Author Topic: Boomtown Dubai (Read 67890 times)

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #105 on:** February 26, 2007, 05:24:05 AM »

Quote from: the pope on February 26, 2007, 05:21:40 AM

Quote from: kingfish out of water on February 26, 2007, 05:07:20 AM
Quote from: the pope on February 25, 2007, 06:28:50 AM
For Example my hourly rate that my company charges for me is 220/hour. Needless to say I don't make 450k a year.

But to be fair, NOBODY serves up a Cleveland Steamer quite like the pope.

Believe it or not, there's a large technology load and other overhead associated with that industry

And if not properly administered, you've got a veritable sh!t storm on your hands.

David · « **Reply #106 on:** February 26, 2007, 05:25:25 AM »

Wow...

ColDayMan · « **Reply #107 on:** February 26, 2007, 05:26:05 AM »

This is vastly turning into the Boomtown Dumbai thread.

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #108 on:** February 26, 2007, 06:45:54 AM »

Or perhaps Boomtown Doodai.

musky · « **Reply #109 on:** March 07, 2007, 12:05:06 PM »

On Discovery Channel right now:
Mega Builders - Fantasy Islands
All about the Palm

musky · « **Reply #110 on:** May 16, 2007, 08:29:46 AM »

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The Lighthouse: An Innovative Green Skyscraper

05.15.07
Justin Thomas, Virginia
onTreehugger.com

The Lighthouse is another innovative green skyscraper to be constructed in Dubai. For energy generation, it will have three enormous 225 kilowatt wind turbines (29 meters in diameter), and 4000 photovoltaic panels on the south facing façade. To optimize performance and operational periods, the turbines have windward directional wind vanes or limited yaw.

Designed by the Atkins group, the 400-meter office tower aspires to reduce its total energy consumption by up to 65% and water consumption by up to 40%.

Full article and pictures available here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/the_lighthouse.php

mrnyc · « **Reply #111 on:** May 17, 2007, 04:20:35 PM »

well now. nice find. that one finally got my attention in a good way. that kind of tower could end up the norm in a lot of places.

oakiehigh · « **Reply #112 on:** May 18, 2007, 04:22:45 AM »

I echo Musky on the Discovery (Science) channel Mega Builders program.
No matter your opinion about the (several) projects, one has to admit, there are some pretty impressive engineering methods being used in Dubai

musky · « **Reply #113 on:** June 22, 2007, 05:02:41 AM »

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Meet the first resident of Dubai's palm-shaped man-made island
22 June 2007
Author Unknown
Dailymail.co.uk

Four years ago there was nothing here but unbroken sea. Now there's Andrew Dukes and his luxury mansion - sitting on a palm-shaped, man-made island - the first of about 100 houses to open here.

"I got exactly what I paid for and I'm very happy with it," said Dukes, 43, a tanned Englishman who just moved into his colossal home on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's greatest-yet construction project.

View full article and pictures at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-463694/Meet-resident-Dubais-palm-shaped-man-island.html

UncleRando · « **Reply #114 on:** June 22, 2007, 05:54:59 AM »

Lets sure hope a tsnumai or some other diaster doesn't happen over there...cause all of that area would be screwed BIG TIME!

E Rocc · « **Reply #115 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:27:58 AM »

Quote from: UncleRando on June 22, 2007, 05:54:59 AM

Lets sure hope a tsnumai or some other diaster doesn't happen over there...cause all of that area would be screwed BIG TIME!

If I'm not mistaken, Dubai is pretty well sheltered from tsunamis and such. Both by being in the Arabian Gulf (never call it the Persian Gulf on the western side) and by its location in same. It goes back a long way as a trading nexus.

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #116 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:38:42 AM »

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/palmAP2206_468x262.jpg

Three cheers for "density."

the pope · « **Reply #117 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:41:21 AM »

my what green grass! time to play catch up with the Al-Jones'!

E Rocc · « **Reply #118 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:43:45 AM »

Quote from: the pope on June 28, 2007, 12:41:21 AM

my what green grass! time to play catch up with the Al-Jones'!

Looks like someone needs a new sandmower.

jmecklenborg · « **Reply #119 on:** June 28, 2007, 05:23:49 AM »

>Three cheers for "density."

Esp since virtually all of the home and condo owners are non-natives, it's going to be rare that a lot of people are around at the same time.

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #120 on:** June 28, 2007, 06:50:42 AM »

^That sets the stage for some oppulent-ass squatting.

Sherman Cahal · « **Reply #121 on:** June 28, 2007, 07:07:16 AM »

What a waste.

David · « **Reply #122 on:** June 30, 2007, 04:49:37 AM »

^A waste? I'm not gonna lie...I wouldn't mind having one of those villas.

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #123 on:** June 30, 2007, 05:07:11 AM »

What fan of sustainable, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented development wouldn't?

David · « **Reply #124 on:** June 30, 2007, 05:11:57 AM »

Shoot... I see sidewalks

If I had that much money, I'd build a Chipotle inside my house. I'd never have a reason to step outside anyway!

kingfish out of water · « **Reply #125 on:** June 30, 2007, 05:33:50 AM »

Those aren't sidewalks; they're piles of the bleached bones of foreign workers.

mrnyc · « **Reply #126 on:** July 21, 2007, 01:38:45 PM »

drudge news -- today is the day the burj became the tallest building in the world

Dubai tower becomes world's tallest building: developers Sat Jul 21, 4:42 AM ET

DUBAI (AFP) - Burj Dubai, a tower rising in the booming Gulf emirate, has become the tallest building in the world at 512.1 metres (1,680 feet), surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101 which is 508 metres (1,667 feet) tall, developers Emaar said Saturday.

Burj Dubai, or Dubai Tower, now has 141 storeys, more than any other building in the world, Emaar Properties said in a statement.

The skyscraper, scheduled for completion in 2008, is one of a string of grandiose projects taking shape in Dubai, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.

David · « **Reply #127 on:** July 21, 2007, 01:47:31 PM »

My friend Rogier lives in Dubai, he said all the locals hate the new projects because of their inconveniences. I wonder how much political clout residents have in new development; my guess is very little.

mrnyc · « **Reply #128 on:** August 06, 2007, 11:10:11 AM »

hoot mon!

Hooters Dubai plans in Middle East NOT deflated after all
Nadia Gergis
August 06, 2007 07:52 AM

FLORIDA, 6 Aug. 2007, (Arabisto.com): Atlanta Ga.-based Hooters of America Inc. will be opening up a location in Dubai after all.

According to Harry Grindrod, director of Hooters European Franchising, the company still intends to open a Dubai location in the Middle East.

"We are still planning on it," Grindrod said in an email to Arabisto.com. "The problem is that the present contractor can't give us a good timeline for completion."

http://www.arabisto.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=715

mrnyc · « **Reply #129 on:** September 13, 2007, 12:41:26 PM »

taa daa, now they are number one!

Dubai tower now world's tallest free-standing structure

Sep 13 08:24 AM US/Eastern

http://img.breitbart.com/images/2007/9/13/070913122359.s0ukm6mr/SGE.UBB63.130907122033.photo00.photo.jpg

The world's tallest building, still under construction in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai, has become the world's tallest free-standing structure, its developers said on Thursday.
The Burj Dubai tower is now 555 metres (1,831.5 feet) tall and has surpassed the 553-metre- (1,824.9-feet) CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which held the record for the world's tallest free-standing structure since 1976, developers Emaar Properties said in a statement...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070913122359.s0ukm6mr&show_article=1&image=large

Sherman Cahal · « **Reply #130 on:** September 13, 2007, 01:49:29 PM »

Well, they can forget about sprawl. It's all up up and up!

oakiehigh · « **Reply #131 on:** September 13, 2007, 02:32:19 PM »

One cool thing about Dubai is that people here don't fit the regular stereo type for a Middle Eastern city state. The ideology
of the people seem to be focused on economic development and not so extreme on religion. Gives me hope for the middle east, due to the many things once only considered to be in western culture are now popping up everywhere throughout the city.

jmecklenborg · « **Reply #132 on:** September 13, 2007, 02:42:56 PM »

Yawn.

the pope · « **Reply #133 on:** September 14, 2007, 02:01:56 AM »

Quote from: oakiehigh on September 13, 2007, 02:32:19 PM

One cool thing about Dubai is that people here don't fit the regular stereo type for a Middle Eastern city state. The ideology
of the people seem to be focused on economic development and not so extreme on religion. Gives me hope for the middle east, due to the many things once only considered to be in western culture are now popping up everywhere throughout the city.

except for that whole human rights thing.........

UncleRando · « **Reply #134 on:** September 14, 2007, 02:14:11 AM »

Quote from: seicer on September 13, 2007, 01:49:29 PM

Well, they can forget about sprawl. It's all up up and up!

You can have vertical sprawl...and IMO, that is what Dubai is experiencing. Even though they are building tall buildings...I don't think it's being done in a sustainable manner. Just some food for thought.

Florida Guy · « **Reply #135 on:** September 14, 2007, 05:11:24 AM »

Sherman Cahal · « **Reply #136 on:** September 14, 2007, 05:17:48 AM »

^ WTF. Talk about a lack of scale! But good god!

^^ True, most are not pedestrian oriented either.

Sherman Cahal · « **Reply #137 on:** September 14, 2007, 05:18:17 AM »

BTW, does anyone have figures on Dubai's increasing population density? I can only imagine how much it is going to jump when this beast is filled...

UncleRando · « **Reply #138 on:** September 14, 2007, 05:25:17 AM »

I've heard that a good chunk of these buildings sit vacant...both commercial and residential properties. This growth is not market driven, but rather driven by some VERY wealthy people with money to burn.

Sherman Cahal · « **Reply #139 on:** September 14, 2007, 05:25:34 AM »

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/DubaiSkyscrapers.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Abu_Dhabi_0701-0411.JPG

Designed for just 600,000, it has well exceeded that...

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Author Topic: Boomtown Dubai (Read 67890 times)