107 floors now :eek:. So if it's true it'll definitely be over 400m

i guess it's time to edit emporis, but how
i doubt that the tower will still be 340m. that is an average height of 3.17
minus the huge dome and minus the podium. so we end up at 2.8m or so

maybe the 380m we heard before was for the 107 storey tower version


insane
maybe they have seen 23 marina claiming the title, so they had to do something :D


we have to wait for the sign board. then we at least know how many floors in podium, basement and so on

as for the height, i'd say leave the 340m for now as it is confirmed although i have strong doubts

leave it would say that as well. but still it seems like all those towers will be built. thats soooo amazing.
lets wait for further press releases.

contacted tameer for explanation
otherwise i can't sleep :D :jk:

Maybe those 7 floors are the parking and/or other service floors and 100 are the residential floors.

got a reply back from tameer!!!

they say the height is confidential till the height is published in the guiness book of records


but, he could tell me it's definitely ABOVE 400 meters

So, these guys have learned something from emaar then? :D

above 400m ! :runaway:
well, there's never too much 400m+ towers :D

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG guys , the Dubai marina area is going to be just AWESOME |

DAMN and bye bye 23marina.

Nice penthouse! 1172.34 sq mtrs

http://www.tameer.net/pt/html/flooplans/others/villa.jpg

Floor number needs updating on their website.

i wonder what you gonna do with 7 bdrs.
le reve penthouse has 11... :D
btw the pool outside... at a height of 400 m.. wind?

what a load of crap, you would never have 10 lifts and 2 stairwells going that high. Even if you did have to have all shafts that high they wouldent open at this floor.
Most high towers have a high and a low lift banks in order to have bigger floor plates at higher levels. classic example of this is the completed core at DFC where you can see there are 8 lifts for the lower 15F and 4 lifts for the uper 15F

Whats with the floor status on the emporis website?

Should we change it?
Any new height information?

what a load of crap, you would never have 10 lifts and 2 stairwells going that high. Even if you did have to have all shafts that high they wouldent open at this floor.
Most high towers have a high and a low lift banks in order to have bigger floor plates at higher levels. classic example of this is the completed core at DFC where you can see there are 8 lifts for the lower 15F and 4 lifts for the uper 15F

what we can see are still old renders and floor plans

i think with their plans to make it taller, they also took care of what you have mentioned

10 elevators for a 107F tower to the top? is that sooo unusual?

i dont think Burj Dubai will have that many ! i could be wrong

not to the top but in total it will have way more.

BD will have 50 in total, but it makes sense what SA Boy says about not all lifts reaching the top of the building.

BD will have 50 in total, but it makes sense what SA Boy says about not all lifts reaching the top of the building.

This doesn't deserve the title of WTRB. It doesn't deserve even to be a 300+ mater tall.

This will become the "Marina Diamond" of the supertalls. :bash:

First of all they are doing a drastic hieght change from 340m to over 400m so there is a good chance of it being redesigned, and i do hope it does because like others are saying its not that nice looking. especially the base, i hate square bases like le reve, fordham, marsa tower etc. And other thing, are residents aware that they change heights or no? What would be nice is if Tameer coniders a total redesign like Damac did with OH, hope it does become a nice glass tower with a wider size, so that it does not spoil the skyline where other great buildings will be built like SOM's Infinity tower and 23 marina.

^ A voice of reason :D

This doesn't deserve the title of WTRB. It doesn't deserve even to be a 300+ mater tall.

This will become the "Marina Diamond" of the supertalls. :bash:
Exactly! Sure it would be impressive but this design isn't nearly good enough for this height. The higher the tower, the better the design should be. Aswell the views from the other towers would be blocked even more by this tower, the location isn't right. The place where infinity tower is would be a great location for a 400m tall tower, but again, it would block views. The middle of the marina would probably be the best because the bottom 50 or so floors would get marina view and the top would get marina AND sea views (you'd be able to see over jumeirah beach residence).

The thing I don't like about the marina superblock is that all the towers block each others views. It would be better if they were spread around the whole marina (and would look better too).

IMO the best designs for supertalls or any tower that's a lot higher than the rest are cone shapes (or with setbacks). Examples would be burj dubai, fordham spire, sears tower. Any tower that gets narrower as it reaches the top.

a sea view from above 50th floor is quite boring imo.

still the chance for a redesign is there, though... imo this is not thaaat bad.
little bit traditional style, but too similar to najd and the marina gardens.

nothing yet
but they put all the machines there

start maybe next month

they say the height is confidential till the height is published in the guiness book of recordsWTF! We gotta wait till 2009 to find out the new height of this thing in the Guiness Book of Records! Refusals to release heights really piss me off.

but, he could tell me it's definitely ABOVE 400 metersIt could still be juped by this tower couldn't it - it's also listed for possible completion in 2009? I really hope it is, or else Princess Tower is completely redesigned - don't like current design at all
http://www.dimensions-ec.com/News/Image/04.jpg

Any news about this one?

I couldnt find it's thread, I love it. The height is stunning and dessign is marvelous.

I really really hope it gets built.

http://www.dimensions-ec.com/News/Image/04.jpg

Chad - it's thread is here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=201429). It took me ages to find it.

If you just add another 17 floors onto Princess Tower they come to about the same height, although the unnamed one's height is only estimated.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4734/princess7br.png (http://imageshack.us)

sorry it took you guys so long but it is hard to organize the forum with that many towers. :D

i think al ameera looks way better than the dimensions 110F tower.

i think al ameera looks way better than the dimensions 110F tower.
Not really. :)

matter of taste.
i don't like the colour of the dimension tower.

Neither really impreasses me. :runaway:

i wonder if juiced died, seems like his spirit catched you.
btw he was impressed by aqua dunya!!

^ Yeah I read that.

Back to the tower: What makes the height even more non-apealing, is that the towers next to it are just 200 - 210 m tall, or just half in height. You can imagine how painfull will be to watch 300 meters of boring repeating kind of facade, before there are some variations.

to freshen things up
better renders

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/1.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/2.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/3.jpg

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/5.jpg

the blue colour is awesome.
i like the tower.
but i can understand you altin, it is 300m of same facade, though nothing different with the dimensions tower..!

I wanna see one of your twits try and come up with a better desing for a building :D this building is not ugly , it is not beautiful , its attractive :D and thats good enough for me

To make my position clear:


GOOD!

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/1.jpg


UGLY!

http://www.tameer.net/pt/images/popup/princess_tower/5.jpg

Looking from far away this looks pretty ugly but the details look really good.

the blue colour is way better.

AltinD , each city has its beaugly tower :D NY has Empire state and we have this

so, this is the new render. it seems that there's more floors on top (more penthouses)

ah dazz here as well..this is a great night for the UAE Section :D

that crown will be EPIC!!

:D

ah dazz here as well..this is a great night for the UAE Section :D

I'm always here... :)

So, does that top section contain all the new floors?

http://www.tp.spt.fi/~jukarkil/uae/princess_tower_old_and_new.jpg
old and new rendering (I tried to resize those renders so that both would have same floor height)

if the old one was 380meters, then this new tower is 415-420meters :)

same they did with le reve.
adding levels on the top.


I'm always here... :)

did not see you posting that often...

It doesn't look like too many floors have been added. Maybe it had 100 to begin with

did not see you posting that often...


yea, well... I'm too lazy... :dunno:
although I browse these forums at least three times per day :D

First this tower had 90 floors, then since a couple of months ago they started advertising it as a 100F one.

I think the 107 came out by adding the parkings and other floors, so I see it as maybe: 5B + G + M + 100 Residential

very good maths.


yea, well... I'm too lazy... :dunno:
although I browse these forums at least three times per day :D

but i , in contrast, stop browsing this forum 3 times a day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner ;)

I hope that this isn't the last marina tower with added "extra floors" ;)

they should connect all marina towers over 300m with a skybridge :cheers:

To be honest I would have prefered ocean heights to get a height boost.

I hope that this isn't the last marina tower with added "extra floors" ;)

they should connect all marina towers over 300m with a skybridge :cheers:

ok now you need a "slap back to reality" sir !! :jk:

ANYWAY , GOOD NIGHT ALL

ocean heights plans have changed only 2times, so I'm sure that they'll redesing the tower once more to get more height

nightt!

very good idea. both of you.
but keep in mind ocean heights already had two redesigns ;)
ah dazz was faster. and his comment is better anyway :D


and good night ahmed. good luck tomorrow!!

First this tower had 90 floors, then since a couple of months ago they started advertising it as a 100F one.

I think the 107 came out by adding the parkings and other floors, so I see it as maybe: 5B + G + M + 100 Residential

i'm very sure the tower won't have a basement, parking will definitely be included in the podium, like al marsa and emirates crown

all the floors are above ground, this is why all of them count :D

ocean heights might push past 100 as well do you think

well but al marsa etc call the parking floors Basement don't they?

podium i though

basement is always underground parking
podium parking is above ground, mainly it's g and above it is 3 podium parking or so

is this called 5P then for al marsa?
never noticed that.

When it really starts?

should start end of the year.

Oct 1st

http://tinypic.com/e6t0kn.jpg

So, what's actually happening here?

340/90= 3.77777777

3.77777777 x 107= 404m

Add the spire it could go to 440m tall give or take. WOW.

yepp very good. no 400m tower in dubai so far.

malec i guess groundwork, dewatering? or even ground testin?

today

a bit faster please
http://tinypic.com/ejykhz.jpg

Could be just 2 months away from construction. Judging by the picture.

Thats ok. I think.

BTW many supertalls will start soon. *g*

Yeah!!

23/10/2005

http://tinypic.com/eur77n.jpg

today

http://tinypic.com/fbje6a.jpg

nothing.. they could start now couldn't they...

Manybe the have?, those crains seem to be moving around?..since the positions compared to last update are different.

they also moved the containers. guess they're preparing everything.

You dont rush a 100 floor tower do you.

those containers hold the bentonite

yepp very good. no 400m tower in dubai so far.

malec i guess groundwork, dewatering? or even ground testin?




Yeah, you're right. I think 107 floors x 3,5 = 374,50 meters + spire it's defenetly over 400 meters.

Waiting for the start :)

Looks like this'll be in for some competition. Just found out the Panama city 102F tower will be all residential

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7650/p97rd.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=279604&page=1&pp=20

dubai towers have higher floor to ceiling plus al ameera has huge roof feature min 50m

dubai towers have higher floor to ceiling plus al ameera has huge roof feature min 50m
Aswell looking at these new Panama city supertalls, the designs aren't too good. This particular one has a nice base but looks shite up from that. In terms of design, ICE Tower may compare to Al ameera but certainly can't compare in any way to some of the other Dubai supertalls such as ocean heights, almas, al sharq, rose rotana, etc...

I just wanted to point out Dubai may get some competition soon since recently, Panama city has been producing supertalls even faster than Dubai. Who knows, maybe a 120F res will be approved there tomorrow.

pessimistic as usual



;)

today

http://tinypic.com/fuw3ty.jpg

Hmm...Hurry up Princess.

26/11/2005

http://tinypic.com/hupu9t.jpg

this area changes every day
now they have removed the fence again. why did they put it there? :wtf:

good sign though
i want this to start finally

I too.

Get the party started!!!!! :-)

sign board is uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
a render of the tower and the tameer logo only so far

http://tinypic.com/i3urfo.jpg

board is too small ;)

By March 06 there will be a really big hole in the ground.

...are they re-bidding this? Could explain the stop-start.


Name : Princess Tower Project
Description : Construction of 380-metre-high Princess Tower comprising (100) storeys.
Territory : Dubai
Posted : December 5, 2005
Status : New Tender

Haha, 380m is exactly the height announced for 23 Marina :-)
That's clever... I believe they won't stop at that ;-)

of course these games are fun

:rofl:
what the heck is this

anyway, tameer has confirmed it's above 400m

think so to.
anyway was a contractor already awarded for this one?

zetas from turkey for the foundations

but not for the actual tower?
this could be the tender then if so.

great ill update diagram. hey let us know when official height comes in.
cheers

The same: Search for the height!!!!!!

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today

http://tinypic.com/io25mr.jpg

So what have they done, dug up that lump of dirt? I wish they'd get going on the world's tallest res

at least there is something at all...
looks like they are ready for piling..

I picked up a brochure from MOTE on this tower and it has some really nice details. Rooms look great too

the "brochure" ,... :D ?
that huge 60x30cm , 30 pages monster thing? :D

yes

the machinery on the site was finally doing some work today
it was not a pile driver, but some other thing
don't know the name for this

it was the machine in the centre of this pic
anybody knows the name?
http://tinypic.com/io25mr.jpg

the zetas thing? the bumper? :D

well at least sth, probably still ground testing though?

28.12.2005
http://tinypic.com/j997yu.jpg

Exellent.

is there anything new happening?

The Princesss Tower (http://marinacomm.blogspot.com/2005/12/princess-tower.html) is featured with Intro, Commentarty, Links and Images.

Does anyone know anything about management fees for this tower?

top original prices:

90th floor is total 360' view :-)

8901 A 571,12 sqm 5 B/R 6 900 000,00 AED
8902 B 571,12 sqm 5 B/R 6 900 000,00 AED
9001 V 1172,34 sqm 5 B/R 13 500 000,00 AED


http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/uae/dubai/princesstower/images/p_type_b_1.jpg

http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/uae/dubai/princesstower/images/p_type_a_1.jpg

90th Floor consists of 1 Apt indeed.
it is bigger than LeReve's penthouse ;)

has anybody got that immense brochure of princess :eek:

taken today of the model in mall of the emirates,

the base

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/26c3943d.jpg


and the top - the mosque

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/5cebb35c.jpg

basement looks somehow weird.
the top is amazing though, do you have a shot of the whole tower?

yea but i cut off the spire in my shot by mistake, stupid me. that's why i didnt post it.

basement looks somehow weird.

Swimming pool looks rather small. Anyone knows how many swimming pools there will be? I checked developer's website but found no details.

^ One thing is for shure, they'll be separate for ladies and gents; not mix use pools.

really? why?

^ Come on smussuw, you should know better then anybody else here why. Hint: The developer is Saudi.

Not to mention that it was already advertised like that.

Well the developer was 100% Emirarti until Al Rajhi, a saudi company baught 50% of it.

I didnt know that they promoted it as 2 separate swimming pool. I admit though that I had some thoughts about it since the company is from Sharjah.

I want to know how will it effect the investers :D

it's the only tower in dubai that gives so much importance to the daily prayers... this cud be another record for dubai actually..... highest placed (350 meters plus) mosque in the world?

nice never knew that even though Ive seen the picture :shocked:

My lovely Islamic tower :D

Is there really a mosque in this tower....I don't think muslim investors will mind that idea. I know i'm comfortable with it and if i had know that before i bought elsewhere might have swinged me towards this tower.

Dubai is in a muslim country no matter how many expats there are and we must remeber that the customs in muslim countires are diffrent from the customs of the west.

Top of tower looks nice

yes the top of the tower (the dome) is supposed to be a mosque

we discussed this before
somebody said the top is the penthouse and not the mosque

it just looks like it could be a mosque

i expect it to be a larger prayer room on one of the podium levels!

if so it is rather boring. there is a penthouse at the top, it is a whole floor with 1200 sqm , bigger than Le Reve's.
but the roof construction could be a mosque, however.

the top doesnt look like it cud be a penthouse, not the exteriors at least.

once again dennis i think ur images are being used without ur permission, have a look at this

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t19261.html

and compare the construction pic posted by mcheiss
to post# 354 of our own princess tower thread here at SSC

better to say, the top floor could be a penthouse, or is indeed actually, but the top/roof might be a mosque.

it's the only tower in dubai that gives so much importance to the daily prayers... this cud be another record for dubai actually..... highest placed (350 meters plus) mosque in the world?
Actually the Al bait tower in mekka will have one at the top next to the observatory and that is 400 odd meters up

does it have such a high accessible roof? i thought it was 150m spire at least.

today

http://tinypic.com/k4bfv6.jpg

once again dennis i think ur images are being used without ur permission, have a look at this

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t19261.html

and compare the construction pic posted by mcheiss
to post# 354 of our own princess tower thread here at SSC
Sorry I posted some of the images from you guys since I post at urbanplanet aswell.

i suggest and nothing offensive to you malec , you should put copyrights on everything you post which comes NOT from the web, but which you got for yourself (for example High Res renders) or pictures.

because there are so many out there used without permission (for example andy's helicopter photos of palm jumeirah on that russian site) in the net.

i know it is a bit of work but you have to resize the photos anyway and therefore it is not that much work...

if someone of us needs a photo without copyright or in full size, for whatever reason or if he just wants to use it as background then we can do this via pm.


but it makes me really angry if i take a look at that russian site.

Can't they dig a hole, grrrrrr!

Well, I posted Dubai Lover's pics of Zabeel park over at urbanplanet so sorry about that. I'll ask in future. I didn't think it was a problem though since it's not like they're being being used for commercial purposes like that russian site

I've posted a couple of photos I've picked up from here on my MAG site--like Larven's great renderings--but usually I mention where they came from. I also have a lot of original pics on my site and I don't care who uses them or what for. But I agree with Malec, if its for a commercial site the least they could do is make reference to where the pics came from.

Well, I posted Dubai Lover's pics of Zabeel park over at urbanplanet so sorry about that. I'll ask in future. I didn't think it was a problem though since it's not like they're being being used for commercial purposes like that russian site


does not matter malec, just give a source in the post that would be more than ok. as long as it is private use.
anyway still we don't know what people visiting urbanplanet do with this photos if they are not marked.

21/01/2006

http://tinypic.com/mc5j03.jpg

http://tinypic.com/mc5jdj.jpg

Carpark?

nah this is emirates crown.
altin wanted to show us the machinery and that worker there :)

today

http://i1.tinypic.com/ngu9gx.jpg

Its really annoying that TAMEER would name two towers the same name. So I guest TAMEER is sticking with the english (The Princess Tower (http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/princess_tower.php)) in Dubai and the arabic (Al Ameera Tower) in Sharjah. Why not just give it a totally different name and save us the hassle. Is that so difficult. :gaah:

I don't think I noticed this. Spot the difference? :D

http://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/uae/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_01.jpghttp://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/uae/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_02.jpghttp://www.gowealthy.com/realestate/uae/dubai/princesstower/images/overview_03.jpg http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/images/princess_tower.jpg

taller top section, maybe 5 more florrs plus podium changed

the right one is the new 107F render.

looks way better. also the podium.

Work has started. Shoring is in progress and even digging of the hole, on the Emirates Crown part of the plot.

Whew, all at once things are starting to pick up with the supertalls!

everything happens now, this is the time, winter 2006, dubai goes ahead, the metro, business bay, the supertalls, everything :eek:

and dubailand.. :eek:

wait till jan 2009..... :D

So amazing!! Only a while ago we were all worried why everything was taking so much time and today, BOOOOOOM, everything starts at once. Also 2 new supertalls today? :D

HH Sheikh Mohammed has told the real estate developers to proceed with the construction of the already started projects instead of starting to many new ones. That surely must have had some effect.

25/02/2006

http://i1.tinypic.com/okmt6h.jpg

EDIT: Only the machine in the middle, with those two lateral wheels, is on Princess' site. The other machineries belong to The Torch.

Close ups of the site:

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

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

dubai rocks!

man, there's more going on than ever

Entschuldigung, I don't follow this forum on a daily basis. Why is everyone so excited today?

man

3 of the world's tallest residential towers have broken ground in the same week!
the 4th one has broken ground a few months back

the 5th one has been found today

and a 6th one seems to be a very serious proposals


and all of these 6 residential towers will be next to each other

ONLY IN DUBAI! :D

Princess Tower, Mag Tower, The Torch and Infinity Tower start to work. And this really.

A new big board between Al Marsa and Infinity (think over 400 meters) with a tower that is ca. 85 floors heigh is up.

And at SZR is a new tower with 71 floors!!!!!!

Is this enough!!!???

this day is really more than exciting, that is true.

also don't forget that SZR has someone new towers at the moment, we had several towers released the last weeks, dubailand and business bay are in full swing.. OMG :D

so happy.

and we should have 23 supertalls UC/APP and completed at the moment... and almost all of them are now UC, hardly any approved ones...

+ these amazing aerial pics by Brian McMorrow , everyone goes crazy ... :dance:

Can't wait, hope we get a construction picture this week.

How far ist the hole???

man

3 of the world's tallest residential towers have broken ground in the same week!
the 4th one has broken ground a few months back

the 5th one has been found today

and a 6th one seems to be a very serious proposals


and all of these 6 residential towers will be next to each other

ONLY IN DUBAI! :D

I hope you will excuse me. It is really hard to follow everything :nuts:

AltinD. Hows about updates???

Two weeks ago. Krazy Updates not bad, but I want more!!!!!!!!

:hilarious

http://www.key2dubai.co.uk/images/villas/163a.jpg

^^ Complete WOW, should know better Krazy

:hahaha:

Reminds me of a render of Al Sharq that was like this aswell

It has really happen to have clouds that low. ;)

Look at this ;)

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/383/balcony132rr.jpg

^^ Even that is possible if there is low thick fog. (If we consider those white spots fog and not clouds) ;)

freehold apartments for the gods? :hilarious

:lol: can you remember that sheikh cartoon .. somewhere in burj dubai thread.

it was like 'i reserved the highest possible apt for you' and they are standing somewhere above the clouds..

well.. renders.. u know them after a while ;)

some competition from thailand?

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3889/majestic11fc.jpg

^^ 350m or sth like that

:rofl: <--- not more ... only thing it could be done faster .. but i doubt that.

07/05/2006

At least some progres:

http://i1.tinypic.com/xgcw20.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/xgcwfq.jpg

OMG! We have a hole!! Thank God for this

indeed, they are moving their asses.
this one could rise with Infinity, Ocean Heights, 23 Marina and Marina Pinnacle as well as The Torch at the same time.

Of course MP is ahead.

Not too deep a hole if you consider the height for this one... I remember the hole for say Roshana was deeper than this. Only excavation.. nothing to get excited about. We need to stop changing the status of towers to U/C just because excavation starts...

How about status key as follows:

E - Excavation
P - Piling
T - Tea break
L - "Lighthouse" Effect
UC - Under Construction

??? :cheers:

finally!

glad to see they finally started digging a bit :)

How about status key as follows:

E - Excavation
P - Piling
T - Tea break
L - "Lighthouse" Effect
UC - Under Construction

??? :cheers:

Yes but how often would we change it to L and T?

Well at least this means a change in the status perhaps a little soon for Under C ?

Just a quick note to introduce myself "DubaiLife". I've been reading everyones threads over the past few weeks and have found them very useful and interesting. I am buying a 2-Bed apartment on the sea view side of Princess Tower and a 1-bed apartment on the golf view side of Marina Heights Tower. The information I have got from the two forums have been great. - Hope to be able to contribute to the photos soon as I'm planning a visit sometime in June/July.

I've already found the following web sites that have some good pictures of Dubai and the Marina area (Flickr, Emporis, Brian McMorrow & Fotocommunity). Can anybody point me in the direction of a few more - Thanks

^^ welcome to the forum and congrats to ur purchase.

i assume u want to see aerial pictures of Dubai Marina, but the sites u posted are the best sources for those.

indeed i wonder what more u want to see ;)

I've already found the following web sites that have some good pictures of Dubai and the Marina area (Flickr, Emporis, Brian McMorrow & Fotocommunity). Can anybody point me in the direction of a few more - Thanks


Go to www.pbase.com
Areal pictures + great Marina pictures etc. from 02.2006
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

I've already found the following web sites that have some good pictures of Dubai and the Marina area (Flickr, Emporis, Brian McMorrow & Fotocommunity). Can anybody point me in the direction of a few more - Thanks


Webshots

Thanks to CrazyDave, Stephan23 & Ashka for the photo websites. I've already veiwed hundreds of pictures and downloaded quite a few to show them to others who are big fans of Dubai.

Has anyone noticed that Emporis haven't posted any pictures of the Princess Tower site since February-2006 (3 months ago). I see that work has started but there are no pictures showing the long awaited progress. If anyone has anything fairly recent, please could you post them - Many thanks - DubaiLife.

^^ The latests are on May 7th, and were posted just 15 posts up.

The crown of the Princess...

http://i4.tinypic.com/10iia3d.jpg

Wou cool.

Start you damn tower!!!

^^ You crack me up Stephan! every time!:lol:

he's the life of this forum :lol:

if no one posts ,he does :D


ah great day today.
i was out, that was fun...and no, i was NOT drinking nick.

well,... the dubai megaprojects video had a break today though :(

he's the life of this forum :lol:


Thank you very much :) But I prefer THE SOUL!! :)

Dear All, Is there anyone out there in Dubai that could give me a report on the progress of Princess Tower, or better still could you post some pictures. Thanks very much "DubaiLife".

Last pictures are a month ago. I think there isn't so much progress. Nothing really changed. AltinD will show us!!

looks like the developers were waiting for Australia's GROCON to sign up?
heres a bit froman atricle dubaiflo posted in Rose Rotana thread>
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There are two next steps for us: the first is to do the double jump form system where we build two floors at a time for the core,” says Emery. Grocon is in discussions with Tameer about using its system on the 106-storey Princess Tower planned for Sheikh Zayed Road, which is likely to stand around 420m high.

If Grocon wins the Princess Tower, Emery says the number of cycles could be cut in half, so instead of building the core jump form in 106 operations it could be built in around 54.
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looks like princess tower will be built fast by Grocon and official height looks like 420m!!
cheers

that is good news
i somehow can't wait to see this monster growing

420 sounds promising and confirms the email they have sent to me months ago

great

420m is same height as Jin mao in shanghai. bloody tall. so this will be worlds tallest resi in 2008/9? i wonder if marina101 will beat it.?not if grocon has anything to do with it.

^^ Marina 101 is a Hotel Apartment tower so it will not be a challenger.

Again guess it wont hurt as much to lose the title of Q1 as with Princess Tower. At least it had Australian Hand in the project !

420 meters is a really great height. Not more long to go and we will see the first floors growing!!!! :rock:

^^ Yeah right :rofl:

have a look at Altind's updates in May Stephen... I would reckon at least a year more before we see anything "grow"

The Princess Tower Plot & neighbours 15/06/06

http://xs102.xs.to/xs102/06251/DSCF4554LR.jpg (http://xs.to)

not much to see there but the progress on emirates crown :eek:

Surely someone must have something to say about Princess Tower. Even a picture of the hole in the ground would be better than seeing no posts for over two weeks.

They are selling the top penthouse (5 bedroom, 12,000+ sq-ft) at the 109th floor. :runaway:

:dance:

how much is it and change the title :naughty:

^^ On the add (In Property Weekly magazine) they're saying "Call for quotation" :D

Yeah, I was just flipping the pages in Prop Weekly myself and had to do a second take when I saw "109." When completed it just might be the second tallest building in Dubai!

Suddenly the 420m height is looking a bit too little... I reckon this one is gonna be at least as tall as Burj Al Alam.. if not more

Suddenly the 420m height is looking a bit too little... I reckon this one is gonna be at least as tall as Burj Al Alam.. if not more


waw that is even longer than my thick cock

Maybe, if you take the 420 meters, the tower is longer as 419,90 meters :)

But I want a new picture of this one too!!!
Has piling started?

^^ Yeah, it's about time for our triannual updates of the supertall pits, as I like to call them.

08/07/2006

http://i6.tinypic.com/1zexogn.jpg

http://i6.tinypic.com/1zexoxj.jpg

Good to see a picture of the work finally a long way to goto to get to the 109th floor

now that looks like soil testing and ready for piling soon :happy:

Ok! The constrution has started,or?

Princess Tower - You are beautiful, your beautiful is true !

Dubai-Boomtown, have you met Stephan? lol

Why?

Princess Tower is beautiful!!!

:rofl:

they must be brothers.

What are your problems Naz UK?

Im interested for Dubai skycrapers and what status the buildings had!

is there anywhere a thread about the Najd Tower???

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=155709

here, never built.

there is no need to ask for updates.

What are your problems Naz UK?

Im interested for Dubai skycrapers and what status the buildings had!
Well generally, finding the best interest rates for remortgaging and what to use to get metallic paint off your hands.

I know you are interested in Dubai skyscrapers! We all are. I was just welcoming you! You just remind me of Stephan, (another forumer) a little. :D

Good to see some work finally being carried out on the Princess tower. I read recently on ITP.net that the Princess tower would be the first in Dubai to try out a new construction method developed in Australia. Cutting a long story short, it allows for the building of skyscrapers 2 floors at a time, thus, reducing construction time by up to half!!!

Would love to see that in action here.

I think Najd is Cancled.

Good to see some work finally being carried out on the Princess tower. I read recently on ITP.net that the Princess tower would be the first in Dubai to try out a new construction method developed in Australia. Cutting a long story short, it allows for the building of skyscrapers 2 floors at a time, thus, reducing construction time by up to half!!!



as usually, u r not able to impress us since we know that already, and on a sidenote, we know it better :D

It is a two floor jumpform technique by Grocon , as u said from Australia, which was however also used for Rose Rotana already, that is why it was that fast.
It was first used for Sydney's world tower and the eureka tower in melbourne.

^^ Kids! :no:

I don't need to impress coz i'm not in high school any more!:D

^^ :lol: yes you're an old man now... a la Altind :D

as usually, u r not able to impress us since we know that already, and on a sidenote, we know it better :D

It is a two floor jumpform technique by Grocon , as u said from Australia, which was however also used for Rose Rotana already, that is why it was that fast.
It was first used for Sydney's world tower and the eureka tower in melbourne.


So Mister Flo i know it all. If this it the technique how many floors do you get in a week 2 or is it 2 floor every 10 days. If you don't know think of it as your homework to find out :runaway:

^^ :lol: yes you're an old man now... a la Altind :D
I'm gona be 31 in just over a week!! But actually, I look in my early 20's, so says the wife! Bless her!

I'm gona be 31 in just over a week!! But actually, I look in my early 20's, so says the wife! Bless her!


Is that before or after you give her the money she wants to spend :D.

:rofl:


OWNED!!

anyway, thedubailife this double jumpform technique does not give you an exact cycle.

it just makes it possible to jump two floors with every operation, which does not necessarily make it double as fast, but
basically all the work around the core is half as much, e.g. steel fixing etc.

Is that before or after you give her the money she wants to spend :D.

:lol:

Sorry Naz, when I try to picture you, there's usually a bald spot in the picture somewhere :lol:

With Grocon jumpform, you have a cycle of no more then 5 days per floor, if everything works perfectly.

they claimed to have a 3 floor cycle for Rose Rotana, however that is not true of course.

but maybe possible.

I'm gona be 31 in just over a week!! But actually, I look in my early 20's, so says the wife! Bless her!

I look and feel in mid '20s myself but I became 31, 3 1/3 years ago ... :eek: :old:

^^ That's impressively fast, which is what Princess needs! (Edit: referring to 3 cycles per floor, not Altin's comments!)

I have a full head of hair thank you. And yes, now you've mentioned it, it does seem to be just after I hand over cash, that i get such compliments!!!

Actually, if the truth be known, a)she probably earns more than I do!!! and b) She takes all my wage and then hands back what's left over!

^^ I am slightly older than AltinD but not much, still have all my hair though. :ancient:

I have a full head of hair thank you. And yes, now you've mentioned it, it does seem to be just after I hand over cash, that i get such compliments!!!

Actually, if the truth be known, a)she probably earns more than I do!!! and b) She takes all my wage and then hands back what's left over!


http://smiliestation.de/smileys/Schlafend/35.gif (http://smiliestation.de):scouserd: :scouserd:

^^ I am slightly older than AltinD but not much, still have all my hair though. :ancient:

Who is the Youngest member here on Skyscrapercity?? ( I'am only 17 years old)

is this a joke ?

what is a joke?