http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/3067566942_bb8f31126b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/3066727435_9bbba6e70c_o.jpg

^^ Great Pic! I love the Rose Tower. Unfortunately the Al Attar Tower hasn't changed in months... wonder whats going on. I hope they've just been working on the interior side of things. This looks like it's on hold or something.

^^ It's not on hold and there is progress, just a snail paced one.

Its not often that you see just the skeleton of a 342 meter tower.

It's another Ryugyong, i think

:wallbash:

:gaah:

I like the slenderness of this tower. :)

Difficult to say what it will be. The cladding can make it supreme OR ugly OR anything in between.

^^ I am not liking what I'm seeing so far. Hope I will end up being proven wrong. :ohno:

From November 23rd

http://i37.tinypic.com/14b6yo8.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/33o7k45.jpg
see what I mean

The glass reflection looks like camouflage. An impressive tower, but not one of my Dubai favorites.

The cladding is a bit strange but at least eye-catching. :)

^^Well, at least it's something different, better than to see the entire SZR in the same blue glass cladded.

FROM THE 20TH DECEMBER 08-4 JAN 09 I WILL BE IN DUBAI, WOYULD YOU RECOMMEND I VISIT THIS TOWER?

How old are you? 3 or 4? :bash:

Wow... this is actually really ugly

^^ But it will be great if facade is up !! :eek:

05/December/2008

Al Attar Tower

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7058/imresolt100qb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1682/imresolt107jj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It will be taller than next-door Rose Rotana when finished.

09/January/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7519/imresolt158ou3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1199/imresolt159lh7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3094/imresolt176cd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3275/imresolt223sr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The top structure still on hold... At least there is some cladding progress on one side...

^^Maybe they redesign the top of the building.

^^ the only redsign I suspect is they will stop there and cut the cost...I hope that doesnt happen or I will give up hope in all humanity!

It's al attar though, they will build it eventually but who knows when. :)

15/January/2009

Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2230/imresolt08up7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/8440/imresolt13fb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5757/imresolt16be2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3535/imresolt22kv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

21/January/2009

Sheikh Zayed Road

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4112/imresolt001kn6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8729/imresolt003cz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2785/imresolt005mp6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

30/January/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7434/imresolt54au1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2654/imresolt57gf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dubai have nice skyline!!

30/January/2009
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2654/imresolt57gf6.jpg

Cladding is nice but too simple. I would be better if it was a lot moew detailed.

nice pics Imre, the skyline is better and better...

I like the cladding - simple, yet still patterned and also subtly curved. Sometimes elegance is a dish best served understated :bowtie:

The cladding installation has really picked up. But it would be nice to see the top finished.

Still some progress here, top will hopefully follow soon.

I'm surprised to see an all-green cladding now, different from the renders. Or will the white columns of cladding be added later and just put over the glass? I doubt that...

i want to go there someday :nuts:

07/February/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9186/imresolt062wz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6904/imresolt063rn0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

really like the cladding on this building, looks way better than the renders

Two images by DanielKHC. From the 72th floor
http://flickr.com/photos/danielcheong/3253914318/in/photostream/
http://flickr.com/photos/danielcheong/3257936230/in/photostream/

Amazing pics...!

20/February/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4780/imresolt053zp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8941/imresolt075ig2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1011/imresolt077an5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3664/imresolt150ku6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8372/imresolt151lh4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What about the height of the tower now?

Very little progress here. Will this go on hold for something like the 3rd time now?

EDIT

skinny and ugly:ohno:

Definately is not the best design that I have seen come out of Dubai.

I see the complete removal of framework.

So, for me, Al Attar Tower has now topped out.:banana:
gee, al attar topped out last september?? lets put on roof feature guys!!:bash:

I really love very thin and tall towers. Slender and elegant. I like the cladding of this tower, too.

27/February/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5273/imresolt139.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2927/imresolt144.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Amazing paralel lines. I had to F11 for the last one.
Thanks for the pics

I was under the impression that this project was back underway? It's on hold again now?

This is the 3rd time it's on hold I think. It will get built eventually but because it's al attar they'll build a bit here and there when they feel like it :)

So this thread should be moved to the Proposed Supertalls?

^^
"Proposed" ??? It's right there in front of your eyes!

^^
"Proposed" ??? It's right there in front of your eyes!

The "Proposed" section is also for "prep", "demo", "app", and "hold". U/C forum should be for towers that are actually "under construction." This thread should be moved.

My error and my apologies Cristobal illo.

Nope, the way we do it here is if a tower got to the construction stage and then went on hold it stays here. A half built building is surely not a proposal.
If it was only in the prep stage however then it becomes on hold and stays in the proposals section.

Nope, the way we do it here is if a tower got to the construction stage and then went on hold it stays here. A half built building is surely not a proposal.
If it was only in the prep stage however then it becomes on hold and stays in the proposals section.

Okay... but explain Waterview and Chicago Spire over in the Proposal section?

^^ That's correct, both should be in this section.

^^ no because neither are under construction.
this section is for towers under construction only. i think what malec left out was that this tower was put on hold before, so it will not be long until it resumes construction, so there is no point in moving it to the proposes, and on hold section.

^^ no because neither are under construction.
this section is for towers under construction only. i think what malec left out was that this tower was put on hold before, so it will not be long until it resumes construction, so there is no point in moving it to the proposes, and on hold section.

I agree with you dachacon, if it's not being built, then it should stay over in Proposal. But if this, Al Attar Tower, is gonna go back u/c very soon, then there's no reason to constantly move it back and forth. However, I'm skeptical this one will go back u/c, seems its been on hold for months.

I was just mentioning Waterview and CS because there should be the same rules for all towers.

I hope this one restarts soon, I hate seeing a big skeleton next to the Rose Tower.

In that case waterview and chicago spire should be here as well. As I said before, a tower half built is certainly not a proposal :yes:

maybe we should have a "on hold" section?

maybe we should have a "on hold" section?

I'll second that.

We had one in the UAE section but then closed it down. In this climate with hundreds of projects in jeopardy or stopping and restarting, it made no sense to keep it open. We just returned all the projects on their respective sections and kept that thread only for towers/projects never build.

04/March/2009

SZR,Khalid Al Attar Tower and HHHR Tower

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2840/imresolt014.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt014.jpg)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9694/imresolt019.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt019.jpg)

^^ On these pics, it's about HHHR Tower and "brother Khalid"... and the latter tower is not on hold at all.:D ... Meanwhile, Stephen23 has posted it in the right thread, too.

But of course there's also a little cameo for (Ahmed) Al Attar Tower in the first pic.

05/March/2009

SZR

http://i40.tinypic.com/b4z2vm.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/ff4a49.jpg

04/April/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i39.tinypic.com/14m88cm.jpg

10/April/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i42.tinypic.com/8wyvk6.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/sec382.jpg

It will shortly overtake its neighbour Rosa Rotana.

How can it overtake anything soon when it's on hold? :dunno:

^^ the term "soon" is really really really variable!

this is probally to near completion for it to be abandoned forever

omg a hold/on boxie on middle of dubai!!:puke:

Dubai's towers are really looking thin and ordinary these days.
Good tower though

omg a hold/on boxie on middle of dubai!!:puke:

u r right, worset image for SZR!! :ohno:

u r right, worset image for SZR!! :ohno:

I agree. It should be completed at least on the outside.

Earn some revenue by placing the largest advertisement banner in the world on each side of the building to cover it up! It hides the ugly mess that constrasts the Rose Rotana and it generates money as well. :)

When they started?? In 2005 ?????

Damn !! On Hold - Stop - building - Stop - Stop - On Hold --> Scheiße !!! :bash:

largest...banner in the world on each side of the building to cover it up! Someone call Christo, there's a tower available for wrapping! :)

U/C again , good progress of the cladding

08/May/2009

Ahmed Abdul Al Attar Tower

http://i40.tinypic.com/1o4mqh.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/255t852.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/noezxc.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/zmfqqs.jpg

Lol, al attar :hahaha:

It looks good against the Rotana.

^^Don't laugh... this time, Al Attar Tower's gonna make it to completion! :yes:
Guess the olive green will make a nice contrast to the bluish Rose Tower.

so u guys change the status to U/C again!
Is this real news?

29/May/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i41.tinypic.com/2q8wr9c.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/2r2cfwz.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2z8qj5z.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/2na1end.jpg

^^ A big dark-green matchstick next to SZR! Don't like the cladding very much..

Is it still rising or not? :shifty:

Is it still rising or not? :shifty:

No, the concrete structure is finished! Only a spire will be added somewhere in the future..

It can't be topped out :shifty:
It's lower than Rose Tower, and it has to be taller...
Where is the spire?

Anyway not much progress with the cladding...

^^ A big dark-green matchstick next to SZR! Don't like the cladding very much..

On the contrary, my own opinion is that it goes very well in Dubai where the facade colors vary wildly under the broiling sun. Sure it is flashy etc, but then it is like so in much of the city of Dubai, so it goes well there, whilst it would not in many other cities. Most of the city is new anyway, built in the desert, there is not much to take into consideration there as far as the design goes.

Who knows, in a couple of decades... these kind of designs might be considered "classical", or at least characteristic for Dubai, and new developments will be expected to take them into consideration :runaway: .

Thanks to Imre for the updates today.

It doesn't look like the building that I saw. For example, that render had a gold cladding (not green). Have they changed the design? Can someone show me the new render?

and there is a crown on the top, it not only the spire whats left

It doesn't look like the building that I saw. For example, that render had a gold cladding (not green). Have they changed the design? Can someone show me the new render?

Clading colour is always finalised during construction after they test on site different colours of glass and cladding panels and how they interact with eachover.

The colour of the glass is not green and is not gold ... rather something in between.

yes, its light greenish color, kindda brown mixed.
Very different and unique color that I dont think other building in Dubai yet carry this color of cladding.

05/June/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i42.tinypic.com/wtatjm.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/1hf2mc.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2u575p3.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/11u98ww.jpg

nice

I'm starting to like the color more. But it's still rather plain looking. I hope they break up the pattern on the mech floors. Seems like their going pretty high up without any changes. Not too my liking (yet).

I'm starting to like the color more.

same here :). hopefully they'll finish the crown soon

very nice. just some more floors to go right?

everybody just generally chill

the only other 300m green glass tower i can think of is wells fargo tower in Houston. lets hope its turns out half as good.
http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/HAI/Images/Buildings/1/WellsFargoBankPlaza-Jan08-012a.jpg

I think it will turn out just perfect.

Why is in Wikipedia written that this tower is already topped out and that its height is 301 m instead of 342?

Why is in Wikipedia written that this tower is already topped out and that its height is 301 m instead of 342?

Because anyone can edit a page on Wikipedia and the information is not always reliable.

^^ tell me about it!
Ive been relying on that source for 2 years :wallbash:

So when is the crown going to be built?

^^ Somewhere in time ...

24/July/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i29.tinypic.com/v3pooo.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/2z3vsd0.jpg

29/July/2009

SZR,

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower. Ahmed Khoory Tower etc..

http://i25.tinypic.com/29lhgsn.jpg

http://i27.tinypic.com/2ugiic6.jpg

20/August/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i31.tinypic.com/f9kq43.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/w9bdpw.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/11kzfy0.jpg

how many floors to go?

no more floors, looks ON HOLD again :)

On Hold or just verrrrrrry slow! Anyway, I do hope they start up again soon!:gaah::gaah::gaah:

I don't know, but what we see now from the front facade seems to be pretty boring and ugly.....hope the crown will be cool to save this Tower from being the ugliest 300+ in Dubai.

This tower is Lame!!!
Ugly and horrible at same time...
doesn't look nothing like the renders....:ohno::ohno::ohno:
sad.... it stil boring!:ohno::ohno:

Here is the old Render Design.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/5f93ecce.jpg

This tower is Lame!!!
Ugly and horrible at same time...
doesn't look nothing like the renders....:ohno::ohno::ohno:
sad.... it stil boring!:ohno::ohno:


Totally agree. Although I am a fan of Dubai - this tower is horrible: bad proportions, ugly shape and this terrible cladding. ONE BIG MISTAKE.

old render is much more better than this ugly one

old render is much more better than this ugly one

i really agree!

outside elevator is still moving

03/September/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i30.tinypic.com/x4enp2.jpg

hate u!

I like this one, indeed
And I think it could be far better if the crown was built and cladding completed... but it looks on hold AGAIN :ohno:

ON HOLD, no workers there

13/September/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i28.tinypic.com/161lx5z.jpg

http://i28.tinypic.com/ftzjtl.jpg

why does the cladding look different???

16/September/2009

Sheikh Zayed Road

http://i26.tinypic.com/2vltm37.jpg

last shot is incredible

But, what's wrong with Al Attar?
I can't stand the fact that it's always on hold, then u/c, then again on hold and again u/c, and so on... Does Al Attar have financial problems?

this is because it's ugly!

^^^^
i like this one, because of the reflecting cladding!

i think the colour of cladding is terrible

^^^^
green is much better than pink or purple :lol::lol:

Mmm I like this tower, indeed
I think its colour really suits with its neighbour, the Rose Tower :D

Too narrow. Looks like it might go off-balance.

it will not be much different than the neiboughers buildings, which will look synchronizing!
think of it as different style

a little middle-ages-esque but nice

U/C again !

15/October/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i33.tinypic.com/dpjq5u.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/9uawe1.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/r0co03.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2zqrn8k.jpg

U/C
:dance::dance:

^^ I'm too happy for the fact that it's u/c again :)
... but when are they going to start the construction of the crown? That's what I love most in this tower

03/November/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i33.tinypic.com/24v03yt.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/33v2979.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/vh6cye.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/160x388.jpg

Are these guys near the balcony from the cleaning department or working inside? We want more glassssss :gaah:

This tower is so slow...
I really don't know when we could expect some completion

the glass look dirty

to be honest.. this is one of the most modest structures in dubai... i like its modesty amongst the skyline

Tall and bland. I don't like the cladding color.

How tall is Rose Rotana? 1083 ft. , I think. Al Attar is 1120ft. So they still need to build the spire right?

Let's post something positive about Al Attar Tower, as a dominant element on this dream of a panorama... :bow:
...by Desert Diver on 05/November/2009:
http://www.verticaldubai.com/downtown_dubai_SZR_y.jpg (http://www.verticaldubai.com/downtown_dubai_SZR_x.jpg)
Click here or on above image for large format (http://www.verticaldubai.com/downtown_dubai_SZR_x.jpg)

It's made on top of Four Points by Sheraton and features a good view on AAT from halfway up, at around 160m.

09/November/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i33.tinypic.com/2vknpf6.jpg

I am afraid that they did some modification on the render to cut cost and they will not add anything more on the top! so maybe this is a T/O or something
Its very possible as they did in the other attar tower cross the street!!.....am just guessing!!

I am afraid that they did some modification on the render to cut cost and they will not add anything more on the top! so maybe this is a T/O or something
Its very possible as they did in the other attar tower cross the street!!.....am just guessing!!

So there will be no crown on this? Just a flat top?

^^ Notice he said "AM JUST GUESSING!!"

I am afraid that they did some modification on the render to cut cost and they will not add anything more on the top! so maybe this is a T/O or something
Its very possible as they did in the other attar tower cross the street!!.....am just guessing!!

I hope not...
Ugly cladding+boxy design=epic fail.

I am afraid that they did some modification on the render to cut cost and they will not add anything more on the top! so maybe this is a T/O or something
Its very possible as they did in the other attar tower cross the street!!.....am just guessing!!

i kinda hope it does become a box because yea having too many looks bad but the case with dubai is every single building has some wacky crown on it and i think a few boxes would even out the skyline.

^^ I think that this building is awesome, IMO, but it needs the crown, which is the most characterizing feature...
Without it, it'd look so boxy and ugly...

i kinda hope it does become a box because yea having too many looks bad but the case with dubai is every single building has some wacky crown on it and i think a few boxes would even out the skyline.



http://i35.tinypic.com/x5shtu.jpg


^^

Not boxy enough for you?

I mean there are even more on the other side of the road. Boxes are ugly and don't achieve anything but make the city look like a normal/old city like NY. Too many boxes signals that the city's architects don't have any ideas or are just bored. Dubai is unique and needs unique and futuristic buildings with stunning designs.

This building needs a crown as its on a primetime location that deserves better than a tall box. If they wanted to build boxes, there is plenty of desert for that :D

^^
Agreed!

I mean there are even more on the other side of the road. Boxes are ugly and don't achieve anything but make the city look like a normal/old city like NY. Too many boxes signals that the city's architects don't have any ideas or are just bored. Dubai is unique and needs unique and futuristic buildings with stunning designs.

This building needs a crown as its on a primetime location that deserves better than a tall box. If they wanted to build boxes, there is plenty of desert for that :D

Bear in mind though that a uncontrolled mish mash of styles, materials, forms and colours can produce an ugly skyline. NY's skyline may have a vast array of non-descript buildings but together along with iconic other structures, they create a stunning skyline. This is why NY's skyline appears as classy. Dubai on the other hand could quite easily turn out tacky, and too fussy.

And remember, boxes don't signal a lack of imagination on the part of the architects, but a lack of ambition or severe cost cutting on the part of the developers. Architects only design something within the limits that the developers set. ;)

^^ Agreed, the only thing that helps New York is that the style suits it. Its skyline is stunning cause they have building next to a building and took New York 100 years to achieve its skyline. Dubai is now half way there just in a decade.

Your point also reveals the red tape that the country has as a whole. There is no red tape in Dubai. Whatever Sheikh Mo wants it happens, which is why its a dream to be an architect in Dubai.

Close-up of the "void"

http://i35.tinypic.com/1248pxk.jpg

^^ Is there any proposed completion date for this tower?
This looks like it's gonna take ages to be completed :(

^^ Is there any proposed completion date for this tower?
This looks like it's gonna take ages to be completed :(

No completion date for their projects, they have time :)

just see this project, same developer:


13/November/2007

completion: Feb 2008:)

Gulfnews, today

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/60/save0016ow3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


and

06/November/2009

http://i35.tinypic.com/jznee.jpg

Does anyone complain to the local government about stalled/empty plots? Or are they tolerated?

Does anyone complain to the local government about stalled/empty plots? Or are they tolerated?

^^ Good question, and I always thought of it:lol:

Does anyone complain to the local government about stalled/empty plots? Or are they tolerated?

Many people already complained but nothing has happened.

Does anyone complain to the local government about stalled/empty plots? Or are they tolerated?

^^ Good question, and I always thought of it:lol:

Have you heard of Global Financial Crisis ... or nothing was being build, or planned, in your cities at all during the last 2 - 3 years?

No completion date for their projects, they have time :)


Al Attar doesn't seem to have much money :)

http://i35.tinypic.com/x5shtu.jpg


^^

Not boxy enough for you?

I mean there are even more on the other side of the road. Boxes are ugly and don't achieve anything but make the city look like a normal/old city like NY. Too many boxes signals that the city's architects don't have any ideas or are just bored. Dubai is unique and needs unique and futuristic buildings with stunning designs.

This building needs a crown as its on a primetime location that deserves better than a tall box. If they wanted to build boxes, there is plenty of desert for that :D

The way to fit the most people in a building is in a box so thats why new york has so many and feels like a place people are actually working and living. I was sayin it needs just a few tall boxes and this one would be perfect to balance out the skyline so it doesnt look like its trying too hard. Those boxes you circled would never be found in a new york skyline.

Al Attar doesn't seem to have much money :)

Al Attar is big company here , they have many towers,buildings,shops and villas which are just for rent thats why they always have income.

They have just couple freehold , like 3 towers at the JLT and I think 2 at the Business Bay.

They will build but we dont know when.

^^ Thank you for the explanation...
Anyway I don't mind when they will complete it, I just hope they will do and that they will build the crown - which I think is the most astounding thing in this skyscraper...

Have you heard of Global Financial Crisis ... or nothing was being build, or planned, in your cities at all during the last 2 - 3 years?

As a matter of fact, there's a condo project in my hometown that has had quite a few lawsuits thrown around between city agencies, developers, and construction companies. Went on for about the last 18 months. The city finally got sick of the weed infested concrete hole and stepped in to act as the developer just last week.

I was just wondering if Dubai was proactive in trying to get developers to finish what they start. Some municipalities just accept the unfinished projects and derelict cranes. Others force 'em to fill in the holes. Sometimes they take the projects. Just wondering how Dubai handles em.

^^ Apart the first, the other two yes.

25/November/2009

Sheikh Zayed Road

http://i49.tinypic.com/2qx29h5.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/20k6cgl.jpg

Any visible progress?

29/November/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i45.tinypic.com/303bnud.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/imj9c5.jpg

on-hold again...?:ohno:

When do you think this one will be completed -.-?

18 months of speedy construction, 36 of slow construction, 72 months with the current speed. Should be about right.

^^ Mmm, this seems very promising
Only 72 months :D

[I'm sarcastic, obviously]

19/December/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i48.tinypic.com/9i65bm.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/1zmmdzt.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zz44tw.jpg

another building with ryugyuong hotel disease?

^^^^ :lol:
lets hope you are wrong...

^^ yeah, I dont think the municipality will allow this building to stay like this for very long time.
I think they forced the developer to immediatly put the glass on the bottom half of the tower to make the scene easy on the eyes from SZR.

i should mention....in regards to a box being able to fit the most people into it...not sure that that's true....somewhere i remember reading that a circular design allow for maximum usable sq.ft......anyone?

25/December/2009

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

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http://i48.tinypic.com/f0q78z.jpg

^^ Still no progress?

In 2009, only cladding has been done halfways for decoration towards Sheikh Zayed Road: a lost year for Al Attar Tower. :sleepy:

I saw today, cladding has restarted.

23/January/2010

SZR ,The Index and Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i45.tinypic.com/27zb5ma.jpg

07/February/2010

Ahmed Abdul Al Attar Tower

http://i45.tinypic.com/15zsfup.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/a40gn5.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/zlbvoy.jpg

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http://i49.tinypic.com/4u9v79.jpg

Great to see this one restarted.

Great to see this one restarted.

I was getting tired of looking at the same bare concrete. Good to hear its progress has restarted. :banana:

I don't see any work done on at the pot of the tower .. I hope it will reach 342 in the end

I was getting tired of looking at the same bare concrete. Good to hear its progress has restarted. :banana:

Will probably go on hold again in a few weeks. :)

^^ What the hell is wrong with this tower :(?
I think it's shameful that it's always on hold then u/c then again on hold and again back to u/c and so on -.-

^^ This company probably have no money but apparantly they have a lot of property which they rent so that means there is always some income coming in. Maybe that's why this tower is getting built in this fashion

taken 7/02/10

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4367684842_fd5ee90d56_o.jpg

Has cladding stopped again? :ohno:

^^look at the date :lol:
taken 7/02/10

^^ Now i see why it has stopped. :lol:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4367685180_97417318d8_o.jpg

19/March/2010

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i43.tinypic.com/fay2bo.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/258v8g2.jpg

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http://i39.tinypic.com/20a76ms.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/op022p.jpg

glad to see it has not stopped again :banana:
but slow progress...:ohno:

At least it's moving..better than nothing

03/May/2010

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i40.tinypic.com/2rw9id1.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/1488c0.jpg

On-hold. you can see the tower cranes and the facade hasn't moved an inch since the last update

slowest progress in the UAE award!!
but they have to finish it, there is no way back now!

^^ there is still the worst case scenario, an unfinished tower for years in the middle of the SZR skyline.

^^ there is still the worst case scenario, an unfinished tower for years in the middle of the SZR skyline.

same case as we do here in Chicago with the Waterview project. but not as tall or structurally completed

^^ there is still the worst case scenario, an unfinished tower for years in the middle of the SZR skyline.

Sounds like right now ;-)

same case as we do here in Chicago with the Waterview project. but not as tall or structurally completed

Waterview Tower is cancelled and topped out at its current height. Al Attar at least made it to a supertall before shutting down. If nothing else, with Al Attar, finish the cladding and call it done as a 988ft. tall supertall.

16/July/2010

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i28.tinypic.com/fld9c7.jpg

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http://i30.tinypic.com/10wl45i.jpg

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^^ Hey, facade work has been done at the upper part of the tower, glass cladding has gone up over 10 floors, compared with May 3rd.

"So slow" sounds much better than "on hold". :cheers:

That green tower with the golden bars next door looks really sexy. What's its name?

That green tower with the golden bars next door looks really sexy. What's its name?

Al Attar Tower :)

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=107746

So is this topped out yet?

As much topped out as it has been for the last 2 years

Nice to see some more glass installed.

very slow project.

Yes indeed. It started in 2004 :ohno:

14 Aug 2010

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/7184/dsc0025e.jpg (http://img576.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0025e.jpg)

Below some merged snapshots I took from Geralds recent Dubai gigapan from Red (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/64973/) (thanks a lot, good job!).

My point about Al Attar Tower: for a long time the parts on top appeared about the same height. I got the impression
that the taller steel frames to the right must be quite new, I've never seen them before.
Could it be possible that the work on the roof has resumed lately?

Btw. I've never noticed the curved "R" on the Rose Tower either.

15/November/2010 by gerald.d:

http://i56.tinypic.com/10hivpg.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2s8me82.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/mcuu1h.jpg

Still 4 more floors to go..

Still 4 more floors to go..More floors above the concrete?

Comparing with this construction board render pic by Imre (http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3779/photo14oj6.jpg), posted at post 190 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=12100812&postcount=190), I thought there'd be only crown and spire left to do above...

... I got the impression
that the taller steel frames to the right must be quite new, I've never seen them before.
Could it be possible that the work on the roof has resumed lately?

Yes and Yes

Nice to see construction resuming! Hopefully they finish it once and for all.

6 December 2010

by archers30 - Enjoying Dubai
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5241754506_bf01b74422_b.jpg

I m wondering when it is going to be complete..... its already been 5 years now...

Hard to say... if they keep going on like recently, maybe 2012?

Now there's glass right under the top level towards SZR, but yet mostly missing on the other sides. Not to mention the construction of the crown and the interior work.

If they didnt start the interior work yet i think this ones gonna b finished in lets say 2013 2014 and this is still a good timeline since the developer is still al attar haha. So this ones construction could take from ground breakin to finishin ~9 years, wow.

Well at least one side of the cladding is done. Looks pretty good.

I m wondering when it is going to be complete..... its already been 5 years now...

Make that more then 6 1/2 years. The developer took control over the site somewhere in Spring 2004 :ohno:


Still better then their 2 other potential supertalls on the other side of SZR that didn't got over the perimeter wall shoring stage and were abandoned somewhere in 2006 or 2007.

Update

26 November, 2010

26 November, 2010

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8035/001pvp.jpg

By Playmaker

Lol, if i'd have the power over some authority which controls developments and construction in Dubai, i'd def forbid this developer to start anything again...

Amazing!!!

Yes, what a beautiful night panorama above. :happy:

Some more recent pics around Sheikh Zayed Road would be fine though, e.g. to recognize if there's progress on Al Attar Tower's crown.

28/January/2011

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i54.tinypic.com/1z51yqv.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/oat53o.jpg

hmmm on-hold again? :(

I hope it will be pulled down. It is a horrible building. An insult to Dubai.

Actually I think that it is decent for Dubai, or at least, it could be if they ever finish it :okay:

22/April/2011

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

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http://i56.tinypic.com/2e191ld.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/11ih10j.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/168a58w.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2ns0uq1.jpg

dont tell me thats the final cladding :ohno:

^^ No, they will put another layer of glass on top of it


... you asked for it :D

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Still on hold?

It doesn't look that bad to me, I actually like it.

It doesn't look that bad to me, I actually like it.

it is actually a nice tower, I mean the constrast of the colours between the other buildings its good... once its finished it will look really great!

^^ No, they will put another layer of glass on top of it


... you asked for it :D

yeah i did, it is still kinda ugly, but well maybe it can grow on me

15/July/2011

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i55.tinypic.com/157y7w5.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2qkqw4l.jpg

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I actually like the cladding. But it has been off again on again for years! They just need to finish it already. :bash:

http://i55.tinypic.com/157y7w5.jpg

I actually like the cladding. But it has been off again on again for years! They just need to finish it already. :bash:

I like the cladding too, especially its color.

The back side of this building looks awful though without it's glass. I know they want the SZR side looking nice. But they really do need to get moving on the rest of the building.

Nah, the cladding is really awful :ohno:

How are the chances that Al Attar will actually finish this one?

They will, the question is not if but when.