Sam1647545489 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 http://i.gizmodo.com/5065406/the-plans-for-the-155+mile+high-skyscraper-in-you-guessed-it-dubai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rch10007 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Matrix...here we come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Looks expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Pissed you didnt get the concrete bid? Tower of babel comes to mind for some odd reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 So that explains why gas was $4+ last summer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 That'll be sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rch10007 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 So that explains why gas was $4+ last summer!! AH-HAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 what next a Death Star??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSXRAntwon Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 what next a Death Star??? The Death Star was a moon-sized Imperial military battlestation armed with a planet-destroying superlaser. It will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 LOL @ gold curtain rods and blue carpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1647545520 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 what next a Death Star??? I LoL'd... But looks pretty sweet I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 wait they already have one http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/artblog/2008/mar/12/remkoolhaasdoesdeathstara http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/march08/Waterfront-City-Render2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger1647545502 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Doubt it's gonna happen, Dubai is getting eviscerated by the recession. They have a HUGE surplus of office and living space right now, most projects will be ecstatic with a 33% occupancy rate right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 eviscerated great word i need to use that one more often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jizzle Juice Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Wow Mini get t the LASERR!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 They are pissing the money away now while they have it... When the oil reserves go dry that will be the first thing to be scrapped for aluminum and copper wire.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 They are pissing the money away now while they have it... When the oil reserves go dry that will be the first thing to be scrapped for aluminum and copper wire.. OMG DETROIT SAME THING (book-cadillac hotel, statler, michigan central station, all that happened) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic_Influx Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Looks fantastic, but it will be rubble on 12-21-12... so "whatev" Dubai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 If completed, the Dubai City Tower, would definitely be absolutely breathtaking. I wonder how many slaves would have to die to complete this one. ^ Thats hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad is Dead Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 So I'm guessing they have all this money from oil? Sorry I didn't know how this place got so damn much money to spend on this shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsn2o281 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I thought Dubai was going through some serious economic shit? Guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristanlee85 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'd hate to be on the top floor when it collapses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I thought Dubai was going through some serious economic shit? Guess not. They are. Like Avenger said, most of the floor space in the city is vacant. But in spite of the fact that their economy has gone stagnant, there's still a shit-ton of oil money there. It's just not moving around. So, the Sheiks are still building their toys. They're probably hoping that once this recession/depression blows over that business will pick up again. I think they're in for a shock though. I don't think Dubai is ever going to recover fully. The super-rich are the only ones who can afford to stay there, and the super-rich are fickle motherfuckers. The novelty of Dubai has worn off. They can't downscale to catering to the merely wealthy, and they have no attractions geared to the middle-class. Dubai is a totally artificial tourist attraction, like Las Vegas. They built a city in a desert where there are no natural draws for tourists. Las Vegas survives because of the party atmosphere that Dubai's cultural laws make almost impossible. Sure, Dubai has a beach, but a beach palls as fast as a tourist sunburns. Other than that, they have...sand. Even the hotels and towers, as extraordinary as they are, can only hold someone's attention for a day or two. Dubai is fucked. It's probably destined to become the world's most expensive ghost town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main3s Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I wonder how much their gas prices are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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