You´re 17 ? The youngest Dubai Fan here!

Really? :)
Dubai is my favourite City in the world!
Since an age of 12 Years i'm interested in Skyscrapers, Architekture etc....

^^ Are you Austrian?

No i come from Germany. ca. 20km west of Ingolstadt ( the Audi Town ).

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

I am 16. i cant be the youngest

Project: Princess Tower
Type: Residential
Floor Count: 107
Height: 420m+
Status: Under Construction
Construction Start: 2006
Construction End: 2009
Key Fact: Tallest Residential Tower in the world on completion

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High Res render (http://img150.exs.cx/img150/8849/princesstower5mt.jpg)



Link to Part 1 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=153758&page=1&pp=20)

Great Krazy!

A new clearly Forum for one of my favourite buildings in DUBAI!

This is good for the beautiful Princess Tower!

yeah it's an fantastic tower

21/07/2006

I hope this is a Princess site, if not just remove them..

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That you very much for the updates!

grow,grow,grow Princess Tower!

Great Pics, Thank you Imre :okay:

COOL¡

Height added to emporis! :okay:

it's actually not the correct height. 420m is just the speculated height and with 107 floors it's surely going to be close to 450m if not more.

I know, but it's added with 420. Maybe they will change it later.

Amazing. 450 is the height of Petronas Towers. :cheers:

I heard from an independant source the height of 420 so ammeded the height on emporis. should it be changed during construction as so many buildings are then we can ammend it again. Its like the BD we know its higher than the Emporis height

^^ I think they will be keeping the final height shush on this one, like BD, coz like BD this is a record-breaking tower.

record breaking towers dont usually keep their heights a secret... that nonsense happens only in Dubai

they want to keep people like us in suspense like dennis is keeping us with that bloody secret

04.08.2006 By Imre

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Anybody seen this HUGE floor plan of the Pentouse of the Princess Tower ?. Its sooooooooo big. The whole 90th floor ! 1172 square meters and that only for 5.3m US$...
Quite cheap, eh ? ;-)

http://www.remaxunlimiteddubai.com/dynamic/images/lf301444_villa.jpg

^^ I was thinking of Buying but then i thought i'd have to label all the doors and i might get lost. Also seamed to cheap, might not be as good quality or was that the dream and the real reason is i don't have 5.3m US$

a befitting tower to take over the reigns as worlds tallest resi from Australia's 322m Q1 Tower. im pretty sure australian company Grocon are building princess with its quick slip-form -jump concrete construction system. the tower will rise up 2 floors at once every 5 days. This will rise very fast after initial lower floors are built due to simplistic floors (50m wide). the first setback at lev92 will be 323m high then 10 or so more floors to main roof top at 370m. the the circular crown top section take it to 400m and later the topped by the 20m spire. maybe the spire could end up 50m high?
should be great to watch rise.
cheers

If it start in the next 2 years :bash: :D

Good info, 2 floors in 5 days. :omg:

Like I asked in the international forum, how can it be a floor every 60 hours. How does this method work, and why an Aussie company?

for one thing in Dubai workers are on shift
which means apart from a break in the middle of the day the work never stops

^^ and remember the 3 hour break in the day is only for 3 months of the year during summer

if they get it :)
but sure in high profile development like this the workers do get their summer breaks

the al attar tower on SZR is going at about 1 floor every 3 days as its a jumpform coller around the entire building so the core and external frame are independant . the next step is to drop in precast beams spanning from the core to the perimiter wall. next drop in precast floor slabs. Pront easy , claen and efficient. This will be Dubais fastest rising tower now thay have hit their strides.
A couple of thiongs for quick construction of towers in Dubai.
1 common floorplate
2 21 hour 2 shifts per day
3 jumpforms working on more then 1 floor at a time
4 precast as much as possible
5 very good logistics and on site material handling

I dont know who will get Princess but its a very simple structure so it should fly up unless they do it in steel like almas tower where you can work on up to 4 floors at a time

Hope it will start soon, than we will see.

18.08.2006 By Imre

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25.08.2006 By Imre

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Lebanese take Princess sky-high

Lebanon’s Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has been awarded the main construction package on the Princess Tower, set to be one of the tallest buildings in Dubai. The 32-month contract, valued at AED 690 million ($188 million), calls for the construction of a 410-metre-high building overlooking Palm Jumeirah. Princess Tower will have 101 floors and six basements, with a total built-up area of 170,000 square metres. Turkey’s Zetas was awarded the foundations package last year. The client is Sharjah-based Tameer Holdings, which is 50 per cent owned by Saudi Arabia’s Al-Rajhi Group. The architectural consultant is the local Adnan Safarini.

R

^^ can u post the link so i can add the height to emporis

are you a member of emporis krazy?

So not the world's tallest res then:)

Good that that contract has been awarded, means proper construction should start soon

well i cant actually...its from a newsletter...but i think its from meed...and @ malec: what is the worlds tallest res then?

R

Marina 101 at 415m, or ocean heights II if it gets built

Marina 101 will not be considered a residential tower.. it's serviced hotel apartments

thanks for the source.. added the height.. princess is now the second tallest tower under c in dubai

there are now 12 towers under c in dubai which are 300m or more in height... it woulda have been 13 if durrah was still its original height... attar tower might make up for this loss with its height increase so keep your fingers crossed... but neverthaless 12 supertalls under c as of now and 8 supertalls approved...

that makes it 20 new 300m+ towers for dubai by 2010:cheers:

I think it's more than 20.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=9793493#post9793493

^^ I just took the numbers from emporis list...

who cares.. we are on top.

will they use the Grocon double climb slipform?

^^ I'm sure they will, since ACC used Grocon jumpform on Rose Rotana.

Lubeca jumpform system will be used on this? sweet because this has been slow to take of.

15.09.2006 by Imre

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load testing isn't it?

At emporis height change to 414 meters.

This make sense: Taller than Marina 101.
Please change title! THX

yea i changed the height on emporis a few days back. Trade Arabia had an article about princess being 414m.

http://www.ameinfo.com/96762.html

ACC aim high

The contract for the construction of the world's tallest residential tower 'The Princess Tower' has been awarded to Arabian Construction Company (ACC).

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An artist's impression of 'The Princess Tower'.

The 107 storey residential building will be located in Dubai Marina. The developer of this project is Sharjah-based Tameer Holdings and the value of the contract is Dhs 690 million.

'We thank Tameer for entrusting us with their signature project, which we commit to deliver to the highest standards, in line with ACC's recognized code of practice,' said Hassan Auji the General Manager of the ACC Dubai.

ACC was selected for this project due to its extensive experience in high-rise construction. The company has been associated with a number of skyscrapers in Dubai such as the 80 storey 333m tall Rose Rotana Suites Tower (the highest furnished apartment tower in the world) and DMCC's 70 storey 360m tall Almas Tower.

Sitting on a large 3,500 square meter plot in Dubai Marina, the Princess Tower will rise 414m with a total built-up area of 170,000 square meters. When complete the building will contain 750 luxury residential apartment units of two, three and four bedrooms along with duplex villas and penthouses. Once completed, the Princess Tower will replace the 323m tall Q1 Tower on the Gold Coast of Australia for the title of the world's tallest all-residential building.

Amenities at the Princess Tower will include swimming pools, a gymnasium, a children's day care nursery, a sauna club, a prayer room and a private car parking area for each resident in addition to a luxurious reception area. The completion date for this project is 2009.

i was so happy when i read the article

but only 2 meters taller than marina 101

By Imre 23.09.2006

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new pics?

13/10/2006

Princess Tower

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27.10.2006 By Imre

I can see the piles!!!!!! :master: :omg:

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such a massive hole..

still a lot of piling to do ;)

Sunday, 5 November 2006
58m piling paves the way for tallest resi tower in the world
by Christopher Sell

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Around 182 piles of varying diameters, from 1,500mm to 1,200mm and 900mm will be utilised on the site. The project manager says that the most powerful piling rig in the UAE is being used for the groundworks.

Dubai’s coastline may feature an abundance of high-rise developments all jockeying for pole-position on the city’s skyline, but within the space of a few months, it is now going to get two towers both vying for the accolade of the world’s tallest residential tower.

Currently occupied by the 323m tall Q1 Tower on Australia’s Gold Coast, the emirate was supposed to be inheriting the title sometime in 2009 following completion of the Princess Tower. Standing at 107 stories and 414m tall, the US $188 million (AED690 million) project, developed by Tameer Holdings with ACC as the main contractor, is universally considered to be the holder in waiting.

Not so according to the developers of 23 Marina, a new development located almost in the shadow of the Princess Tower. This 90-storey, 390m tower, launched in October is also claiming to be building the world’s tallest residential building.

Can they both be right? RP Ranganatha, general manager, Hircon is ebullient over who is the rightful heir, refuting the claim made for Princess Tower, mainly because, he says, they [ACC] are building a mixed-use tower. “As it stands this [23 Marina] is the tallest exclusive residential tower in the world, and I say exclusive because although the Princess Tower is taller than us, they have a bit of commercial space. Though they claim it is just a residential tower, they have commercial, whereas we remain exclusively a residential tower,” he says.

Indeed, the Princess Tower does feature offices and sales outlets, whereas 23 Marina is looking to create a single residential neighbourhood within the structure. But semantics aside, the crux is that 23 Marina will still be the second tallest tower in the GCC, and as such likely to pose enough construction challenges on the ground as those across the boardroom table. It is a super high-rise residential building consisting of ground floor plus 88 floors with four basements below ground. The height above ground floor is 324m up to the last roof above which the roof features extend another 66m making the top of the building 390m above ground level.

The tower is being built by Dubai Civil Engineering, with KEO International as the lead consultant. Hircon International, a joint venture between the Hiranandani Group and ETA Star properties, awarded the contract of over $134 million. Hafeez Contractor’s from Mumbai, India is the concept architect. In total the building will have eight levels of parking, three levels of spas, fitness centres and indoor and outdoor temperature-controlled swimming pools. It will also feature a jogging track.

Swiss Boring Overseas Piling is currently on site in Dubai Marina, completing the substructure work and expect to finish the concreting of the piling work by the end of this month, when load testing can begin. It is hoped that this, termed phase one will be completed by mid-November. Phase two will see DCE come on board to mobilise and commence the superstructure. This is expected to last 1,004 days, with the floors being added in a three-day cycle, according to Emad Hammoudi, project manager, KEO International. The proposed structural system comprises shear walls and outriggers, perimeter columns and post-tension slabs.

With a somewhat shallow footprint of 56m, the tower will require significant foundations and it is unsurprising that, at 58m below ground, 23 Marina – with the notable exception of the Burj Dubai – will feature the deepest pilings in the UAE.

According to Anil Mishra, structural engineer, KEO, 182 piles of varying diameters, from 1,500mm to 1,200mm and 900mm will be utilised on the building site. The deepest and most frequent pilings appear at the centre of the footprint where 91 piles of 1,500mm will be sunk. Moreover, 68 1,200mm piles will be sunk 44m either side of the largest piles. And finally, 23 900mm piles will be sunk, encircling the perimeter of the entire site. Mishra adds that the site is home to the most powerful piling rig in the UAE, and it happens to be the only one in the country too.

Surprisingly, however, for a tower of such height and narrow footprint, no damping mechanism has been incorporated into the design. While Mishra voiced his surprise at this omission, Rafi Sheikh head of structural department, KEO explains that without, it is a more efficient and cheaper building process. “The structure itself provides enough damping properties. We have done a study by RWDI in Ontario. They confirmed that building range of acceleration is 15.9 and it has to be between 15 and 18. So it’s very comfortable.” Sheikh adds that the sway at the top of the building will be 450mm each side. Otherwise, Sheikh continues, a damping system is highly expensive, difficult to maintain, and it is hard to ensure they will definitely work.

Furthermore, independent third party checking was carried out by French consultant Socotech in Paris and KEO’s design was verified as being safe and in compliance with regulations. Garassino of Milan, Italy carried out pile group effect studies. Allied to the wind tunnel tests, motion perception studies were conducted by Motioneering of Ontario, Canada, while test pile load-deflection studies were carried out by Loadtest Asia of Singapore.

For the excavation, which currently is at -4m, a diaphragm wall has been constructed, going down 18m and is 80cm thick. Once the piling has been completed, the excavation level will go down a further 8m to -12m. To compensate for the Gulf’s water table, Swiss Boring has installed 24 de-watering wells, placed inside and outside the wall, running continuously to enable construction to take place.

“The de-watering is important, as if it didn’t happen, you would be water-logged and you simply couldn’t build. And from here we need to go down another 8m” says Mishra. The piling work has to be completed first before any excavation takes place, adds Mishra simply because the logistics of transporting the supplies to construct the pilings - concrete, rebar and so forth – any deeper would be extremely difficult.

But the problem that most concerns Mishra is access to supplies and labour, to ensure that work can proceed smoothly. “It is not so much the work itself, the bigger problem in this country are supplies. If you get them at all. In order to get things done on time you need people to do it. And those people are not there all the time because they are on other sites,” he says.

With 73% of all the apartments already sold, according to Hircon, clearly customers in the UAE are not particularly fazed whether it can justify its claim as the world’s tallest residential tower or whether it features a damping system. As long as it provides accommodation to meet Dubai’s metronomic growth and demand for high-specification property, there seemingly will always be someone looking to fill it. The prospect of living in accommodation certified by the Guinness Book of World Records would simply be a bonus.

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it's more for 23marina but whatever. :lol: at WTRB

what come's next....a 500m Residental building :)

Can they both be right? RP Ranganatha, general manager, Hircon is ebullient over who is the rightful heir, refuting the claim made for Princess Tower, mainly because, he says, they [ACC] are building a mixed-use tower. “As it stands this [23 Marina] is the tallest exclusive residential tower in the world, and I say exclusive because although the Princess Tower is taller than us, they have a bit of commercial space. Though they claim it is just a residential tower, they have commercial, whereas we remain exclusively a residential tower,” he says

this guys knows shit, according to to the CTBUH the only offical descriptions of all use towers is that they should not have more than 10% of their area dedicated to non descripotion use, ie on a 107f tower you can have 10 floors of what ever as non residnetail and still qualify for residential status

Is this tower 107F btw? 6 of these are basements

^^ Not basements (which are underground and don't count) but parking levels above the ground.

this guys knows shit, according to to the CTBUH the only offical descriptions of all use towers is that they should not have more than 10% of their area dedicated to non descripotion use, ie on a 107f tower you can have 10 floors of what ever as non residnetail and still qualify for residential status


:lol: what a moron,go and tell him, maybe they will consider height increase ;)

G + is all that counts Basements dont count

I have a friend who is interested in a 1 or 2 bed apartment in Princess Tower. Does anyone know if there are any still available and where prices & availability could be found.

Many thanks - Billy.

The Architect of the tower has said that the construction (of the structure) will start on December.

THX. Finally. Some pictures would be great!!

I agree, someone confirm accelerated work.

How far is the piling at the Princess Tower?? Near of The Torch??

Piling is completed. THX for the info Altin.

A picture would be great!!

Imre, are you back and what's with internet connection?

what come's next....a 500m Residental building :)
give it another year for a res tower of that height to appear in the pipeline! :)

what come's next....a 500m Residental building :)
in DUBAI anything is possible:)

yes, but now they need a tower over 610m because of Chicago Spire :)

http://www.hidubai.com/showthread.php?t=298 - if pasting pictures here please give credit to www.hidubai.com

From: http://www.hidubai.com/


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LOL at the project board

:rofl:

the board.. how the heck did this happen.

but a lot of piles going there..

26/01/2007

Princess Tower

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now that's a huge ass hole... piles looking good

^^ What forum are you on Samir? :lol:

now that's a huge ass hole... piles looking good

:rofl:

^^ What forum are you on Samir? :lol:

:nuts: I just read that again...

:lol: :lol:
but ewww

you people have sick minds :lol:

^^ who started this crap :bash: :D

hole looks organized and clean.. can't be too long..

Quite a deep excavation and no more ocmments about the size of the hole

02.02.2007

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massive

Little mistake with the piles. Either too low or cut off at wrong level and now being extended.

^^ Will that not structuraly affect the strentgh of the piles or in engineering terms does this kind of thing happen.

It always worries me about Dubai and how much stringent checking they do during building.

^^No. The type of connectors they are using are specificaly designed for the job.

it always worry me to hear such things, even though i think the actual regulations in Dubai are quite good, it is just about enforcing them.

looks massive..

16.02.2007

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seems pilling is almost finished

Comming along well, should start rising just after torch.

23.02.2007

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09.03.2007

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It is really great to see this progress, Maybe Tameer can deliver this one on time:banana:

If "on time" means late 2010, then they may.

they have promised july 09, thats the prblem with allot of projects in dubai thay cant deliver on time<:ohno:

^^ Is not really that they can't deliver "on time", rather they give completition dates before they get all the permissions and got hold of the site. The fact that the the contractors are overstretched, doesn't help either.

In other words; they speak out of their arse.

Please could somebody post some progress pictures of Princess Tower. Or direct me to an alternative site where I might find some.

Many Thanks.

when anyone has new pics he'll post them!

I think there is not much progress. Let's wait till Imre is back in 2 weeks or so. Then we will see, if something is happen!!

podium will come out in october, then it will take5 days for each floor.....use your fingers to calculate....or you try a machine more clever...

thats 535 days...or 1 and a half years...seems rather quick?

R

One floor in 5-days? Sounds too fast. I don't even think the Burj Dubai is growing that fast and it has an army of workers and whole lot of money behind it. I wonder what Tameer has.

^^ Could even be faster. The reason is the floors are simple so it's the same thing over and over again, unlike something like ocean heights.

guys you really think a group like the one behind tameer doesnt have money.... ( they own more than yo can even imaginate!!!!) you should do your research more better or stop doing stupid comments!!!BTW burj is one floor every 4 days.......like in vegas, we are talking about structure!!!( for the poeple who doesnt know....) so you will c tameer doing a good reslut and delivery almos on time..

I'm actually dissapointed to the 5 days cycle that is the norm and nothing special, especially when we were promissed a revolutionary, and world's first 2 floors simultaniously poured central core by GROCON.

amazing!!!!!!

Why in October?? It can be in 2-3 months

Was just told by a friend that there was a death today at the Princess Tower dig site. With the strong wind and heavy rains today, some plywood blew down from the scaffolding of Emriates Crown, landing on a Princess site worker's head. Apparently he died rather quickly and due to the bad weather conditions no ambulance arrived for a couple of hours. It seems the worker wasn't wearing a hard hat--perhaps hearsay, I can't confirm. It seems that no one else was injured.

The weather was worst in the afternoon--I believe the accident occured about 3 p.m. There was also marble-sized hail falling.

9 p.m. now, and the winds are still strong. Wonder if there were incidents at other sites?

:ohno:

:no:

That Sucks.

Oh shit! :(

When something like that falling at terminal velocity lands on your head I doubt a helmet would have done much

^ If he didn't die instantly then I'm sure a helmet might have made the difference.

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:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

great job malec!

beautiful!

:master: :master:

Imagine owning the Penthouse in this beauty ... a bargain at 20m Dhs! ;)

Imagine the clouds surrounding or below the penthouse, or getting into the apartment - ears popping all the way up - only to find you've left the mobile in the car! :gaah:

BTW, Malec - outstanding work - very well done. :applause:

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13/April/2007

Princess Tower

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27/04/2007

Princess Tower

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18/May/2007

Princess Tower

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Anyone up to host a 18 MB of a 6,311 x 9,000 giant rendering? :nuts:

18MB??? where is that rendering?

^^ I have it in my PC. HUGE!!! :nuts:

http://i17.tinypic.com/66uikuf.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/4yj7mdx.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/66jmcjp.jpg

Doesn't this mean 101 regular floors??

i believe the 101F figure is old. as far as i know the've increased it to 107. correct me if i'm wrong.

Nope it's always been 6 basement and 101 normal floors, in fact I'll change the title now.

Altin just upload it to www.rapidshare.com the best and fastest hosting site on the net :)

BTW these renderings are quite useful as they give the dimensions of the bases which I'll use in the 3D model

^^ I'm doing it now and shall post the link when upload is completed. If you check the right diagram on the first pic from post 127, you can see the positioning of the tower on the plot (as well asd podium), which will help you for a correct 3D model.

Date: 06-June-2007, GMT+4

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Date: 06-June-2007, GMT+4

http://i16.tinypic.com/4rb4dn9.jpg

Can't say this in an other way!!!! GEIL!!!!!!

It's coming!! :omg:

Nice progress, so this will definitely be the next to rise after 23 marina and the torch then

Nice progress, so this will definitely be the next to rise after 23 marina and the torch then

Hi,
Does this mean to say that the completion date is _after_ Torch ?

I am hoping to move to a different apartment after 2 years ...

Rgds.

^^ Wait for another 3, you could move into mine 2010.

Better still 2011 and Torch will be ready, change you name and bingo!:lol:

Hooray :banana:

15/June/2007

Princess Tower

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the aliens have landed here too

We need an aliens have landed photo section for showing pours of all the super talls.

Where is our man Hate Torch?

Great to see the pour taking place, lovely pictures Imre. Be interesting to see how the size of the slab measures up against The Torch, I would assume it will be bigger ??

All those pumps look impressive, but where's the flippin concrete :bash:

^^ Deep under the rebars ;)

Don't forget that the pictures were taken in Friday morning, so they have maybe 24 more hours to pour.

http://i17.tinypic.com/66uikuf.jpg

Beautiful...

18/May/2007

Princess Tower

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WOAH!!!:omg: Now that's a beautiful sight! When is the "Princess" due for completion? 107 floors, right? 6 below basement huh?

Completely residential, right? WOW!!! One of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen...

Simply gorgeous...:lol:

^^ We would presume a 2011 handover

Date: 17 June 2007 , GMT+4
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Date: 17-June-2007, GMT+4

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Date: 17-June-2007, GMT+4

Nice water fountains at a stretch of road leading to Marina (beside torch,princess,mag etc area)

http://i18.tinypic.com/5yth6z8.jpg

^^ Nice contrast in colour.

107 elevation levels
6 Underground floors (Parking)
5 Podium Floors (Parking + Main Entrance)
90 Residencial Floors
(30th level/23rd Floor is service floor)
(31st level/24th Floor is service floor)
(58th level/51st Floor is service floor)
(59th level/52st Floor is service floor)
(86th level/79th Floor is double height service floor)

2 Luxury Penthouses Floors
1 Playing Floor
3 Service Floors on top

Top of the Highest Habitable Floor 358.20 meters
Top of Main Structure (Where Dome Starts) 376.80 meters
Top of the Dome 392.00 meters
Top of the pinaccle base 399.00 meters
Top of the pinnacle 414.00 meters

^^ source?

^^ Architectural drawings approved by DM :runaway:

^^ I asked because I need to have the source in order to add the details to emporis.

http://i9.tinypic.com/4ms77g0.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/6810geo.jpg

http://i15.tinypic.com/5436et2.jpg

Happy now? Everything you may ask for is in there. ;)

thanks altind. i love it when we get to see official drawings.
wow, 6m floors? such luxury
the tower only measures 40m wide. its gonna be slim! excellent
cheers

^^Yeah..I requested that specifically, so the hindered view from my Torch apartment was kept to a minimum. They were surprising accommodating to redesign reccommendations! :D

^^ Maybe they did, fearing bad press publicity :tongue2:


:D

naz probably scared them with an AK :lol:


^^ Maybe they did, fearing bad press publicity :tongue2:


:D

^^ There is only one thing more "scaring" than a AK: a pen. :yes:

a man's greatest weapon is his word.. there u go..

This one will be like Rose Rotana.. :eek:

taller but also slightly wider..

great drawing, very interesting :)

a man's greatest weapon is his word.. there u go..

This one will be like Rose Rotana.. :eek:

taller but also slightly wider..

What's in a name?

^^ You definitely have not met my dad! :lol:

a man's greatest weapon is his word.. there u go..



True...

First comes the Talent, then comes the Money, then comes the Power and then....?????????

"The whole world...and everything in it" Tony Montana

29/June/2007

Princess Tower

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^^ Nice pics Imre! :) Construction workers looking happy at work here eh? They need an ice-cold beer for sure! :cheers: :lol:

Can't wait for Princess Tower to be completed, it's just an awesome building. :)

Nice, smiling workers. If all the workers were paid and treated better, the quality of workmanship I'm sure would go way up. Double or tripple their salaries and charge the investor 10% more. That would more than cover it, and I as an investor would consider it money well spent.

Princess, Torch, Pinnacle, MAG 218, 23 Marina... at least 5 new tall towers will be added to the skyline on the tallest block and at least that many more should be budding in the next year or so. The whole area will be completely transformed. I noticed in just a one week absence from the Marina and new Dubai that the constant change and progress is readily apparent.

^^ I totally agree, you gotta feel for these guys eh? Construction work is not an easy job anywhere, but in Dubai they must be working in very difficult conditions. It's not right is it, and I for one as a future investor wouldn't mind one little bit having to shell out an extra 10-15% more. Indeed, it would be money well spent.

06/July/2007

Princess Tower

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3973/imresolt104id6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/518/imresolt105gu0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5360/imresolt106oh4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ ^^
Great pics yet again Imre! :) :cheers:

:omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg:

Shouldn't be all that long before the Princess is above ground level:soon: :soon: :soon:

^^ If by soon you mean a couple months.

How many swimmng pools will there be here and where will they be located ??

How many swimmng pools will there be here and where will they be located ??

Are you looking for pool views from your balcony in the Torch:lol: Get the binoculars ready !!

Are you looking for pool views from your balcony in the Torch:lol: Get the binoculars ready !!

:hilarious

I was just wondering as the podium is smaller than TT where are they putting the outdoor swimming pool ?? Perhaps there's not going to be one, in which case those bikini clad girls are all welcome to come across to the Torch. :lol:

^^ There will be 2 swiming pools 13 meters long only :runaway:

Will there be any indoor pools as these two outdoor pools seem insufficient for such a large number of residents ??

^^ If by soon you mean a couple months.

Yep, a couple of months is nothing! :okay: :D :banana: :banana: :banana:

^^ There will be 2 swiming pools 13 meters long only :runaway:

You're kidding, right? That's not really adequate enough for a 101f building! That's a lot of people! Just two 13 metre swimming pools eh? Shit I'd want one of those for myself:lol: Sure hope there are at least two pools inside as well... But I suppose if space is at a premium then you have to make do with what you've got huh?

Yep, a couple of months is nothing! :okay: :D :banana: :banana: :banana:

It will take more then that, there are 6 underground floors to be build out of concrete and then the above ground part to be build out of steel.

I predict at least 3 months (1 floor in 2 weeks) untill we reach the ground level, actually I would be more then happy if that's the case.

It will take more then that, there are 6 underground floors to be build out of concrete and then the above ground part to be build out of steel.

I predict at least 3 months (1 floor in 2 weeks) untill we reach the ground level, actually I would be more then happy if that's the case.

Well you're in a better position than I am right now to know about this so I guess you're right here AltinD. I'm trying to keep up with all the daily updates but it not easy as I am just so busy.... crazy:nuts: But that's not much of a difference eh? From a waiting perspective I mean. This block of supertalls is just amazing though huh? I can't see any block in New York or Hong Kong even coming close...

Have you bought here yourself? Planning to?

^^ Me, nah ... I'm not a risk taker and I don't like debts.

I was wrong about the pool. The 13 something meters I quoted, it was the ground elevation.

The pool(s) is(are) on the 5th floor and are 10 x 5.2 x 1.75 meters, not including the children's paddling area but inclusive of shallow area. :lol:

There will be another pool on the 6th floor, this one of oval shape with a jacuzzi on one side amd a children pool on the other but also this is timy, only some 14 - 15 meters long overall.

However the penthouses on top have a pool some 4.9 x 4.4. It will be very cool standing on your pool 352 meters above ground.

^^ Any renders available for these pools/interiors? I haven't seen anything for ER either:cry: :D

Sure will be cool that high up, we will have to get our lead swimming vests out then eh?:lol: I know my little Morella will just love it though, she's fucking :nuts:!!!:lol:

^^

Enough with the swearing already its just not relevant :ohno:

^^ ^^

Whoever said it was relevant dude? Just saying my little girl is a little over-enthusiastic, at times.:lol: What, are your ears burning? If they are then I strongly suggest you get out of the f*****g kitchen!!! Are the little stars I put here okay for ya? :weird: :bash:

Yes that's an improvement but I would have thought a man of your intelligence could make himself plainly understood without needing to resort to profane language.

^^ Now ain't that ever so nice:wink2: :hug: A tad ambiguous there but I will take that as a compliment kind sir:lol: I would wouldn't I!?:lol: :cheers:

Seriously though, I must definitely take after my dad, with respect to swearing anyway, I mean, the air literally turns blue at times when he rolls into town:nuts::bash: He is Irish-American so that explains that really:crazy2: :lol:

I do know it's quite inappropriate and needless to swear so much, especially on a forum like but... but you know, I often have to bite my own tongue to stop swearing! And no, I don't have a touch of the Gilles de la Tourettes, to any degree mate:lol: Oddly enough, I never swear in front of my kids... weird that huh? Which is a good thing of course!

20/July/2007

Princess Tower

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9140/imresolt146za7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2843/imresolt147sq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8923/imresolt150hr7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

03/Aug/2007

Princess Tower

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8104/imresolt132ns6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Gonna be amazing seeing this one and TT rise at the same time (ish) ...

17/Aug/2007

Princess Tower

coming fast (500 workers at daytime and 100 at night)

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3724/imresolt104pq8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3651/imresolt105yp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This one's gonna seriously fly up in no time

Hope you're right about that malec!:banana: :banana: :banana:

31/Aug/2007

Princess Tower

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http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8894/imresolt048bc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:omg: How fast is this one??!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Going to overtake the Torch easily ...

maybe it will also overtake Marina Pinnacle with that speed :lol:

WOW!!! SO fast! Princess Tower is up and flying!!!! :banana:

DS, Torch investors and their contractors should take a look at The Princess Tower and perceive how a building SHOULD rise!!!

07/Sept/2007

Princess Tower

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4967/imresolt059iq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6378/imresolt060js2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

14/September/2007

Princess Tower

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4462/imresolt118yb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And surely up one level in one week. :cheers:

^^ wonderful progress if i may say so myself

Progress, yes, but this rising core is rather small compared to the surrounding plaform that is yet to rise and compared to the Torch core. I'm not surprised that that little core will rise up a floor every few days, but I don't think it is indicative of fast progress overall. Really, it looks like no more than an elevator shaft.

^^ This tower's structure comprises a steel bracing structure around a reinforced concrete central core, while the Torch and 23Marina are concrete structures.

What you see is the central core which can be said is "just" the elevators shaft. The same team have juct completed Rose Rotana Tower in SZR, using the exact same building technique and they had a speed of 5 days/floor and that inclusdes the rest of the tower as well.

I think this tower will be completed before The Torch.

^^ Thanks for the info!:)

Fantastic progress here, just amazing to see such speed in the construction of Princess Tower!

I agree, I think Princess will be completed before The Torch!:banana:

Progress, yes, but this rising core is rather small compared to the surrounding plaform that is yet to rise and compared to the Torch core. I'm not surprised that that little core will rise up a floor every few days, but I don't think it is indicative of fast progress overall. Really, it looks like no more than an elevator shaft.


but u didnt include the relative time in your comparison between the torch and the princess!! :)
princess is doin' better...

PS: we are all making bets in the torch forum anyway...

^^ This tower's structure comprises a steel bracing structure around a reinforced concrete central core, while the Torch and 23Marina are concrete structures.

What you see is the central core which can be said is "just" the elevators shaft. The same team have juct completed Rose Rotana Tower in SZR, using the exact same building technique and they had a speed of 5 days/floor and that inclusdes the rest of the tower as well.

I think this tower will be completed before The Torch.

Interesting. I didn't realize that this would be a mostly steel as opposed to concrete structure. The Rose Rotana Tower did rise up really fast, as not having to pour so much concrete and wait for it to set has a great speed advantage it would seem. It is ironic, in fact, that the Princess would have more steel than concrete as it looks like a solid, heavy concrete structure from the exterior--according to renders, that is.

^^ This tower's structure comprises a steel bracing structure around a reinforced concrete central core, while the Torch and 23Marina are concrete structures.

What you see is the central core which can be said is "just" the elevators shaft. The same team have juct completed Rose Rotana Tower in SZR, using the exact same building technique and they had a speed of 5 days/floor and that inclusdes the rest of the tower as well.

I think this tower will be completed before The Torch.

thanks for placing it in perspective. i didn't know this

Interesting. I didn't realize that this would be a mostly steel as opposed to concrete structure. The Rose Rotana Tower did rise up really fast, as not having to pour so much concrete and wait for it to set has a great speed advantage it would seem. It is ironic, in fact, that the Princess would have more steel than concrete as it looks like a solid, heavy concrete structure from the exterior--according to renders, that is.

You can't judge by the renders alone, if the tower will be made out of steel or concrete. ;)

new board

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7105/p1020278np6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ LOL at the clouds :D

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/3265/p1020277wh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

14/September/2007

Princess Tower

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4462/imresolt118yb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Rose Rotana Tower
03.July.2005 by Krazy

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/89722afe.jpg

Get the similarities?

While browising the old Rose Rotana thread I saw that between Sep 3rd - Oct 2nd, 2005 the tower climbed from the 11th to the 18th floor or 7 floors in a single month. This help understand the speed, with which this thing (The Princess) might go up. :cheers:

so, 2011 same as the Torch

Rose Rotana Tower and Princess Towers' cores look almost identical! At this pace Princess Tower should be topped out 2010!

Nice board for Princess Tower but what's with those clouds?!:lol:

^^ LOL at the clouds :D

just place some weird pipes and suck in the clouds to form water!! dewa won't be so happy...

Rose Rotana Tower and Princess Towers' cores look almost identical! At this pace Princess Tower should be topped out 2010!

Nice board for Princess Tower but what's with those clouds?!:lol:


wrong... I'd say if the two follow the same speed, Princess should be topped out by 2009 and completed by late 2010.

However, we must remember that no tower in Marina has been able to match the average speed of any SZR tower. Marina towers rise up slowly, perhaps because developers are not as interested in on time or speedy completion as owners of SZR towers? Maybe maybe not... whatever the reason is, I doubt this will rise at the same speed even if it's the same contractor and similar construction style.

^^ But handed over not before 2011. There are a lot of apartments to be fitted.

Probably the SZR towers being non-freehold have a single owner, if not the developer him-/herself, who has the clout or self-interest to get the job done quickly. The hundreds of small-time investors who own a share of each freehold development lack such clout. Wouldn't it be great if owners could organize themselves before these towers were completed and act in unison for their collective self-interest. The fact is that they have to all come together (by law) anyway once every building is complete, so why not do it before and start reaping the benefits earlier?

^^ That sounds like Communism.

21/Sept/2007

Princess Tower

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9681/imresolt071jh3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9174/imresolt074pf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Taken today:

http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=d5rhnmx_5gf36jtfv

Fantastic photo Tractor. Thank you!:) Wonderful to see the core of Princess Tower rising up. Good progress here!:) :cheers:

great shot. looks like 23marina will beat this to world tallest resi tower.
its all good.

Taken today:

http://docs.google.com/FilePage?id=d5rhnmx_5gf36jtfv

^^ Great picture, where was it taken from?

tractor did you climb some uncompleted building in marina and take that shot???

No, he was so annoyed at the comments in the Torch thread that he threw his camera in the air, it just happened to go off and took this amazing shot. :lol:

No, he was so annoyed at the comments in the Torch thread that he threw his camera in the air, it just happened to go off and took this amazing shot. :lol:

oh yea, u guys were heckling the poor guy and he refused to give u guys his shots...:lol:

No, he was so annoyed at the comments in the Torch thread that he threw his camera in the air, it just happened to go off and took this amazing shot. :lol:


oh yea, u guys were heckling the poor guy and he refused to give u guys his shots...

^^ :lol: :lol:

hmm....maybe we'll never know how it was taken....??? :shifty: Maybe Tractor climbed one of those cranes opposite (if there are any?) just to impress the shit out of us!? Or maybe we should all just shut the fuck up or he'll get so annoyed he'll never take another shot again!:lol:

quit it guys.. show some appreciation for someone making a positive contribution to the forum.

^^ i am appreciative of the photos that was why i asked where he took it from...the angle was different. i was curious as to the location.


i never heckled him on the other threads the last time when everyone else was doing so(i dont even know the guy!!)..u can check the posts

quit it guys.. show some appreciation for someone making a positive contribution to the forum.

Krazy, are you serious? You obviously missed post 732! I am always very appreciative of any worthwhile contributions by anyone, mostly because I do not presently live in Dubai so therefore I can't take photos myself, and also because of my genuine interest in certain specific projects such as Princess Tower! I'm a property investor and plan on investing quite heavily in Dubai so it is extremely important for me to know what is happening with these projects!

14/10/2007

It doesn't seams like anything changed here

http://i21.tinypic.com/suvnlu.jpg

^^Many thanks for the pics Altin. Do you have a new camera??

^^ No I don't, same one I'm using since more then 2 years.


If you are saying that I'm getting pics becousse I might have got a new camera, I suggest you to dig a liitle deeper into the forum, starting from late 2004 early 2005. But yeah since The Torch thread become a Drama Queen one, I stopped taking pic of the Marina. ;)

24/October/2007

Princess Tower

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/4798/imresolt045kj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5505/imresolt080sr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ok, they are removing the form work ... but WHY!!!

I hope they just change, still lots of workers at the site.

I heard today thet the Princess Tower 2 coming soon , close to the Waves Towers.

^^ Princess Tower 2? Hmm...that sounds so cool! Whereabouts are Waves Towers?

^^ Princess Tower 2? Hmm...that sounds so cool! Whereabouts are Waves Towers?

Hi Tate,

Here's what I think it the latest Marina plot map- December 2006. The Waves are in the bottom left hand corner. Not sure where Princess 2 will go as there's not much room. I wonder if it's to be a supertall again as would seem odd in this end of the Marina. (Perhaps I'm mistaken and there's another Waves Tower somewhere, there's a Wave Residence announced at the Dubai Waterfront ?? ).

http://i23.tinypic.com/jj4kro.jpg