Dubai to Build World's Tallest Skyscraper -- over a full kilometer in height

[Bellamy]

Dubai to Build World's Tallest Skyscraper -- Again

 

Yet Middle-East neighbors race to announce even taller buildings.

 

A Dubai development group has released plans for a colossal skyscraper over a full kilometer in height. The building, dubbed Nakheel Towers after its developer, will be the centerpiece of a new harbor development which Nakheel hopes will become the nation's new “unofficial” capital.

 

With the current record holder, the 2700-foot tall Burj Dubai, nearing completion nearby, this new structure would dwarf it by more than 600 feet. The building will have over 200 floors and 150 elevators. Special high-speed elevators will be fast enough to allow residents to view a sunset twice an evening: once from the bottom, and again from the top floor. The air temperature at the top floor could be as much as 18 degrees cooler than at ground level.

 

The entire complex will be home to some 55,000 people, a workplace for 45,000 more, as well as hosting art and cultural developments.

 

Speaking at a press conference in Dubai yesterday, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, president of Nakheel holding company Dubai World, said the entire project will cost some $38B. "There is nothing like it in Dubai", he said.

 

Nakheel CEO Chris O'Donnell said he is confident that, despite troubled world financial markets, the firm will have no trouble raising the $5B/year the project requires. O'Donnell said, "when you go about trying to fund a project like this, you have to account for the economic cycles".

 

Nakheel currently has $60B worth of projects under construction.

 

Ground breaking has already commenced on the complex according to bin Sulayem. In addition to Nakheel Tower and the harbor development, some 40 smaller skyscrapers ranging up to 90 stories will also be constructed. The complex will be built in phases, and is due for completion in 2019.

 

The design is said to be inspired by various icons of Islamic architecture, such as Egypt's Alexandria harbor, the Alhambra in Spain, and the palaces and bridges of Esfahan in Iran.

 

But even as the announcement was made, rumors of a far larger building -- to be built in Saudi Arabia -- began to swirl. The competitor, said to be in pre-planning by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding, may be as much as a mile high, nearly twice as tall as Burj Dubai. The building's site would be in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia

 

The nation of Kuwait is also working on plans for its own kilometer-high skyscraper, the Burj Mubarak.

 

Nakheel previously constructed the Palm Islands, a group of artificial islands off the coast of Dubai, built in the shape of a palm tree, as well as ”The World”, an artificial archipelago built in the shape of the planet Earth.

 

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[amyja89]

Wow, looks like something out of The Jetsons!

[celínico_sin_remedio]

Thanks for the interesting news Bellamy!

 

 

I assume one day these buildings will get higher than rockets do.

[stevethefan]

Is this the one that's supposed to be a "shape shifter" and able to change or is this a totally design?

[Koolan]

Geeez, this is chump change to them.

[Krys]

are they nuts or just completely obsessed in building the world's tallest, world's best, world's most luxurious things?

[ErwinG]

are they nuts or just completely obsessed in building the world's tallest, world's best, world's most luxurious things?

 

I think they are nuts

[ThisTime]

I thought the title said "over a full meter in height" at first.

But I hope they don't have earthquakes over there

Edited October 8, 2008 at 03:18 AM by ThisTime

[Bellamy]

World's Largest LED Screen to Go On Outside of 33 Storey Dubai Building

Standing out in the Majan district of Dubailand, Podium from Tameer Holdings sets the bar high on a perfect symbiosis between architecture and technology. Its one-of-a-kind facade, boasting a 100 meter tall L.E.D. screen, elevates Podium to the rank of world-famous commercial landmarks. The giant screen will be the largest screen ever constructed.

 

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The Podium building and world's largest LED screen

 

Visible at a distance of 1.5 kilometers, the magnificent screen on the facade of Podium is designed by the L.E.D. technology experts who worked on the Argosy Casino in Illinois and the Grand Lisboa & surrounding skyline in China. This curved facade will be a powerful medium for advertising, messaging and art. Highly-reflective tinted glass will be utilized to achieve astounding visual quality, as the massive screen gives off an elegant bluish sapphire glow. Aluminum panels, mullions and canopies will frame the glass components in buffed natural aluminum.

http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=5915

 

Dubai is crazy.

[celínico_sin_remedio]

Oh my, Dubai is gonna overpass our Celine's Colosseum's gaint LED screen!

 

Well... Dubai is the city of future, as Celine said.

 

But despite future... is the city of weirdness too.

 

Thanks Bellamy!

[celinefanonline]

OMG that is real big

[CelineRules!]

Are they sure everyone will see their commercial?

 

 

Seriously, that would make one big @ss tv though! Imagine A New Day on that!

[Black Kitten]

if the LED screen used in A New Day... was worth $10M, i wonder how much is this LED?

 

they're trying too hard.

Edited October 8, 2008 at 11:29 AM by dhena

[Krys]

Dubai is too much for me

[Bellamy]

Celine should live in Dubai. Dubai is the next Las Vegas.

[Angel, You thrill me]

Dubai sounds like my kinda place, i wanna live there

[Prince Whiskers]

But despite future... is the city of weirdness too.

 

Yup. Especially the alive lifestyle over there.

Edited October 8, 2008 at 02:27 PM by manuel morriso

[sayyed]

Celine should live in Dubai. Dubai is the next Las Vegas.

 

my thoughts exactly. NEW 2010 show EXTRAVAGANZA "A New Dubai..."

[A New Day Has Come]

[ThisTime]

Are they sure everyone will see their commercial?

 

 

Seriously, that would make one big @ss tv though! Imagine A New Day on that!

That would be awesome haha!

[ce-line]

Mon dieu!

[ErwinG]

Celine should live in Dubai. Dubai is the next Las Vegas.

 

thats true ... its gonna be one heck of a city!

[KimboCosmo]

I actually know someone who JUST moved there...he is a pilot with an autistic son, and they have THE BEST schools for autistic children there.

 

Everything is amazing there!

[whineupemily]

Are they sure everyone will see their commercial?

 

 

Seriously, that would make one big @ss tv though! Imagine A New Day on that!

 

They should play "Taking Chances World Tour 2008" Promo's

Thats one hell of a big screen!

[Love,]

Oh my, Dubai is gonna overpass our Celine's Colosseum's gaint LED screen!

Get your facts right.

 

The Colosseum's screen was ALREADY surpassed.

 

It was the largest INDOOR LED screen in North America.

 

It wasn't in competition with any OUTDOOR LED screens, because there were already many larger ones out there in the world.

[celínico_sin_remedio]

Oh my, Dubai is gonna overpass our Celine's Colosseum's gaint LED screen!

Get your facts right.

 

The Colosseum's screen was ALREADY surpassed.

 

It was the largest INDOOR LED screen in North America.

 

It wasn't in competition with any OUTDOOR LED screens, because there were already many larger ones out there in the world.

 

 

 

Thanks for the aclaration

[celinedream]

so is it still the largest INDOOR screen?

[Love,]

so is it still the largest INDOOR screen?

Only in North America back in 2003.

 

I'm not sure about now...

[Bellamy]

I'm almost sure it's not now. Tech improves a lot every year. Screen become bigger and cheaper every year. You can have huge screens even on tour now.

[Koolan]

Dubai has way too much money...