NAME: SULAFA TOWER
LOCATION: DUBAI MARINA
FLOORS: 75
HEIGHT: 285m
USE: RES
CONSTRUCTION START: 2006
CONSTRUCTION END: ???


Latest updates by Imre

26.01.2007

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:cheers: :cheers:

thank you for opening the thread stephan :)

One of the crappier towers in this area :)

^^ :lol:

The site seems quite large.

it's not crappy, it's just not that interesting...

^^ :lol:

The site seems quite large.

there are two plots in that hole...the other is Marina 101 :)

there are two plots in that hole...the other is Marina 101 :)


Yeah. I thought there must be another tower in that hole. :cheers:

The colours remind me of Marina heights.

if this was being built in Australia, it would become the 3rd tallest building. its a big tower but in Dubai, needs to be 300m+ to have impact.
So many of these (5storey full site podiums, 70-100fl same floor plates, slopped/stepped in or spire topped roof section) going up in Dubai. wish we had some.lol

if this was being built in Australia, it would become the 3rd tallest building. its a big tower but in Dubai, needs to be 300m+ to have impact.
So many of these (5storey full site podiums, 70-100fl same floor plates, slopped/stepped in or spire topped roof section) going up in Dubai. wish we had some.lol

Or to put it another way it'll be 50 metres taller than the tallest building in the UK!

That tower is really tall!

16/02/2007

Sulafa Tower

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One of the crappier towers in this area :)How can you tell? It's not even built yet.

How can you tell? It's not even built yet.

Uhm, yes. Why not?

At worst it will get lost. ;)

09/March/2007

Sulafa Tower

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http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3725/photo079nf8.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo079nf8.jpg)

so many of towers in Dubai at this piling stage.
next year and following year, we will see even more cranes on skyline.
thanks imre

A little bit simple, but the high it's really impressive.

13/April/2007

Sulafa Tower

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Nothing special, as usual one more bored concrete box

It doesn't appeal to me as much as others in Dubai... but yet another nice high-rise for Dubai so... way to go.

27/04/2007

Sulafa Tower

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Good update Imre..nice job the tower seem to be developing just fine.. and soon will start rising towards the clouds..:)

since buildings of this height is so common in Dubai, i think they have to make the design common also? :D

Looks good but it is not so HOT as the other skyscrapers.

18/May/2007

Sulafa Tower

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15/June/2007

Sulafa Tower

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Come on, hurry up ... so the neighbouring Marina101 can start as also. :D

29/June/2007

Sulafa Tower

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06/July/2007

Sulafa Tower

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Nice, high-quality infill tower, even though it's hard to crunch out the words "infill tower" about a 75-story highrise.

20/July/2007

Sulafa Tower

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03/Aug/2007

Sulafa Tower

big day, concrete pouring with 8 pumps

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17/Aug/2007

Sulafa Tower

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07/Sept/2007

Sulafa Tower

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great, starting to rise now :)

Indeed the core is on its way upwards. It will rise a lot during the wintermonths.

20/Sept/2007

Sulafa Tower

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09/November/2007

Sulafa Tower

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23/November/2007

Sulafa Tower

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28/November/2007

Sulafa

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06/December/2007

Sulafa Tower

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National Properties makes Marina offer



Dubai: National Properties, the wholly-owned real estate subsidiary of National Bonds Corporation, has announced an opportunity for bondholders to own apartments in Dubai Marina with a 100 per cent financing option.

Sale of units in the 77-storey Sulafa Tower, which is under construction, will be open to holders of National Bonds on December 16 and 17 at the Shaikh Rashid Hall of the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The year-end offer from National Bonds, the Sharia-compliant national savings scheme of the UAE, comes with a 100 per cent financing option from Amlak, the mortgage provider for the project.

Bondholders who pledge five per cent of the apartment price in National Bonds can take advantage of this option.
National Properties, the sole broker of the freehold project, is offering competitive prices with single bedroom apartments starting at Dh965,000.

The 285-metre tower is set for completion in 2009 and is located in the Upper Marina adjacent to the Marina Walk.

The launch of Sulafa Tower follows the success of Skycourts, the freehold development from National Properties launched in 2006.

Skycourts, currently under construction in Dubailand, comprises 2,300 apartments complete with all amenities for modern city living.
(Gulfnews)

20/December/2007

Sulafa Tower

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04/January/2008

Sulafa Tower

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http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5434/imresolt104zq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Keep going IMRE, great job (fantastic shoots). Its rising nice!

01/February/2008

Sulafa Tower

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22/February/2008

The Pentominium and Sulafa Tower

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Finally a new picture of Sulafa Tower... the podium seems to be completed. And many workers on top should be a good sign for the near rise of the tower, I suppose.
Taken April, 29th by scoot68:
http://i30.tinypic.com/2m8a1.jpg

Today by Scoot68:

http://i29.tinypic.com/2v2e9lh.jpg

amaizing progress all around that whole area :)

June 13th by Imre:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2577221046_336e7a7780_o.jpg

Today by Scoot68:

http://i27.tinypic.com/avo58g.jpg

Need a new update here !!

C/U 31/08/08


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http://i38.tinypic.com/9gkkf5.jpg

:okay:

Today

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07.12.2008

07/December/2008

Dubai Marina,tallest block

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this tower looks really taller than 275!!!!
I compare it with the emirates crown next door....
Is that possible?!!:nuts:

Cheers for the probably most overlooked tower in the Marina Superblock -
Sulafa Tower, here on 09/February/2009 by Imre.
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4667/imresolt104di0.jpg
State of affairs it's about 31 floors to the top of the side walls.
Thereby I count one level for the concrete transition between podium and tower,
which appears a bit taller than on the renderings, and another one
for the uncladded part above, looking almost like rental floor space.
But I wonder why there's no seperating ceiling at lv 27/28...
according to the sign board, there should be normal floor heights, so I still count this as double floor.
And cladding with the emphasize vertical lines could end nicer than estimated:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8453/photo073ay2.jpg

:omg: :okay:

This morning

http://i40.tinypic.com/a5hiqc.jpg

Thanks again to Stephan23 for updating the thread on this almost-ignored skyscraper.

Largely overlooked along with Marina Pinnacle due to the more glamorous and interesting supertalls around it and because of its unappealing and drab beige colouring, it appears that Sulafa Tower may end up being something of a surprise packet. I agree with Dan Hochhaus that the blue cladding and vertical emphasis will make the building much sharper than the stodgy rendering would suggest.

The over nine hundred footer-made good! Who would have thought? :lol:

^^:cheers1:

:lovethem:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

http://www.quetschluft.de/dubai/300_1949_qa.jpg

:okay:

27/February/2009

Sulafa Tower

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http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6858/imresolt017.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imresolt017.jpg)

:okay:

05/March/2009

Dubai Marina , tallest block

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Let's update this thread, using pics from the Dubai subforum...

18/April/2009 by Beppe786
A special view down from Tamani Hotel (Ocean Height close to the right):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3452118923_c8b287621a_b.jpg

01/May/2009 by Imre
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15/May/2009 by Imre
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Seven new floors in 6 weeks... so good progress on Sulafa Tower.
They're working on floors of lv42 now; with side walls up to lv44.
Cladding is also improving quite well. :)

And here's the construction sign (09/April/2009 by Imre):

http://i39.tinypic.com/2d9tt3m.jpg
On the render, I count 21+28+21=70 apartment floors... +5 base floors=75 total floors (numbering begins with 6).
Thereby, the two doublesize technical levels and 1-3 roof levels are not counted in.
So one could also see Sulafa Tower as a future +80 floors tower.

29/May/2009

Sulafa Tower

http://i42.tinypic.com/2m27ux2.jpg

Sulafa is now at about 43 levels (44 if the mechanical floor is counted as two).
At 285m 935' this building would have been the 30th tallest building in the world just 12-13 years ago (between the Columbia Centre in Seattle and
40 Wall St in NY) but now there are so many supertalls even on this site it's routinely overlooked.

05/June/2009

Sulafa Tower

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12/June/2009

Sulafa Tower

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By Imre

10/July/2009

Sulafa Tower

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+5 floors in 1 month. Sulafa Tower will soon overtake Marina Crown nearby :)

By Imre

Sulafa Tower

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27/July/2009 by Imre

On this Marina panorama, Sulafa Tower (in the background) is among the "winners". The building looks slightly +200m now... playing with the big boys :)
http://i26.tinypic.com/zmmwix.jpg

28/July/2009

Sulafa Tower

http://i31.tinypic.com/3358shx.jpg

Screenshot from the scalable mega-panorama on
http://dxbae.com/Tallestblock.html by gerald.d:

29/July/2009
Sulafa Tower - Elite Residence - Marina 101
http://i32.tinypic.com/xp79d3.jpg

07/August/2009

Sulafa Tower

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14/August/2009

Sulafa Tower

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28/August/2009

Sulafa Tower

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04/September/2009

Sulafa Tower

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There must be a kind of fertilizer in the ground around Marina101 / Sulafa; both towers grow very well :colgate:.

At the latter, I count lv 59 for floorplates and about lv 62 for some side walls now. The oversized technical floor at lv 55 is clearly visable. So overall, Sulafa Tower should be 8th tallest in the superblock now and might be 6th tallest in a few weeks by overtaking Mag 218 and Marina Pinnacle, I think.

that fertilizer is called fear of prison/death if you don't work your hardest.

So overall, Sulafa Tower should be 8th tallest in the superblock now and might be 6th tallest in a few weeks by overtaking Mag 218 and Marina Pinnacle, I think. A tale of two towers:
Marina Pinnacle, still a couple short of its final height of 66 floors, first appeared above ground around August 2006 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9510926&postcount=65);
Sulafa Tower, to rise 75 floors, popped up above the sand around February 2008 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18115229&postcount=46)

Marina Pinnacle, despite having a construction lead of eighteen months, will likely be overtaken by Sulafa Tower, as Dan says, in a few weeks.

21/Sept/2009 by Imre
Sulafa Tower to the right, giving a good counterpart to Ocean Heights:
http://i38.tinypic.com/w19unt.jpg

09/Oct/2009, kudos to Imre
Sulafa Tower nicely framed by Marina 101 and Ocean Heights... some of the fastest gathered together: :)
http://i34.tinypic.com/2i6mkv4.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/2zptitj.jpg

16/Oct/2009 by Imre
One week later and one floor higher:
http://i33.tinypic.com/av4qxh.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZqK2vPa3OLw/SthLq4lrNQI/AAAAAAAAxN0/Yi_OIC3bh4I/ImreSoltDubaiPhotos192.jpg

Here the back side of Sulafa Tower from right below:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ZqK2vPa3OLw/SthDHXrR5PI/AAAAAAAAw9o/1v_7W56F1Jg/ImreSoltDubaiPhotos070.jpg

23/October/2009 by Imre
+1 floor... Now I count lv69 on the angles and lv67 on slab:
http://i34.tinypic.com/34nfmlz.jpg

30/October/2009

Dubai Marina , tallest block

http://i36.tinypic.com/dxzjsw.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/2q3y80m.jpg

...and once again 1 more floor in 7 days... Sulafa Tower appears at least 250m tall to me.

^^
Despite starting construction 18 months after Marina Pinnacle, Sulafa is now taller.
Needless to add that MP, UC since August 06, still hasn't topped out. The shame! :lol:

nice cluster of towers. :)

Two more floors for Sulafa this week!

06/November/2009 by Imre:
http://i34.tinypic.com/160a3co.jpg

13/November/2009 by Imre
Side walls one floor taller than last week, no new floor on slab. Cladding seems to start on upper part of Sulafa Tower:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ZqK2vPa3OLw/Sv0cbOMOHXI/AAAAAAAA0wc/r8FcU72BGl0/ImreSoltDubaiPhotos159.jpg

Amazing group of buildings!

20/November/2009 by Imre
Sulafa now with a new double floor - I haven't noticed such on that position on render or sign, so this should soon be divided by another floorplate into lv71 and 72, I think. And side walls go up to lv74 already, so the top floor is in reach now:http://i46.tinypic.com/ser58y.jpg

24/November/2009 by Imre, from Dubai Pearl site.

Again one more level - and Sulafa Tower, although amidst four (soon-to-be-)supertalls, isn't far behind... my guess is 270m:
http://i49.tinypic.com/1zg6yj7.jpg

26/November/2009 by Imre... (thanks for the close-up):

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29/November/2009

Dubai Marina tallest block

http://i49.tinypic.com/qxrmkn.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/wlddt.jpg

One step down - from a top floor of The Torch:
30/November/2009 by 234sale or Charlie
http://i50.tinypic.com/2m4811w.jpg
Sulafa looks almost as tall as 23 Marina here!

And right from the ground again:
04/December/2009 by Imre

Now there's another double floor on top... I don't get this together with the renders.
http://i47.tinypic.com/2d9dzxx.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/fxyvpv.jpg

only about 5 floors missing now plus the top structure :)
One of the unknown towers within the tallest block, I guess that happens when everybody around you is at least a hundred meters taller :D

only about 5 floors missing now plus the top structure :)
That much? If so, Sulafa would go over 300m, hands down. In my counting, the first taller floor near the actual top is number 71 - so the tower should have reached the upper floor 75 now... But let's see! :cheers:
One of the unknown towers within the tallest block, I guess that happens when everybody around you is at least a hundred meters taller :D
Yes, that's the point. And that's a motivation for me to take a little care about this building. :hug:

06/December/2009 by Altin D:

Great panorama from Palm Jumeira! And Sulafa Tower looks mighty there, too, though it's "only" 5th or 6th tallest so far.
Side walls have gone up a level again.
http://i49.tinypic.com/27yx4qc.jpg

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10/December/2009 by Imre

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18/December/2009

Sulafa Tower

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^^ The side walls look so thin here! They're up one level, and a regular(?) floor above the two "double-floors" is partly done, too. But more noticeable is the growth of the core this week.

I'm still curious if Sulafa Tower will look exactly in the end, and how tall it's going to be... but some neighbours (Torch, Marina Pinnacle) also have a rest of unclarity, because all of them look as they could get more floors than expected. And that's exciting! :)

I think this will be taller than 285m. I try to compare the height with the sorrounding towers.
Any body agree?!

I'd like to join in, but I'm not totally sure so far.

- On one hand, walls should've reached around 280m, and neither the planned roof nor the tiny spire is visible. If we just add all that, Sulafa would be a supertall in the end.
- On the other hand, ther've been already some smaller changes on the facade structure (e.g. near the technical floors), and this might also be done with the crown. For instance, these double-floors could be the start of a modified roof section, with the existing side walls going up to the top of the roof. Or they might skip the pinnacle.

But soon we'll have an answer! :popcorn:

25/December/2009

Sulafa Tower

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^^ There's one more oversized level now, and the scaffolding around the wall columns to the left have vanished. So one might expect, that this is part of the roof and t/o is near. But the core has grown again, and for the first time it looks taller than the outer walls.

08/January/2010 by Imre:
There's no formwork around core or side walls, so I guess that the concrete part has topped out (I estimate at around 285-290m). Let's see if there'll be a crown above, and if it will look according to the renders.

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Forgot these Sulafa Tower close-ups from Imres 8th January round tour...
looks like parts of the roof are taking shape:

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Let's see if there'll be a crown above, and if it will look according to the renders.
The one in the picture in the first post of this thread has a tiny little spike on top.

15/January/2010 by Imre,
cladding has partly reached about 250m:
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22/January/2010

Sulafa Tower

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Also these Palm Jumeira pics by Imre show Sulafa Tower without formwork on top. It appears like construction of concrete has topped out:
21/Jan/2010
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22/Jan/2010, to the left
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12/February/2010

Sulafa Tower

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19/February/2010

Sulafa Tower, crane removing today

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Does anybody know what the final crown is going to look like, because I've seen several designs around.

Great that you caught the moment of crane removal, Imre! And good progress on cladding, which has reached the top floor now.
Does anybody know what the final crown is going to look like, because I've seen several designs around.Several designs? I only know this one on the signboard (26.1.2007 by Imre) (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8453/photo073ay2.jpg) and an older variation, concerning the position of service floors. If possible, could you post some different ones?

i dont like the design

24/February/2010

Marina 101, Marina Pinnacle, Sulafa Tower, MAG 218 etc..

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26/February/2010

Sulafa Tower

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Several designs? I only know this one on the signboard (26.1.2007 by Imre) (http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8453/photo073ay2.jpg) and an older variation, concerning the position of service floors. If possible, could you post some different ones? I've got this one:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/WKirkwood/Skyscrapers/SulafaTower75935UC.jpg

^^ Finally - this must be the right design! :yes:

So most likely there'll be a flat double glass roof to come yet, plus a small spire... Sulafa Tower could just make it to supertall level (maybe the height of 285m excludes the spire).

02/March/2010

Marina 101, Marina Pinnacle , Sulafa Tower

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04/March/2010

Marina 101,Elite Residences,Sulafa Tower,Marina Pinnacle

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11/March/2010

Marina Pinnacle , Sulafa Tower

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12/March/2010

Sulafa Tower

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18/March/2010

Marina 101, Marina Pinnacle, Sulafa Tower

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Nearly T/O i think :) :cheers: .


What a massive skyline !!!

19/March/2010

Sulafa Tower

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Merged snapshots from
gerald's recent gigapixel pano (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/45839/):

Sulafa Tower to the left finally gets a crown built around the core top. The metal bars could stick up a bit higher than the official 285m, maybe up to 290m IMO. And cladding has reached the "battlement".

29/March/2010, taken from the original panorama by gerald d.:
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sorry but i dont like this style of skyscrpers

16/April/2010

Sulafa Tower

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^^ So now things get clearer! The stone cladding is more and more unveiled: the building will be striped in ochre and sandy... at least no flashy colors that could give Sulafa Tower an uneasy look.

The crown is mostly done - this assembling reminds me of Mag 218 last year. In both towers, the crown part is narrower than expected (compared with this render (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/WKirkwood/Skyscrapers/SulafaTower75935UC.jpg)).

But there's a big difference, which is also a small one, because I had to look twice in the 2nd photo to notice: the spire is already there!

If the spire doesn't get further extended, Sulafa Tower is topped out now! :cheers:

I really think its topped out!!
There already on small spire sticking out at the top same like the render!!
Any thoughts?

guys in dubai can't see this tiny spire from most angles:lol:

23/April/2010

Sulafa Tower

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30/April/2010

Sulafa Tower, started to remove the protective layers , ready soon

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I always thought the top will look like this render on the project board.

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06/May/2010

Sulafa Tower

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The spire is placed on top. Is it officially topped out?

Yes, TOPPED OUT!

07/May/2010

Marina Pinnacle and Sulafa Tower

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Sulafa Tower entrance

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Cool.:) It should be moved to topped-out.
Is the crown done then? If it is, it doesn't look anything like either of the renders I have seen.

Yes, looks different with these vertical "sticks", creating a transparent top. The Sulafa Tower facade shows this vertical structure, too, so I don't think that the roof will change very much from now. So far I prefer the fins of Mag218.

What I don't understand: on the Palm Jumeira pics from May 6, the last crane is gone... but on May 7, the crane is back !?

What I don't understand: on the Palm Jumeira pics from May 6, the last crane is gone... but on May 7, the crane is back !?

Its a optical illusion. The crane on May 7 is for Ocean heights.

04 June 2010, pics by SkyscraperCityman

Sulafa Tower,
...protective layers almost off:

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2145/dsc0197xd.jpg

...from Palm Jumeira, standing in the shadow of Marina 101:

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/3576/dsc0109q.jpg

I believe handover for this should be September, can anyone confirm?

Instead of brilliant details, here long distance shots that eliminate most of the pespective distortion.
Thus the true heights should be shown here better than normally.
And Sulafa Tower looks tall - compared with Ocean Height, for instance, the tip of the spire could be 300m...
I think that 285m is underrated, although the TAV-Website (http://www.tavconstruction.com/tav/Projects/Intelligent-Buildings/Ongoing-Projects/SULAFA-TOWER-IN-THE-DUBAI-MARINA-%28UAE%29.aspx#.htm) still has Sulafa Tower at that height.
Maybe they don't count the spire in their calculation - what's your opinion?

22/November/2010 by 234sale from skyscraperlist.com (http://www.skyscraperlist.com/showthread.php?402-Dubai-Marina-General-Photography/page3):

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And to compare... snapshot from 234sale's recent gigapan marina from businessbay (http://gigapan.org/gigapans/65498/), taken from about 150m height, I guess...

22/November/2010 by 234sale:

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^^
IMO I think you are right! When you look at that picture, it looks taller then Emirates Crown which I think is 296m to the spire, so this should be about 300-301m to the very tip of the spire, which means that Dubai earns what I think is its 23rd supertal u/c or built. Wow nice, and it fits the tallest block well. :cheers:

^^ Emirates Crown is not so helpful for measuring - that one is definatelly smaller, and the 296m must belong to a version with taller roof and spire. Should be around 280-285m (we've discussed that here previously). But Sulafa Tower is clearly taller - even without spire, that can slighly be seen on the first photo.

But nice to receive an affirmation :)

Really? I didn't know that Emirate Crown was that short. None the less, I think the difference between the two is enough to insure that this is supertall, to the tip of the spire. :)

Its done , handed over, people are living there , COMPLETED section please:)

Its done , handed over, people are living there , COMPLETED section please:)

18/February/2011

Sulafa Tower , same as the OH ,its ready but around the tower still desert..

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28/February/2011

Sulafa Tower interior photos and the view

Good tower with great finishing ,just for interesting , rent prices for big 1 BR around 53K/year , 2 BR 90K/year , 3 BR+maids 110K/year , I have around 100 units for rent there:)

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horrible.

they'are so clear and anonymous.

Dubai could have been a lot better :(