The name is likely to change once the tower is done ;)

But since this one is supertall and also well underway, i decided it deserves its own thread as well.

Also, they put the new render in place which looks very good.

So there we go:


OLD DESIGN:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/5f93ecce.jpg

OLD SIGNBOARD:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/30687789.jpg


NEW RENDER:

http://tinypic.com/jhg9k0.jpg

NEW SIGNBOARD:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9418/alattar17pz.jpg


June 2004:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/p2a73d879bb00c5edbb832fde7cad8e45/f8012034.jpg

Dec 2004

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020next_to_al_attar_tower-december2004-1.jpg

July 2005

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/25dad502.jpg


Sept 2005
http://tinypic.com/bj5uo6.jpg


Feb 2006

http://i1.tinypic.com/n2g0f9.jpg


April 2006

RISING

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5552/alattar28xc.jpg

One more nice project!!!
It's great, construction goes fast and the disign is pretty interesting and original, soon we'll see the new highrise in this city

I knew about the old design and I really didn't like it, but this new design is awesome! Will make a great addition to Dubai.

I really like the roof feature.. Hope they stick to this design

i like it. thanks for updates

That first design was horrid. I'm glad they redesigned it. It's lookin pretty good now.

I think the new design is just as bad as the old design. The best tall towers going up in Dubai will be some of the most amazing and beautiful towers in the world, but there are also a couple of shockers like this one that look like they been drawn up by the company financial manager on the back of a McDonalds placemat.

Towers this tall, wherever they were built, used to have high standards of design 99% of the time because they were so out of the ordinary and expensive. In Dubai and China recently it's like they have become so common that in a few cases the standard of design is no better than for an ordinary 20 storey apartment tower.

This one is also elegant and unique. Good for Dubai.

VERY NICE . i love architecture of Dubai.

Too many feckin dubai threads! That was why I made my boom thread

The Tower looks good, but the name is way to long.

^^lol....true though;);)

^^ they will change it.

Too many feckin dubai threads! That was why I made my boom thread


everything over 300 UC gets its own thread, we decided so. i mean, there are 150m towers in the world forums and supertalls have to stay away.. noooo.

the boom thread is great for everything and to be up to date.

^^ I don't it should be done this way. Dubai might have loads of 300m towers in the pipeline but I think the world forums are for the most important projects in each city so a 300m tower for most cities is really important while for Dubai in a lot of cases it's just another tower. The way it should be is that special towers (whether tall or not) deserve their own threads. Towers like the burj al alam, or the index are good examples. When the design comes out the opera house would be a good example

^^ i mereley think a supertall should be in the world forums, no matter in which city is located.

and most of the uae forumers agreed, and most people were happy to see the Dubai supertalls since they did not notice them before.

right

Dubai Boom Rundown is a development thread. All the threads open in this section, are CONSTRUCTION UPDATES threads.

My only concearn was about opening threads for towers that we have dificulties taking picture updates.

^^ exactly. but most of the difficult ones (BD LH, Almas) are rising now anyway!


The boom thread does not get much construction updates anyway..

I think supertall under construction -> thread in world forums.

29/04/2006

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrm3wm.jpg

They have a self climbing slipform for the core, so we can expect a 1 floor/week progress.

... and the project board

http://i3.tinypic.com/wrm2w5.jpg

They have left blanc the number of floors of the tower, maybe the redesign included a floor number increase as well. New info is that the parking at the back will have 12 levels.

yes we can expect this one to rise very quickly just like rose rotana... thanks for the update. good to see it rising above ground level.

woah.

the scale of developments in Dubai is amazing... keep it up! :D

13/05/2006

From two different angles

http://i1.tinypic.com/zlqakp.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/zlqdcg.jpg


It has risen 2 floors since the last update, or 1 floor / week. It took way too long (by Dubai standarts) to reach to this stage so it's good seeing it raise this fast. :cheers:

Wow!!! It's rising now!!

21/05/2006

The central core rose one level on Thursday 18th.

http://i4.tinypic.com/10cqh6t.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10cqjww.jpg

Good progress

are these towers on the main strip, or in the new marina area

^^ Yes, this tower is on Sheikh Zayed Road, or the main strip, as you call it.

BTW if you were actually refering to those five waterfront towers on the billboard, named Jumeirah Business Towers, those have nothing to do with this tower (is juat an advertising billboard) and their location is on Jumeirah Lake Towers project, which is just at the back of Dubai Marina, comprising of at least 79 towers around a man-made lake.

The tower seems to have grown by a floor or a little more over one week? I hope the trend continues!

^^ Sure it does. Today morning (exactly one week later) it had grown by another floor.

I love it when you can see progress every single week :cheers:

28/05/2006

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z366u.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z39jq.jpg

Lift core is very well progressing.

17/06/2006

The best I could do

http://i5.tinypic.com/14o4qs5.jpg

Can certainly see the progress from your last picture!

24/06/2006

http://i5.tinypic.com/15henty.jpg

Thanks for the update

Thanks a lot for the update.

The construction is quite slow compared to Dubai standards, isn't it?

possibly because the Ground and M floors are a bit more difficult to build due to the unusual shape, once they reach the regular floors it should speed up.

Good updates

Dubai has some nice projects, really. This is not one of them. :(

Why not???

i think once lower floors are established, the building then starts to rise swiftly!
i dont see anything wrong with this tower. its a 300m beauty!

very small footprint again for this tower, that makes it looks supertall.

i think once lower floors are established, the building then starts to rise swiftly!

Today morning I understood why the recent slowdown in construction.

They are using a construction method that I have never seen it before. We are all familiar with the form work for the central core, that can be a self-climbing jump or slip form, even this building is using that for construction of the central core.

What is strange and I wonder if anyone has ever seen, is that they are using the form to build the floor plate and pillars of the towers as well. Today morning the perimeter of the tower (see those yellow metal bars) was wrapped around on the white protective form, which seams it will rise with the building itself.

Strange, really.

This is what I was talking about:

http://i4.tinypic.com/15x5q9h.jpg

^^ that's defintiely something i havent seen in any of Dubai's million towers under construction... let's hope it's not this way all the way to the top :weird:

ah yes! this is how we build alot of new projects in Australia! its a swift way of construction. This will be an all-concrete affair.
We have a few projects in Gold coast and brisbane that are using this method. a floor every 5 days then whole floorplate moves up like a core.Also if tower has same floor plate all the way up its best way to build.
see here>
Circle towers
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4103/img1557large6yo.jpg
thread>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=288630&page=17&pp=25

Avalon>
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/kwigibo/67bb6c3f.jpg

Brisbanes new tallest
Aurora
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/d5b9393f.jpg

I doubt this one has the same floor plate for all levels... at least not the upper floors

I think this tower has the same floorplate atleast till the 3/4 way up.

yes the projects i posted do have some degree of floor plate change but very mimimal. if dubai start to build there tallies with slip form jump system they will be erected very quick . much faster ,much cheaper. better.

^^ It is better for the workers (shadded from the sun and protected from falling) as well as nearby residents (a kind of soundproof).

As for the speed, the central core was rising at 1 floor per week speed, untill they started installing the slip form for the floor plate, so I see no reason why now it can't continue at the same.

hey .. ppl .. am new here .. can anyone plss temme where i can find pics of dubai metro light rail project... thnk u

You can speak properly for a start. Your not texting now you know!!
:bash: :bash:
Try the UAE section.

i expected to get a link u know ... thanx btw...
n yea next time jes answer wat u r asked !!!!!
( dun teach me wat i shud do )

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=416


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=367984

i expected to get a link u know ... thanx btw...
n yea next time jes answer wat u r asked !!!!!
( dun teach me wat i shud do )

'i expected to get a link u know'
:weirdo:
What an idiot!!! :bash:

thanx alot Dubaiflo :)

cool

08/07/2006

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2812/alattar6xv.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alattar6xv.jpg)

What about LESS the 4 days/floor circle? :runaway:

http://i2.tinypic.com/20ggoj9.jpg

Interesting tower.

^^ FAST tower...

yeah, it's fantastic

wow, this will go up fast. lev8 in core?

It's rising up well now, quite fast though.

Today by Imre

http://i7.tinypic.com/219z5v8.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/219z5vd.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/219z60h.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/219z62h.jpg

Big progress!

This beast rises as fast as the Rose do!!! :okay:

Its rising quiet fast.

04.08.2006 By Imre

http://i5.tinypic.com/23kw8lh.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/23kw8r7.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/23kw907.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/23kw9ar.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/23kw9ee.jpg

What a cool building name.

^^ it's not the official name.. it's the owner's name. The building itself hasn't been named yet.

Wow!!! it's reached 10th floor already!!. quite fast.

13/08/2006

2 floors in one week :cheers:


http://i8.tinypic.com/24mrgaf.jpg

wow! never seen any tower grow that fast in dubai! :runaway:

Rose Tower maybe??!! Floors 13 or I'm wrong

It took soooooooooo loooong for the foundations to be completed, and now is really surprising the speed with which it is going up. Good job to Al Fara'a Contracting company and the floor plate jumpform supplier.

good progress, it's really fast.

Have they other supertall towers in construction. Think on Marina!!

wow! never seen any tower grow that fast in dubai! :runaway:

exactally

Wow, a lot of tall slender buildings in Dubai.

Rose Tower maybe??!! Floors 13 or I'm wrong

I dont recall the Rose rising at 2 floors/week...

Damn this thing will be done in a year. Guess they weren't kidding about 2 floors/week.

I dont recall the Rose rising at 2 floors/week...

Rose Rotana rose at 1 Floor / 5 days rate.

i would be totally satisfied with a 5 day rate.

even though i could imagine all those supertalls in dubai marina rising at 2f/week :runaway:

wow! never seen any tower grow that fast in dubai! :runaway:
cos there are no floor columns excpt the perimiter columns which can all be done with the same jumpform. Finally contractors in Duabi are starting to think with rose rotana going up in steel and this with perimiter jumpform and precast hollow core slabs, it easentially is a giant lego or mecano set, every thing identical for 70floors

18/08/2006

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://i8.tinypic.com/24x495w.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/24x49ck.jpg

http://i7.tinypic.com/24x49c6.jpg

Thank you Imre

I just can't understand how they can pump so much money into terrible looking projects like this one. Just imagine what a European or east Asian city would be able to do with those kind of money...

^^ When was the last time you had to say something vguely positive about Dubai and it's projects? Oh wait, there wasn't even a first time.

^^ When was the last time you had to say something vguely positive about Dubai and it's projects? Oh wait, there wasn't even a first time.
I shouldn't state that I like a project I actually find terrible, should I?

Maybe I shouldn't write anything instead - but really; it's a problem that needs to be adressed. If this won't stop, Dubai will soon boast the biggest eye-sore known by man. :)

^^ what is so bad about this tower? i just don't get it.

i mean it is not amazing, probably below average for most of us, but nothing to be worried..

I shouldn't state that I like a project I actually find terrible, should I?

Maybe I shouldn't write anything instead - but really; it's a problem that needs to be adressed. If this won't stop, Dubai will soon boast the biggest eye-sore known by man. :)

What I said was very clear and it needs no further clarifications!

^^ what is so bad about this tower? i just don't get it.

i mean it is not amazing, probably below average for most of us, but nothing to be worried..

I believe most Dubai towers with the traditional arabic design and architecture will turn out to be much better than what can be made out from the renders...

As for those who bash Dubai for such designs, it's only because there haven't been "arabic architecture supertalls" before and they are not used to appreciating these kinds of designs.

These are twin towers right, so how come only one of them is going up?

look at the renders, then you'll see it's only one tower.

NEW RENDER:

http://tinypic.com/jhg9k0.jpg

NEW SIGNBOARD:

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9418/alattar17pz.jpg




What's this then?
Why are there towers on the render?

^^ It's the same tower shown twice.

Left the entire tower and right only the top half of it.

^^Oh ok i seen what you mean thanks.

I believe most Dubai towers with the traditional arabic design and architecture will turn out to be much better than what can be made out from the renders...

As for those who bash Dubai for such designs, it's only because there haven't been "arabic architecture supertalls" before and they are not used to appreciating these kinds of designs.
Agreed. The Tower on SZR is a great example of a skyscraper that successfully integrates traditional arabic design features within an overall modern theme. There are a few more in the Marina that do this successfully as well, though I'm personally not a fan of the sand-colored cladding in some of the Marina executions. But these more modern glass-clad towers usually tend to end up looking great. Time will tell if Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower is one of them.

Althoug i'm a biiiiig fan of dubai projects ...i sumtimes find their names really odd..!!!.. i mean y cant they just name a tower in one or two words....

^^ That is just the name of the owner. The final name will be given when the tower will be completed or near that time, since this seams to be a Hotel.

03/09/2006

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1594/img3637yx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9353/img3638vh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

wow, good progress. it's rising fast :okay:

How tall is it now?

15/09/2006

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2654/img3902xe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4294/img3903tc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2332/img3920tw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7018/img3923ap0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

wow, 18 levels already!or 60m/ incredible ast construction technique!
this row of buildings will be awesome. dubais equivalent to WALL STREET.
thanks imre

3 floors in 12 days!! Great build rate

fast as the Burj dubai, thats really cool

23/09/2006

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7104/img4186ex8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7168/img4188xb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks imre.

good progress

Good progress. Love the design. Will fit in nicely with the surrounding towers.

Looks like gold color.

29/09/2006

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4558/img4360lt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3271/img4361wu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5259/img4370ux3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

that isn't glass on the 2nd pic or?

^^ Nah, is just a protective thing.

01/10/2006

http://i9.tinypic.com/3zsum50.jpg


One more floor since Sep 29th update, and 2 more since Sep 25th. :cheers:

Thank you altin.....the tower is fast. every 5 day's one floor.

Cool!!! as this building will fill up the gap.

06/10/2006

Abdul Ahmed Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7139/img4719be5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3411/img4721hv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4485/img4742vl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8938/img4743oq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ What is that stuff, it can't be the glass can it?

i think it had to do something with windprotection for the inside, otherwise i won't know it.

its a 4floor working frame used to protect workers as well as allowing work to commence on the facade

great updates, the tower is rising fast. but the blue thing can't be glass, never!

The blue thing it is NOT glass, it is a kind of protective net.

Look what's comming up, across the road, just oposite this building (read the tags):

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4782/img4747ac7.jpg


:hilarious

The new one isn't really opposite the original though is it? In the pictures it looks closer to chelsea tower.

13/10/2006

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Towers

1.construction halted

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3717/dsc0171fw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9375/dsc0172hs1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


2.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5290/dsc0176ur9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8742/dsc0196dv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6752/dsc0199dx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2116/dsc0198vq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3583/dsc0200lm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

JLT -Al Attar

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1839/dsc0083fo3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

great shots imre but why is it on hold? redesign??

^^ Imre is showing all the three Al Attar towers that are currently u/c in SZR.

1. Has stopped since almost a year and word is it is redesigned with height increase from 260 to 300+ meters and work will re-start on February

2. The 76 floors Al Attar tower, that this thread is all about.

3. A NEW 74 floors Al Attar tower comming on the other side of the SZR.

4. A three identical towers complex (40 + 45 + 40) Floors, in Jumeirah Lakes Towers project alongside SZR, some 30 kms away from the others.

27/10/2006

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4553/dsc0497la4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2791/dsc0516jg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

No difference???

Yes, think so too!! :down:

yea seems to have slowed down.. let's hope it doesn't have the same fate as the other attar tower

^^ Imre is showing all the three Al Attar towers that are currently u/c in SZR.

1. Has stopped since almost a year and word is it is redesigned with height increase from 260 to 300+ meters and work will re-start on February

2. The 76 floors Al Attar tower, that this thread is all about.

3. A NEW 74 floors Al Attar tower comming on the other side of the SZR.

4. A three identical towers complex (40 + 45 + 40) Floors, in Jumeirah Lakes Towers project alongside SZR, some 30 kms away from the others.

and 1 and 2 are on hold. 3 UC?

^^

1. is on hold and redesigned to be over 300m.

2. is the tower in this thread

3. We haven't opened a thread for this tower yet, since we don't have a render and more info about it.

4. These are three identical towers of 40 & 45 floors, with none going over 200 meters so we will never openb a thread for them here.

02/11/2006

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8734/dsc0827al5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5756/dsc0829gn3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

no progress

:bash:

Is the construction officially on-hold?

06/11/2006

good news... still under construction:)


http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/271/dsc0925rm9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1500/dsc0926tl5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/438/dsc0927ts1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8865/dsc0928tl0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/331/dsc0929fo7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

WOW !!!!!
SEE THE WORKERS AND , HOW R THEY , AND THE CRANE ALSO !!!!!
IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY LOW COST CONSTRUCTION BUDGET

Just wondering how many projects has been put ON-HOLD so far?

5 Towers of Dubai Pearl
Light House
Khalid Al Attar
Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar
Wind Tower

Am I missing more?

this one is no longer on hold, it seems like they just had to reconfigure the core.

Dubai Pearl is, the Light House is dead, Khalid Al Attar is still under redesign, and Wind Tower, you never know, it might be UC.

From those latest pics i make it about 94m to the top of the white former

ok .. as u like ( not mikering )

From those latest pics i make it about 94m to the top of the white former
yeah shes up to lev22 or 90m/300ft. loooong way to go.
cheers

Rising fast. This one is going to look really tall, because it's not that wide. But 300 Meters is really tall anyhow.

^^ It used to rise very fast but it hasn't risen a single floor in weeks. :bash:

was 333m chosen as a ceiling of height for SZR ?

no way .. its even a no-fly zone.. so sky is the limit !! :)

^^ Not really. Part of it is restricted to 200 meters and we had 2 towers redesigned from 375 & 320m to just 200.

THE MOST AMAZING BUILDING IN JAZEERAH....

Jazeerah?

^^ Not really. Part of it is restricted to 200 meters and we had 2 towers redesigned from 375 & 320m to just 200.

oh is it .. hmm dinno tht .. sorry fer the wrong info eng_kheffa

Jazeerah?

I think it means "penisula" in Arabic. If so, he was refering to the Arabic Penisula

I think it means "penisula" in Arabic. If so, he was refering to the Arabic Penisula

"island" to be more accurate

no .......

that is not right

JAZEERAH is the arabic word of island

The developer seams to have fired the main contractor for the building, and this should be the reason for no progress on the last weeks.

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1358/img6303fu3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

no progress again?

the progress comes soon

as we see ........

that new cranes appraeing in the pic

any followers ?

I think the new design is just as bad as the old design. The best tall towers going up in Dubai will be some of the most amazing and beautiful towers in the world, but there are also a couple of shockers like this one that look like they been drawn up by the company financial manager on the back of a McDonalds placemat.

Towers this tall, wherever they were built, used to have high standards of design 99% of the time because they were so out of the ordinary and expensive. In Dubai and China recently it's like they have become so common that in a few cases the standard of design is no better than for an ordinary 20 storey apartment tower.

Could not agree more. Most of these new residential towers being built in Dubai reek of vanity with their tacky, shiny gold windows and overbearing swirly decorations to name but a few features of their horrendous facades. I'm sure they can afford to hire real architects, so why don't they?

Sheikh Zayed road is one of the ugliest urban planning disasters I've ever seen. Hopefully the rest of Dubai won't share the same fate.

^^ A hell lot of other people, beg to differ.

^^ I'm with connected on this one. I like their attempts to make something new and fancy, and they do have some really nice buildings. But far too many are too flashy.

wen is the construction gonna resume ?? :bash:

...far too many are too flashy.


I am not saying that this particular building is wonderfull, but since when being flashy is a bad thing?

... unless you are one of those types that think: Everyone wearing designers clothes/shoes instead of baggy ones or take care of their hairs instead of just wearing a baseball cap, is gay ... and if you prefer a drink/coctail instead of beer you're a p****? :ohno:

i think most of SZR towers r urban 2 a good extent

little of them r ugly or bad

I think many people can agree the building we see on the left side of the picture is pretty tacky. Nevertheless, except that particular one, most of the other buildings are very OK.

I think many people can agree the building we see on the left side of the picture is pretty tacky. Nevertheless, except that particular one, most of the other buildings are very OK.

Haha yes, very tacky, I was thinking the same.

However, it's not such a bad thing...gives the area a touch of character. :)

This is to whoever said all supertalls before were 99% great:

Not saying there aren't bad designs but doesn't mean there haven't been bad designs in the past. The WTC was IMO butt ugly and I know many people think otherwise but just because they were destroyed doesn't make them any less ugly, people hated them.

I do get where you're coming from though. 300m buildings are becoming way more common and their ultra-landmark status isn't what it used to be before.

AHMED ABDUL RAHIM AL ATTAR TOWER, another tower with someone's name. However, I do think "Trump Tower" rolls off the tongue a little better.

but he let 27 stories

i like the hight but the desing isnt my favorite of dubai's boom

it is the most worst after alyaqoub tower in SZR

not really bad but not the best

AHMED ABDUL RAHIM AL ATTAR TOWER, another tower with someone's name. However, I do think "Trump Tower" rolls off the tongue a little better.


It is just the developer's name. The name of the tower will change upon completition.

nice

27/01/2007

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7461/photo059vn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

So this one is practically literally stopped?

no progress

Construction has died...

02/02/2007

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1617/photo119tn3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

why isn't this tower moving up?

Thats odd. What are the options if construction in a tower like this stop forever? demolish it or get some other company to buy the project for cheaper?

the construction won't stop forever, they need a new developer to restart the construction as far as i know

They fired the contractor apparantly so they have to wait for a new one

01/03/2007

Al Attar Tower , still nothing..

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4997/photo54tp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

10/March/2007

AHMED ABDUL RAHIM AL ATTAR TOWER

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8459/photo13ev5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3779/photo14oj6.th.jpg (http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo14oj6.jpg)

Al Attar Tower , SZR another side

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1293/photo04uk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3734/photo05we8.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05we8.jpg)

Al Attar Tower , SZR another side

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1293/photo04uk5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3734/photo05we8.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo05we8.jpg)

A new tower? Typical slim SZR tower. Interesting roof feature.

more info here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=103244&page=20

Oh its that plot. I liked the old design. This isnt bad though

Keep building, keep building Dubai. Again a great project.

Ugly.

We are entering an era where 300m designs are getting to be forgettable ones

This one is on hold

^^ Not for long; now that they got the new contractor on board, the work should resume very soon.

People, you'll not believe this: The work here was suspended, becouse the original contractor had no permission in their License, to build anything with more then 50 storeys. WTF, I've never heard of that before :D

^^ of course you need an authorization for that...not any nut-case can construct a skyscraper....to enshure good enginnerd-structure...we need profesional work...supervised by qualified persons....

^^ Not for long; now that they got the new contractor on board, the work should resume very soon.





FINALLY!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

that's great but Khalid Al Attar tower is still on hold, also Al Yacoub tower
maybe we'll see a new design?

^^ of course you need an authorization for that...not any nut-case can construct a skyscraper....to enshure good enginnerd-structure...we need profesional work...supervised by qualified persons....

I don't get the logic. Either you are a serious company and you should be authorized to build whatever you want or you are not, and you should find another job.
If they build a 60-storey building, it's dangerous, but if it's only 49, it's fine?

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

04/May/2007

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9178/imresolt085vg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Is it still on hold?

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar got his own tower....

I want one too!!

Is it still on hold?

Yes but they have a new contractor so hopefully will restart again soon

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar got his own tower....

I want one too!!

Then harry up, empty your wallett and build one ...

22/June/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5714/imresolt128ri0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6337/imresolt129hj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5395/imresolt161eu0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8294/imresolt159sa2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/471/imresolt160dq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2456/imresolt158kl5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/4157/imresolt162ug0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6318/imresolt163mb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

So it's growing then?
But that glass is :puke:

That green with the gold discs building, is one of the most ugly buildings I have seen in my life.
Fug---LY!

great to see it growing again...but the glass looks indeed weird

^^ Malec the glass is just a test, it will not be psychodelic-acid like that.

I'm surprised to have grown, and alot: every time I see it seamed like no change at all.

July 1st,

http://i17.tinypic.com/624k7s4.jpg

Lets see how it turns out, it will be higher than Rose Rotana :D.

dubai is so damn tacky sometimes

have to agree. But on the brightside...

The construction of this tower is very clean and neat.

And its completion will make Sheik Zayed an unmatched avenue full of supertalls, second only to the Marina.

The new design is a bit better than the old one. That name is a journalist's nightmare ;) I hope they will change is to a shorter one.

^^ Of course they will (change the name). That's just the owner's name published there (on the board) becouse no name is given to the tower yet.

The reason why we have put the full name on the thread title, is becouse there are 2 other towers under construction nearby, both over 300 meters (we believe) that are buing build by other members of the Al Attar family.

they are brothers -khalid al attar and abdul al attar

I think the new design is just as bad as the old design. The best tall towers going up in Dubai will be some of the most amazing and beautiful towers in the world, but there are also a couple of shockers like this one that look like they been drawn up by the company financial manager on the back of a McDonalds placemat.

Towers this tall, wherever they were built, used to have high standards of design 99% of the time because they were so out of the ordinary and expensive. In Dubai and China recently it's like they have become so common that in a few cases the standard of design is no better than for an ordinary 20 storey apartment tower.

That says all.

BTW, the tower has grown 2 floors on the ten day interval between updates. This is haw it has two be: "1 Floor in 5 days" cycle. :cheers:

that's a good speed, but nothing special here in dubai :)

^^For this tower already!!!!!

Someone should Change the title from "On Hold" to "Back in action"

Someone should Change the title from "On Hold" to "Back in action"

no to U/C ;)

14/July/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3407/imresolt023hi5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2992/imresolt024gm2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3167/imresolt038rh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

has it grown something?

wow, good progress since june 22nd!! so yes, it has grown!

^^ Compared to July 1st (pic on the previous page), it has grown only 1 floor and 1 floor in 2 weeks is not much of a progress. However they might have reached the next mechanical floor, and if that's the the case it would explain the slowing down.

25/July/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8580/imresolt15dg4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9721/imresolt16nk0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

A height increase of 2 floors in 11 days since the last update. :cheers:

I personally think it is a great design . Will fit in nicely on the Sheikh Zayed Road . The designs of the buildings on the SZR are a million times better than in the heart of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers , wouldn't you say?

Good update

another side of SZR

27/July/2007

KHALID AL ATTAR TOWER

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6766/imresolt070sy5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8403/imresolt071mf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/4509/imresolt072ni9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

whats all of that green stuff on it??

^^ Just a protective net. It seams they are working inside those floors, propably MEP work.

^^ Just a protective net. It seams they are working inside those floors, propably MEP work.

thanks:cheers:

02/August/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/8717/imresolt07ci2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9344/imresolt08ax2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

06/Aug/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower


http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2848/imresolt19qo0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9208/imresolt20ir5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

24/Aug/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3563/imresolt150cd6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/685/imresolt151sc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2741/imresolt195ai3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8572/imresolt196ex1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

24/Aug/2007

another side of SZR

KHALID AL ATTAR TOWER

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8392/imresolt189zp7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/4180/imresolt190gh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is rising so fast, another stunning tower for Dubai, only another 200m to top out. yay

over 30F now, indeed fast :)

14/September/2007

Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower


http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/3853/imresolt023uz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/445/imresolt024ox4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6928/imresolt093tr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

another side of SZR

14/September/2007

KHALID AL ATTAR TOWER

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/814/imresolt062fp9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/8298/imresolt063rf4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

30/09/2007

http://i22.tinypic.com/2enyii0.jpg

fantastic tower this one will look great :)

Wow this one is separated from the Rose rotana by just one building :)

Im quite impressed with the construction method used. It takes saftey into the highest priority--something that is rarely seen in this region! WOW.