23/April/2010

Pentominium , so above the ground level now

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Excelent!. Things are gonna be interesting to see from now on!:cheers:

Fantastic to see how much it has grown! Now lets see that core shoot into the sky! :D

Thanks Imre :cheers:

Fantastic update again !!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:


Tons of steel en very good progress... will speed up now :) !

Fantastic to see how much it has grown! Now lets see that core shoot into the sky! :D

kick in it so high ACC ! :lol:

I think this is now the most intresting project in all UAE after Burj Khalifa!!!
just......Amazing!!!

hurray...go imre!..go!..

Fantastic to see how much it has grown! Now lets see that core shoot into the sky! :D

Thanks Imre :cheers:

Not too fast please!! We have to enjoy this core go up as long as possible. :)

not much time left for that really!
its getting above ground really fast

Very nice

Not too fast please!! We have to enjoy this core go up as long as possible. :)

It would be interesting if this pulls Marina 101 speed on us!:banana:

Yeah, lets hope it doesn't pull Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower speed. ;)

kick in it so high ACC ! :lol:

:laugh: It's the only sure way to get anything done thesedays, bizzy! You gotta booth some ass!! :D

Not too fast please!! We have to enjoy this core go up as long as possible. :)

Well, there's little doubt in my mind that whatever happens from here on in, the work on the superstructure of this 500m+ building will be very exciting indeed. It's just stunning! :cheers2:

good to see progress

30/April/2010

Pentominium

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^^ Yeah, the core has made a big leap over ground... this could be 10 meters in a week! :cucumber:
"This is hard-core..." :rock:

:dance2::banana::banana::banana::dance2:

w000t! good progress now. damn, I really can't believe my eyes haha. fantastic!!! :applause:

Few weeks ago I was saying that it's going fast but since now it will go 5 times faster:D

:omg: it's raising!

It looks like they are preparing a second pour (with all that rebar everywhere) or what?

Wow! The formwork looks great and the progress is huge (as always)!

Can't wait to see some floornumbers on the core! :)

Awesome! :banana: It's so good to see the formwork and the core rising up now! :)

Fantastic. Never thought that this will take off that soon.

^^ Yeah, the core has made a big leap over ground... this could be 10 meters in a week! :cucumber:
"This is hard-core..." :rock:

No pun intended? :lol:

Great progress! :happy: The time to look down on it is over, and the time to look up upon it has just begun. A year ago I would have never thought this building was going to be built, and here it goes. Wow. :eek:

None the less, this has the smallest base for a megatall I have ever seen. It is so tiny! What is the area of each floor?

Great progress! :happy: The time to look down on it is over, and the time to look up upon it has just begun. A year ago I would have never thought this building was going to be built, and here it goes. Wow. :eek:

None the less, this has the smallest base for a megatall I have ever seen. It is so tiny! What is the area of each floor?

Why?

06/May/2009

The Pentominum

no piling there, I think I just saw the Marina Arcade driller last time but more sand now:)

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Nice progress indeed in one year! :nuts:

:cheers:

No pun intended? :lol:But certainly! :D

Fantastic Building, so awesome

where PHOTO???!!!

where PHOTO???!!!
every friday as usual.

Why?

Because Dubai has so many unfinised projects that are holes in the ground. Burj Al Alam comes to mind.

Nice to see that year-old pic again. They've come a long way since then! But the best has yet to come! :)

07/May/2010

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07/May/2010

Pentominium, bridge was busy today but rising and pics will be easyer from now :)

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07/May/2010

Pentominium,changing again the crane location ? :)

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07/May/2010

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07/May/2010

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great up date, they have install crane

great up date, they have install crane

If you would read / look carefully and maybe think a little bit, you'd see they're disassembling it.

Anyway, great pics Imre, thanks. Good to see the core rising into the view from your appartment (isn't it?). :cheers:

Thanks, these pics were taken from the roof , but I will see soon from my balcony as well.

I was right , ACC moving the site offices of the Pentominium here , probably the main construction of the Marina Arcade and Madain Hotel will start soon.

07/May/2010

Some new site offices close to The Summit , opposite the MAG 218 Tower, I saw there ACC sign so maybe for the Pentominium?

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13/May/2010

Pentominium plot and new site offices

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This tower will be very fun to watch grow, can't wait to see the first out-cropping 'framed' in skeletal form. Are they moving the crane for the new construction in an adjacent lot?

Thanks, these pics were taken from the roof , but I will see soon from my balcony as well.

have you thought of putting up a live webcam on say justin.tv or just a cam from your spot..

Are the site buildings beating the Pentominium at the moment? :lol:

no..if you look closely..the tower has grown impressively :banana:

gr8 progress:banana:

no..if you look closely..the tower has grown impressively :banana:

Indeed, progress is impressive.

nice up date....

unfortunately Imre left for a while and we will have no updates until June :ohno:

^^ Yep, the only photographer of Dubai left the city ;)

To bad, Im so impatient about this one.

I wish I had the time. I would be out there for sure.

unfortunately Imre left for a while and we will have no updates until June :ohno:

I am not the "one and only" people in Dubai who has a camera:)

The difficult job done , now easy for taking pics , already rising .

:cheers:

^^
well, i haven't seen AltinD pics for a long time, 234 Sale photographes BB only and SSC man has no time...
so you are the one and only, Imre ;)

21 May 2010

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^^ Thanks, man! So, Imre is not the only one :cheers:

thx SSC man! thx thx thx!!! :banana::banana::banana:

^^ Thanks, great update!

Wonder what those large vertical beams are for? Extra reinforcement like at the ST?

^^ I think so. Just look at the renders. These huge balconies for sure will add hell of a lot of stress to the structure. And whats more, the profile of the tower is quite narrow. I'm actually not suprised about this extra beams at all.

Looking forward to the next few months and seeing what progress is made here. So far so good! :)

Yes, these are the 18 meters long reinforcment beams to be encased in concrete, we talked about in the past. more of them will go on the bottom part of the tower in the comming months.

:bow: :bow:

It could be topped out before Marina Pinnacle tower (a tower that smash a new record with 15 years Topped out without any single move ) :laugh:

21 May 2010 - Some more from yesterday ~ Sorry about the large size; I'm using a new uploader but haven't totally worked it out just yet.

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thanks for the update. it is very much apreciated.

thanks for the update. it is very much apreciated.

You're welcome.

Wow!. Huge pix

Wow!. Huge pix

haha Yeah, sorry about that.

Thanks for the MASSIVE photos! I only had to stand about six feet back from my monitor to see them! :D

Any photo/construction update on this tower is always very welcome and much appreciated. :cheers2:

It is great to have large pictures. More detail, and suited for desktops.
But smaller ones (1024x768 or 800x600?) with links to the large ones
would actually be better.

Either way, the effort to take and post them is really apreciated.

Great pictures! This is really progressing well. I'm glad to see that there is at least one other person who can take pictures! :okay:

Thanks guys! I promise to make them a 'little' smaller next time. :)

Thanks guys! I promise to make them a 'little' smaller next time. :)

next time? so you will update the tallest block again soon? great!! :banana:

04 June 2010

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^^ Once again good progress, core takes off... and there's a new crane in red and white. :okay:

Haha, look at the last pic, the 23 Marina contractor will be forced to soon shift their site offices elsewhere in the podium area of that tower :D.

04 June 2010 - I got told off... pfff

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Great pictures!

Nice...

hahaha......

I think it`s a pity where the building will stand. The tower is really beautiful. It should get an own small area like the Almas Tower, Burj Khalifah or the Emirates Towers

Great update ^^^^

04 June 2010 - I got told off... pfff



You have to take them from a distance..as Imre recommended :)

in the last cunstruct photos i cant see any worker :/

^^ Friday

from australia

ive already told the GC bulliten there are 2 towers in dubai already higher then Q1. The Mumbai tower will never be the worlds tallest as the 516m pentominium will be numero uno come 2013.
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/06/12/227561_gold-coast-news.html


Q1 dwarfed by $500m Mumbai mega-tower

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Peter Truman | June 12th, 2010

THE Gold Coast's iconic Q1 skyscraper looks set to be dwarfed by a new contender for tallest residential building in the world.

Lodha Developers has announced plans for a 117-storey tower in Mumbai, India which will peak at a whopping 450m high.

If it is built, the tower will look down on our own Surfers Paradise high rise, which has 80 storeys and stands at 323m high.

And Q1 could tumble out of the top three soon, with two skyscrapers taller than it also being planned in the coming years in Dubai.

The Indian building, entitled World One, will have a total of 300 apartments spanning three and four-bedroom flats, private villas with individual pools as well as duplexes measuring 900sq m.
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The luxury will come at a price though, with apartments expected to cost from $2 million to $13 million.

The tower will form part of a $500 million Lodha Place development in the city's Shrinivas Mill plot in Lower Parel, joining two residential towers, a shopping centre and commercial building.

Lodha Group managing director Abhisheck Lodha said the project would cater to Mumbai's 'global aspirations'.

Drawing a parallel with New York City's Empire State Building as a symbol of America's rise in the 1930s, the developer said World One would be a landmark for Mumbai.

"Every global city is made memorable by its architectural landmarks," said Mr Lodha.

"Be it the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Opera House in Sydney or the Empire State Building in New York, these vibrant forms reflect the passion and culture of the city they are located in.

"We are confident that World One will come to represent India's quest for excellence in the economic and cultural arenas."

The project is being designed by New York-based architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, which has worked on projects such as the Grand Louvre Expansion and Modernisation (Paris), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) and the 241m-high John Hancock Tower (Boston).

The World One luxury tower will have a three-level 1858sq m clubhouse and spa, an 7432sq m sports club and more than 2ha of landscaping.

It will also house an open-air observatory at a height of 304m above the city, providing an unhindered view of the Arabian Sea and the cityscape.

The developers claim the view from this height will extend as far as 60km.

any change from june4?

26/June/2010

Pentominium from my balcony , not a big progress here

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Welcome back. :)

No progress!?! :cry:

I was so sure there gonna be way more progress.
Welcome back Imre!

Yes, welcome back Imre....you were missed! Did you go on vacation somewhere?

Imre is back! :banana: :banana: :banana:

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Everything looks the same at the site..

Yes, welcome back Imre....you were missed! Did you go on vacation somewhere?

He wasn't on vacation. I've been keeping track of his blog. Glad to see he is back on SSC again.

Yes, welcome back Imre....you were missed! Did you go on vacation somewhere?

He wasn't on vacation. I've been keeping track of his blog. Glad to see he is back on SSC again.

I was in Hungary for a month , I did all blog updates in May so it was automatic :) (except the news)

welcome back Imre!!! celebration!! :banana::banana::banana:

but did you saw workers on Pentominium site? are the cranes still moving?
can't imagine this wonderful tower is on hold :ohno:

28/June/2010

Pentominium , workers there so still U/C

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^^ Thanks Imre, welcome back. Looks like maybe they're concentrating on the basement / podium first before launching the core!

:cheers:

that could be easily possible. There is not much space in this area so they might use the podium levels for extra space, just like the Marina 23 next door is doing.

nice pics thanks guys for sharing

but still ultra slow

It is to large and not fit for this location

but still ultra slow

I'm sure they'll pick up speed soon ..just wait and see :)

Well, at least any kind of construction/progress here at the moment is good imo. It's better than nothing at all!

Well, at least any kind of construction/progress here at the moment is good imo. It's better than nothing at all!

A few million Dirhams of Structural Steelwork has been incorperated within the structure which is hidden from view. It ties the tower into the podium and raft.
Massive weight...holes left in walls to allow tie beams to be inserted on rollers.

Its progressing well :)

^^ Great news Bramble, thanks!

Too bad there are no pics of this process, sounds very complicated and interesting!

Sheesh, what happened here? It was going so well, now I was absent for 6 weeks and expected to see a big leap...

Imre, go and help them, you are available, push barrows of concrete, yell at them, do what ever is necessary ;)

And the rest of the huge 18 meters long steel beams arrived a few weeks back.

A few million Dirhams of Structural Steelwork has been incorperated within the structure which is hidden from view. It ties the tower into the podium and raft.
Massive weight...holes left in walls to allow tie beams to be inserted on rollers.

Its progressing well :)

That's great to hear. Much happening here that doesn't meet the eye huh. Yeah, I can only imagine how complicated it really is to raise a tower over 500m, not to mention how precise everything needs to be.

Thanks for the info BRAMBLE :)

And the rest of the huge 18 meters long steel beams arrived a few weeks back.


You are well informed!:)

all I could say ( wow )

09/July/2010

Pentominium

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dismantled a crane with a core building...

WOW now this is starting to move, alot of progress since the last up date :banana: Thanks Imre :)

finally some action on this project =)

dismantled a crane with a core building...

Yes, but the core has raised two levels. That´s paradoxical.


13 th january:

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Great photos Imre, as always!


And, as a skyscraper lover I want to say that I really enjoy the whole project, but I can´t understand why they continue doing more and more buildings when some of their neighbours (Marina Pinnacle, Sulafa) are on hold or with enormous problems selling their flats. The times of madness wasting money finished, so it´s difficult to understand this business.

^yeah, i agree, how many uunits has pentom got? 700? maybe there building for future.

Pentuminium is a special project , only one apartment/floor...

Can a core that looks to be about 20metres by only 5 metres be strong enough... if it's only 5 metres wide - that's ridiculously thin and wobbly!!

I see numerous websites still listing this as a Spring/Summer 2011 completion... lol.
Will be lucky if they can build 2 floors a week - if that's the case it will only be half way to the top... and then of course it won't be topped-out, glazed or fitted out for 2 more years after that!!! And that's if there's no more delays!!!

^^ The core might look thin in one direction but they have to add the walls on those sides. They will be added with the construction of the floors.

Finally the core can be seen and is growing up !

I see numerous websites still listing this as a Spring/Summer 2011 completion... lol.
Will be lucky if they can build 2 floors a week - if that's the case it will only be half way to the top... and then of course it won't be topped-out, glazed or fitted out for 2 more years after that!!! And that's if there's no more delays!!!

If the core will rise by 2 floors each week without any interruption and the cladding will be started quickly and go up along with the progress- it might be completed in september 2011. However- I doubt that it will happen.

If the core will rise by 2 floors each week without any interruption and the cladding will be started quickly and go up along with the progress- it might be completed in september 2011. However- I doubt that it will happen.

No way! :lol: Even if you put 10000 workers there this can never be the case!

No way! :lol: Even if you put 10000 workers there this can never be the case!


Completion date (at the moment) is December 2013:)

^^ The core might look thin in one direction but they have to add the walls on those sides. They will be added with the construction of the floors.


Yes:)

Completion date (at the moment) is December 2013:)

That is already a very impressive completion date! I'll be following this one very good as it is the most challenging tower of Dubai Marina.

And I look forward to see some floornumbers showed on the core, so that the count can start... ;)

I see numerous websites still listing this as a Spring/Summer 2011 completion... lol.
Will be lucky if they can build 2 floors a week - if that's the case it will only be half way to the top... and then of course it won't be topped-out, glazed or fitted out for 2 more years after that!!! And that's if there's no more delays!!!
Once it reaches the 10th floor or so, it could go up at more than 1 floor a week.

Completion date (at the moment) is December 2013:)

Hopefully the Trident wont go bankrupt before the completion :)

No way! :lol: Even if you put 10000 workers there this can never be the case!

Why? 2 floors per week is completely possible with such a narrow building, if they won't encounter any difficulties through the entire construction progress (which obviously won't happen- especially because the structure is pretty complex, and because it's built by humans and not robots).

^^ I could give so much reasons... It has to do with costs too.

But as you can read Bramble says it will be late 2013 and we already should be very happy with that too!

I am very very excited to be able to watch this building grow higher and higher now.

^^ I could give so much reasons... It has to do with costs too.


I said that it was theoretically possible- not that it had any chance of happening.

another photo by imre yesterday:

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the core maybe thin but wont be wobbly?lol the concrete mix these days is 20times stronger then 10 years ago. very strong indeed. wont budge an inch.

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sorry im new to posting so i dont know how to post image directly into reply

all you do is copy the url, press the picture icon in the comment section and paste the url in there.

Here are your pictures

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I said that it was theoretically possible- not that it had any chance of happening.

Theoretically it could also be finished in half a year. But we'll never know and never see it.

16/July/2010

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^^ Great update, good to see the things in detail again. Seems like they're concentrating on the floors first. Work on the core seems to be stopped until this floor (is it ground floor) is finished.

I imagine when BRAMBLE closes his eyes to sleep he sees rebar.

^^ Great update, good to see the things in detail again. Seems like they're concentrating on the floors first. Work on the core seems to be stopped until this floor (is it ground floor) is finished.


The core will shoot ahead now that the structural steelwork beams are in place :)

I imagine when BRAMBLE closes his eyes to sleep he sees rebar.



:)

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I'm sure ACC is having a talk with DCE as we speak.

YAY! It's rising!

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Here are your pictures

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WHO DESIGNED THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWER... IT`S SPLENDID... MAGIC.

I dont understand why the so called "Guards" are trying to stop people from taking pics, its not like they are doing anything so amazing that needs to be coverd up, in 6 months what will they do ? create a 30 meter tall fence?

WHO DESIGNED THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWER... IT`S SPLENDID... MAGIC.

Aedas (http://www.aedas.com/)

I'm thinking that this Tower will have the 2nd Highest Floor count in the World upon completion. And that's a pretty cool thing. :)

^^ Don't dissregard the Shanghaians. They also have the tendency to build at a lightning speed.

Come on baby, start rising ...
We have waited a long time for you to show yourself.

I dunno, I think this will be a building that will look terrible without cladding, so it's gonna be a while until we can really appreciate it.

keep on rising :)

^^
516m that's great :happy:

^^ Don't dissregard the Shanghaians. They also have the tendency to build at a lightning speed.

I distinctly remember the SWFC halfway complete was right around the time I was becoming interested in skyscrapers and was completed rather quickly, as was the mid-section of Burj Khalifa, though the top floors took a while. I thought that was normal, ha, far from it.

30/July/2010

Pentominium

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YAY! It's growing! :D

Thanks Imre :cheers:

nice update dude :)

^^ Agree... core has gone up two levels, and last underground floor is on the way.
So time for some more tower cranes IMO. Maybe the vanished red/white one will appear at another spot? There are enough derrick cranes and telescopic cranes around to do that job.

500m to go!!!

^^^yeah, exactly!

To be honest, I personally liked the spires, I think they looked very good on this building, no matter how much many people here considered them an immature attempt at beating the Chicago Spire at the tallest residential title. I think they should have kept them, they complemented the design quite well. Of course that's only my opinion, as I said.

I can't wait for the result.
See the progress :D
In Dubai, I think, it'll be fast investment.

nice

500m to go!!!

Indeed. Imagine this block in another 4-5 years. :cool:

The tower looks awsome. I hope they approve it and build it too.

I want to see some renders from the other side to see what those pods look like

:deadthrea :bash:

^^ no its not, there is just no one in dubai to take pics of this atm!!!

^^ But we can get updates(not photo) by altind and others..

I take it Imre is not in Dubai again?

^^ yerp, not back untill 2011 :(

^^ yerp, not back untill 2011 :(
WHAT??? NOOOOOO!!!:gaah:

Imre's photos will be missed. :(

Hopefully, from time to time, some of the guys there in Dubai will be kind enough to take a few snaps and keep us updated..

What, no Imre, what are we going to do now??????

Hey droneriot
Spires are OK if they are part of the design of the building, but
the spire for this building was just tacked on to the side with no
concern with style or architecture.

nice one !!!

Hey droneriot
Spires are OK if they are part of the design of the building, but
the spire for this building was just tacked on to the side with no
concern with style or architecture.

I am well aware of the spires' history. I just think that they went with the design quite well and added more to it than just height. To me, they gave the design more balance, as opposed to the lopsided feel that - to me - the original - and current - version has.

Hopefully someone replaces Imre wonderfull updates!

Somebody of SCC in Dubai... post some pics please! :)

replace Imre ? Give the guy a break! He's being posting thousands of pictures each and every year....And you just want to drop Him ?

nice imre

This one is gonna put all the renders to shame...its one of those buildings thatll make one think "how is that possible?"

The progress is gaining momentum...I´m sure that the tower will rise very quickly :). By the way, are there photographer candidates to take picture updates? Nice work Imre, congratulations, we´ll miss your awesome contribution by a while, take care and best wishes. ;)

Completion date (at the moment) is December 2013:)

When I checked the Pentominium website at the time of that posting (3 weeks ago now) they were still claiming 2011. Even a year ago they would have know that date was absolutely impossible!

If it is well funded then maybe it can rise at up to 3 storey's a week (concrete cures pretty fast in these hot countries). After a few floors the floor should stop changing and rise (maybe without changing) for 110 floors!

replace Imre ? Give the guy a break! He's being posting thousands of pictures each and every year....And you just want to drop Him ?
I believe the wording he was looking for was "fill in for Imre."

I'm positive the core has risen since the last update ... but no pictures.

Hope we'll get to see a couple of snaps from someone soon...even a mobile phone shot would do right now.

replace Imre ? Give the guy a break! He's being posting thousands of pictures each and every year....And you just want to drop Him ?

Of course i now that... Imre is free to do whatever he want to do!

All what i'm saying is... nobody is so good as Imre to replace him and i mis that.

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SkyscraperCityman :master::master::master:

Thanks SkyscraperCity man! Well, in the two weeks since Imre's last update (July 30th) the core has risen by one level. I think there more flooring in the middle also? Great to have some new photos here. Well done! :cheers:

I think the guy standing directly under the ACC wants to have a few words with you. Maybe you should grow a beard (or shave it off, whatever the case) before the next update!? :D

You're welcome. Yes, I got my second warning from security today... what a joke.

Very nice, the core has clearly risen. :)

Thanks for posting!

THanks for the update, the core looks massive in those pics.....

SkyscraperCityman :master::master::master:

I second that.

^^ me too :)

Seems like we have a new hero, for a while, on this forum!

You're welcome. Yes, I got my second warning from security today... what a joke.

Ridiculous isn't it! I mean the thing is well above ground now and you can practically see it from every direction. Why not just throw a big tent over the whole site then!? :nuts:

That's why one needs telephoto lenses

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:D

what are they building between the ocean heights and pentominium (the construction site in the back of the posted photos)?

That's why one needs telephoto lenses


:D


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^^ Well, some time size does matter :D

what are they building between the ocean heights and pentominium (the construction site in the back of the posted photos)?

It's a shopping center that occupies the site in the middle of the block of towerr.

^^ I think he's talking about what's in line with al seef, sulafa tower, etc.
It's a district cooling station or something similar. The thread is here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1045689

^^ Well, some time size does matter :D

:shocked: Disgusting! Sexual harassment case there! ;) :D

It's a shopping center that occupies the site in the middle of the block of towerr.

If I remember correctly, isn't there a cinema planned for this SC? I have a vague memory of this anyway..

Well, with tens of thousands of people occupying this block at any given time, I think a cinema would be an excellent idea. :bowtie:

Not a bad place to stick a hot dog stand (or 2) either. Just a little tip there for any budding entrepreneurs out there who want to earn some extra pocket money at the weekend. Please, don't thank me now. Just wait until you're taking delivery of that first Bentley. :D

Sorry to burst your bubble but I don't think it's a cinema... utilities for sure.

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Sorry to burst your bubble but I don't think it's a cinema... utilities for sure.

I know that. I wasn't referring to this particular plot (utilities/district cooling station), I'm talking about the possibility of a cinema at the SC.

^^ Marina Mall has Cinemas, even a few super luxurious ones with buttler service and stuff.

^^ Indeed it has. Yeah, I suppose with the MM being in such close proximity with this block it will be perfectly convenient. No great hardship to cross the road I suppose. The butler service sounds pretty cool. Why not eh!? :)

Of course, my thinking is along the lines of the inevitable volume of traffic that will enter and leave this one block 24/7 once occupancy levels really begin to soar. A lot of units here = a lot of people/car traffic.

^^ The Marina Mall is certainly not in a walking distance. Is more then 1 km from there and I as a movie buff am totally against any form of distraction during the movie, and heaving a butler around certainly is ... but well, not everyone goes in the cinema because they loooove movies, otherwise DIVX format wouldn't have been successful.

Anyway ... the Pentominium is rising and that's what counts :cheers:

^^ Amazing how deceiving some photos can be huh!? In some, MM looks a stone's throw away. But actually being there in person is very different, I know.

You're certainly right about any distractions - especially during a movie. That's a no go!

Absolutely! :cheers2: It's fantastic to see this tower finally rising!

^^ The Marina Mall is certainly not in a walking distance. Is more then 1 km from there

Anything from 1-2 km sounds like walking distance to me. Sigh, city people :D

Good thing to see one of few interesting projects in Dubai rising again. I have been waiting for this one .

^^ Yes, but not when it's 45+ outside with 70+ % humidity level. I would say the walking distance is 2 km at least.

I know that. I wasn't referring to this particular plot (utilities/district cooling station), I'm talking about the possibility of a cinema at the SC.

Sorry! :|

Sorry! :|

Don't be silly, no need. We all have the same objective here. Well, most of us skyscraper lovers anyway.

We all want to see Pentominium completed. :cheers:

Yup! :)

We all want to see Pentominium completed. :cheers:

no, i am just here to watch it growing! :lol:

of course i am also interested in the final result ;)

Heres a question...would you rather live here or the Burj K?

Heres a question...would you rather live here or the Burj K?

Great question. I'd probably go with BK, since its taller and has a higher profile. But the Pentominium has some sweet amenities for its residents. Still, gotta go with the world's tallest.

^^ I agree. The BK is always going to have that very special aura surrounding it, simply because it is the tallest and the most illustrious skyscraper in the world. As long as it's the tallest, it will retain its edge over the rest imho.

no, i am just here to watch it growing! :lol:

of course i am also interested in the final result ;)

lol I suppose there are many here who are hoping that this tower grows like Bamboo huh!? ;) :D


Yup! :)

:)

If I could have get of the top floors of Pentominium, then I would choose it. I'd like to have a view of the sea from where I live. All the buildings are where they are because of their location to the water. To have access to the beach/marina when family and friends come over and what not. The BK has all the records and deservingly so, but, the residentual units are located in the middle and bottom part of the building. Im not certin on what kind of view one would have from there.

No rise on the core this week, same height as last week.

Well, summer heat, crisis, and add ramadan to it. Its not exactly the best time for construction progress!!

Well, summer heat, crisis, and add ramadan to it. Its not exactly the best time for construction progress!!

i wonder how the economy is going on in Dubai?
in Germany we got a steady growth again, so what about Dubai?
and what's up with the property prises? are they still down?

.......huge project.....

No rise on the core this week, same height as last week.Yes, no change on top. But looks as podium is almost overground now:

29/August/2010 by 234sale:

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Will be a long, long way to catch 23 Marina...

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is it just slow progress?

Wouldn't really matter since there is a massive over supply in Dubai.

This is a great residential building, just at a slow pace.

the idea of them not building this, just scary :lol:

Yes, no change on top. But looks as podium is almost overground now:

29/August/2010 by 234sale:

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Will be a long, long way to catch 23 Marina...

Working on floor 8 (above street level) now? I have counted the dooropenings in the core.

The core is rising clearly!!! :)

The core is rising clearly!!! :)But very slowly this summer... on August 14th (http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/262/dsc0089si.jpg) it was already as tall as now, I think.

^^ We already established that the core hasn't risen in the last two weeks.

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^^

So it won't have those floating-gardens anymore?

Still a good looking building, very nice a big fan of this project.

I passed it a few days ago (@Altin, the reason I went to the Marina during midday heat and bended the rules of Ramadan slightly ;)) and yes, it remains very slow. So i had no reason to take pictues of it...

no gardens anymore, or it's just angle of the picture? :dunno:

well i think we'll see the sky gardens.there's no reason to cancell such an important feature IMO...
it's not like a spire or so, it's something more...elementary, at least for the people who wants to live there.

i think the gardens will still be there
that angle of the render gives me a whole new perspective on the way the finished product will look, i hope it will start rising soon :)

Nice angle of the core from the road. Something a little different from the norm.

Amazing renders, just wish that the construction would speed up........

Wait a second, I just noticed a core re-configuration, maybe that can explain the delay.

whats the latest guys

whats the latest guys

yes we need news please. Last message before you post one was...16 days ago :(

may be this core reconfiguration is a big job ,please put us right .

good progress~~！
but I still think it‘s too slim~ kind of wierd~~

Maybe BRAMBLE can explain / tell us a little bit about the progress..? :)

photos would be nice, almost forgot about this tower :ohno:

The Best Tower best contractor , best location:cheers:

where is Imre ?