I appreciate the tower's contrasting style. It adds diversity!

Don't forget if the material is copper, it will turn green after a while which will look great, and give the building more character.

Not to mention it's a lot more expensive than the run of the mill aluminum finish.

Beautiful design and supervision by company Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office

With all the money they have, THEY BUILD THIS?! One of the ugliest buildings i've ever seen.

I like it alot, the roof colour and overal roof design, reminds me of some Italian cities like

Venice:

http://www.marcel-jan.eu/reizen/italie2007/venetie_campanile.jpg

Only this one has the diagonal roof red and that one the vertical walls

^^

Can every other post not be someone bitching about the tower? I happen to like the different design of this, the top seems to remind me of a wizards tower

^^

I love it!!

One of the most innovative design EVER!

HORRIBLY TACKY RIP OFF YET AGAIN

^^

Can every other post not be someone bitching about the tower? I happen to like the different design of this, the top seems to remind me of a wizards tower

No, it cannot. The design is horrible.

One thing though; if the clock is installed then the design of the building will be nothing but amazing, actually it will turn to Dubai newest Land Mark......otherwise yes, its with a question mark!!!!!

this could be a great challenger of abraj al-bait in running for the most hilarious tower of the globe. :lol:

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http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m

^^ That's a pretty zoom picture, 234sale! Did you take it from the Burj Khalifa observation deck?

Yep,, heres the zoomed out version..

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or a 10mm,, version

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Thanks... epic view! :cool:

Can't wait to see rest of the tower uncovered... looks like there'll be five levels in the broad section with some rentable space there... one window is already visable. When the "weird" scaffolding is gone, Al Yaqoub Tower will surely give an interesting contrast to the more futuristic claddings of HHHR Tower and JAL Hotel behind.

HORRIBLY TACKY RIP OFF YET AGAIN

LICENCED! :tongue3:

lOOKED AT THAT ...NBD AT DEIRA ...HOW SHINY IS IT.....LOOKING BEAUTIFUL...

this building does NOT belong on Sheike Zayed Rd let alone dubai...

worst building ever built

Here's the roof cladded - except for the vertical parts. To me it looks like those white dormers are all fake. However I like this new adoption of an old-fashioned detail.

29/October/2010 by 234sale from skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m):

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I was asking myself
why this tower's design is so old !!!!!
and the other dubai's towers so modern !!!:)

the design kinda fits to the dubai skyline. normally i would agree that it looks horrible, but in dubai all this crazy designs together make it so epic

Here are my merged snapshots from Geralds newest - and strongly recommended - SZR gigapan (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/64973/).

More details of the top(?) floor of Al Yaqoub Tower have been unveilled.
If still anyone had a doubt of AYT's "supertall"-status: yes, it's definatelly taller than the visible tip of Emirates Hotel Tower (309m) to the right.:)

15/November/2010 by gerald.d

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That ladder on top is REALLY scary!

That last picture is nice but they really need to finish Rosewood and Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar. :( Anyway, it think this building actually turned out nice and I like the retro twist.

What an ugly building. It's like the Wal-Mart of skyscrapers. :ohno:

^^Are you kidding? Wal-mart is way more attractive than this POS. This really is one of the ugliest buildings I've ever seen.

... Anyway, it think this building actually turned out nice and I like the retro twist.I second that! Obviously, post-modern elements are (yet) unfashionable, but in worst case I'd call the finished parts "kitschy" instead of "ugly". The ugly thing here is the brown/green scaffolding, which will surely be gone soon.:cheers:

so is there a clock ?

november 10th

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Dubai, Al Yaqoub Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewie1980/5213627947/) by Stewie1980 (http://www.flickr.com/people/stewie1980/), on Flickr

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Big Ben, lol!

The more I see, the more I like. I do not however like that hideous building across the street, I dont think that would look nice anywear!(cant remember the name, looks like it has a tuna can with a syringe on top)

^^ Please don't say that again. The original design that was changed halfway through construction was gorgeous. :cry:

Same architect as this one BTW.

What an ugly building. It's like the Wal-Mart of skyscrapers. :ohno:



:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

^^ Please don't say that again. The original design that was changed halfway through construction was gorgeous. :cry:

Same architect as this one BTW.

So true, think that Al Yaqoub may not fit color wise, but not nearly as bad of an addition to SZR as could have been.:)

So true! I hate that as well :(

The more I see, the more I like. I do not however like that hideous building across the street, I dont think that would look nice anywear!(cant remember the name, looks like it has a tuna can with a syringe on top)

Phew, I just read this entire thread from the beginning. And now I'm going to check in every week just to see if that damn clock ever materializes.

The cladding is completed except the part where the clock would or would not be ... well, actually we don't know what's going on beneath that net.

Here's a ground view... nice cluster: Al Rostamani Maze Tower - Capricorn Tower - Al Yaqoub Tower - The Tower :). Still a bit of facade work to do on backside of Al Yaqoub's lower levels btw.

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edit: just noticed that direct linking doesn't work always with fotocommunity... but the page link above shows the pic, too.

One more... I hadn't noticed the reflective qualities of Emirates Towers until this photo.

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I can not believe they built this thing so ugly and out of place, to taste bad, I thought it was a joke.

Update

26 November, 2010

26 November, 2010

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By Playmaker

Top part now fully visible. The ledges are all white, which is better than the dark brown that was shown on the construction board IMO. As for the bigger part of the crown, there'd just the right space left in the middle for the clock.

08/January/2011 by 234sale on www.skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m):

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They are not white, that's the protective foil covering/protecting them. The panels themselves are yellow/very light brown and many of them are now exposed (foil removed) on the SZR facing side of the tower.

^^ The big question is the clock!!!

Where is it?? :D

I liked the photo of the skyline of Dubai, awesome.

not like the project itself

28/January/2011

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They are not white, that's the protective foil covering/protecting them. The panels themselves are yellow/very light brown and many of them are now exposed (foil removed) on the SZR facing side of the tower.Yes, here are the ledges uncovered... color almost looks olive here (http://i52.tinypic.com/jrbnvc.jpg). Aren't there railings on all three roof ledges? Then these galleries might be more or less open to the public. :)

Some more photos of the roof... reflecting the sunlight strongly. The backlog of the part below the roof is evident now.

29 January 2011 from 234sale by skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m):

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This is probably the ugliest skyscraper i've ever seen! Looks like a modern castle tower.

I hope it gets some kind of clock... I mean they have gone this far!!

Here are some of my suggestions :D

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If it were digital, then it would look like something out of Futurama ;)

This is probably the ugliest skyscraper i've ever seen! Looks like a modern castle tower.

Agreed. Why do architects think medieval and modern can somehow work together? medieval automatically makes a building tacky. This one is no exception. :ohno:

^^C'mon guys! Its not that bad.
I mean the quality of the materials and such is good, just not the overall
shape of the building. :lol:

^^C'mon guys! Its not that bad.
I mean the quality of the materials and such is good, just not the overall
shape of the building. :lol:

I agree, maybe not the best, but certainly not the worst. At least someone had an idea for this building and stuck with it(maybe without the clock), dont want to sound like a lover of this design, but come on, look across the street before you beat this one up!

^^ Same architects ;)

^^ Same architects ;)

Damn, you got me there!:lol:

looks good

^^ Hey, a rare praise, for this one. I also prefer a building with distinctive layout like Al Yaqoub Tower
to a box like Rosewood Dubai in the center of the photo below.
Of course the use of a modified copy for the top is debatable, also the cladding colors of the bottom levels.

"Clock part" still hidden by the way...

04/March/2011 by 234sale on skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m):

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The circle on top has been reveled. Would there be a clock face there? Let's wait and see. :)

knowning this tower, it will be a digital one.. Or a sun dial

these clock towers make big ben looks so tiny

Too much suspense........and still no body knows!!

^^ Hey, a rare praise, for this one. I also prefer a building with distinctive layout like Al Yaqoub Tower
to a box like Rosewood Dubai in the center of the photo below.
Of course the use of a modified copy for the top is debatable, also the cladding colors of the bottom levels.

"Clock part" still hidden by the way...

04/March/2011 by 234sale on skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?585-AL-YAQOUB-TOWER-72F-Hotel-330m):

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What kind of building is that in the middle?

What kind of building is that in the middle?

Its called "The Buildings". Residential and Office if I remember correctly.

... and Hotel

Its called "The Buildings".
You better be joking. :lol:

^^ Actually is called The Building by Daman, where Daman is the developer. However that is just a code, not the building name. It will have a Rosewood Hotel so probably it will be called that at the end.

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It doesnt look like a clock!!

^^ Not yet... but there could be one soon right in the opening, that is bordered by a round cladding edge now. :eat:

The building isn't a real masterpiece, but somehow, it fits to Dubai...

22/April/2011

Al Yaquob Tower

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Aww... still no clock. I was kind of hoping they'd sneak one in, right at the end when it was too late for anyone to object. :lol:

^^ And you think if they did, we that live here wouldn't have seen it already? ;)

oh my god. O_O

Exposed again yesterday...... all this effort has to be for a clock, I hope! :cheers:

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Wow, that looks so.... wrong. :lol:

the top reminds me of Alice in Wonderland ... i think with the clock it will be even more :D

You know what would be even more awesome on this building? If they just painted clock faces & hands on the sides, without any working clock. It'd be appropriate somehow :lol:

they shall just make a digital clock inside x)

In the beginning I had some hope that the building wouldn't turn out as bad as the renders...well, I guess I was wrong.

What a horrible piece of architecture.

I dont know! the clock in Abraj mecca tower in Saudi was done before even the tower T/O!! Maybe its just a different construction process!

so here some pictures from my trip to dubai!

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More Big Ben's around the world.

Man even I have to say I don't really like how this project looks and I love skyscrapers period ;). I'm surprised since checking in though that the so-called Maze Tower did in fact, complete. Trippy!

^^ wow, impresive skyscrapers:cheers:

Yeah, the pattern of the Al Rostamani Maze Tower is pretty neat, though I don't care for the cladding. Regarding this building, I like it, thopugh I think it would look alot better with a clock.

it actually looks worse than the rendering. Anyone knows what goes on in the top part? There seems to be no windows behind the 'clock'

In the beginning I had some hope that the building wouldn't turn out as bad as the renders...well, I guess I was wrong.

What a horrible piece of architecture.

If this was built in the 1930's and in midtown Manhatten, I bet you wouldn't be saying that. Your problem is that it's an outdated style that's all, or it looks out of place among it's more modern looking neighbours. The design isn't actually so different from a number of classic new york skyscrapers. Your judgment isn't objective but is a product of your time and place.

^^ Though, they screwed up with cladding big time!

^^ Though, they screwed up with cladding big time!
Dont want to agree with you again but your totaly right! This building is nice but the color of that cladding is wheehhhh..... Kind of like what comes out after a bad new year celebration.

from today:
played with this pic to try and see what is going on behind the scaffolding..

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R

That's definitely a clock face in the making!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:

A clock would look best. What else would look better?

The problem with this tower is it's surroundings. It just doesn't fit in.

Does anyone have any ideas if they would want to delay their opening ceremony until after the dedication of the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel?

What is the appropriate etiquette? Would they want to be first, or would be that considered disrespectful not to wait for Makkah?

I assume Makkah will be open for the haj.

How is one thing related to the other? Should we postpone opening buildings with spires, lifts and windows as well, as it might be disrespectful? This will not open before AAB, I assure you, but not out of respect, just because this tower is GODDAMN SLOW.

How is one thing related to the other? Should we postpone opening buildings with spires, lifts and windows as well, as it might be disrespectful? This will not open before AAB, I assure you, but not out of respect, just because this tower is GODDAMN SLOW.

That comment is a little too much. These clock towers are some of the most significant buildings in Islamic culture in recent memory.

We don't even know if there will be a clock.

.... This will not open before AAB, I assure you, but not out of respect, just because this tower is GODDAMN SLOW.

The same developer completed the structure of a 23 storey tower elsewhere in town, since 2008, and is left like that since then.

^^ Which one are you talking about, Altin?

^^ London Crown Hotel Apartments. It's on the 'Dubai metro area' section.

I was there few days ago,i made a quick video mix about the skyscrapers in Dubai,i hope u like it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3y_XgzDhs

This has to be the ugliest tower in Dubai.

^^ indeed

^^+10

Am I right in my idea that the materials used are really cheap here? Like a palace from far away but just an ordinary cheap appartment building from the inside?

Am I right in my idea that the materials used are really cheap here? Like a palace from far away but just an ordinary cheap appartment building from the inside?

The same company who did the Interiors of the Address Hotel Downtown Dubai and the Atlantis The Palm's Interiors is doing the Interior of this tower. I would assume that it is therefore not cheap....

^^ As if a fitting company decides how the inside will look like. It's the developer along with the architects who decides how the interior will look like, the fitting out company just materialises their plans, indifferent how the plans actually are.

^^

It's an interior design company not a fit-out company like DEPA and the likes. I do agree that the client can have an influence on the final product though.:lol:

Click on the link (http://www.wa-international.com/index.php) for their website.

what is cheep in dubai is expensive else where ;p

what is cheep in dubai is expensive else where ;p

No not really, actually not even close to being true.

99.99 percent of all interior fits in Dubai residential buildings are cheap, and ugly even though the developers sales pitches were five star quality. Government housing, or welfare buildings actually have better interiors in the west.

15/July/2011

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15/July/2011

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. most of you don't know anything about skyscrapers, except that Dubai builds them better than your cities, so you end up hating anything Dubai. i have noticed this over and over again. it need not matter how awesome and tall the tower is. it gets bashed to fuck around ssc. to bad. i like this tower and if built in any other city, so would most of you. that's a fact.

. most of you don't know anything about skyscrapers, except that Dubai builds them better than your cities, so you end up hating anything Dubai. i have noticed this over and over again. it need not matter how awesome and tall the tower is. it gets bashed to fuck around ssc. to bad. i like this tower and if built in any other city, so would most of you. that's a fact.

*nods in agreement*

Once the clock gets added, I think it will look even better :D

So is there going to be Gargamel on the top balcony, cursing everything in vicinity? Surely looks so because only Gargamel or Hekata can live in such abomination

^^ It's going to be a hotel! :lol:

Once the clock gets added, I think it will look even better :D

They must also promise to make it chime like Big Ben on the hour :)

LOL this building looks like 330m tall dovecote :lol: Really how can anyone build this next to Burj Khalifa and (not yet built) Pentominium? The architect should have been locked in the Tower!!! :bash:

LOL this building looks like 330m tall dovecote :lol: Really how can anyone build this next to Burj Khalifa and (not yet built) Pentominium? The architect should have been locked in the Tower!!! :bash:

What are you talking about? :nuts:

This is not "near" the Burj Khalifa for a start.

And secondly, the Pentominium IS under construction and progressing rapidly.

I mean that they haven´t topped Pentominium out. And at least, this shares a city with BK :lol:

. most of you don't know anything about skyscrapers, except that Dubai builds them better than your cities, so you end up hating anything Dubai. i have noticed this over and over again. it need not matter how awesome and tall the tower is. it gets bashed to fuck around ssc. to bad. i like this tower and if built in any other city, so would most of you. that's a fact.Most of us "don't know anything about skyscrapers"? That's news lol!! If you think this tower is good, then I suggest it's you that doesn't know anything about architecture. I also think very few of us would want this tower in our cities, and we'd find it vulgar and tasteless regardless of whether it was in Dubai or elsewhere. I have no particular hostility towards Dubai. I think some of Dubai's towers are great. However, some others are awful, and this is the worst of the lot.

+1

15/July/2011

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Hah, it looks like the building is made from Lego ;)

Ok, its pretty obv. that the bldg is made out of cheap materials. I wonder how theese will age during the next decade or two. :-O

Once the clock gets added ...

IF it gets added ...

Ok, its pretty obv. that the bldg is made out of cheap materials. I wonder how theese will age during the next decade or two. :-O

Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but how are you able to judge the quality of materials from the pictures? All you can see and judge are their (crappy) colours. :lol:

IF it gets added ...

It will come with the Time Place sundial, same shipment :)

... and The Torch's LED panels :laugh:

Maybe they are, maybe they aren't, but how are you able to judge the quality of materials from the pictures? All you can see and judge are their (crappy) colours. :lol:

The crude detailing, the terrible finish, the fact that it looks like it built out of lego as one poster succintly put it.

I quite like the elegant glass tower with the graceful top next door but this monstrosity really overshadows it in the worst possible way. It's an architectural and planning disaster.

IF it gets added ...

It will ;)

One of the ugliest things I have seen. Ever.

. most of you don't know anything about skyscrapers, except that Dubai builds them better than your cities, so you end up hating anything Dubai. i have noticed this over and over again. it need not matter how awesome and tall the tower is. it gets bashed to fuck around ssc. to bad. i like this tower and if built in any other city, so would most of you. that's a fact.

I've been to Dubai last November and I totally loved it. But I must agree that this building is hideous. It doesn't do any good to Sheikh Zayed Road...

. most of you don't know anything about skyscrapers, except that Dubai builds them better than your cities, so you end up hating anything Dubai. i have noticed this over and over again. it need not matter how awesome and tall the tower is. it gets bashed to fuck around ssc. to bad. i like this tower and if built in any other city, so would most of you. that's a fact.

Maybe that's the problem with Dubai...somehow, "many floors"="architecture" there. The fact that it's tall and, as you put it, "awesome", doesn't make it any better than any other tower. I can say, without hesitation, that this is one of the most aesthetically horrible towers I've seen in my 3 years in this forum.

31 July 2011

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^^ Great pic :)

Why are many of the buildings in Dubai built on small square plots, with very little room around them? I've seen this on SZR and especially at the tallest block. It seems like very strange urban planning.

in dubais climate, they like shadow?

Some new photos here?

12 September 2011

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^^ I don't see any progress to July... maybe it's actually on hold. Though most of outside work is done, there are certainly some parallels to the Al Attar Tower down the road: slender, disputed and still unfinished.

http://gigapan.org/gigapans/87757/

Wow, things are progressing!!!
Thanks AltinD.

One of the ugliest things I have seen. Ever.


what a transformation...

^^Just telling that the building is progressing doesn´t mean that u like it :stupid:

We should all raise money to have this horrbile thing ripped down immediately. Only in Dubai could such a kitchy monstrosity even be conceived. :ohno:

Its a great tower,, I love it...

^^ Agreed!!

^^Just telling that the building is progressing doesn´t mean that u like it :stupid:

I can feel excitement in this words, if MP thinks that this is the worst building ever so why he was very happy about its progress. :cripes: Where is the logic.
Only thing that comes to my mind is: he wants bigger number in his posts counter.

One of the ugliest things I have seen. Ever.

:okay:

We should all raise money to have this horrbile thing ripped down immediately. Only in Dubai could such a kitchy monstrosity even be conceived. :ohno:

+1

mmm It,s not pretty

but I like it

go go Yagoub Tower

any pictures?

4/November/2011

Al Yaquob Tower

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First time I've seen this thread in I can certainly say that it's one ugly building! Maybe when it's finished it will look better but right now it has absolutely no interest at all. It's just a tall box with a bad copy of Big Ben on top with a pagoda from top of that! You would think that if they are spending this much money they would make something with some style.

This whole block of skyscrapers is incredibly tacky and cartoonish.

I wasn't expecting a beauty and this one certainly isn't but I gotta say that this slightly exceeded my expectations. It's still a hideous monstrosity but it doesn't look as bad as I was expecting.

Above the clock it looks nice and striking but the under the clock the tower is ugly.

Lets hope at least there will be a clock!!

^^ Why then, that is the intention, right?

^^ Well that's the big mystery of this tower. First it was going to be a larger replica of the British Parliament clock tower (or Big Ben, if you wish). Then the design was changed and the clock was (supposedly ordered to be) taken out. But there are apparently some who want it back, and the 'clock part' of the tower has been under wraps ever since.

We await the day it is finally unveiled in all its splendor.

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I don't like it :(

With all that money, they can do amazing projects but this... Tall and all you want but the design :ohno: .

and look at the tall spired building next to it. Is that one even a real building or a 300m cardboard cutout?

Lol!:lol::nuts:................:ohno:

^^
Well, at least the two suit each other :lol:
On a serious note, would've been much much better without the clock and a different top, if they wanted to put a clock, they should've learned from Makkah.

Reminds me of...

I wanna see the clock!!! <3

i am not sure if it looks better with a clock. the whole building is a missplaning

this tower is pretty darn bad, but that one next to it has to have the worst cladding i have ever seen.

this tower is pretty darn bad, but that one next to it has to have the worst cladding i have ever seen.

When you said that I put in bold in your quote, were you describing the Maze Tower? :?

Last update was 2 months ago. Has anything changed since then, or has the construction stopped?

When you said that I put in bold in your quote, were you describing the Maze Tower? :?

He must have been, since I don't believe you can dislike Capricorn's or The Tower's cladding.

Im referring to that flat white one with the square windows.

^^ I think you're talking about Khalid Al Attar Tower

... which is on the opposite side of the highway, but from the same architects. It's a Hotel btw.

This is even cheasier than Mecca's pukezilla tower. Dubai, what the heck are you doing with all the money... (Yeah, yeah, blame the investors :blahblah:)

January 11th
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^^ Can't say I like it... The other towers look great, but this one ruins it a bit...

Dayum, this thing topped out around September 2010 and the 'clock' part is still under wraps. The suspense is killing me!

^^ clock facing bad time...:lol:

Is this thing on hold? I've not seen progress for months.

21-Jan-12

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perhaps the tarp is part of the final design :lol:

When are they going to remove the canvas?, We want photos please.

Ha remind me of the IMF 4http://www.collegefun4u.com/track.php?u=4

When are they going to remove the canvas?, We want photos please.

When they'll complete the work underneath ... but they aren't even doing any at the moment

When did Rosewood restart? I thought that was on-hold, but in the last picture it appears to almost done- nice to see that it has resumed.

^^ That was long time ago, when they changed the main contractor.

11/February/2012

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title of worlds ugliest building

i hate this building with a passion

title of worlds ugliest building

and its next to one of my favorite buildings in dubai :ohno:

is this on hold?

i hate this building with a passion

me too!

when will they finish the tower??? A year ago when I was there it was like the same, now in 4 weeks I´m going there again and not really any progress!:bash:

I don't like the way dubai trivializes the supertall. The city is becoming like a parody of the skyscraper.

This should be renamed to Al-Throwup Tower

This should be renamed to Al-Throwup Tower
Hilarious :lol:

Ha ha - this made me laugh!!!

Yeah, indeed - the building is horrible looking.

New, more dense and less transparent tarp on top.

this land is becoming the greatest!

New, more dense and less transparent tarp on top.

Evidence please! :D

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faceee (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69183746@N07/6851590320/) by 06TLG06 (http://www.flickr.com/people/69183746@N07/), on Flickr

On a random note it's interesting to see Maze Tower built. Might've personally neglected to ever follow that one. The concept looked neat at the time and so it's interesting to see it completed.

I'll third the vote for Al-Throwup. Ugh. Could've at least made the top part yellow or whatever the final cladding will be.

As far as the Maze Tower is concearn, they screwed up big time on the cladding colour choice there as well :bash:

what about the states U\C Or On Hold ??

not on hold

As far as the Maze Tower is concearn, they screwed up big time on the cladding colour choice there as well :bash:

Not trying to detail from Al Yuck... I mean Al Yaqoub tower but what was the original plan for MT's cladding? It looks I suppose just "ok" as brown but of course I can't exactly judge it in person. Thought I recalled the original plan being silver or something light.

Otherwise the top of this thing will be interesting. Looks like they could put a smaller clock in or with the framing, different cladding or designs completely. Still doesn't mean I like how abrupt this one sets back, nor it's odd choices of mixed colors.

AltinD, since you're in Dubai, what do people there have to say about it? Does the average person just look up and admire the progress for their city (which is of course, wonderful) or do they feel this is an ugly project? Just curious.

There are so many towers, I doubt people care about this one in particular.

But they were all deceived... For another Big Ben was made!
In the city of Dubai, deep in the deserts of Arabia, indian workers forged a master Big Ben, more powerful than all others.

I doubt Too... :bash:

not on holdSo what the heck are they doing there? Construction looks just the same as last summer. :ohno:

There are so many towers, I doubt people care about this one in particular.Well, after all it's still a supertall and among the tallest along SZR. And though I like tall cranes: such an eternally unfished tower is always a bit frustrating.

^^ They might not doing much on the "closk-or-no-clock" top, but elsewhere they are completing the cladding and removing the protective layers from the panels.

From what I sense from regular folks, they do awe to Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Emirates Towers, Infinity Tower and even The Address Hotel next to the Burj. The rest are just towers, some tall, some taller.

Not a problem AltinD; again just curious. I suppose just like being in NYC or Chicago, people obviously flock to some towers and don't care for the standard / normal ones. I was just wondering if Dubai was any different but guess not.

March 24th

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Any progress in this clock tower?:lol:

^^ The winds last week, blew the tarp on top and cleaned the sand/dust trapped there and half of it looks green again ... well that was before the latest sand/dust storm :lol:


But there is cladding progress (removing the protective layers on the panels), and I could notice some progress with the features around the "clock" but couldn't make out what was happening with the "clock" itself.

I took this photo about 1.5 weeks ago from the Burj Khalifa:

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It looks really ugly if you ask me.

Ugly? Wait until it is finished. Now then it's gonna be a real eyesore.

Looks like Big Ben...

Looks like Big Ben...

Yes... you could say that... :lol:

^^

Here's the article:

Big row derails Dubai Big Ben
Monday, 09 January 2006


Plans to build a 60-storey replica of London’s Big Ben tower in the middle of Dubai, look to have been scuppered after disagreements between Dubai Municipality Planning Department, and the developer.

The building may now have to be redesigned, after the Municipality rejected plans for a clock face on the tower, mimicking that on the houses of Parliament - Big Ben is actually the name of the bell inside the tower, according to a report in construction Week magazine.

Work has already begun on the site for the building, which is to be built close to Dubai International Financial Centre, off Sheikh Zayed Road. The $60 million contract is being managed by Arabian Construction Company, according to Construction Week.

The building was initially rejected by the Planning Authority, which pressured the developer to relocate it to Nakheel’s International City development, according to the report.

A ‘letter of no objection’ was then obtained by the developer from the Palace of Westminster in London. But now the authority is refusing to grant permission for the clock face on the building, according to Construction Week.

“The project was delayed because of a design row over the clock. Although the building will have similarities to the Big Ben tower, it will not bear the clock face and will not be called Big Ben.

It will be a 60-storey residential building,” ACC director Wassim Merhebi told the magazine. The London original is just under 100 metres tall, but the Dubai tower will three times as big.

^^Nice shot.....:)

Locke, what's that building in the left bottom corner in your picture?
The one with the round lens looking thing.
And it looks like there is a twin standing behind it.
Never noticed it before, probably because of it's average height.

^^ Emirates Financial Towers.

Just have look on this thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=215818&page=8

If that article is from 2006, why the delay on the upper floors now? Are they still holding out hope the UK Parliament will give them approval for a clock face?

Now I'm wondering: what happens if you build a replica of the Big Ben tower without the UK Parliament's approval? Do they send you a harsh letter?

They won't invite you for tea, like never ever.

If that article is from 2006, why the delay on the upper floors now? Are they still holding out hope the UK Parliament will give them approval for a clock face?

Now I'm wondering: what happens if you build a replica of the Big Ben tower without the UK Parliament's approval? Do they send you a harsh letter?

"A ‘letter of no objection’ was then obtained by the developer from the Palace of Westminster in London. But now the authority is refusing to grant permission for the clock face on the building,"

I think you may be confused. It is obviously the Dubai authorities who have not granted permission in this article. Not the UK parliament, as if they would need it anyway.

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why are they building this forever! its almost done, but nothing has changed for almost like a year or so

^^It's Dubai.

^^ And?

thanks for the amazing updates

"A ‘letter of no objection’ was then obtained by the developer from the Palace of Westminster in London. But now the authority is refusing to grant permission for the clock face on the building,"

I think you may be confused. It is obviously the Dubai authorities who have not granted permission in this article. Not the UK parliament, as if they would need it anyway.

Ah that sounds right, thanks. But they still got permission from the Palace of Westminster first, so they could still have objected if they wanted. Not that I'm planning on building my own Big Ben anytime soon, or anything.

Again Nice Shot AltinD ...it seems u r on top of some building ....could be Restaurant.....

^^ Yes, this must view from the restaurant or poolbar on top of the Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/fourpoints/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3094)

^^It's Dubai.
^^ And?
Perhaps he meant: "It's Dubai - the place where everything can happen very fast... or very slow". Maybe in a few years, the crane might be recognized as permanent spire and add up to the height. ;)

^^ And?

It seems to happen rather a lot there, so it's hardly unusual.

^^^ "a lot" is a relative concept factoring on the overall numbers. 1 or 2 can be a 'lot', while 100 can be 'few' elsewhere :tongue3:

^^Al Jaqoub, Infinity Tower, Dubai Pearl, Marina 101....all going slow. Pentominium, forget about it.
That's four supertalls on "crawl mode" and one basically cancelled. Take that as a percentage of the amount of supertalls in Dubai and you'd have to agree it qualifies as "a lot". :ohno:

... Take that as a percentage of the amount of supertalls in Dubai and you'd have to agree it qualifies as "a lot". :ohno:


Take as a percentage of the twisted towers in Dubai that are slow. More than 99% actually. That's a lot ;).

Is Al Jacoub twisted? I hadn't noticed, maybe the builder needs a new spirit level. :lol:

I like this building but I want to see a clock up there!!

The tower crane has started comming down

Well, so no permanent "crane spire". ;)
Hopefully they don't leave the top part as it was for months, but give a finishing to it. That would be half-way satisfying at last, whatever we think about the design...
... or maybe work's just done, and the mesh now comes off, too??

The tower crane has started comming down

Good news! This tower has taken forever to finish.

^^ how is it good news? We still don't know when the scaffolding will come down! :ohno:

25/May/2012

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