Sama Dubai, international property development and investment arm of Dubai Holding, announced the Dubai Towers-Dubai, a group of towers with unique design reflecting the movement of the candle flame, at The Lagoons Central Business District. The towers range from 57 to 94 floors and expected to be completed by 2010.

Farhan Faraidooni, CEO, Sama Dubai, said: “Symbolizing hope, growth, harmony and opportunity, Dubai Towers–Dubai, represents a unique investment opportunity for those seeking a corporate lifestyle experience combined with peace and tranquility in the seven beautifully landscaped islands of The Lagoons.”

Dubai Towers-Dubai will be visible from a distance as the prime attraction and feature of The Lagoon skyline. The Lagoons is a mixed-use freehold development being built along the Dubai Creek coastline. The Dubai Towers-Dubai will be exhibited at the Cityscape Dubai, 2006.

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I love this, looks like flames dancing, and I love how well they are integrated to the rest of the towers in the back, those towers are are also interesting, but somehow keep from taking the spotlight from the 4 flames, but, also, when you look at them, the flames don't jump at your face to stop you from appreciating the background towers.

Great job Dubai
Who is the architect?

So how tall would the tallest be if it had 94 floors?

expect it to be over 500m probably. also from the supersize rendering it seems the tallest one has actually more than 100F.


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these look so stunning. and only some 3km from the Dancing towers..

Looks like fingers of a witch ;)

I thought the area had a 400m limit because of the airport

Very nice, how much?

how much what? its not a whore

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No way! These look amazing! Where on earth do they get their ideas from? truly original- :) The high res pic looks stunning :nuts:

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who is the architect?

^^ :| gr8 find.........design seems to be follwing the patern that has started in Dubai of cluster of similar towers .....& each cluster trying to outdo the otherone

who is the architect? where did you get these renders?

architect is not known yet...these will be displayed on cityscape event next week

the pics are taken from sama dubai's website

i see. thank you very much krazy for updating us on this one and the renders.
appreciate it!

i see. thank you very much krazy for updating us on this one and the renders.
appreciate it!

nice model..but i think it is unbelieveable...but believe it!:nuts:

Innovation thy name is Duabi.

architect is Atlanta's TVS according to a UAE forumer.

I hope they haven't cancelled their proposal, which is for Istanbul, to build this one :D

"Completed by 2010" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

so they should start construction soon ^^

So unusual and really beautiful

Wow, that is some art work, go Dubai!:)

so they should start construction soon ^^

even tomorrow if they wanna have the smallest chance to make it in 3 years...

it is just a crazy draw

weird and futuristic

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ok another massive building with bad transport connections and again I ask who the hell is filling these buildings up? are u going to house all the immigrant workers in there who are building these monstrosities ,could be a good payback eh?

wow great render! is that the airport in front to the left? the towers look great in the skyline.

Nope, that's an opera house/arts centre. I think I've made the other towers too tall in general though.

There'll be a metro line running somewhere here. It'll probably go around the development, if I were them I'd make it go right through with a station on the island with all the towers.

CRAZY!

SURREAL!

Now this is thinking outside the "box" :)

Going where no building has gone before... Changing the way people typically think tall buildings must look like, and even whole skylines.

It sorta looks like flames rising out of the ground from afar.

^^ thats the point

Now this is thinking outside the "box" :)

Going where no building has gone before... Changing the way people typically think tall buildings must look like, and even whole skylines.

It sorta looks like flames rising out of the ground from afar.

yea right like curling turds twisting in the sandy air. Come on this is just another dumb building crying out to be noticed AGAIN. Oh look i can twist the form of a building...so is this another headquarters building? for another international company? another one! So what are the green credentials of this building? I doubt this subject will be discussed as all you guys want to do is woooooo and WhOAaaa at buildings without questioning the need or the reason for these buildings in the first place.

^^ Talking of turds, It's your "opinion" but still is a shitty one.

I don't see how this looks like a turd, and of course it's crying out to be noticed, it's the centrepiece of this development.
What's going to be in this building? They'll sell them off as apartments, offices and a hotel will certainly be there aswell.
BTW I think the whole form follows function rule is a load of crap. All it does is give us a load of boxes. :)

:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:
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Godddddd O_o stunning!

That looks like something from 'Beyond 2000'. The whole CITY!!!.

Dubai is going to be crazy in a few years that place is going to be number one
that city is not affraid to do something new. nEW IS ALWAYS BETER
tHATS what i like about dubai. Those towers look kinda weir though
but it catches the eye which is good.

I'm getting confused between Dubai the Emirate and Dubai the "city" now. What is it? Dubai city within the Dubai emirate?

The best skyscraper on world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm getting confused between Dubai the Emirate and Dubai the "city" now. What is it? Dubai city within the Dubai emirate?

yup, just like New York city within the New York state :)

^^ yup .. Emirate = a state ruled by an emir

even tomorrow if they wanna have the smallest chance to make it in 3 years...

Well, no body said at the beginning of 2010 ;)

3m high model at cityscape and all I can say is WOW

That _is_ stunning.

rofl, I think the supporting-cast skyscrapers look better than the 4 centerpiece towers :P

^^

“... Here in the States, you can tell a mile away that a hospital is a hospital, a hotel is a hotel, and an office building is an office building. We are conditioned to design these building-types because of our environment, economy, and market demands. But what I’ve learned is: Does a building really need to always look that way? Do office buildings always need to look the way they do?"

-Behr Champana-
AIA, vice president of Atlanta based TVS Architects, Intl' Division.

Absolutely superb.

The best project I've seen in quite a while, if not the best. :cheers:

AWESOME!

What i red last week was that the UAE is trying to create a new city, a "virgin" city when the petrol and all the reserves starts getting out.. so then UAE is trying to create an economic, turistic, business, etc. center in all the world to have a real good estability during the years.

True or not?

3m high model at cityscape and all I can say is WOW


Any photos of the model?

c'mon..... :banana:

Very nice and huge!

Model @Cityscape


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OMG! looks so gud!!!

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The colour/facade of the model isn't as good as the renderings.

Models look great. They ain't half big either. It's going to be a bit of a squeeze getting the floorplates jsut right for the core.

Hmmm I wonder how the elevator works.

The model looks like giant icicles.

If the core is vertical the elevator shaft must come quite close to the facade at some points.

The facade and colour on the model is very different from the rendering.

Bad model.

^^^^^
Totally true man:D It seems to be working too.

Model @Cityscape


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The elevator ride alone would be a hell of a experience.

Awesome towers. Tacky yet classy.

i have no words to say.

The elevators will still be vertical

And as you can see form the model, the cones on top are just for decorative pourposes and don't have occupied space.

Yeah I don't think the models complement the awesome design.

Nice models, these towers could sure have the name Dancing Towers as well. Brilliant design, one of my favorite designs among the current projects in the world for sure! :cheers:

How about "flaming towers"

How about "flaming towers"

Yeah sound good too, but exept the moving shape it does not look that much like flames! ;)

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Gorgeous. The msot unique supertall ever proposed I'd say.

you say it :)

Can't you guys take your eyes off of the shiny towers for a second and look at the rest of the development?!!?? IT SUCKS! I'll admit, the towers are awesome, but each one of these new Dubai developments is a massacre of urban planning. Take your suburban USA strip mall, put some twisty towers on top and you've got Dubai. IMO, Dubai may get the world's best skyline, but it's also a candidate for the world's worst city. Each new project ignores all others around it and doesn't even take into account that it forms a part of a city. Dubai is pretty much turning into a strip of gated communties for the rich. I can't believe all of you are so easily swayed by anything that is shiny and tall.

^^ why not allowing these masterplanned communities to happen, in fact a live and work environment is part of most of the city's projects.

projects like this, business bay and DIFC and Burj Dubai will eventually merge into one Business district, the same goes for the Marina and JLT.

it makes the whole planning of the city much easier, and is the best way to attract investors, e.g selling plots to them and the master developer takes care of the rest.
apart from that this is the fastest way of building in such a massive scale needed according to the demand in Dubai.

what has been missed in the past year is the urban infrastructure to connect the masterplanned developments, but this is also underway as of now.

Finally, unique and great design. I hope it will be the new standard of skyscraper projects quality.

OMG, AMAZING DESIGN, ITS JUST WORDLEES

these are just a flashy, tacky man's version of zaha hadid's original 'dancing' towers

well it's good design, very impactant

Disgusting...reminds me of a giant squid reaching up with its tentacles.

these are just a flashy, tacky man's version of zaha hadid's original 'dancing' towers

Don't think so, they would have been in development at around the same time so there's no way one copied the other

^^ I to think so, adding that propably was Dubai Properties itself who was looking for twisty, curvy designs, considering also the design of Dubai Towers - Istanbul.

if the tallest tower=400m, ive worked out 2nd tallest= 320m, 3rd=280m and 4th 210m.
ill add two tallest to 300m+ diagrams. amazinf project

Quite tall.

Should look great in real life, lots of interesting reflections you could get off towers like these.

architect is Atlanta's TVS according to a UAE forumer.

Amazing how my city is contributing to Dubai! Truely amazing!

My, the design is so funky....I like it especially it's by the river, at nigh the reflection will reflect this beauty:cheers:

Cool towers....but looks pathetic at ground level.......:ohno:

Like the rest of Dubai

If "burj dubai" means "dubai tower", then those "dubai towers" could be called "burj dubai" too right? ...well there're interesting but not in my backyard.

^^ they would be called "Abraj Dubai" in arabic.

Burj: singular
Abraj: plural

Cool towers....but looks pathetic at ground level.......:ohno:

Like the rest of Dubai

And you have seen the ground level of Dubai ... right? :ohno:

If "burj dubai" means "dubai tower", then those "dubai towers" could be called "burj dubai" too right? ...well there're interesting but not in my backyard.

"DUBAI TOWERS" is a brand. There are so far:

Dubai Towers, Doha Qatar
Dubai Towers, Istanbul Turkey
Dubai Towers, Casablanca Maroque
Dubai Towers, Dubai UAE

They plan to build "Dubai Towers" branded towers complexes (or one tower) in many cities around the world, especially where Emirates Airlines flies. We know that at thje moment theyare trying to get permission to build them in Melburne Australia.

Like trump towers all over the world :lol:

^^ I to think so, adding that propably was Dubai Properties itself who was looking for twisty, curvy designs, considering also the design of Dubai Towers - Istanbul.

:yes: Dubai International Properties rock the World with the oddest designs. Congrats Dubai and DIP. :applause:

I wish DIP would built Dubai Towers - Dubai in Istanbul instead of this.:nuts:

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A damn crazy project. I don't like this (Maybe in real life) but i would love to see this in Dubai.

That's freakin' crazy looking. Brilliant project. :cheers:

this is fking incredible

Will these ever be constructed??????????????
look kinda cool to me

Hopefully.

I like them.Would be a boring world without them;)

such a city needs some inclined towers :)

lol,these are wild towers!!:lol:

18/September/2007

The Lagoons and Dubai Towers ( Mall of the Emirates)

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Im sorry, but you just cant beat Dubai! Im going to be living in either Toronto or Chicago and they have more then enough for me but this place really is the delight of delights for someone in the construction industry.

:cheers:

nice photos Imre

more pics

18/September/2007

The Lagoons and Dubai Towers ( Mall of the Emirates)

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Dubai Opera House

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Opera house is just amaezing:nuts: Those towers remind me of Chichago Spire. Just more twisted and leaning. Another great project for Dubai:)

Someone had fun constructing those models!

^^ And tool ALOT of money too. ;)

Yep, entrance looks exactly like Chicago Spire... but these towers here are much better proportioned imo.

Any ideas when this project moves from being proposed to approved?

Amazing project. I too like the opera house, my favorite individual structure in the model. But its the whole design together that makes it so inspiring.

Any ideas when this project moves from being proposed to approved?

At the moment they are doing the infrastructure work on the site for the project. I mean the entire project as on the displayed model, not just the towers themselves.

The place looks very nice. I hope they build all the project.

At the moment they are doing the infrastructure work on the site for the project. I mean the entire project as on the displayed model, not just the towers themselves.

That's great, thank you. Is there a timescale for this stage? Even a guess?

^^ It's difficult to say since the area is a patch of dessert and they have to make the perimeter walls for the island and dig the waterways since the area is near the water but not on the water.

I would guess a year at least, but that doesn't mean they can't start in the meantime.

OMG!! Impressive towers. Well, everything in that project is amazing, but if that four are finally built, theyre gonna be my favourites in the world w/o any doubt.

But i would change the name to something more proper like THE TENTACLES!:nocrook:

^^That's a nice name!! But this towers are really incredible!

This is a ugly crazy design!

i really love the design. the name of them could also be "dancing Towers" :)

OMG!! Impressive towers. Well, everything in that project is amazing, but if that four are finally built, theyre gonna be my favourites in the world w/o any doubt.

But i would change the name to something more proper like THE TENTACLES!:nocrook:

Just like in London St. Mary Axe became the Gherkin and the London Bridge Tower became the Shard, so too I am sure these towers will be given a name by it's observers that will become more resonant than the official one. Tentacles works for me!

Looking at the whole project, that looks like a huge collection of 40-60 storey buildings there. In most cities, this whole project would be the ENTIRE DOWNTOWN CITY AREA, developing over a few decades as it grew commercially.

Only in Dubai would the equivalent of a whole new city be proposed and built as one single project, and it's all just one neighbourhood of one entire city in total.

I would love to look at Dubai from a great height and distance in about 2030, it'll be the largest most impressive collection of buildings on the planet!

i really love the design. the name of them could also be "dancing Towers" :)

Flames Towers would be nicer ^.^

indeed, also a good name :)

I heard that ARUP (don't know which of their offices) is doing the structural enginering work and Eversendai (the company behind the steel structure of Burj Dubai, Taipei101 and Petronas Towers) is being involved and most propably will get the job.

reminds me of dancing belly dancers...

but i LOVE it!

16/Oct/2007

Dubai Towers and The Lagoons

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Dubai Opera House

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wow!
amazing!

These towers are repulsive .... perfect for Dubai !

Here's to hoping they get built ! :cheers:

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Pictures like this got me thinking. Dubai really isn't worried about global warming raising the sea levels, are they?

^^ Maybe you don't know but that place is almost 10 miles inland.

^^ Maybe you don't know but that place is almost 10 miles inland.

Oh, I just assumed all that water was connected to the sea. But still. Look at all the Palm and World islands.

are they really going to build them, I am not even sure they can be built. Kinda scary just by looking at them, let alone sitting in one of those towers.

Without a doubt one of the most visually stunning designs Dubai has spawned.

when i first saw the render in the first post i laughed out loud.. LMAO these buildings.. dubai..... gross

are they really going to build them, I am not even sure they can be built. Kinda scary just by looking at them, let alone sitting in one of those towers.

of course it is possible to build them ^^. the core has no curving....it is going straight to the top, only the floors are out of the middle

The bases look a lot like the Chicago Spire

Oh, I just assumed all that water was connected to the sea. But still. Look at all the Palm and World islands.

Water is connected to the sea via a nearby natural creek going deep inland, but the internal waterways will be artificially made. However the Dubai Opera House will seat in an natural island on the creek.

As for the Palms and the World, they are build 4 meters (12ft) above the sea level so they are actually higher then all the coastal area of Dubai where hundred thousands already live.

The bases look a lot like the Chicago Spire

Maybe the architects of Atlanta's TVS are fan of Calavadra's work in general and CS in particular.

WOWOWOW!

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE!!

Whats the construction status? Soil testing done, yet?

^^ What soil testing? They have yet to prepare the infrastructure on site and that included the waterways canals and their embankment walls.

The bases look a lot like the Chicago Spire

think it should be the other way round mate, this was released bfore the chicago spire.

^^ yes, but the Chicago Spire will be up first. :tongue3:

Hi res. pics
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Beautiful, thanks for posting! :)

A massive new bridge will be built near enough to these towers. They are shown in the renders:

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Dubai Dubai will have a landmark bridge over the creek linking new residential and commercial development projects in the city.

Construction on a new bridge called the Sixth Crossing will start in March this year and is expected to be complete in 2012.

"The project, the biggest ever single road project launched by the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), also include new road developments with 12km new roads and 22 intersections in the surrounding areas," said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA.

The total cost of the project is around Dh3 billion, including Dh2.5 billion for the new bridge.

"It will be a new landmark in Dubai," Al Tayer told a press conference yesterday. The bridge is 1.6-km long, 64 metres wide and 15 metres above the water level. It will have 12 lanes and track for the Green Line of Dubai Metro. It will have a capacity of around 20,000 vehicles per hour.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has already approved the design of the Sixth Crossing.

The crossing links Al Jaddaf and Business Bay at Bur Dubai with the road separating The Lagoons and Dubai Festival City. It will also provide entry and exit points for the Creek Island; on which Opera building will be constructed by Sama Dubai.

Trend reversed

"Earlier, we used to prepare infrastructure after the development projects are complete but the RTA has reversed this trend by building infrastructure before the development projects are built," said Al Tayer.

He reiterated that there would be no traffic congestion in Dubai within the next two to three years. "The aim of the new project is to ease traffic flow between the two sides the Dubai Creek and serving the new property developments such as Dubai Healthcare City, Sama Al-Jaddaf, and Culture Village on Bur Dubai side and the Dubai Festival City, The Lagoons, International City, and Dubai Design Centre on Deira side," said Maitha Obaid Bin Udai, Chief Executive Officer of the Traffic and Roads Agency at the RTA.

Features

She said the new road network in the areas will interlink Shaikh Rashid Road, Oud Maitha Road, Ras Al Khor Road and the Sixth Crossing.

The bridge is modelled in the shape of an arch. It could be viewed like an acoustic wave forming a tone compatible with an opera. It could also be viewed like a dune or a new moon in Dubai night.

The bridge will have a metro station, abra station, and a new island that will be built on the Creek, with a theatre for staging various events. The giant arch at the bridge will be 205 metres high and 667 metres long becoming the longest arch-bridge ever built in the world.

Maitha said the project will be divided into six phases to expedite the construction work. The first stage includes construction works of the Sixth Crossing at Dubai Creek. The second phase includes construction of intersections at Deira side to serve The Lagoon and Dubai Festival City.

The Third Phase includes implementation of intersections at Deira side extending from Nad Al Hamar up to Al Aweer Road.

Phase Four includes building of intersections in Bur Dubai linking the Sixth Crossing with Ras Al Khor (Business Bay Crossing).

Phase Five includes construction of intersections in Bur Dubai linking the Sixth Crossing with Shaikh Rashid Road and the Al Garhoud Bridge.

The Sixth Phase includes construction of intersections in Bur Dubai linking Ras Al Khor with Oud Metha Road and the Parallel Roads.

Infrastructure: Across the water

New Al Garhoud Bridge - 13 lanes
Al Maktoum Bridge - 9 lanes
Al Shindagha Tunnel - 4 lanes
Business Bay Crossing - 13 lanes
Floating Bridge - 6 lanes

What next

The Sixth Bridge - 12 lanes
Al Shindagha Bridge - 12 lanes :banana:
The Fifth Bridge - 12 lanes :banana:

The most interesting part of that article is the mentioning of the Opera House and the island where it seams is still planned to go. There were rumours spread some times back that it might have been relocated and redesigned.

amazing, a new record for dubai....now the longest arch bridge :nuts:

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It seams the infrastructure work on site is way more progressed that we thought, however it will take time before they can start to build anything there and I hope they don't let any water sipping in.

first time i see a construction pic from this area, amazing how far the progress is already!

This will be exciting to watch :)

hi :)

does anyone know what type of building is it going to be? residential, commercial? or something else?

were did you get that pic from malec ?

Sorry, it was posted by a new guy called The-King in the uae forum.

The towers will be mixed use, there are 4 of them

aa yeah :) that s was tasty :)

s from buldings

Good luck with this Dubai.

in that picture, where will the towers be located? the large circular sector in the center?

i thinks .. dubai .. is the perfect city...

dubai is totally the city of the future, everything they do, from individual building design to city planning, is way ahead of the curve.

in that picture, where will the towers be located? the large circular sector in the center?

Yes, in the circle.

dubai is totally the city of the future, everything they do, from individual building design to city planning, is way ahead of the curve.

Having gigantic highways running through the city is not great planning, and hopefully it won't be a part of the future of any other city.

Yeah cause NY has perfect planning... its sinking in traffic lol. The larger the roads, the better, especially for Dubai.

OMG! A totaly new city i one time! A new city again! Lets not forget many other parts of new city's such as this...

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Burj Al Alam,plot from the Burj Dubai
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Why is Burj Al Alam placed on the wrong plot in ur diagram? Thats the plot with the curved towers. And what does this have to do with Dubai Towers?

Fascinating architecture!

Flames Towers would be nicer ^.^

yep according to that that there already are dancing towers

click me (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=361826)

What are you guys talking about? :weird:

^^Buyckske Ruben, why you post something totally unrelated with topic that is also wrong? This is Dubai Towers topic, not Dancing (Signature) Towers nor Burj Al Alam topic, but Dubai Towers.

^^Buyckske Ruben, why you post something totally unrelated with topic that is also wrong? This is Dubai Towers topic, not Dancing (Signature) Towers nor Burj Al Alam topic, but Dubai Towers.

Quietly boys, i wanted to indicate that there are many other projects going on (new developments) beside de Dubai towers... thats all.
End i now that the "dacing towers" end "dubai towers" are totally different projects!

Quietly boys, i wanted to indicate that there are many other projects going on (new developments) beside de Dubai towers... thats all.
End i now that the "dacing towers" end "dubai towers" are totally different projects!

I think that you need approximately 4 seconds of looking on the forums to realise that there is a lot of development going on in Dubai, there is no need to ,,indicate" it... That is just spamming.

This should be the topic here, not random Dubai developments...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Dubai_Towers_Dubai_Model_Pict_3.jpg/424px-Dubai_Towers_Dubai_Model_Pict_3.jpg

Having gigantic highways running through the city is not great planning, and hopefully it won't be a part of the future of any other city.

He's 100 percent correct. Building wider roads only eases traffic which promotes more driving and further down the road, suburbia which ends up clogging these highways. To be futuristic, they would almost eliminate roads to promote mass transit, walking, and work closer to home. The city planning dept. seems like Los Angeles (just pave over it with wider freeways), and that place totally sucks to get around and is pretty 1970s in thinking which is far from futuristic.

^ lol i have never seen a wide road here, other than Emirates road and SZR (the two most important arteries of the city). Its not bad planning, just a way to contain all of these cars, and unlike Dubai, in NY you dont need cars, cause you have a subway and mass transit.

Hi res. pics
Day (http://www.archiportale.com/immagini/FileProgetto/2375_1.jpg?179,2719)

Night (http://www.archiportale.com/immagini/FileProgetto/2375_2.jpg?813,6102)
beautiful, for me this is the best design in Dubai and the top 3 of the world :) it is even more stuning than Burj Dubai.

^ lol i have never seen a wide road here, other than Emirates road and SZR (the two most important arteries of the city). Its not bad planning, just a way to contain all of these cars, and unlike Dubai, in NY you dont need cars, cause you have a subway and mass transit.

Only in Manhatan you might not need cars, in the rest of the city you DO need them ... plus American Interstates are usually 2+2, while Dubai's SZR is 4+4 up to 8+8 lanes, so inner city roads would be wider also (usually are 3+3)

Unbelievable areal picture in the UAE section!!! :eek:

Only in Manhatan you might not need cars, in the rest of the city you DO need them ... plus American Interstates are usually 2+2, while Dubai's SZR is 4+4 up to 8+8 lanes, so inner city roads would be wider also (usually are 3+3)

Yeah but given Dubai's demographics and plots devisions, i would say that the wider roads provide more fluent traffic. As in NY and across America, the roads are small and you get congestions all over the place, LA for example is like Dubai on the roads topic. But to be honest these days almost all cities even though not needing cars (having subway ect) still use cars and sink in traffic. I mean why would you give up the comfort to travel with a lot of people? I hope the Dubai Metro improves that but i highly doubt it cause you have to walk to the station and ppl here are not good at walking.

Well, it's true that all major cities faces continuous gridlocks even with major public transports alternatives ... but the ones singled out are the ones without. Hmmm...

^^ I visited Cairo City in Egypt last week, I noticed that they have all these innercity highways running long deep in the city. But to be franlky honest, too many cars and people and traffic in the city, you cannot tell if its really a good or a bad idea!:shifty:
But maybe because Dubai population is very small comparing with those kind of cities, thus this might be a great traffic releif!

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Heights:
Dubai Tower 1 = 57fl. = 360m
Dubai Tower 2 = ??fl. = 410m
Dubai Tower 3 = ??fl. = 460m
Dubai Tower 4 = 94fl. = 550m

Source emporis (asked from where the heights are??)

"Stephan,

Our source for the heights is a presentation held at the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) World Congress in Dubai on 5 March 2008."

Btw: Please edit title :D:D:D:D:D::D:D Yes Yes Yes!!!!

Holy Shit, these towers are going to be topped out quite high!! Nice!!!

I dont mean to sound like a broken record, but...

Are these heights set in stone? I would love to look up from the base of the main "flame" tower.. its one thing to look up to the top of a 550m tower, and its completely different to look up to the top on these!!

^^Think so, if emporis says yes, it is so!!! They need a good source to place the heights in their list. Because of this I asked them and got the answer which you can read the site before!!

If someone know someone at Atlanta's TVS Architects, can ask for confirmation.

^^Emporis may also be wrong, so it is too soon for some parties until we get it confirmed by a reasonable source or if it will be officialy released.

i hope they're right....550m for the tallest :drool:

^^Emporis may also be wrong, so it is too soon for some parties until we get it confirmed by a reasonable source or if it will be officialy released.

Ja genau... :ohno:

Thats fantastic! OMG... i cant wait until they begin construction!!!!!!!!!! :)

Maybe the construction start soon!! The landscaping is very far in my eyes!! And the middle circle could be for these towers here!
Hope construction start end of the year.

Again: Emporis database can only add towers/heights/other infos because of a believable source.

I have my doubts too, but I want to believe it!!!!!!!

I find it hard to believe that the tallest has only 94 floors, especially considering the height. From the render it looks like the full height (including the very top part) takes up the space of about 125 floors.

^^ I have seen the huge model closely and the top cones are unusable roof features, however the number 94 might refer to the regular floors, not including mechanical ones ... or simply more were added.

^^Emporis may also be wrong, so it is too soon for some parties until we get it confirmed by a reasonable source or if it will be officialy released.


And it wouldn't be their first time being wrong either! :)

I was having doubts of the main tower being 550m, but after looking at it more closely, it really does seem like it could be in that height range, if not a little more.

Standing at the base of this, may give you the effect that the building is falling on you!:cheers:

now l know where l'll spend my last years...

PS the Dubai Opera House is just STUNNING :cheers:

Las Vegas in all its glory.

Hate it.

Las Vegas in all its glory.

Hate it.

How can you compare Dubai to Las Vegas? there is no comparison! Only cause they are both built in the desert doesnt mean anything. Dubai pwns vegas not only in construction but in education ect. The only thing vegas is famous for is casinos and a couple of buildings... f*ck vegas! Dubai for life!

Heights:
Dubai Tower 1 = 57fl. = 360m
Dubai Tower 2 = ??fl. = 410m
Dubai Tower 3 = ??fl. = 460m
Dubai Tower 4 = 94fl. = 550m

Source emporis (asked from where the heights are??)

"Stephan,

Our source for the heights is a presentation held at the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) World Congress in Dubai on 5 March 2008."

I just Creamed... :D

^^ hahahahahhahahaha

Standing at the base of this, may give you the effect that the building is falling on you!:cheers:


Know what you mean :D:D:D:D

How can you compare Dubai to Las Vegas? there is no comparison! Only cause they are both built in the desert doesnt mean anything. Dubai pwns vegas not only in construction but in education ect. The only thing vegas is famous for is casinos and a couple of buildings... f*ck vegas! Dubai for life!

I think this is a thread about Dubai Towers? So I'm answering to the design of the Dubai Towers. These look wierd like an amusement ride. Not everything coming out of Dubai is beautiful.

Also don't say four letter words about other cities and praise Dubai. It looks cheap. Dubai is an emerging city and not a giant metropolis. I really think you are making Dubai out to be a London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, which it is not.

I think this is a thread about Dubai Towers? I really think you are making Dubai out to be a London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, which it is not.

If it is about DUBAI Towers what the hell has Vegas got to do with anything?

And you are right, its better than the cities you mentioned. lol ;)

Now BOT please

If it is about DUBAI Towers what the hell has Vegas got to do with anything?

And you are right, its better than the cities you mentioned. lol ;)

Now BOT please



The clown in your avatar has you brainwashed. A whole bunch of tall buildings does not make a great city. Vegas has some quirky designs and Dubai towers look like they belong there. I don't think you understand too easy do you.

Dubai greater than London, HK, NYC, Tokyo, Paris, etc? You believe that? Go ahead.

Your a funny little kid? :lol:

I think this is a thread about Dubai Towers? So I'm answering to the design of the Dubai Towers. These look wierd like an amusement ride. Not everything coming out of Dubai is beautiful.

Also don't say four letter words about other cities and praise Dubai. It looks cheap. Dubai is an emerging city and not a giant metropolis. I really think you are making Dubai out to be a London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, which it is not.

but dubai is catching up to those cities

The clown in your avatar ...

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU???

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU???


Lol Altin!

that "clown" makes sure his people prosper unlike the clown we have in America. So before you call a great leader a clown try researching a little bit what he did for the city and for his people.


I agree with helghast on this.. he is 100% correct. Dubai is catching up faster than you think, America is still poking at an empty hole with construction still below ground level of the WTC for 6-7 years now, and in that time Dubai built 6 manhattans. So IMO Dubai has more financial and economic wealth than most of the cities you mentioned.

TOPIC: Dubai Towers

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU???

Nothing. :)

You guys are funny that's all.

^^ Then STFU (seriously).

Lol Altin!

that "clown" makes sure his people prosper unlike the clown we have in America. So before you call a great leader a clown try researching a little bit what he did for the city and for his people.


I agree with helghast on this.. he is 100% correct. Dubai is catching up faster than you think, America is still poking at an empty hole with construction still below ground level of the WTC for 6-7 years now, and in that time Dubai built 6 manhattans. So IMO Dubai has more financial and economic wealth than most of the cities you mentioned.

TOPIC: Dubai Towers

Between these posts and you suggesting that Bush says the Burj Dubai is easy to knock down I don't know what to tell you. :hammer:

Someone is a little sensitive when it comes to Dubai, methinks.

Ugh... whatever, I was referring to the 9/11 conspiracy theory which might be true. Which is UNRELATED to this topic... so is this "debate"

I am not sensitive just stating the facts.

Methinks we went way off topic!

sorry, wrong thread

Maybe the circle plot in the middle
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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6503524.jpg

look at page 8.

Maybe the circle plot in the middle

yes, that's the plot where they'll be build :)

This would be my favourite project of dubai.

^^ Then STFU (seriously).


Careful little guy.

Maybe the circle plot in the middle
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If this is the side of the project and they are working on these tower, it'd be amazing, :drool:,

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6503524.jpg

Would you please show me that on the map ? (google.maps)

^^wow!
is that circle land area the plot for these amazing towers????
OMG!! - This project is going to be spectacular! :D

Sometimes Dubai reminds me Lolo ferarri ... :nuts: :drool:

Would you please show me that on the map ? (google.maps)

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=25.18869,55.366287&spn=0.013553,0.020084&t=h&z=16

Would you please show me that on the map ? (google.maps)

No Problems :)
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/46179/2004793870730744132_rs.jpg

google earth is getting outdated. we cant see the artificial lake's construction

bla bla bla

No Problems :)



Dziekuje bardzo*!



*thanks awfully! :banana:

this is the recent site, still no progress on the towers:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7027/croppedbd1.jpg
Picture rights belong to DigitalGlobe, picture was uploaded by Hollie Maea!

Hope they start soon!!

I hope they will be build. That`s the best design in the world.:cheers:

That's progress of Palm Deira? not bad lookjs pretty good, compared to the design

new number of floors?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2573042928_9739f9a850_o.jpg

DEfinitly i believe in " love at first sight" or whatever you say that expression in english
Love this ones

just because we can make these extreme building designs does not mean we should.

new number of floors?

look what the title says already since a quite time ;) ^^

just because we can make these extreme building designs does not mean we should.actually since when has it been good to surpress creativity, do not hide your light under a bushel and all that:)

look what the title says already since a quite time ;) ^^

No, actually the title says 57-94. The image that The King posted says 54-97.

actually since when has it been good to surpress creativity, do not hide your light under a bushel and all that:)

Still, make a design that actually looks good.

^^ Obviously to some people, the only design that "actually looks good" is a box.

^^ Obviously to some people, the only design that "actually looks good" is a box.

that is not what i meant at all. im just saying as far as the architecture in Dubai has been, this one disappoints me. Its like the architect looked at his kids drawings one night while he was drunk and thought it was a good idea.

I love Burj Dubai, CS, Index, etc....

This looks like a crappy computer generated building you would see in a future city on Star Trek.

Actually I can't wait to see some interior renderings of this. I'm really curious to see how they are going to relate to the facade. The facade seems rather cold (which I prefer in buildings) but the concept is so warm and inviting. It really makes me wonder if the interiors are going to be...examples

A. possibly polished concrete with stark white walls, maybe a little stainless steel accent walls (which I think would be drop dead gorgeous even though it doesn't relate to the concept but would match the building facade)

B. Neutral colors to represent the concept. Very warm, rich browns and brown marble flooring in lobbies, and dark wood accents (a more inviting, romantic approach that fits the concept but not necessarily the facade. Spaces that when fire is used, the fire is the centerpiece.)

They will look like flames from earth if lit in red and yellow , maybe the designer wants these towers to represent Dubai as land of oil

I actually don't like these towers either. They look cool at the start but after a while the novelty wears off and you get sick of them. They can remind you of flames but they also remind me of a giant sea monster with the tentacles coming out of the ground.
I find the Zaha towers to be much better, I didn't like them at first but now I love them. :)

the tallest is going to be around 515m

^^ :| gr8 find.........design seems to be follwing the patern that has started in Dubai of cluster of similar towers .....& each cluster trying to outdo the otherone

Well, I sure wish that pattern would start here in Los Angeles!! :banana:

that is not what i meant at all. im just saying as far as the architecture in Dubai has been, this one disappoints me. Its like the architect looked at his kids drawings one night while he was drunk and thought it was a good idea.

I love Burj Dubai, CS, Index, etc....

This looks like a crappy computer generated building you would see in a future city on Star Trek.

Funny how opinions work. I think this is one of the best designs in Dubai, save for the Burj Al Alam. And it looks like a computer generated building right now because um, IT IS. Wait until you see it rise.

Anyways, the design itself is downright metal as fuck. I mean seriously, huge ass flames licking up into the sky? How awesome is that? Good call on the sea monster tentacles. I can definitely see that, and it's pretty freakin brutal as well.

\m/

I can't wait to see this one rise!

the tallest is going to be around 515m

where do you know that from?

where do you know that from?
because if this is the tallest out of all of them in the picture, then it will be around 515m, Tier 12 of the Burj Dubai is 507.30m

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3695/24918031503a142eda93ovd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3695/24918031503a142eda93ovd2.8b0a2081bb.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=380&i=24918031503a142eda93ovd2.jpg)

do you really think these models are true to scale?

maybe, i was just taking a estimate

These aren't proposed, they are approved and will be u/c imminently... trust me ;)

I think we will have to wait another 2 years until things are really taking shape, there still isn't any infrastructure finished in The Lagoons, not even roads.