omg this is a big building..

The plans are drawn up and they already started construction, and they made a schematic to show how much bigger it is than sears tower...


http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=182168


http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/11/320926.jpg

Estimated at roughly 2300ft... lol wtf... that's high up there.

They say it'll have an observation deck, and a private club above that at the top. Problem is, they're in Dubai, wtf is there to look at?

Estimated at roughly 2300ft... lol wtf... that's high up there.

They say it'll have an observation deck, and a private club above that at the top. Problem is, they're in Dubai, wtf is there to look at?


Even if they were somewhere nice what the hell could you possibly see that high up??

Even if they were somewhere nice what the hell could you possibly see that high up??


Planes.

Base!

Wow...I think I remember watching TLD or the Discovery Channel, that's supposed to be the world's tallest skyscraper upon completion.

I say, UAE has alot of new and upcoming money there. I would vacation there. It looks really nice and elegant and modern. Not to mention gas is like 32984793276437927492384 less there lol.

Dizamn. Yeah that would most definitely be the worlds tallest building. i think the Sears Tower is #2 right now and #1 is somewhere in Asia, but that one is waaaaaaaay taller if completed.

Base!


Fuck yeah!

There's all sorts of crazy shit in Dubai. Apparently something like 40% of the world's construction cranes are there.

Dubai...the fastest growing city in the world. What was it...15% of the world's cranes are there. Craziness.

My dad got back from there a few months ago. Says it's amazing!

Dizamn. Yeah that would most definitely be the worlds tallest building. i think the Sears Tower is #2 right now and #1 is somewhere in Asia, but that one is waaaaaaaay taller if completed.


Petronas (SP?) Towers in Malaysia

Nah, Taipei 101 is taller than Petronas.

Petronas is largest twin towers though.

yea, Dubai is combusting with money.

They are also building artificial tropical islands there.
A couple of island clusters are in the shape of a huge palm leaf
http://thepalmdubai.com/palm-island-dubai/images/palm/palm-deira300.jpg
http://thepalmdubai.com/palm-island-dubai/images/palm/Frond-E.jpg
http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/images/palm_jumeirah.jpg

Another group of Islands are said to be in the shape of the world, where you can purchase "countries" and territories of the world.

http://www.psp-sa.com/images/Fot_Dub-04.jpg


That country is fu*king rolling in it.

Yeah, Palm Island 2 is under construction at the moment. Apparently they've just confirmed that Palm Island 4 will be built.

That world map thing is awesome.

Damn 2313 Ft high, damn thats only 327 feet less than half a mile high. Sheesh.

The view would be outstanding though.

TS

I must say, as many enemies as the western world has in the arab world, I still tip my hats down and give my kudos to them because they were once the supreme leader in mathematics and sciences and they still show no difference.

I must say, as many enemies as the western world has in the arab world, I still tip my hats down and give my kudos to them because they were once the supreme leader in mathematics and sciences and they still show no difference.


Huh?

I must say, as many enemies as the western world has in the arab world, I still tip my hats down and give my kudos to them because they were once the supreme leader in mathematics and sciences and they still show no difference.

What do you mean?

That tower was designed by an American company.

Eh....I was rambling. Disregard that one :p

Construction is already well under way, so it's definitely going to be done. It's insane, I thought Taipei 101 was unbelievable, this is just madness.

I just looked at it on wikipedia...hot damn...

This is prolly just one of the coolest things of it (and probably the least notable lol). But I wish i had a 1 GB/sec internet connection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

Did anybody see this part:
"The tower will be situated on a man-made lake"

And wonder if that will cause any structural foundation issues? lol

ha ha, wikipedia is badass; found this:


Apparently, this is the tallest man-made standing structure on land in the world:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/KVLYDistance.jpg

A transmitting tower (photo from ~1 mile away) in North Dakota . It is 2,063 ft (628.8 m) tall.

It must suck for that one guy who has to change out the red bulb at the top.


However, this Dubai tower should blow that away also.

It must suck for that one guy who has to change out the red bulb at the top.


:rofl:

There was an even taller structure than the Dakota mast before, but sadly it was riddled with Eastern Bloc engineering and collapsed.


RIP Warsaw tower :(

Thats some crazy stuff right there..

Chicago is supposed to be designing a new tower, i'll see if i can find the plans for that, it's supposed to be in the shape of an almost twisting spire.



Edit: Found it, it's called the Fordham Spire, it's going to be absolutely gorgeous, it may not end up being the tallest, but the design is just amazing.


http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/ShowBuilding/357.php



http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Images/NearNorthSide/FordhamSpire-001.jpg

What makes the Dubai and Taipei -sp? towers look even crazier is that the surrounding buildings are not nearly as tall. The Sears Tower is tall but there are numerous tall buildings around it, making its stature not as astonishing. That proposed twisting spire looks pretty badass though. I look forward to driving by it along LSD

Bet you could see my house from there.

i wonder how long construction will take... and i saw about that world map island cluster on VH1 awhile back, supposed to be amazing, the villas and everything are gorgeous. and worth multi-millions of course...

i wonder how long construction will take... and i saw about that world map island cluster on VH1 awhile back, supposed to be amazing, the villas and everything are gorgeous. and worth multi-millions of course...


In UAE the construction is supposed to be finished by 2008, the one in Chicago is "supposed" to be done by 2010.

a little off the topic but related to Dubai. it's the palm tree islands. it's an aerial photograph. you can find them on http://maps.google.com

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/hightek505/palmtreeislands.jpg

they're also creating and island like a world map, saw the construction of the palms when i was there. they have some amazing hotels there.

i stayed in the Jumeira Beach :smokin:

to be honest i didn't think dubai lived up to what everyone said about it. maybe i just didn't see enough.

a little off the topic but related to Dubai. it's the palm tree islands. it's an aerial photograph. you can find them on http://maps.google.com

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/hightek505/palmtreeislands.jpg

This is the future view from the top of the tower

i think it would be sick to visit there. too bad im poor

This is the future view from the top of the tower

:iagree: it's gonna be a sick view


and i thought that the Burj al Arab building was crazy. It's shaped like a sail and has a tennis court on the very top of the building. it also doubles are a helipad. http://www.npoc.nl/pictures/dubai_hotel_1m.jpg

i wonder what would happen when you drop a penny off the Burj Dubai (the new building). Considering if you hit someone with a penny from the Empire State Building it will kill them.

I actualy find it depressing to find all our hard earned oil money going to spoil these guys in the UAE with all the fancy buildings and shit, greedy bastards! Hell, I think there's there's a 7 star hotel that just opened there too. But I guess its still better then the money going to funamentalist terrorist who want to kill us.

i wonder what would happen when you drop a penny off the Burj Dubai (the new building). Considering if you hit someone with a penny from the Empire State Building it will kill them.

I think the question is "how many feet into the concrete will it go?"

and i thought that the Burj al Arab building was crazy. It's shaped like a sail and has a tennis court on the very top of the building. it also doubles are a helipad. http://www.npoc.nl/pictures/dubai_hotel_1m.jpg

that curvy building in the middle's where i stayed, petty cool. they put lights on the palm trees, they look amazing at night. wouldn't go back though.

I actualy find it depressing to find all our hard earned oil money going to spoil these guys in the UAE with all the fancy buildings and shit, greedy bastards! Hell, I think there's there's a 7 star hotel that just opened there too. But I guess its still better then the money going to funamentalist terrorist who want to kill us.

if it's in dubai it's not "your hard earned oil" (assuming you mean america) since it's the built on money from the UAE's oil reserves.

The Sears tower supposedly has the highest occupied floor space. Not sure in the world, but I know it's bigger than Petronas b/c of that.

I actualy find it depressing to find all our hard earned oil money going to spoil these guys in the UAE with all the fancy buildings and shit, greedy bastards! Hell, I think there's there's a 7 star hotel that just opened there too. But I guess its still better then the money going to funamentalist terrorist who want to kill us.


Rich oil sheiks + no tax = megaprojects.

I actualy find it depressing to find all our hard earned oil money going to spoil these guys in the UAE with all the fancy buildings and shit, greedy bastards! Hell, I think there's there's a 7 star hotel that just opened there too. But I guess its still better then the money going to funamentalist terrorist who want to kill us.

I actually find it amusing that not one thing in that post is true.

a little off the topic but related to Dubai. it's the palm tree islands. it's an aerial photograph. you can find them on http://maps.google.com

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/hightek505/palmtreeislands.jpg


Ok, I might be a thinking like a retard, but what are those square like dark areas around the palm islands?



Edit: Ok I think I get it, did the satellite take alot pictures and peice them together? On a side note, look how baron the inner land looks, then it changes so much at the coast. If a hurricane ever wodners up there, they're screwed.

too bad they dont form over there. also, thats how it is over there. look at northern africa

Dubai is gay. :thumbsdow

Skyscrapers were invented due to lack of space....so you build UP instead of OUT. There's tons of space in the UAE so there's no real reason to build something that tall except to try to show off all the money you have. That building is on par with an Escalade with 24" rims and a 10,000 watt stereo. The only thing cool about it is the fact that it's an engineering marvel, and somebody said it's a US company building it so good for us I guess.

It seems as though Dubai is desperately trying to become a world city by building tall buildings. Sorry, but you buy your way in to the ranks of such cities as NYC, Paris, & Hong Kong. :rolleyes:

Dubai is gay. :thumbsdow

Skyscrapers were invented due to lack of space....so you build UP instead of OUT. There's tons of space in the UAE so there's no real reason to build something that tall except to try to show off all the money you have. That building is on par with an Escalade with 24" rims and a 10,000 watt stereo. The only thing cool about it is the fact that it's an engineering marvel, and somebody said it's a US company building it so good for us I guess.

It seems as though Dubai is desperately trying to become a world city by building tall buildings. Sorry, but you buy your way in to the ranks of such cities as NYC, Paris, & Hong Kong. :rolleyes:

Good post. We were studying this sort of thing in geog - basically you have true world cities and wannabes. Wannabes being the ones who..heh...I guess wannabe a world city, so they do stuff like build giant phallic structures in the middle of nowhere.

World Cities - new york, paris, hong kong etc

Wannabes - kuala lumpur, taipei, dubai, auckland...




yay for finals.

The world cities ranking groups them as

Full service world cities (London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan, Chicago, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore)

Major World Cities (Sydney, Zurich, San Francisco, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Madrid, Brussels, Moscow, Seoul)

Minor World Cities (Taipei, Dusseldorf, Houston, Jakarta, Dallas, Prague, Santiago, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Warsaw, Istanbul, Manila, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Kuala Lumpur, Budapest, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Johannasberg, Shanghai, Hamburg, Munich, Minneapolis, Buenos Aires, Boston, Caracas, Geneva, Bangkok, Beijing, Rome, Montreal and Osaka)

Cities with evidence of world city development (Auckland, Helsinki, Dublin, New Dehli, Philadelphea, Rio de Janerio, Mumbai, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Luxembourg, Lyon, Athens)

Cities with a bit of evidence (Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Birmingham, Bogota, Bratislava, The Hague, Kiev, Montevideo, Dubai, Detroit, Cairo, Ridyah, Rotterdam, Oslo, Lisbon, Lima, Seattle, Stuttgart, Cleveland, Vancouver, Brisbane, Bucharest, Ho Chi Minh City, Manchester)

Cities with sweet FA all evidence, but some would consider a city: (Tehran, Adelaide, Antwerp, Wellington, Kansas City, Marsielle, Leeds, Turin, Cape Town, St Petersberg, Richmond, Tashkent, Tijuana, Utrecht, Columbus, Bangalore, Bologna, Genoa, Gothenberg, Glasgow, Brasilia, Calgary, Guangzhou, Lille, Hanoi.


Yeah, I typed them out for no reason other than there are places I don't want to be this morning. So sue me.


I think these rankings are a load of crap though. Zurich is not a major world city, it's a crap hole.

Holy hell, that thing is massive. At what point will the structural integrity of current known construction materials cease to deliver? we seem to keep pushing the envelope further and further...

Ok, I might be a thinking like a retard, but what are those square like dark areas around the palm islands?



Edit: Ok I think I get it, did the satellite take alot pictures and peice them together? On a side note, look how baron the inner land looks, then it changes so much at the coast. If a hurricane ever wodners up there, they're screwed.


yeah it's just the way the pictures were taken from the satellites.

I actually find it amusing that not one thing in that post is true.

Sorry, I would like to then appoligize for my apperent ignorance. Please enlighten me.

I actualy find it depressing to find all our hard earned oil money going to spoil these guys in the UAE with all the fancy buildings and shit.
you didn't work for it, it's not your oil, it's not your money.

I think there's there's a 7 star hotel that just opened there too.
only true if by "recent" you mean 7 years ago.

I guess its still better then the money going to fundamentalist terrorist who want to kill us.
isn't the US offering a reward for certain terrorists?
let's see, big reward = martyr + cash.
so in a way, by offering a reward, you are actually potentially giving money to terrorists.

Anyways, the Aussies might be building a 1000m tower.

Its a solar tower used to harness solar energy.


similar to this, but bigger
http://www.monsterdesign.co.kr/image/solar_tower.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/OzTowerCompare.jpg



The tower is a hollow tube with air in the middle.
Solar heat beams down on it (also up from the mirrors) and heats up the air in the middle.
Hot air rises causing "wind" to form in the tube (air inlets at the bottom). The wind in-turn, rotates fan blades inside the tube. These are hooked up to generators to create power.


I doubt Australia will actually make this, but meh...

You think the tower is big wait Imagine how big the sultans sons ego is for even trying to build that....

As Far as dubai an money/oil goes. Yes, Oil is what powers there tremendious income but they aren't bad people by anymeans. Quite cool from the one's I've talked to anyway...

Also There are two 7 star hotels in the world both are in dubai... (funny isn't it)

In all honesty it's like this guy I saw at a car show the other day. This small guy very geeky & VERY Feminine is walkin around showing off his ride he's about 5.5 an maybe 150lbs an drives a Ford F350 Raised about 4 feet with rollbars, L.E.Ds, and a 4000 watt sound system with tons of other crazy shit. Whats the point? Overcompensation maybe....?

Anyways, the Aussies might be building a 1000m tower.

Its a solar tower used to harness solar energy.


similar to this, but bigger
http://www.monsterdesign.co.kr/image/solar_tower.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/OzTowerCompare.jpg



The tower is a hollow tube with air in the middle.
Solar heat beams down on it (also up from the mirrors) and heats up the air in the middle.
Hot air rises causing "wind" to form in the tube (air inlets at the bottom). The wind in-turn, rotates fan blades inside the tube. These are hooked up to generators to create power.


I doubt Australia will actually make this, but meh...


Trust the Aussies to build the biggest phallic symbol of them all.

Compensating much? ;)

Just building it before the french do

Trust the Aussies to build the biggest phallic symbol of them all.

Compensating much? ;)



Dont underestimate americans, were always building for compensation, i would say were at least top 5 in the world in building pointless structures... :smokin:

St. Louis Arch. Statue of liberty... Wait thats french :lol: They're really good at that.

That building smells like....snif....money.


Dont underestimate americans, were always building for compensation, i would say were at least top 5 in the world in building pointless structures... :smokin:
http://www.carhenge.com/images/frontview.jpg


http://images.43things.com/place/00/02/19/137541lr.jpg


:lol:

what the hell is that second picture. it looks like a giant hairball or Cousin It from "The Adams Family" on 'roids

lol. I believe that is the world's largest rubber band ball. Housed adjacent from the world's longest paper clip chain

edit - I stand corrected. ball of twine... making it out of rubber bands would be silly