my.php?image=t86u0g.jpg)


Al Hekma Tower (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=429121) (on hold)

No progress as expected.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2462/imresolt130xd4wp8.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt130xd4wp8.jpg) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2003/308b0oi.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=308b0oi.jpg)

[dtolman]

What the heck are they going to do with all these things, if all the reports of the place emptying out are true...

I can envision a city full of empty, decaying concrete hulks, North Korea's Pyonyang Hotel writ large. Maybe there will be a demolition boom in a few years if they can't maintain them?

[dtolman]

Just another day in paradise...

http://www.viceland.com/wp/2009/10/an-update-on-dubais-crumbling-heaven/

[lofter1]

This about says it all:

... it’s all going tits up for them ...

:cool:

[Jasonik]

A striking photo essay of Dubai (http://www.good.is/post/picture-show-four-days-in-dubai/) by Dustin Aksland at good.is (via bldgblog (http://twitter.com/bldgblog/status/5652837694)).

[lofter1]

Jeesh ... Looks to me like a punishment.

But then I hate LA.

[lofter1]

Let the FUN (http://www.dubailand.ae/) begin.

[dtolman]

Why do I have a feeling that Dubailand is going to end up an unofficial sequel to Zombieland?