^^ Dubai ain't yet finished, plus it's in a tiny emirate . . .
Forest of spread out skycrapers
Sorry if this post seems naive... but the questions have been on my mind for a long time and I need them answered!! 
I am awed and inspired by all of the great architecture and impressive buildings being completed in Dubai. In many of the pictures I have seen though, there seems to be such a vast amount of open land in the areas that the new skyscrapers are being build.
When I was in school I learned that skyscrapers were built because land was becoming too dense and too expensive so the cheapest way to build something large was by going up. This doesn't seem to be the case for Dubai. With all of that open land it seems like there is plenty of room to expand without reaching for the sky. So far anyway.
So why are they creating so many tall buildings? Is it to demonstrate their expanding economic power? Is it political? Is there something wrong with building in the desert that building a few spaced out tall structures is better then building many short ones? Can someone explain this?
Also, what is it like to be in a city where the buildings are so spaced out? I know what it is like, and am comfortable with, the way it feels to be in a city that is canyon like with buildings close to one another. So how does a canyon city like NY/HK compare to the feeling of being in a spaced out forest of buildings like Dubai?
I am awed and inspired by all of the great architecture and impressive buildings being completed in Dubai. In many of the pictures I have seen though, there seems to be such a vast amount of open land in the areas that the new skyscrapers are being build.
When I was in school I learned that skyscrapers were built because land was becoming too dense and too expensive so the cheapest way to build something large was by going up. This doesn't seem to be the case for Dubai. With all of that open land it seems like there is plenty of room to expand without reaching for the sky. So far anyway.
So why are they creating so many tall buildings? Is it to demonstrate their expanding economic power? Is it political? Is there something wrong with building in the desert that building a few spaced out tall structures is better then building many short ones? Can someone explain this?
Also, what is it like to be in a city where the buildings are so spaced out? I know what it is like, and am comfortable with, the way it feels to be in a city that is canyon like with buildings close to one another. So how does a canyon city like NY/HK compare to the feeling of being in a spaced out forest of buildings like Dubai?
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