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[rbhriuthbu1234]

When will they be up?

[norm21499]

Dubai is gonan be like a disney world, only its a city. So it is not built to be a city, it is built as a humongous tourist destination. How many of the towers wil actually have people living in them year round? Not many i would think, only vacationers.

[moonshield]

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It is impressive, the designs of the skyscrapers are different than anything I've ever seen. The Freedom Tower in New York has a different, unique design, but hardly any other modern city has anything in the works even close to those designs, I wonder who is designing them and why they don't try to get them in other places. Las Vegas, the USA's and the world's fastest growing city (83%) during the 1990's, is building at warp speed, I guess unfortunately that awful city is the closest thing we have that compares to this... 

Don't Forget Miami. I would like to see this Dubai when its done. If they ever stop building towers

[MV_Klahowya]

DarkBlueBoss, on Mar 8 2005, 05:47 AM, said:

Is it just me or do the two towers look like giant slugs/snails?

-- LB

[DavePaulk]

I agree that they look like slugs, but they are still very cool. B)

[johnnydr87]

Very nice.

[Zissou]

I wish American architecture would become this innovative and modern.  I just placed Dubai on the list of places to visit before i die.

[ATL4EVER]

Dubai Is like a city you would see in the future, I can't help but awe at it's buildings.

[ATL4EVER]

Reminds me of the skyline in the Star Wars Movies

[A2]

I don't get it. Who is occupying the buildings??? I mean the entire metro is around 1.5 Million at nearly 4000 sq KM. You would think that the building boom over there was for a city ten times their size. It seems as though it is just for show. I guess when you have more money than the rest of the world you can do what you please.

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[PeninsulaKiddo]

A219724, on Jul 28 2005, 09:58 AM, said:

I don't get it. Who is occupying the buildings??? I mean the entire metro is around 1.5 Million at nearly 4000 sq KM. You would think that the building boom over there was for a city ten times their size. It seems as though it is just for show. I guess when you have more money than the rest of the world you can do what you please.

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I think the city is playing catch up.  Many of the developments have huge hospitality components, including some of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the world going up.  Affluent Europeans and Asians flock to the city in increasingly large droves and I think that by 2015 this could be the Vegas of the Eastern Hemisphere.  It's population, too, is growing at an increasingly rapid pace and many aging Europeans (again, rather affluent ones) are looking for places to retire.  Dubai is the undoubted economic center for the Middle East and a major center for banking internationally.

[vdogg]

VeeFan, on Apr 2 2005, 01:07 PM, said:

I guess it won't be long before Dubai has an enviable skyline.

The picture of the 2 blue towers remind me too much of the Gherkin in London...except not as phallic. lol

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I was thinking the same thing   . It's like they cloned it and added two spires. Does seem a bit copycatish. I wonder who the architect is?

[9thWonder]

Wow.. that's amazing.