Well it was bound to happen in Dubai, we have had towers creeping up on the majical 3 figure number and finally yesterday a 100F residentail tower was launched out building the 2 90F ones released so far this year.Deffinatly a 400m plus tower
check out the thread on the dubai threads.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=201429

Yippie!
http://www.dimensions-ec.com/News/Image/04.jpg
Amezing design!

Great, original and fantastic. 370-400meters?

With the spire it could be around 450 m imo :)

Thats damn ugly!!

I'm not that excited about the design really. It's far from the best I've seen

It's not ugly, it's just not that beautiful. Too bad a building this height has such a plain design.

Yippie!

Amezing design!

I disagree. Apart from the height, what's so amazing about it?

Looks very generic to me.

Not anything special about the design really, just the height.

^ Yeah, just one of the five 300+ meter talls residencials in the same block, complemented by at least 5 other 200+ meters tall. :D

I disagree. Apart from the height, what's so amazing about it?

Looks very generic to me.

Hey mate, please everyone has its own taste, imo its amezing, i dont know how come that a mod starts to argue with me... Ive been in London a few times, and you would surely be proud if this would get built there.. Just my 2cents..

the tower itself is nice but the render is too small
we need a larger one with more details

the spire is not that long, fortunately
i guess it'll be around 400, not more

Another 400 m tower??? :omg:! Design doesn't look bad, anyway.

A building like that here would be BIG news, like covered in half the papers.

But its childsplay in Dubai.:D

Quite nice, not my fav. but still good.

Ugh, this makes Freedom Tower look like the SWFC. It's amazing that we have come to a time when some lackluster 110-floor buildings such as this begin to rise. I feel they could have come more correct with this design.

This tower will be sandwitched between other 300+ towers that no one can appreciate the beauty (or not) of it. Important is that the uper part that will be visible above the other towers in that aerea, has some variation on it. :D

Hey mate, please everyone has its own taste, imo its amezing, i dont know how come that a mod starts to argue with me... Ive been in London a few times, and you would surely be proud if this would get built there.. Just my 2cents..
Sorry, I didn't mean to sound insulting, I just think the design is a little bland. I'd like to see more variation in colours, shapes and architectural styles in Dubai. At the moment it seems like there are too many green/turquoise towers with strange tops and stripey white bits around the facade. I'm happy that Dubai is getting another supertall (110 storeys is damn impressive), but they should be producing a more 'individual' and unique design for something this size in my opinion. I think it lacks creativity. And no, I wouldn't want this built in London - it would look out of place.

dont know way too simple and not innovative do be appreciated! The height ought to be superb though..

not another tower!!!

In Dubai, only the sky is the limit...

Bad design btw, i don't like it.

It's certainly not horrid; not every 400m tower is destined to be monumentally beautiful like the ESB. Dubai's general style is far superior to most of what goes up in China. SWFC aside. :)

I don't really like it. Will there me anyone left in the rest of the world after everyone, apparently, moves to Dubai?

If you're going to bother building a building that tall, at least give it a good design.:|

Good news though.

I like it and love the design. If this was not being built in dubai but in your city, i think most everyone would love it aswell, but there are alot of dubai haters in these forums

Guys , if Dubai was building ONE supertall and it had this design to it , i would be a bit dissapointed too , but we are getting LOTS AND LOTS at the same height or higher :) so i`m not complaining

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound insulting, I just think the design is a little bland. I'd like to see more variation in colours, shapes and architectural styles in Dubai. At the moment it seems like there are too many green/turquoise towers with strange tops and stripey white bits around the facade. I'm happy that Dubai is getting another supertall (110 storeys is damn impressive), but they should be producing a more 'individual' and unique design for something this size in my opinion. I think it lacks creativity. And no, I wouldn't want this built in London - it would look out of place.

NP, didnt mean to insult you either, im just saying that every has its own taste.. :) And of course if a similar tower would get built in London it should have diff design. I myself would be goddamn happy if even a 100m tower would be built in Budapest :)

Dubai tops out!!, no doubt its the most interresting place to be for an Skyscraper-spotter.
By the way, what an slim tower!!, its like 1/8

:eek:

hm, some of the posts got lost, i guess because of the maintance (?)

i do like it
Desgin has some features and it every suited to the marina area
guess thought it is common with all the white and blue

Its a nice design , too bad its in Dubai. Never understood the attraction of sucha bigotted, sexist, patriarchal place.

Its a nice design , too bad its in Dubai. Never understood the attraction of sucha bigotted, sexist, patriarchal place.

can u suggest a non-bigotted, non-sexist, non-patriarchal place where it would fit nicely?

I don't really like it. Will there me anyone left in the rest of the world after everyone, apparently, moves to Dubai?


yeah, the population of the world is around 6.5 billion. 6.5 billion people aren't expected to move to dubai. only about 1 - 1.5 million in the next 10 years. so there should be a good 6.449 billion left.

Looks so very ugly.
Dubai buildings are 90% crappish. Tall, but ugly.

I like the top of the tower, it is very creative designed, looks like balconies gradually coming down. It is not a bad design. Dubai has some of the best looking scrapers in the World. Keep it up!

Considering that it is a residential tower, the design is not that bad.

WOW I wonder how much units there will be and if it will be near Burj Dubai.

yeah, the population of the world is around 6.5 billion. 6.5 billion people aren't expected to move to dubai. only about 1 - 1.5 million in the next 10 years. so there should be a good 6.449 billion left.
Umm...Sarcasm?

there's nothing appealing about the design...its just plain average. Actually I don't really like the white & green color scheme. A far cry from, say, Union Square Phase 7 in HK and the SWFC.

Quantity...Vs....Quality...hmmmmm....
If this was the ONLY greenish huge tower being built in Dubai..it would be cool...but it isn't :sleepy: ....7/10 IMO

oh sorry
yes there about 10 towers which have a green facade :sly:
among thousands

several major cities have a huge amount of brown/grey and whatever towers, no color at all, have you seen me complaining about this? i guess no!

too many biased people around here :ohno:

WOW I wonder how much units there will be and if it will be near Burj Dubai.

This tower will definitelly be visible from Burj Dubai some 20 km away.

I like this tower. Simple design but I think the eye at the top of the tower finishes the tower very nicely.
Funny how if this was to be built in some other city it would be big news but in Dubai its just another 100 Storey...

Its like a blue and white version of the Eye of Sauron. Pretty bog standard design, just incredibly tall.

LOL...I'm not biased at all...I used to be a Dubai-lover too!!...
But the line between "Cool building!!:eek2: "...and "Oh!...another tower :sleepy: "...was crossed a long time ago....and yes! other cities have lots of similar buildings, BUT those cities were built...they didn't just pop out of nowhere...if you know what i mean...
I think there has to be a history,a reason,a meaning! for every building...in Dubai it seems like they are like....
Guy#1: Hmmm the last supertall didn't impressed them :sly: ...I think we should build a new one :colgate: !
Guy#2: Do you want me to call the architects :) ?
Guy#1: Hmmmm no!...let's use the same design, but...add some stuff here and there so it would look different!:cheers:

I'm Glad Dubai is progressing and everything, but if you are gonna start these kind of projects....it should be more "meaningful"....as in, leave its own mark and be a part of the whole thing, not just one more greenish tower.. :cheers:

Jesus

Just 5 years ago 100 floors was an almost magical border.
I think people are more choosy about Dubai than other cities just because there are so many nice designs, so it takes a lot for a tower to stand out in this city.

it looks like a lightsaber, someones been watching to much star wars. not sure if its the architecture or me!

It's not terrible...it looks very much like a Dubai residential tower, much the same Chicago tends towards the more glazed glass/straight edge towers, and other cities having developed a style over the years, like NYC's wedding cake (setback) look albeit primarily driven by a city ordinance...

To me, Dubai is a lot like Las Vegas....no matter how tall the buildings get in Las Vegas, no matter how many 1,000 footers get built, it will still be Las Vegas...a playground not taken seriously except as the bastard child of American cities....Dubai is the same way, if not for tourism, both cities would look a lot different...there is nothing wrong with tourist cities....but they tend not to develop a character, and tend not to develop into major world players like NYC, London, Tokyo, etc

there is nothing wrong with tourist cities....but they tend not to develop a character, and tend not to develop into major world players like NYC, London, Tokyo, etc

what if they manage to do both!!!!!

scary eh?

^ Best part is that Dubai is doing both! :D

^ Yeah, just one of the five 300+ meter talls residencials in the same block, complemented by at least 5 other 200+ meters tall. :D
:eek2: :)

Should be frustrading live in the first or second floor of a high rise :D

what about living on the 10th floor and all the lifts are at the top, youd be pissed to have to walk down

not another tower!!!


why not :D

hey any news on official height yet?

If for any reason this tower does not get built, there will always be room for it in my back yard. :D

no official height yet. It hasent been launched officially yet but the render is out and its been spoken about. Its just a matter of time till its launched and we can try to track down the heights through the consultsnts.
I would say its deffinatly 400+

do you happen to know any of the consultants?

the only company i've found involved in this project is http://www.group-one.cc/master_content.html

I think dimmentions or NEB are the architects

yes, dimensions, i know, but they seem to be very uncooperative

neb has a lot of projects in dubai, really nice ones and doesn't have a website
but one seems to be reserved. www.nebureau.com

looks like Dubai is going to become the number one city of beautiful highrises in the world.

height doesnt define beauty.
i still think NY and HK have an edge over Dubais upcomming towers in design.

height doesnt define beauty.
i still think NY and HK have an edge over Dubais upcomming towers in design.

Since when? plz dont compare the ugly dull boxes in NY and HK with Dubai Beauty.

height doesnt define beauty.
i still think NY and HK have an edge over Dubais upcomming towers in design.

I didn't say height = beauty.

But buildings in Dubai (planned or completed) are in general far more elegant than those in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and other cities in Asia.

Incredible building, nice design though the mid parts of the tower is quite boring. :)

I love the design, simple and futuristic.
Fits very well in Dubai.

long time gone, nothing new for this one... hope it will be released soon...

me too and i hope the design changes too

me too and i hope the design changes too
:cheers:

Great for Dubai, the design sucks big time though.

And no, I wouldn't want this built in London - it would look out of place.


so? almost all london proposals will look out of place, if they ever get built.

height doesnt define beauty.
i still think NY and HK have an edge over Dubais upcomming towers in design.
i agree NY s beauty is in its heritage but Hk has none and is littered with tragic cloned unit blocks. half a dozen bldgs are worth mentioning.
Dubai are lucky, they are starting from scratch with devlopers and world class archiects presenting new modern towers with no limits to height or funding.! a skyscraper fans dream!

yes flo it has been a while

i dont like the design specially the top.

I agree, that building doesnt appeal to me.

design looks tacky to me.

it reminds me of sharper image's ionic breeze air purifier

it reminds me of sharper image's ionic breeze air purifier

Actually that thing is pretty sexy and I wouldnt mind a tower like it!

It's nice

Nice top, but the tower looks rather thin.

design is terrible, looks like a tower with jaws mouth stuck on it

I hope this does not get built.
Because it will beat the Q1 for the highest Residential Building
:(

So, it's not eventually launched yet?

Excellent design :okay:

takes more time than expected
this might be the fortune 101 tower, not sure though

be patient

Fabulous design, perhaps rather thin though...

if this was in like US or ASIA it would be big, the fact is, i think everyones over dubai already.

if this was in like US or ASIA it would be big, the fact is, i think everyones over dubai already.
What a stupid comment.

looks awesome

Tall, but ugly!

this design will be absolutely gorgeous at night!!


:)

I hope this does not get built.
Because it will beat the Q1 for the highest Residential Building
:(


Q1 will be beaten by 2008 anyway...
dubai_lover why do you think this is fortune 101 ?
because fortune group was already client of dimension with fortune executive? could be true indeed...

good news. another 500+ metres tower for dubai!

god, another one

yep it's official! Dubai is only doing this in a try-hard attempt to steal the claim from other cities for the biggest, tallest and longest of everything. The truth is, Dubai will never become a world city like New York or London. Just a city in the middle of nowhere that 95% of the world population hasn't even heard about.

that's the true. before i came to this forum, i didn't know dubai too.

but around 2010 they are gonna more famous because it's WTB and other things...

Old-fashioned futuristic design I just do not like at all.

yep it's official! Dubai is only doing this in a try-hard attempt to steal the claim from other cities for the biggest, tallest and longest of everything. The truth is, Dubai will never become a world city like New York or London. Just a city in the middle of nowhere that 95% of the world population hasn't even heard about.
A bit like Melbourne then eh?

I think you would be wrong to say 95% of the world has not heard of it. I do not think there are many people in India, Paksistan, Bangladesh, the arab countries, northern african countries who would not have heard of dubai.
Quite a number of people in the far eastern countries too are familiar with dubai. It is only europe and the americas and australia that people are not familiar with dubai. How much % of the world population is that? I guess it is a little higher than 25%. The whole western world and the latin american countries make up just 1/4th the worlds population. How is that as food for thought?

yep it's official! Dubai is only doing this in a try-hard attempt to steal the claim from other cities for the biggest, tallest and longest of everything. The truth is, Dubai will never become a world city like New York or London. Just a city in the middle of nowhere that 95% of the world population hasn't even heard about.

go back to school kid

:angel:

I think you would be wrong to say 95% of the world has not heard of it. I do not think there are many people in India, Paksistan, Bangladesh, the arab countries, northern african countries who would not have heard of dubai.
Quite a number of people in the far eastern countries too are familiar with dubai. It is only europe and the americas and australia that people are not familiar with dubai. How much % of the world population is that? I guess it is a little higher than 25%. The whole western world and the latin american countries make up just 1/4th the worlds population. How is that as food for thought?


actually your nearly right, yet most of Europe know of dubai well, it seems that some of the more inbred states of america havent heard of it.. them and thunderhead, possibly 95% of the world HAVE heard of dubai, the rest are just a bit thick.

well said nezzybaby

like SA boy said, very well said! here in quebec city in Canada people do KNOW DUBA!! Its amazing how popular it has gotten!

only because they try to out do every other city in building things. take That jebel ali airport thing for example - bloody hell 6 runways theres not that much traffic c'mon seriosly. seriously, dubai is only buildings - around it is hundreds of miles of featureless desert.

have you been here? I assume not as ytou wouldent be talking out your arse. Go to the Dubai forum, look under Jebal Ali Airport city and see the context of the airport. It will be next to the largest man made port in the world, next to the largest redistribution trade hub in the world, has vechicular access to Saudi, Qatar, Bharian , Oman etc and is a tax free zone. You will find DHL,TNT, FED-Ex along with Mersck Shipping , Evergreen etc setting up re-distribution hubs to serve the region and the world.
Not Busy, mate you havemt been to Dubai Airport at 1 in the morinng with 5000 people in the arrival halls. binkers off , stop speaking out your arse and actaully do some reseacrch before sounding off your uneducated , ignorant posts

there WILL be the need for 6 runways the future, quit critisizing everything

thunder head
location: my house


maybe if you left your house and took a look at the world outside youd learn something and maybe open your mind a little

i don't know why we have never made people notice about oman
it borders the uae and in just a few hours you're in muscat, the capital
if you look for real heritage, this is the place to go!

been there a couple of times but only for a few days
i was deeply impressed

an ass-whopping country which is against mass tourism, but in fact is a beauty
dubai development companies push things forward a little, but it's an untouched paradise

so lovely and zillions things to do
it might be similar to israel, so many climate zones in one country

landscape rocks!