Dubai tower now world's tallest free-standing structure.

[Homerboy]

Doesn't Japan have one under-way/planned to dwarf this one too?

 

[Aimster]

How the hell is that concrete holding all that weight?

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Doesn't Japan have one under-way/planned to dwarf this one too?

No, Japan doesn't have anything in the works.

There is another proposal for a Dubai building that would edge out this one by a couple hundred feet IIRC.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Current state of construction of several skyscrapers. There's a boom going on.

http://img212.imageshack.us/im.../thebig10sept07ob0.jpg

I think the Chicago Spire wins the award for Most Phallic. They should build another Epcot Center next to the old one, and put that Spire right between them.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
That is just begging to be smashed into by an airliner. At least, it's in a country where no one will care if it gets slammed or not. :thumbsup:

:laugh:

Nice touch.

 

[Chaotic42]

I wonder if it will still be there then the oil in the Middle East runs out and Dubai is reduced a camel farm.

It's an awesome building though.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Easy enough to fix. Get the Canadians to attach 2.1 meters of antenna on the CN tower

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I wonder if it will still be there then the oil in the Middle East runs out and Dubai is reduced a camel farm.

It's an awesome building though.

It is precisely because the ruler knows oil is not going to last forever that he is really developing the place into a uber resort.

 

[Lurknomore]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Current state of construction of several skyscrapers. There's a boom going on.

http://img212.imageshack.us/im.../thebig10sept07ob0.jpg

Time to invest in water pumping tech stocks.
Must be some serious hydraulics in them towers.

 

[eakers]

I really really hate the CN tower. It is Canada's largest rip off. I can't believe people who are not engineers pay $40 a person to go to the top of that thing.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: sdifox
It is precisely because the ruler knows oil is not going to last forever that he is really developing the place into a uber resort.

Then he is wiser than many leaders.

 

[Lurknomore]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
It pisses me off that you cant do cool shit like this anymore in the U.S. due to labor disputes, environmental impact studies, yada yada yada. Basicly, you cant do shit here without giving a bunch of lawyers a bunch of money. It's like the modern day mob and protection money, only lawyers have the courts behind them.

You mean something like this?


Skyscraper construction is going berserk here in Chicago, including several supertalls under construction.

Many countries propose such massive constructions but few actually follow through (namely Dubai, the US, and China).

What do they use to keep that torqueing tower stable- composites?
Most radical design I've seen so far.

 

[randay]

whats up with dubai, its like they are building thier own little utopia. must be a trip to live there.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: sdifox
It is precisely because the ruler knows oil is not going to last forever that he is really developing the place into a uber resort.

Then he is wiser than many leaders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Economy

 

[BrownTown]

Yeah, dubai is building all this stuff because they want to attract tourists and buisness, they have very little oil. It should of course be pointed out there is a darkside here, all this cool things are being built by immigrant laborers who dont get paid cr@p. There are no taxes on businesses in dubai, unions are illegal, there are very little safety regulations. Kinda sad really seeing a bunch of big US businesses deciding to move their HQ there in order to get around paying taxes and being forced to use union labor and such.

 

[fallenangel99]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Kinda sad really seeing a bunch of big US businesses deciding to move their HQ there in order to get around paying taxes and being forced to use union labor and such.

That's what I find funny.. there are only 2 arab nations that have diplomatic relations with Israel - Egypt and Jordan. Yet, we have no problems doing business with Dubai, Saudi, etc (oil, tourism, Dubai Open, a few celebs going to Duabi).

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Yeah, dubai is building all this stuff because they want to attract tourists and buisness, they have very little oil. It should of course be pointed out there is a darkside here, all this cool things are being built by immigrant laborers who dont get paid cr@p. There are no taxes on businesses in dubai, unions are illegal, there are very little safety regulations. Kinda sad really seeing a bunch of big US businesses deciding to move their HQ there in order to get around paying taxes and being forced to use union labor and such.

Well, if I were a business owner I would do the same thing. It's just smart business.

But anyway, the final Burj Dubai will completey tower over the Taipei 101. It'll likely be the tallest building in the world for a long, long time.