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[mcheiss]

How many highrises are suppose to be in the Waterfront?

300? 400?

[Mith242]

malec, on Dec 11 2005, 11:52 AM, said:

It won't be ages until all these are built though. Probably only in about 10 years time once the population has grown. In about 6 or 7 years time Dubai's population should hit 2 million

I was wondering what kind of timetable all of these developments would be on.

[mcheiss]

An update

Madinat Al Arab — the planned urban downtown of the Dubai Waterfront— was released to the market and was sold out within 48 hours!!!!

[malec]

Keep in mind, all this won't be finished until at least 10 years. That's only for the downtown at the waterfront. The rest should take even longer



  

  

[mcheiss]

Al burj looks amazing. The downtown in itself easily surpasses most U.S. Skylines.

I haven't heard much about Al Burj lately. The last I heard, it had not been approved, but that could change. And Al Burj would also surpass Burj Dubai as the worlds tallest.

[malec]

Yes looks great at night. The bad thing about al burj is that it's a concrete monster so doesn't look half as good in the day. It would only take some minor tweaking to make it work.

It's possible al burj could surpass burj dubai but I don't think it's probable. Burj dubai has dubai in it's name so they might want to keep it the tallest.

[mcheiss]

malec, on Dec 18 2005, 01:44 PM, said:

It's possible al burj could surpass burj dubai but I don't think it's probable. Burj dubai has dubai in it's name so they might want to keep it the tallest.

And they have plans to extend it if competition comes.

[Mith242]

I like this look of this area.  The shorter more traditional buildings in the forground and the skyscrapers in the background all lined up.

[mcheiss]

Mith242, on Dec 18 2005, 03:07 PM, said:

I like this look of this area.  The shorter more traditional buildings in the forground and the skyscrapers in the background all lined up.

Those buildings will probably be for retail and restaurants.

[NCB]

I really like this area as well.



I love the idea of having the retail shops next to the major downtown highrises.
New Orleans was divided this way in the early 1900's, with the retail shops on Canal Street, and the major highrises on Poydras Street, but the city later removed most of the retail in an effort to "modernize" the city.

[Mith242]

Yeah I guess nowadays you usually just have the bottom floors of the high-rises used as retail.  I don't know what it is but I really like this type of design.  The retail area seems much more approachable.

[mcheiss]

^It adds a sort of European Ambiance as well, because it looks like a canal running off to the side, along with the 3 story buildings.

[malec]

New masterplan:

All this is still a very long way away. Also these buildings are only indications. The real ones will obvioulsly not look like these since they'll be built by different developers who bought plots:







Al Burj:

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Now: my edited version of what I'd like the skyline to look like since Al Burj seems too alone IMO:



Also a 2nd supertall:


(image made by dazz)





Thanks to dubaiflo on SSC for most of these pics.

[masons_dad1]

Great pics. Looks like an extremely detailed plan. Not like most visions that are just misty at best.

[mcheiss]

I like yours Malec!!

It won't be long until everyone in Dubai has there own skyscraper.  

[Lone Ranger]

Dear freaking god, these projects take ambition to a whole a new level.  Hell, these ideas are so big, I don't even think ambition is the right word.  Hubris, maybe?

Wow, though.

[4307]

Such lovely projects, I wish I had the cash to do that kind of stuff!