DUBAI | Supertall Projects & Construction

malec · May 11th, 2008, 01:18 AM

A general rundown is impossible to maintain for this city.

Check out this insane list

The definitions for the descriptions in the status:

Completed - Structure ready and no more work going on on the outside of the tower. This doesn't mean it's opened yet though, just structurally complete.
Topped Out - Full height reached including spire
Rising- Between being at ground level and full height
Ground Work - Anything happening before tower reaches ground level. This description is important because lots of towers stall for a while or take a really long time before rising.
Announced & Selling - We're pretty much sure the tower has the final design and construction should start within a year.
Announced - Design officially revealed but no selling of office space or apartments. The design shown most likely final design
Under Design - Tower is known about, including developer, and the design is in the final stages but not yet complete. Design may still change.
Concept- Towers which are probably real projects but not necessarily(I try to exclude insignificant ones or ones most likely to be fake). Design in early stages
On Hold - Tower started construction, then stopped.
Stale Proposal - A tower which didn't start construction and which there has been no news about it for a long time. Most likely a cancelled project.

The List

malec · May 11th, 2008, 01:19 AM

Nakheel Harbour Tower
>200F, ~1140m, Announced

Current Design

Previous Proposals

One Dubai
Announced along with the East Park Towers as being part of the same project (designed by Smith & Gill). 3 towers all over 100 floors connected by skybridges (tallest 201 floors), ~850m, Announced

Current Design

Burj Dubai
~162F, ~819m, Rising, (steel section, ~185th floor)

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Anara
A 125 floors, 700m
Will be built on the site hard rock cafe (very near the tallest block). Designed by Atkins.
Announced
Current Proposal

The Pentominium
120F, 618m (516m spire), Doing some digging

Current Design

One Park Avenue (JG)
125 floors, ~600m, Announced

Current Design

Meraas Tower
101 floors, ~550m, Announced

Current Design

Dubai Towers
97-57 floors, 360m, 410m, 460m, 550m, Site Preparation

Current Design

Burj Al Alam
108F, 510m, Piling

Current Design

Asia Asia Hotel
The replica one, design is not done though so this render's only a concept so far, ?F, ?m, Under design

Placeholder Design

DIFC Central Tower
A very unknown project. Various renders from different firms keep popping up. Most proposals look to be around 500m high, Concepts

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Damac Heights
105 floors, 460m, Site Prep

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Some Government Tower
>100fl, ~450m Concept

Current Design

Dynamic Tower
80F, 420m, Under Design

Current Design

Previous Designs

Princess Tower
101F, 414m, Rising (~30th floor)

Current Design

Marina 101
102F, 412m, Basement levels underway

Current Design

Dubai Lighthouse Tower
66F, 400m, Due to start late autumn

Current Design

Tanmiyat Towers

Current Design

New Oasis Beach Hotel
~400m, 106F, Under Design, existing hotel getting demolished in september

Possible Designs

Marina 106
107 floors. Signboard up and some excavation happening. Slurry wall getting built

Current Design

23 Marina
90 floors, 395m, Rising, (~35th floor)

Current Design

Emirates Park Towers
77F, 395m, Rising, (~10th floor)

Current Design

Cassells Tower
98fl, ~390m Concept

Proposals

Elite Residences
92F, 380m, Building basement levels

Current Design

Hard Rock Hotel
78F, 379m, Under Design, due to start in late autumn

Current Design

The Wave Tower
92F, 370m, Concept

Current Design

Lamtara Towers
70+60F, 360+320m, Piling

Current Design

Almas Tower
74F, 360m, Topped Out

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Emirates Towers
54/56F, 355/309m, Completed

One Park Avenue (DIFC)
90 floors.

Current Design

More towers in Jumeirah Gardens
2 towers
Placeholders

Possible Designs

Volante
~350m, 90 floors, Under design (super luxury res tower)

Current Design

Signature Towers
79+65+52F, 349.3+295.6+238.7m, Approved, some soil test done. Awaiting more news.

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Al Attar Tower
76F, 342m, Core topped out. Creating top structure now.

Current Design

Previous Proposals

The Torch
80F, 338m, Rising, (~35th floor)

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Rose Rotana Suites
72F, 333m, Completed

Dubai Eiffel Tower
330m Stale Proposal

Current Design

Al Yacoub Tower
72F, 330m, Rising (~40th floor)

Current Design

The Skyscraper
65F, 330m, On Hold, site abandoned. However may restart soon

Current Design

Infinity Tower
80F, 330m, Basement levels underway

Current Design

The Index
86F, 328m, Rising, (~80th floor)

Current Design

Burj Al Arab[/SIZE]
60F, 321m, Built

HHH Tower
72F, 317m, Rising, (~45th floor)

Current Design

Ocean Heights
82F, 310m, Rising, (around the 15th floor)

Current Design

Previous Proposals

The Address
65F, 306m, Completed

Current Design

Khalid Al Attar Tower
61F, 301m, Rising, (~50th floor)

Current Design

Previous Proposals

Al Hekma Tower
61F, ?m, On Hold

Current Design

Zaha Tower for Dubai
Concept

Current Design

Desert Gate Towers
Hotels in Bawadi. Concept

Placeholder Design

Asmaran Supertall
Tower in Bawadi. Concept

Current Design

Supertall in Downtown Burj Dubai
Just a tower in the model for now. Emaar's placeholders usually turn out to be real towers though.
Under Design

Placeholder Design

Burj Park IV
Another placeholder in Burj Dubai Downtown
Under Design

Placeholder Design

Nikken Sekkei Towers
Project to be in Jumeirah Garadens by Meraas. Designed by Nikken Sekkei.
Concept

Current Design

Meydan City Tower
Not much known about this. 75 floors according to an article.
Concept

Possible Design

Meydan City Tower 2
Placeholder

Possible Design

City of Arabia Towers
4 towers
Placeholders

Possible Designs

Dubai Waterfront City Concept
Placeholder

Possible Design

Nakheel Harbour Placeholders
4 towers
Placeholders

Possible Design

Lagoons Placeholders
2 towers
Placeholders

Possible Design

Arjan Landmark Tower
Placeholder

Possible Design

Expected tower in the tallest block
One plot left in the tallest block area in the marina. A supertall tower will definitely go there.
Expected degisn

Possible Design
?

Expected tower in the tallest block
Info from SA Boy, expected to be next to Anara tower.
Expected degisn

Possible Design
?

***wjfox*** · May 11th, 2008, 01:33 AM

Great work... thanks for compiling this.

***wjfox*** · May 11th, 2008, 01:35 AM

lol... 56 supertalls. Unbelievable.

malec · May 11th, 2008, 01:40 AM

I might have missed some, I'll need some help

***wjfox*** · May 11th, 2008, 01:42 AM

Haha... only in Dubai could you "miss" a few 1000 ft skyscrapers

Alle · May 11th, 2008, 01:49 AM

I really like Al Sharq, hope it will get built, just someone needs to take an initatitve, whats up with that project, anyway?

Its one of the most elegant skyscraper designs ive ever seen.

***skytrax*** · May 11th, 2008, 01:53 AM

WOW people in Dubai are like crazy!

malec · May 11th, 2008, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wjfox

Haha... only in Dubai could you "miss" a few 1000 ft skyscrapers

I did actually. Forgot the bawadi desert gate towers. Just concepts but still, they've been specifically mentioned in press releases about the project

davee08 · May 11th, 2008, 02:55 AM

this is insane so much supertalls and if any of them would be built anywhere in the world they'd be icons of the city but its great to see them all built in the one place just hope they won't build marina sky towers with the two 100fl and 90fl tower thats gotta the worst design of supertalls i've seen yuck

malec · May 11th, 2008, 11:08 AM

Yes they're ugly as f**k and they're also plonked in an already overcrowded area blocking out all light and views.

Myster E · May 11th, 2008, 11:08 AM

About Dubai, all I can say is wtf?! Future Star Wars films will be filmed here for real, no longer will Lucas & Co need to rely on effects if all of these supertalls become reality.

***AltinD*** · May 11th, 2008, 11:34 AM

Malec: Al Yaqoub is not in hold, it has been steadily rising, even that not fast. The Index is on the 73rd floor, soon to rise on the 74th (which would be the 79th level above ground)

malec · May 11th, 2008, 11:56 AM

OK, I'll change. Are there any towers I missed?

Buyckske Ruben · May 11th, 2008, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malec

I did actually. Forgot the bawadi desert gate towers. Just concepts but still, they've been specifically mentioned in press releases about the project

Now you have a idee of the height...
Old proposel i think... the new one you posted is amazing!

Buyckske Ruben · May 11th, 2008, 12:06 PM

Al Qudra Road runs from Arabian Ranches/Dubai Autodrome roundabout though Bawadi

The Desert Gates at the entrance to Bawadi, a 10km strip of Las Vegas style hotels

Desert Gates, the monumental entrance to Bawadi

Asia Asia - the largest of the hotels planned along the 10km Bawadi strip

They will built the hole world over along the highway in the dessert!

Buyckske Ruben · May 11th, 2008, 12:12 PM

Desert Gate, Bawadi

When complete in 2014, Bawadi will have 29,200 hotel rooms

This will surely rival the Las Vegas Strip

Tons of tons of supertalls are keep coming!

totaly mad!

mindblowing.

End of course the link fore more pics:http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubai...%3Dnl%26sa%3DN

ZZ-II · May 11th, 2008, 12:19 PM

thx malec for the thread

, the amount of supertalls in dubai is just impressive....and more will come in the future

malec · May 11th, 2008, 12:20 PM

That model means nothing though. It looks like it was thrown together as quickly as possible and is in fact ridiculous and as "crazy" as possible to draw attention. The heights haven't been worked out yet but around 300m seems right.

Buyckske Ruben · May 11th, 2008, 12:25 PM

Bawadi project in Dubailand

Tatweer, a unit of Dubai Holding, said the project will boast the largest concentration of leading hotels in the world and help Dubai cope with the 15 million tourists it hopes to attract by 2010.Called Bawadi, the project will nearly double the current number of hotel rooms through several themed hotels and also develop entertainment centres, shopping malls, theatres, restaurants and convention centres.

The centrepiece of Bawadi will be the world's largest hotel, Asia-Asia, which alone will comprise 6,500 rooms, combining 5,100 four-star and an additional 1,400 five-star rooms.

Asia-Asia will be a part of the first phase of development, which includes total spending of Dh12 billion by Tatweer in hotel and infrastructure, and will be completed by 2010.

The capacity of Bawadi will be 29,200 rooms, out of which 12,450 will be developed by Tatweer's 12 themed hotels, with another 16,750 rooms developed by independent investors in another 19 hotels.
Together, the hotels are expected to host 3.3 million guests by 2016, that will be more than 21 per cent of the total number of tourists that Dubai expects to receive by that time.

link: http://www.luxist.com/media/2006/05/...%3D1%26hl%3Dnl

I think they will over date i think the complete finishing date can we aspect around 2015-17?

May 11th, 2008, 01:18 AM	#1
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	DUBAI \| Supertall Projects & Construction A general rundown is impossible to maintain for this city. Check out this insane list The definitions for the descriptions in the status: Completed - Structure ready and no more work going on on the outside of the tower. This doesn't mean it's opened yet though, just structurally complete. Topped Out - Full height reached including spire Rising- Between being at ground level and full height Ground Work - Anything happening before tower reaches ground level. This description is important because lots of towers stall for a while or take a really long time before rising. Announced & Selling - We're pretty much sure the tower has the final design and construction should start within a year. Announced - Design officially revealed but no selling of office space or apartments. The design shown most likely final design Under Design - Tower is known about, including developer, and the design is in the final stages but not yet complete. Design may still change. Concept- Towers which are probably real projects but not necessarily(I try to exclude insignificant ones or ones most likely to be fake). Design in early stages On Hold - Tower started construction, then stopped. Stale Proposal - A tower which didn't start construction and which there has been no news about it for a long time. Most likely a cancelled project. The List Last edited by malec; January 31st, 2009 at 04:46 AM.

May 11th, 2008, 01:19 AM	#2
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	Nakheel Harbour Tower >200F, ~1140m, Announced Current Design Previous Proposals One Dubai Announced along with the East Park Towers as being part of the same project (designed by Smith & Gill). 3 towers all over 100 floors connected by skybridges (tallest 201 floors), ~850m, Announced Current Design Burj Dubai ~162F, ~819m, Rising, (steel section, ~185th floor) Current Design Previous Proposals Anara A 125 floors, 700m Will be built on the site hard rock cafe (very near the tallest block). Designed by Atkins. Announced Current Proposal The Pentominium 120F, 618m (516m spire), Doing some digging Current Design One Park Avenue (JG) 125 floors, ~600m, Announced Current Design Meraas Tower 101 floors, ~550m, Announced Current Design Dubai Towers 97-57 floors, 360m, 410m, 460m, 550m, Site Preparation Current Design Burj Al Alam 108F, 510m, Piling Current Design Asia Asia Hotel The replica one, design is not done though so this render's only a concept so far, ?F, ?m, Under design Placeholder Design DIFC Central Tower A very unknown project. Various renders from different firms keep popping up. Most proposals look to be around 500m high, Concepts Current Design Previous Proposals Damac Heights 105 floors, 460m, Site Prep Current Design Previous Proposals Some Government Tower >100fl, ~450m Concept Current Design Dynamic Tower 80F, 420m, Under Design Current Design Previous Designs Princess Tower 101F, 414m, Rising (~30th floor) Current Design Marina 101 102F, 412m, Basement levels underway Current Design Dubai Lighthouse Tower 66F, 400m, Due to start late autumn Current Design Tanmiyat Towers Current Design New Oasis Beach Hotel ~400m, 106F, Under Design, existing hotel getting demolished in september Possible Designs Marina 106 107 floors. Signboard up and some excavation happening. Slurry wall getting built Current Design 23 Marina 90 floors, 395m, Rising, (~35th floor) Current Design Emirates Park Towers 77F, 395m, Rising, (~10th floor) Current Design Cassells Tower 98fl, ~390m Concept Proposals Elite Residences 92F, 380m, Building basement levels Current Design Hard Rock Hotel 78F, 379m, Under Design, due to start in late autumn Current Design The Wave Tower 92F, 370m, Concept Current Design Lamtara Towers 70+60F, 360+320m, Piling Current Design Almas Tower 74F, 360m, Topped Out Current Design Previous Proposals Emirates Towers 54/56F, 355/309m, Completed One Park Avenue (DIFC) 90 floors. Current Design More towers in Jumeirah Gardens 2 towers Placeholders Possible Designs Volante ~350m, 90 floors, Under design (super luxury res tower) Current Design Signature Towers 79+65+52F, 349.3+295.6+238.7m, Approved, some soil test done. Awaiting more news. Current Design Previous Proposals Al Attar Tower 76F, 342m, Core topped out. Creating top structure now. Current Design Previous Proposals The Torch 80F, 338m, Rising, (~35th floor) Current Design Previous Proposals Rose Rotana Suites 72F, 333m, Completed Dubai Eiffel Tower 330m Stale Proposal Current Design Al Yacoub Tower 72F, 330m, Rising (~40th floor) Current Design The Skyscraper 65F, 330m, On Hold, site abandoned. However may restart soon Current Design Infinity Tower 80F, 330m, Basement levels underway Current Design The Index 86F, 328m, Rising, (~80th floor) Current Design Burj Al Arab[/SIZE] 60F, 321m, Built HHH Tower 72F, 317m, Rising, (~45th floor) Current Design Ocean Heights 82F, 310m, Rising, (around the 15th floor) Current Design Previous Proposals The Address 65F, 306m, Completed Current Design Khalid Al Attar Tower 61F, 301m, Rising, (~50th floor) Current Design Previous Proposals Al Hekma Tower 61F, ?m, On Hold Current Design Zaha Tower for Dubai Concept Current Design Desert Gate Towers Hotels in Bawadi. Concept Placeholder Design Asmaran Supertall Tower in Bawadi. Concept Current Design Supertall in Downtown Burj Dubai Just a tower in the model for now. Emaar's placeholders usually turn out to be real towers though. Under Design Placeholder Design Burj Park IV Another placeholder in Burj Dubai Downtown Under Design Placeholder Design Nikken Sekkei Towers Project to be in Jumeirah Garadens by Meraas. Designed by Nikken Sekkei. Concept Current Design Meydan City Tower Not much known about this. 75 floors according to an article. Concept Possible Design Meydan City Tower 2 Placeholder Possible Design City of Arabia Towers 4 towers Placeholders Possible Designs Dubai Waterfront City Concept Placeholder Possible Design Nakheel Harbour Placeholders 4 towers Placeholders Possible Design Lagoons Placeholders 2 towers Placeholders Possible Design Arjan Landmark Tower Placeholder Possible Design Expected tower in the tallest block One plot left in the tallest block area in the marina. A supertall tower will definitely go there. Expected degisn Possible Design ? Expected tower in the tallest block Info from SA Boy, expected to be next to Anara tower. Expected degisn Possible Design ? Last edited by malec; October 29th, 2008 at 10:58 PM.

May 11th, 2008, 01:49 AM	#7
Alle Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Göteborg Posts: 2,446 Likes (Received): 0	I really like Al Sharq, hope it will get built, just someone needs to take an initatitve, whats up with that project, anyway? Its one of the most elegant skyscraper designs ive ever seen. __________________ Stop the censorship in the BiH forums Swedish footballstadium development Castles And Fortresses [Alpe Adria] [Bosnia] Ecology [BiH] [GreenVisions Eco Tours]

May 11th, 2008, 01:53 AM	#8
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May 11th, 2008, 11:34 AM	#13
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,765 Likes (Received): 536	Malec: Al Yaqoub is not in hold, it has been steadily rising, even that not fast. The Index is on the 73rd floor, soon to rise on the 74th (which would be the 79th level above ground) __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

May 11th, 2008, 01:33 AM	#3
*wjfox* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: L O N D O N Posts: 36,163 Likes (Received): 922	Great work... thanks for compiling this.

May 11th, 2008, 01:35 AM	#4
*wjfox* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: L O N D O N Posts: 36,163 Likes (Received): 922	lol... 56 supertalls. Unbelievable.

May 11th, 2008, 01:40 AM	#5
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	I might have missed some, I'll need some help

May 11th, 2008, 01:42 AM	#6
*wjfox* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: L O N D O N Posts: 36,163 Likes (Received): 922	Haha... only in Dubai could you "miss" a few 1000 ft skyscrapers

May 11th, 2008, 02:55 AM	#10
davee08 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 642 Likes (Received): 0	this is insane so much supertalls and if any of them would be built anywhere in the world they'd be icons of the city but its great to see them all built in the one place just hope they won't build marina sky towers with the two 100fl and 90fl tower thats gotta the worst design of supertalls i've seen yuck

May 11th, 2008, 11:08 AM	#11
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	Yes they're ugly as f**k and they're also plonked in an already overcrowded area blocking out all light and views.

May 11th, 2008, 11:08 AM	#12
Myster E Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,288 Likes (Received): 5	About Dubai, all I can say is wtf?! Future Star Wars films will be filmed here for real, no longer will Lucas & Co need to rely on effects if all of these supertalls become reality.

May 11th, 2008, 11:56 AM	#14
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	OK, I'll change. Are there any towers I missed?

May 11th, 2008, 12:06 PM	#16
Buyckske Ruben Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,865 Likes (Received): 4	Some old pics of a website...pics from May 2007. Al Qudra Road runs from Arabian Ranches/Dubai Autodrome roundabout though Bawadi The Desert Gates at the entrance to Bawadi, a 10km strip of Las Vegas style hotels Desert Gates, the monumental entrance to Bawadi Asia Asia - the largest of the hotels planned along the 10km Bawadi strip They will built the hole world over along the highway in the dessert! Last edited by Buyckske Ruben; May 11th, 2008 at 01:20 PM.

May 11th, 2008, 12:12 PM	#17
Buyckske Ruben Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,865 Likes (Received): 4	Desert Gate, Bawadi When complete in 2014, Bawadi will have 29,200 hotel rooms This will surely rival the Las Vegas Strip Tons of tons of supertalls are keep coming! totaly mad! mindblowing. End of course the link fore more pics:http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubai...%3Dnl%26sa%3DN

May 11th, 2008, 12:19 PM	#18
ZZ-II I love Skyscrapers Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Ingolstadt in Bavaria Posts: 28,290 Likes (Received): 389	thx malec for the thread , the amount of supertalls in dubai is just impressive....and more will come in the future __________________ Download the most up-to-date list of all Supertalls on this planet here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/To...ary%202013.pdf Last Tower added: Eurasia - Moscow - 309m The Supertall-City-Ranking: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/Su...ary%202013.pdf Last City added: Changzhou Follow me on Twitter: @Minecraft_87 Visit my Photo-Website: www.foto-kotzur.de

May 11th, 2008, 12:20 PM	#19
malec Rrrraaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cork Posts: 10,452 Likes (Received): 8	That model means nothing though. It looks like it was thrown together as quickly as possible and is in fact ridiculous and as "crazy" as possible to draw attention. The heights haven't been worked out yet but around 300m seems right.

May 11th, 2008, 12:25 PM	#20
Buyckske Ruben Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,865 Likes (Received): 4	Bawadi project in Dubailand Tatweer, a unit of Dubai Holding, said the project will boast the largest concentration of leading hotels in the world and help Dubai cope with the 15 million tourists it hopes to attract by 2010.Called Bawadi, the project will nearly double the current number of hotel rooms through several themed hotels and also develop entertainment centres, shopping malls, theatres, restaurants and convention centres. The centrepiece of Bawadi will be the world's largest hotel, Asia-Asia, which alone will comprise 6,500 rooms, combining 5,100 four-star and an additional 1,400 five-star rooms. Asia-Asia will be a part of the first phase of development, which includes total spending of Dh12 billion by Tatweer in hotel and infrastructure, and will be completed by 2010. The capacity of Bawadi will be 29,200 rooms, out of which 12,450 will be developed by Tatweer's 12 themed hotels, with another 16,750 rooms developed by independent investors in another 19 hotels. Together, the hotels are expected to host 3.3 million guests by 2016, that will be more than 21 per cent of the total number of tourists that Dubai expects to receive by that time. link: http://www.luxist.com/media/2006/05/...%3D1%26hl%3Dnl I think they will over date i think the complete finishing date can we aspect around 2015-17?

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