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[architect2004]

its pretty amazing i have know about the burj dubai since 2003 and there are many projects currently in dubai i dont know whats going oin there but yeh.....if anyone has anymore pics of dubai land plz post it  

[Emir of Ketir]

Gulf News from 21/09/04: Burj to boost Dubai: Mohammed bin Rashid
by Dalal Abu Ghazaleh

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Dubai : General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, said the Dh10 billion Burj Dubai project due to be completed in about three years was highly feasible, and that the new landmark would set the emirate firmly into positioning itself as a major international business and tourism hub.

"Such a project must be feasible," he told journalists last evening as he toured the Burj Dubai site. "It is a public shareholder company, and the investors are savvy enough to realise the potential of this project."

He noted the project is attracting considerable investor interest.

Shaikh Mohammad said as he witnessed the pouring of cement for the Burj Dubai, that he valued the vision of President His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in supporting projects that would keep the country's eyes fixed on future prosperity for its citizens and residents alike.

"We have accomplished only 10 per cent of the projects we intend to accomplish," he added.

Mohammad Alabbar, chairman of Emaar Properties, which is building the project, said Burj Dubai, which will be the world's tallest building, will include the tower, a huge shopping mall and a Heritage City.

"The tower and the mall will cost more than Dh7 billion, and the Heritage City more than Dh2 billion."

He said that a feasibility study projected an annualised 15 per cent rate of return on total investment. Alabbar revealed there was high demand from international and local business leaders for the prime property which will be built in central Dubai.

Demand is particularly heavy from Europe and East Asia. "At present, the tower is designed to be around 800 metres tall, but we can always push that up to 950 metres," he noted.

He said 50 per cent of the project will be offered to international firms, while the balance will be marketed locally. "The architecture is given to DP Company from Singapore," he added.

Alabbar said this was a momentous day for Dubai. "With its scale and magnitude, the Burj Dubai is set to change the face of the city forever. For Emaar, it represents the next stage of growth, and will be the base for our developments that will follow."

The pouring of the cement for Burj Dubai yesterday ends the first phase of the construction and marks the beginning of the next defining stage that will see the structure begin to rise over the Dubai skyline.

Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) are the architects and Turner International, the project and construction managers.

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950m ??? Thats tripple the size of Burj-Al-Arab Hotel. For anyone who has been in the bar up there - its scary high already!!

Edited by Emir of Ketir, 21 September 2004 - 03:55 AM.

[KoRn_Snake]

hah! if they build this im going to ask my dad to visit dubai just to see this crazy thing!

[wolfdawg54]

They are building it. Construction is going on right now as I write.

[Christian]

Wonderful building indeed.... B) I hope it reache 900-1000m, but i hardly belive it will get that tall, so i stick to the 705m version...

[Allan]

I still can't believe how incredibly tall this building is going to be when it's completed.

[MathNerd05]

I would like to know what other projects they are talking about in that article.

I've shown this thread to many of my friends and family, all of whom are amazed and overwhelmed at the project. I'd lik to add another "wow!"

Can anyone fill me in on a little history of the region as well as some of the current scial and political climates there?

[KoRn_Snake]

MathNerd05, on Dec 7 2004, 11:15 PM, said:

Can anyone fill me in on a little history of the region?

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yeah and a little for me

[benjamin]

Thats not even the tallest one that they are planning in Dubai. The Pinnacle is being proposed at 2,461 feet. I have renderings but I don't know how to post images.

[KoRn_Snake]

i hope to see updates of the construction of this building in this thread!

[urban addict 20324]

This new world's tallest building would be 800m tall, almost half a mile tall. Completion is set to be around 2008-9 and this structure could hold the world's tallest for a time due to the 250m+ height advantage over the Freedom Tower in the US, set for completion also around 2009. This is the first building taller than 2000ft (611m) and it would be an engineering marvel and challenge since it's soo tall.      

[alexr15]

Is Dubai where they built (or are building) the islands in the ocean in the shape of a palm tree?

[PghUSA]

Looks nice we need planners like this back in the states.

[jenspolsen]

alexr15, on Jan 17 2005, 10:55 PM, said:

Is Dubai where they built (or are building) the islands in the ocean in the shape of a palm tree?

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Ohh, yes. And where they are building an equally big artificial island in the shape of a world map, dubling the size of their airport to 40 mio passengers/year (to accomodate the 20 new A380 airbus planes they have bought), building a new airport with 6 runways designed for 140 mio passengers/year in a 140 square km area that is also to include 850 new office/apartement towers, building hundres of elegant new towers all over town and building a metro/monorail to connect it all.

Have just returned from Dubai. That's a place where things a happening, but no crime and only polite people. That's how things work when you have a sheik that decides everything about things are yo be run.

[DarkBlueBoss]

A Small list of projects that are happening in Dubai, in which some are already mentioned all over this forum,

Burj Dubai (Tower) (+800 meters) completion expected 2008
Dubai Land (Multi-City Theme Adventure Park, over 3 billion square  ft and a price tag of $11 Billion) completion of all phases 2020
Dubai Water Front (world's largest water front project, residential, offices, islands, world's longest canal [extending into the desert, creating 350km of new shore lines for dubai)
Palm Island Jumeirah (palm tree shapes island)
Palm Island Jebel Ali (Palm tree shaped island , twice the size of jumeirah island)
Palm Island Deira (another palm island, bigger and bigger)
Jumeirah Beach residence (almost 60 high rise, beach residential towers)
Dubai Airport Expansion (price tag $4.1 billion)
New- Jebel Ali Airport + Jebel Ali Airport City (International airport linking sea-port to airport , including all facilites, liesure to residential, to offices with in a complex of 800+ high rise towers)
Dubai Festival City , (residential Villas + severalGolf Courses)
Dubai Mall (Emaar claims it to be the largest in the world)
Mall of Arabia (Dubai Land claims it to be the largest in the world)
Emirates Mall (among the largest in the region including indoor ski hill + lift)
Al Burj Tower (previously the Pennicale, rumors about it competing for the title of the worldest talles tower) (Part of Dubai Water Front)
Hydropolis (world first luxury underwater hotel)
The World (World Map shaped islands)
Dubai Light Rail System (light rail system, connecting all of dubai "Monorail")(accliamed to be the worldest largest mono-rail system)
Dubai Business Bay (which includes expanding dubai creek, and ofcourse, fill it with high rise towers, inorder to become business center of the region)
Dubai Lost City (residential complex, taking its theme from different incient cities from around the world)
Dubai International Financial Center + Dubai Gate (High rise towers, very creative designs, in order to make dubai the financial center of the region)
Jumeirah Islands (Residential Villas in the desert however, surrounded by water , to take the shape islands)
Dubai Crystal Dome (proposed cystal dome [residential] and base for dubai railway sytem)

I am sure that I missed out of other projects, so if anyone remembers any be my guest and add them,

[MathNerd05]

Is there anything these people can't do?

[wolfdawg54]

Wow, that is a list. Are these projects privately being developed or is the government controlling most of it?

[I-275westcoastflorida]

Spartan, on Jun 13 2004, 11:37 PM, said:

It frustrates me that this country in the Middle East will build something like this and we spend so much time bickering over the WTC which even though the spire might reach 1776ft, it wont actually be even close to being that high in terms of occupiablility.

It frustrates me that the most prosperous country in the world can't get a project like this accomplished anymore, and some tiny countries that most people haven't even heard of can bulid these things with seemingly little problems. (Malaysia, UAE)

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Yea but Dubai and many other Asia cities are pulling ahead of USA in their buildings because they are willing to risk building it and our construction companies arent its sad too hear but some day we wont be the best country in the world  

[wolfdawg54]

I don't know. If automobiles continue to move toward different types of fuel, the middle east might just be out-of-luck. I don't think that by having the world's tallest building will make it the world's BEST country. We will see what happens...

[DarkBlueBoss]

wolfdawg54, on Feb 16 2005, 03:21 AM, said:

I don't know. If automobiles continue to move toward different types of fuel, the middle east might just be out-of-luck. I don't think that by having the world's tallest building will make it the world's BEST country. We will see what happens...

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maybe you should note the Dubai, currently doesnt have any oil, oil represents only merely 6% of its income, the other 94% come from other forms of businesses projects, tourism, etc.........
maybe Saudi since most of its income is from OIL .