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- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -2/+222No offense, but you're gonna confuse a lotttta people when they're trying to face Mecca for prayers.
- KidTechno, on 06/26/2008, -6/+115jenga!
- TheWorm, on 06/26/2008, -3/+104What ISN'T being developed in Dubai? I've even seen plans for a spaceport.
- Astroseksy, on 06/26/2008, -14/+101Oil.
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -15/+89oil
- JAGUART, on 06/26/2008, -10/+74OIL
- egudahl, on 06/25/2008, -10/+72Rather disingenuous of the architect to show those cool moving curves of the building corners sinuously moving up the sides. After the motors are turned on and the owners adjust their rotation independently, the building will look like the last view: randomly distributed orientations. like a pile of stacked old newpapers
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -10/+64How the hell do they get funding for all of this *****?
- Paktu, on 06/26/2008, -3/+57Actually, only 2% of Dubai's economy is oil. Most of it comes from tourism (taxes on hotels and booze) and financial services.
- truspect0r, on 06/26/2008, -2/+49Operation Iraqi Liberty
- cheesycow5, on 06/26/2008, -0/+41Possibility:The center tube could be surrounded by a non-spinning platform, as a sort of buffer back into the normal world.
- theOster, on 06/26/2008, -1/+41not only will it run crysis, but it *will* ***** blend. AND there is talk of a god damn beowolf cluster of these things. christ i'm watsed
- ninjasenses, on 06/26/2008, -2/+40"Im nauseous, Im nauseous, Im nauseous..."
/roccos modern life - hapax, on 06/26/2008, -0/+36Gyroscopic prayer mat?
- KingGorilla, on 06/26/2008, -1/+37That was ***** genius
- Tenzy, on 06/26/2008, -1/+34Yes but is it an autobot or decepticon?
- rheaume, on 06/26/2008, -1/+33Bloody brilliant sir
- Kristijan12, on 06/26/2008, -2/+31Who in that building wont be rich?
- zooplibob, on 06/26/2008, -0/+27From another article: http://wcbstv.com/national/dubai.david.fisher.2.75 ...
"A few penthouse villas would spin on command using a voice-activated computer. The motion of the rest of the building would be choreographed in patterns that could be altered over time."
So unless you're rich, a computer program will determine what view you see that day. - purple, on 06/26/2008, -2/+28Good luck washing the windows on this monstrosity.
- Andrewbot, on 06/26/2008, -9/+34I understand the concept, but how would one travel from one specified floor to the other? I read earlier about a concrete tube in the center, but how would one get into it (assuming there is a lift inside)? Unless the entire tube is made of doors, would one have to wait till their apartment door matches the elevator door?
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -3/+22Every time you are at the gas pump, YOU fund it.
- jacobu9, on 06/26/2008, -0/+18Dubai spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious...
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -1/+18more like 6%, but that still doesn't account for all of this construction. you've got to hand it to them. nearby Qatar is now the world's richest country per person in terms of GDP/capita, but they still can't seem to get anything done. One theory is that oil rich countries tend to become "spoiled" and think they don't need to do anything to make money since they already have it in the form of oil. Also their leaders become corrupt, which results in inefficient income distribution.
- hakkola, on 06/26/2008, -2/+18You obviously haven't read a single article on Dubai, because they're doing a hell of a lot to make sure they still have money when the oil runs out.
- kkDonut, on 06/26/2008, -0/+16Enough with the UAE = oil *****!
only 8% of there GDP is oil, the sheik in charge in the early 90's realized that they couldn't pull a profit off of oil forever, so they spent (and continue to) massive amounts on the tourism industry. - inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+15Maybe he means ultra rich
- iDiggIt42, on 06/26/2008, -1/+163.7 to 36m? That's the broadest price range ever.
- Gndoab, on 06/26/2008, -0/+14I can't find the picture, but this is the census stats from wikipedia
18221 1,200 [50]
19001 10,000 [51]
19301 20,000 [52]
19401 38,000 [50]
19541 20,000 [50]
19601 40,000 [53]
1968 58,971 [54]
1975 183,000 [55]
1985 370,800 [56]
1995 674,000 [56]
2005 1,204,000
1 The town of Dubai first conducted a census in 1968. All population figures in this table prior to 1968 are estimates obtained from various sources.
The population has more than tripled in 20 years. I don't understand how it can be sustainable.
Edit: here it is (It was featured on Digg nonetheless!)
http://www.magicalurbanism.com/?p=125 - thedinomeister, on 06/26/2008, -10/+23In future news: Moving Skyscraper collapses into a pile of ruble.
- Gemfinder, on 06/26/2008, -1/+14Always-changing view.
Easy to find your way home. "Yeah, I live in the shapeshifting tower. My next door neighbour is King Elric. He keeps his pet dragon up in the penthouse." - Beastmasta, on 06/26/2008, -1/+14LAWL MIDDLE EAST = TERRORISTS!
no, sorry you're wrong. - jascination, on 06/26/2008, -0/+12Its an apartment building whose power needs are entirely self supplied, so much so that he proposes it will even be able to feed more power into the grid. How is that not amazing?
- Gndoab, on 06/26/2008, -5/+17I'm not sure what exactly the point of all these Ginormous buildings in Dubai is...
When you look at London, or NYC, or Paris, or Tokyo, Or Seoul (so on and so forth), these cities have been around for hundreds of years...They were built up in response to need from the citizens there, not in hopes that if people build insane structures people will use them.
This just seems kind of backwords.
Edit: I saw a picture of dubai in the early 90's and there was almost *NOTHING* there..I'll try and post said picture in the reply if I can find it. My point is, the huge cities of the world have been built up over hundreds of years...doing it in 10 makes me wonder what will do for an economy? - atish505, on 06/26/2008, -0/+10No it's not OIL as most people assume though OIL adds a lot to UAE economy. Dubai is one of the largest trade and logistics center, combined with tourism and entertainment.
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -4/+14http://www.better-english.com/easier/theyre.htm
- blinkfink182, on 06/26/2008, -0/+9Careful, don't call him an architect yet...
"I call these buildings designed by time, shaped by life," said the Florence-based architect, who has never built a sky-scraper before.
Now *that's* the real WTF. - tamupino, on 06/26/2008, -1/+10As an architect i am simultaneously delighted at the idea, and ecstatic that i'll never have to deal with the construction nightmare that building will surely become
- znicket, on 06/26/2008, -0/+9I was thinking that this could be something mandated by the inhabitants. They could rather agree on synchronous movement.
- Chainheart, on 06/26/2008, -3/+12Dr. Breen, you may want to see this...
- inactive, on 06/26/2008, -1/+9the janitor
- 3amboo, on 06/26/2008, -2/+10Well said.
- josereyes0, on 06/26/2008, -0/+8Drainage! Drainage, Eli...
- ieatpizza, on 06/26/2008, -0/+8maybe your DNA is broken and you need a new one
- lukeb1222, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7I can't wait until somebody hacks the software the controls the turning - - talk about a huge (and fun?) target to hack.
And maybe I'm missing something here... but wouldn't the motors used to turn the tower be pretty loud? I dunno, if I was paying millions of dollars for a spinning pre-fab condo, the last thing I want is to get woken up 'when nature feels like it' with my bed shaking to massive wind-drive motors. - inactive, on 06/26/2008, -1/+8If you're in a room surround by super hot half naked females would you think they are nothing special?
- Paktu, on 06/26/2008, -1/+8That's like saying you support the Patriot Act because President Bush supported it. Yeesh, think for yourself.
- mbauer14, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7they are trying the diversify the economy away from oil.
- Kanilas, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7If you look at the floorplan, there's a kind of circular hallway directly next to the center ring. So you can step out of the center elevator, and into this hallway that runs an entire circle in your apartment.
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