http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3201/3index_01.jpg


Heres Dubai, wut do u think?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/graphics/2002/04/18/dubaisky.jpg

http://www.birdnet.de/travel/images/Image16.jpg

http://www.destinationplanner.com/middle_east/uae/dubai.jpg

http://www.clivetemple.com/Creek-Dubai-2.gif

8.0

9/10

aMAZING tOWERS, THIS CITY DESERVES MORE THAN 9 I'll give 10:D

Dubai has some nice buildings, the skyline looks ok

8/10

7/10 the skyscrapers in the city looks good, however the skyline i would say is... weak. the best ones are too spread far apart..

It should be the best skyline in the world if awesome towers like: Emirates tower (1 & 2), Burj Al Arab hotel and Jumeirah beach Hotel developed together in one complex

9/10


Not much a skyline but the quality, maybe with some more it would earn 10.

Few best looking ultra-mordern buildings, the rest of majority are not good.

the only building i like in Dubai is Buri hotel.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

9/10

7.5/10 ! :)

Not many buildings here, which significies the lack of density. But, for the buildings are very nicely architectured and in addition, to the lake gives it an extra plus. I give 8/10

Dubai has some modern and amazing buildings

The skyline will change very soon !!


Now : 8/10

Future : 10/10

high buildings and with a good design to be one Arab capital therefore 9/10

8.5 for now in the future it will be one of the best in the world, watch out with Dubai in 15 years

burj al arab hotel is one of my favorite buildings!!!! and all the buildings in dubai look great!!! ... but the location isnt beautiful as the buildings... then 8/10

10/10
Nice skyline and modern buildings.

Skyline's not that nice..but the buildings are all just great. 8/10:angel1:

8.5/10

fantastic desert city


i would be very very interested to know who the 10 members were who all voted 3 or less.... and what kind of bias they hold against dubai..

A pic I found
The latest for sure ;)
http://newzealand.net.ru/chris/photo/image003.jpg

8/10 The Emirates towers and Burj al Arab makes much of the skyline!

http://keheartt.tripod.com/photos/uae/uae1/dubai_pan.jpg

http://www.uae.gov.ae/images/dubgolf1.jpg

http://www.zamildubai.com/images/projects/twintowers.jpg

http://www.birdnet.de/travel/images/Image16.jpg

http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~kambiza/images/COFCOMM.JPG
http://runningbear.com/main/WEC-1998/wec-images/dubai/dubai-sky.jpg
http://www.innogize.com/gallery/Dubai/10.jpg
http://www.hotels-dubai.com/tajout.jpg

a first class city in terms of architecture......9

8.5/10 Nice without being super impressive. In 10 years or so I think it will be in the world top 10, maybe even 5. :)

8.5

7

Best skyline in this part of the world...Will be a major skyline city in the future! 9/10 I just love all its futuristic buildings.

dubai is already number 1 for me, simply there is no other city in the world which has construction like dubai

i love the designs on those highrises of dubai, very cool but on many pictures it looks like all tower are build on a long lane on one street so it will make it look empty behind them .... like a wall...8/10

In world's scale it's 8/10, but because it's built in a desert I'll rate it 9/10. The speed of development of this city is really shocking :nuts:

In the future it surely will deserve a 10, though now I give it a 9 :)
that's my city of dreams :D

Check out the deveopment there
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=377

8.5/10!!!

Right now Dubai is pretty nice with some interesting buildings. It has a lot of potential though and in the future it looks like it could possibly rank right up there with Hong Kong. I give it an 8/10 for now.

It will be one of the best & the most modern skyline in the world pretty soon.
9.5/10

I like it. Like many of you, I think that this city's skyline will be more prominent in the future.

7/10

This will be a great skyline in the future. Pretty darn good now. Its a little two narrow, maybe needs a little depth in the buildings, but the buildings themselves are each individually great. , but not enough, and not spaced enough to get really good marks. For its size, though, Dubai is a great city.

A few incredibly nice buildings. I like the futuristic architecture. But is it just me, or does this city lack balance? From some of the skyline shots, a tall building surrounded by shorties. Although the new tower will just be incredible, will it not just prove my observation again. I like the city but the gaps horizontally and vertically bar me from giving it higher than 6.5.

9/10
but this...
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Wow!

9.5/10

deserves 9.5/10 for its new downtown

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Wow... The most impressive city in my opinion... The skyline still goes to improve... 9,5/10

Mosltly are vision and the aerea is still mostly a sand patch with construction sites spread on it, however 6 of them are U/C with one already topped up.

I don't like most of the buildings in Dubai, but I'm particularly fond of the Burj al Arab, the project of the Burj Dubai and that spectacular marina... 7/10

The Burj Dubai is the most amazing building ever.... i can't believe its gunna be 160 stories... crazy! very cool.

despite having some of the coolest modern towers around, the cityscape feels very undeveloped and odd... a collection of glassy futuristic towers in a desert, basically.
in a few years it will improve like shanghai and other developing cities, but for now i'd give it a 7.5

despite having some of the coolest modern towers around, the cityscape feels very undeveloped and odd... a collection of glassy futuristic towers in a desert, basically.
in a few years it will improve like shanghai and other developing cities, but for now i'd give it a 7.5

The cityscape you're talking about is a villa district very well organised streaching for 10 miles till the Burj Al Arab Hotel, visible in the distance.

I don't call a aerea full of BMWs, Mercedes, Porsches and Ferraris a undeveloped one. :runaway:

I think that the problem with Dubai is that most activitities take place indoor, at shopping malls or hotels, simply because it's too hot. Nevertheless, the skyline is very nice. 8 out of 10.

8/10

2 1/2 year so whole new world
should call this one dubai 2003/4

8/10 because no real cluster but a lots of building arround the city. In 2008 it would be a 10 i give

Dubai's growing on me

I have never been to this city but I heard a lot of good things about this city and I wish can be there. A very nice muslim and free city (that's what I heard of). Keep the prosperity up.

Not incredible big as of now but awesome modern architechture, 9/10. :dj:

I actually like the older part of the skyline best, as is expemplified in the last picture in post number 83. And as amp stated, the architecture of each individual building is wonderful. I think that it will take a while before all these individual works of art become a homogenous skyline. Thus, I rate it as 8 out of 10 as an overall skyline, even though many of the buildings I would give a 9.5 or a 10. :)

7.5. Not too dense right now.

10/10

the buildings are beautifull but the skyline is in my oppinion not so good, 6/10

Great architechture!! But could be better if they prefered puting all in a smaller area instead of lining them. (Prob. lining them cause less traffic. Clever!)

9/10

WOW!!

This is one of the most beautifull city's on earth! Sun, sand, beach, awesome architechture! This town deserves a 9.9!!! (so I will give a 10)

10/10
These pictures are not the best of this city. Having been there, i would have to say this city has the most modern and possibly best skyline in the world, and it keeps changing every month

i can easily say that dubai has the best buildings in any skyline, and once more projects get in, the skyline will be alot more dense, and in mabye 5 years, probably become some sort of modern hong kong. love the skyline, looks the buildings, love the city, and love the country...

final vote - 10 :)

sooooo clean! :) :eek2:

http://www.visitdubai.info/bildergalerie/big/bild89.jpg

10/10 Dunno wot the place is like, hot most probably, by on its skyline alone, this place is pushing the boundary up

i like this city very much. it has a very nice skyline to begin with, and as i understand it, it is construction alot of skyscrapers. this would be a very nice city to visit later on in the future, especially in 10 years, when it has a even better skyline, and the city is more developed. :)

so far, i would give it a 10, and when all the other projects finish, i would rate it even higher if it were possible. :)

final vote - 10/10 :)

This city is so perfect-looking and clean it almost doesn't look real.

The skyline, right now, is too loose and too narrow to warrant 9s or 10s.

8.5/10

9.5/10

I like it. :O

Great 9/10

9/10. Just adding.. I hate the palm islands, so incredibly stupid/tacky.

impressive skyline.

7/10 give it afew more years and it will be great.

Looks neat. 7/10. :banana:

8.5 now... 10+ in the close future :)

7/10 the skyscrapers in the city looks good, however the skyline i would say is... weak. the best ones are too spread far apart..

Patience my friend. The skyline is becoming more dense on a monthly basis.
By the end of 2005 another picture taken from the same spot will tell another story.

8/10 for now

I agree,
Dubai is a great city. very nice skyscrapers. I would say it is one of the premier skylines of Asia, along with Shanghai and Seoul. The density will CERTAINLY increase, although it is not much now. Wait till the burj dubai is constructed! i give 9.5/10

The Best.... 10 points...!

:cheers:

10 point. Dubai is best!!!!

I think Dubai is a very nice looking city with some really well designed scrapers. I would say its one of the most modern, quality/stylish skylines around these days. So I give it a good 9/10

The only problem I have with Dubai is location :-). Looks too hot, dusty and barren type of country, there's not much GREEN and it also looks so flat. I know you guys are in the desert - but with all that money maybe you could build a few land features (hills) and add some lush vegetation etc :-).

^ Actually there are a lot of parks in Dubai and more are being build. There is a lot of landscaping going on. Actually if you visit, you'll be surprised how much greenery is around for a desert city. I was myself, when I first came here.

The Municipality target is 8% of Dubai aerea to be green.

yes, dubai is very green and with all the new projects there will be much more
we even have golf courses within the city

i can tell you there is no lack in green areas in dubai!

it's of great advantage to build all these projcts with a masterplan. the whole are to be developed can be carefully planned

great city and skyline 10/10

A great city with some lovely buildings. I give it a 9/10. :yes:

I just don't understand why all the negativity about Dubai. Pictures are worth thousand words. Why can't ppl just accept the fact that transforming miles of desert into a vibrant city it's in and on itself a great achievment. Rated 9 only bcs its a continually developing project - otherwise no doubt 10.

Good buildings, I like them so much!!! 10/10

with the exception of the burj dubai and the tallest emirates tower, i think the architecture is very kitschy and tacky. too linear for me and it seems as if theres no life humming around these scrapers like there is in the HK, NY, Chicago, and even London ones.

A great city with great buildings !!!!! :eek2:

Has some nice buildings, but at the moment, for the skyline as a whole, it's nothing special. Give it a few years i suppose.

It looks very strange a mordern city surrounding by desert, I think if u go out for a while there u will find ur socks fill up with sand

for more amazing photos look here (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=203569)

:)

overview here (http://skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=448)
:cheers:
btw 10/10 of course, though i already voted long time ago.
12/10 in five years , 14/10 in 10 years ...
hope it will go on like that :D

in terms of skyline 9.5/10, in terms of beauty, not in my type....too much gold and reflex, it's a city without a soul , made for cars not people ....you can hardly see people on these pics, ofcourse there are plenty of unusual buildings and plenty of them is rising however i prefer european cities

I give it "8".... but in some years late!!! maybe "10"

As someone already said:

"8" in 2005

"10" in 2010!!!

8/10

Dubai has an interesting skyline in that all the buildings are mainly separated from each other; but the whole desert feeling makes it even more interesting! The buildings are pretty colourful, and futuristic (especially that hotel building next to the sea), and its one of the best, if not the best skyline in the Middle East. However, I wouldn't go so far as to calling it the best skyline in the world; give it a few more years and I expect it to be bigger and possibly better.

8/10

9/10

7.5/10

I don't like it because it's too "futuristic" looking.

too new, everything from one time period... 6......

its like dubai wants to beat HK, NYC, and Chicago in skylines....

There are some cool buildings, but the tacky planning kills it for me.

This is definitely on of my favourite shots. Stole Krazy's pic from the Burj-dubai thread. The skyline looks much better here because it has less of a lego look as you all say. See the burj just popping its head up over the ground. In about 5 years imagine what it'll be like :) This pic shows this the best.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/vtalibaba/87412163.jpg

attention-seeking, self-obsessed city that envies the greatness of hk, ny and chicago.
3, no offense.

oops, change of mind last minute... 6.5

9.0

Dubai has the weirdest but interesting buildings .. lol .. i like it they look like legos (well some of them) :D ill give it a 10/10!

pictures from dubai section

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nice....but they need more tall towers and more attractive towesr...not saying that they dont have atractoive ones...leavin a 9 :)

very dense city, ill give it 9 for now, but 10/10 when all the projects will be completed :)

Some excellent night pics by Dubai-Lover:
http://tinypic.com/6g93s1.jpg
http://tinypic.com/6g93wx.jpg

been there, very hot.

Atleast one place in the Middle East has it's shit together and understands where they need to be in this lifetime.

UAE / Dubai - Nice!

needs more density on the skylines... 6

7/10

Some nice buildings but not much of a skyline.

8.5

Nice buildings but unfortunately no skyscrapers with history. Not yet...

8/10, but it will definitly rise the coming years:)

coming along nicely.

JBR and AlFattan twins, up to 245m.

thanks to DUBAI.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9264/dsc013504ny.jpg

10/10

What a concentration of beautiful buildings :eek2: 9.5/10

DUBAI ROCKS!!!

10/10 without a doubt.

to give you a little reminder.

by dubai_steve


http://xs39.xs.to/pics/05300/JBRfromLeMeridien.jpg

by DUBAI


http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6327/dsc013480pe.jpg


period of time : 13 months.

8/10

if i wanna rate it now i'll give it a 9. but in the next few years its going to be 11 out of 10. IMO.
GO Dubai GO :)

Dubai is probably one of my favorite cities in the world. I was just wondering; won’t the city be extremely hot with the sun hitting all that concrete?

i give it a 10 outer 10.

right now the skyscrapers are nice. 9/10 but the overall arrangment of the towers is not ideal. 4/10

for the longest while i was extremely frustrated that each new tower coming up were based on the same square footprint format. thankfully, the towers have started to diversify. once DIFC and business bay come online, dubai will earn its 10 rating.

8.5/10

10/10

another dubai post - another 10/10 :) .

Best looking skyline in the world in my opinion 10/10

any new pictures of dubai?
:)
Peace

Amazing. The pace that the skyscraper growing in Dubai is really amazing. 10/10.

7/10 now, when Burj dubai and all the current projects are finished i'll probably give it 10/10. No doubte that dubai roacks i heard that at least once in month there is atleast one new skyscrapers.

Tracks, welcome to this forum! I would give Dubai 8/10, but when all the projects are complete, Dubai will be the world's most futuristic city in my opinion, and a 17/10!

10/10 :master: :master: :master: :master: :master: :master: :master:

8 now, 10 later. The surrounds don't look so nice, but amazing skyline for a city this size. Somehow it seems unreal. ;)

Now 8/10
Future 10/10

10/10 :)

Dubai deserves nothing less than 10.

How can Dubai be in the top 20, most of the city isn't even built yet. In about 15 years it will be worthy of the top 20. 7/10 for all the weird looking skyscrapers.

even the city built so far is easily in the top 20.

9.0. It has great potential.

10/10 ;) :D

Arabs are better at knocking down buildings than building them.

I'll give it a 3 for the poor camels that have to live with them.

amazing skyline ,the future lay in dubai :) ,100% perfection

10/10

5.

2/10

7.5 while some of the height is getting impressive. It just isnt organic enough of a skyline for me to seriously enjoy looking at.

8/10 for now. In the future the mark will rise. The skyline will then be very impressive. I don't like the individual buildings, because they lack character.

8/10

Some more pics from the UAE forum:

SZR skyline and marina in the distance (I love dusk photos):
http://tinypic.com/f0uezn.jpg

A nighttime version
http://tinypic.com/f0ufx1.jpg

The Creek Skyline
http://tinypic.com/ezin2p.jpg

Cool tower
http://tinypic.com/eziqdi.jpg

Another night pic
http://tinypic.com/f0ufih.jpg

Pretty.

3/10......

7.5 while some of the height is getting impressive. It just isnt organic enough of a skyline for me to seriously enjoy looking at.

good point

3/10 NOW 5/10 maybe in 2050

A solid 8/10 for now. Once the BD and other mega-scrapers are built, Dubai's skyline will rock! :cheers2:

dubai now 8.5/10 and the future 10/10 if not 56/10:)

8.5/10

holy shite, those last pics are amazing. :yes:

nice skyline.

looks like a city in a SF-movie. 610

10/10

by Dubai_lover

http://tinypic.com/fdbt3n.jpg

http://tinypic.com/fdbubn.jpg

http://tinypic.com/fdbuqr.jpg

:O!!!!

Oh wow , bravo dubai_lover , and to think that that skyline is only a few years old :D

yepp it wasn't there at all when i've been to dubai in april 2004.

another nice video about dubai

http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/news/dubai.htm

10/10,

ever (about 4 weeks ago) been there for business and soon i'll go back to that great city!

8.5/10 .. But I'm sure I'll give it a 10 within a few years.. It's developing so fast..

I don't like it. looks fake 5/10

8/10 needs more density though.

9 / 10

Dubai's skyline happened because they figured out that oil wasn't going to be there forever. It's very smart move to create Dubai as a tourist destination.Now they are just trying to play the catch-up game so as to not get left behind when their wells run dry. I gave it a 8 but come back to it in 10 years and I'm sure it will rank up there with NYC, HK, and Chicago.

dubai is truly amazing. ive only seen in once on television but i didnt imagine it would have this much construction. good for the united arab emirates. they should be proud of this wonderful city.

can you grow grass in the desert? i dont mean the type of grass you have to constantly water, but naturally. if you irrigate the land, does grass grow nicely?

i voted a 10.

10 :)

Some more pics from the UAE forum:

SZR skyline and marina in the distance (I love dusk photos):
http://tinypic.com/f0uezn.jpg


this one is sooo impressive, with Sheik Zayed Road, the Marina and Burj Al Arab at the distance.

WHatthaf??Did Dubai exist last year? The city is constructing all at everywhere!!!!9.0/10

9/10

8.5 - I think the skyline is not that special, but there are a few very nice towers!

new pics taken yesterday by Krazy :)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/0215d85f.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/84ba8f1d.jpg

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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/b3cf9b01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/aa4dc861.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/3f2aa301.jpg

10 :yes:

new pics taken yesterday by Krazy :)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/0215d85f.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/84ba8f1d.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/37a8de4a.jpg

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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/5c38f426.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/b3cf9b01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/aa4dc861.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/3f2aa301.jpg

:eek: :applause: :cheers1:

I gave Dubai a 10/10, not because I like the choice of buildings, but because of its sheer size for a city about the size of Las Vegas. In a few years, the really supertalls will be finished and it will be the best skyline on Earth! Go Dubai!

8/10 for now

Too artificial for me, with not enough older highrises.

7/10

10/10

9/10
I've never seen a city that changes so fast.

8.5/10

8/10. All the talls are centered along a road, making it appear thin from some angles. Still, it has more 300m+ than anywhere else, and in a few years, I'm sure the BD alone will pump up the 2 extra points. ;)

10/10 the city is so amazing

8/10... why is cloud so low???

9/10 absolutely superb ;)

http://www.mattmtravels.com/Dubai001.JPG

http://www.dubai-city.de/bildergalerie/big/bild73.jpg

http://schnecko.faulenzt.net/emirates1-Dateien/dubai.jpg

Great images but these are quite old. Chelsea tower which is across the road from 21st century isn't done yet.

look at the 2nd one, not even capricorn, the shangrila are done, 21st century UC ;)

7/10

its an actual " skyline"

8.5

But I am regretful to vote for 8.5. It really deserves 10/10.

The best skyline in the Middle East!

9.5/10 :)

3 or less

good pics

I had no idea Dubai looks so great!!! 9/10

come on
this is not 3 or less

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/dubainico/4627615.jpg

8,5/10 for the current skyline ;)

This was posted by Dubai-Lover:
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6695/dsc5361alarge2wg.jpg

10/10.

Why is it that people consider Dubai to be fake? If Dubai builds something, people say that it is trying to be New York but when Singapore or China build something they call it unique.

I dont know why people are so jealous. Is it because they cant stand an arab/muslim city dominating? I dont know but I'm curious to find out the reason of their jealousy.

Even if Dubai is a muslim, arab, and a hot desert city, it still has the right to do whatever it desires. Whether that includes growing grass/trees, building the worlds tallest building, the worlds biggest airport, the worlds richest horse race, the worlds tallest hotel, or whatever. Its Dubai's right and dont give me the crap that Dubai has no history. It doesnt need a history to be successful. Its history in the making. If one does need a history to be succesful then why isnt Egypt prosperous? What history did New York have in the early 1900s? None and infact it still has no history. Hate it or love it, Dubai is gona dominate.

I gave 3 or less.

3 or below

Odd......but very nice.

9.5/10

defenately a doable skyline, but it looks to spread out and plastic as itj ust goes by one road... 3,5 is my vote

Dubai in the future reminds me of Chicago!

For now 9.5/10 for Dubai :)

The skylines are too spread out. Now Dubai's skylines 6/10, future maybe 8/10. People who give 10/10 are just simply vote, how can this skyline get 10/10

9/10Not bad at all!

i will give it 10/10

8/10.

its just ok for me 7/10

10 out of 10 for the futuristic look

9/10....needs some "history":D:D

7.5/10

wow...good to see some 10's...the 3's are pathetic...comon ppl. I'll give it an 8.5/10 right now. It's lacking buildings and they need to put more green in the city. I understand it's desert but they have the means to do it and should. Nonetheless, I love this city soo much. It will be absolutely unbelievable in the future. I've said it time and time again...my dream after university would be to live in Dubai from Oct 1 to march 31 and in Toronto from Ap1 to Sept 30. Amazing weather year round :P

In a few years will be maybe the best skyline in the whole world 9/10

right now 7.5/10
In five years 9.5/10

Amazing skyline. 9.5/10

7/10

5/10. The recent 'rip off every over citie's amazig towers' proposal is horrible and makes Dubai look tacky to the extreme

great improvement in 16 years...

10/10

Astonishing development!
One of the best skylines in the galaxy...9,5/10

I found this interesting, Dubai just 35 years ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dubai_old.JPG

9/10.

Lego Land! i find it so artificial... sorry 3/10

wicked cool. 10/10. soon to be an 11/10

9/10 !-a fascinating city !

Its tall that is for sure but I dont like the density. 8.0

9/10

10 Dubai is amazing :cheers:

Right now it really doesn't impress with all the hype. :/
7/10

But... in the future with all those residential and commercial development, it will probably be a leading world skyline. Better than what happened with Kuala Lumpur

But on google earth Dubai doesn't impress either. :/ Looks too... non-organic-city like.

But don't get me wrong, in the future I would probably vote 10/10 ;)

The growing skyline. Will be great once the towers in the financial centre start to rise (in front of the ones in this pic)

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hjxh2.jpg


Nearly completed towers in the marina:

http://i3.tinypic.com/1692ro6.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/1692la8.jpg

Amazing towers!!!that city is awesome.!!!10/10

i dont like it

7 / 10

8/10 for now

Unbelievable city. Hope to visit in January 2009. 9/10 for now.

How can Dubai be in the top 20, most of the city isn't even built yet. In about 15 years it will be worthy of the top 20. 7/10 for all the weird looking skyscrapers.
your right, as it is far to awsome for the top 20. it is all alown in the world as the #1 skyscraper city of the present day. no city even comes close to the skyscraper art that is going on in dubai. it is by far the: coolest, most mondern, dreamy, futuristic, impressive, invisioned, tallest, bold, amazing, specacular, well concived, and most of all covet spawning city ever. that is why so many hate this city. it is too good for most, so they make up reasons to dislike, or even hate Dubai. they are so dwarfed by what they see in threads like this one that they say stuff like: it looks tacky, dubai is ugly, looks like dysney land, them buildings are to far apart, or it will take 20 yrs to fill in the gaps. well i think it will take 20 yrs to fill the gap between the naysayers ears, because there cant be nothing there, they sure dont have any eyes in between them. face it dubai is building more in one week than other cities are doing in 20 yrs. them empty lots will be gone by the time there cities get one preposal aproved. and when i mean filled, i mean with a real skyscraper of dubai's standerd. that means way nicer, taller, dreamy, bold, and so on, than there stallwart of a city. so say what you will; however that wont change a thing. dubai will still be kicken skyscraper ass way after they get that one crap-assed pussy tower in their oldenday skyline. the real skyscrapers are being built in dubai. the rest of are left to sit back and watch. jeez i sure hope my city actuly aproves that new 60 story tower soon. 2 yrs lattter. geeez i wish they will get on with it. and so on. at least in dubai, when the the boss says do it it gets done. fast like. so i will sit back and watch in amazement. I am so glad that dubai is doing what the rest dont have the balls to even consider. just had to say this stuff because somone has to say it. the naysayers are making me want to barf. :runaway:

For now, Dubai skyline deserves only 8.5, but next few years, it might pops to 9.5 if everything all falls well in its skyline! :cheers:

9/10

9/10

6/10

10/10

9.5 / 10

a future skyline "superpower".

I think Dubai will look far more impressive than NY.

A LOT of beautiful buildings
10/10

7.0

a few pictures of the existing skyscrapers and sheikh zayed road highway skyline of Dubai - these pics have been taken from posts in the UAE forum

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6278/ny2004887qv.jpg

http://tinypic.com/hs6rgz.jpg

http://tinypic.com/hs6s5k.jpg

http://www.dubai-city.de/downloads/dubai_wallpaper_04.jpg

http://www.ayuplanet.com/images/emaar.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ezin2p.jpg

http://tinypic.com/f0uezn.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/7344ddee.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/b2ac7fc2.jpg

http://tinypic.com/aoqsro.jpg

http://tinypic.com/ezigsm.jpg

http://tinypic.com/eziqmw.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/dubainico/101_01715.jpg

This is a 3d model made by UAE forumer malec that shows what Dubai's downtown skyline will look like in about 5-10 years from now. The skyline includes accurate drawings and map layouts of the sheikh zayed road highway, dubai international financial center, burj dubai and the massive business bay creek extension. All in all, the projects add up to around 800-900 highrise towers with at least 4 towers over 100 stories and 400m+ in height.

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9228/18gs5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18gs5.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5537/27ex2.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27ex2.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7648/35xf.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=35xf.jpg)

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1668/47rn.th.jpg (http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=47rn.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1595/57jh1.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=57jh1.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2118/66jp.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=66jp.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7329/73qr.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=73qr.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4069/87jt.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87jt.jpg)

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1271/habtoor8hh.jpg

insane...dubai's skyline will b amazing in the near future