DUBAI | Jumeirah Beach Residence

malec · #1 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 12:34 AM**

This is just a picture series of the Jumeirah Beach Residence project built in Dubai (you know, the commie block looking yellow towers that all look the same). However I wanted to put this thread here since it's about one single project as opposed to about a city, etc.

This is an interesting development I think which is why I wanted to make this thread.
Make what you want of it, I think you might find some surprises here.

Stats

Contains 40 towers (36 residential, 4 hotel)
Towers are up to 56 floors in height
Contains 22 million square feet of space
Was the largest single phase development in the world
Located an island in Dubai Marina
The heights are unknown unfortunately

2001 – Developer’s webcam

Model – Taken by Alt-Tab on SSC I think

2004 – Don’t know who took these, way too long ago. Maybe Trances or Dubai Lover on SSC

Early 2005

Insane construction – From AltinD, Dubai Lover, Alt Tab

Concrete horrors – same as above

Night time construction – developer webcam and AltinD

Poor Hotel

Crane City – Alt Tab and Dubai Lover (SSC)

Construction from far away – from someone in JLT I think

Under Construction Skyline

From the marina – Imre (I think, he didn’t watermark his pictures when he started)

Near completed – mostly from Imre and some from chrisdubai on flickr

Aerial pictures – one from Imre, one from Brian McMurrow I think.

Various Views – haven’t a clue where from, sorry. Think early SSC

Completed – from Imre

From the beach – Dubai Lover (I think)

Al Fattan Towers

Completed inner area – From various residents in JBR

Crazy Density – mostly from Imre but some from others such as AltinD, etc

First shops - Imre

Guys who built all of this

Fog - from Brent73 on flickr

Amazing images - DanielKHC on flickr

Street and wall of towers - Imre

Night pictures (various times)

Power lines – don’t know who took it sorry. Got it from flickr

Sandy and Sunny – one of the JBR residents I think

Shopping, Holidays and People- by AltinD

Views at sunset – don’t know sorry.

BrandonJXN · #2 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 3:09 PM**

Ugly. I mean it's like one of those faux Italian type apartments that you would find in LA or Vegas or some city in the Southwest USA just blown up on a massive scale. Thank God for the Al Fattan towers. While not being beautiful themselves, they break up the Soviet meets Arabian style commie blocks. At least they shouldv'e added some sort of color.

malec · #3 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 4:33 PM**

^^ That's the thing. Ugly towers but at ground level is good, completely the opposite of projects like the burj dubai or many of the crazy proposals.

Cbautz · #4 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 4:44 PM**

This is an excellent thread, you did a great amount of research and explained the entire process of this behemouth project very well. Yes, crazy, I am speechless with this and all other dubai projects. The immense size makes projects like vegas's city center look tiny. Yea the architecture is cheap and lousy - agreed.

Jonovision · #5 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 5:30 PM**

I don't mind them actually. And I do really like the way the podium was done. I always thought though that more of the towers should have been capped off like the two or three hotel towers that have larger black glass components on the top. I think the addition of that bit more of glass would have gone along way in making these towers more appealing.

Zerton · #6 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 10:04 PM**

They look very cheaply made. Is Dubai just a huge shopping mall? Chili's and BBQ Delights?

I am very impressed by the scale, however. And I bet the beach is great.

BrandonJXN · #7 Posted **Dec 12, 2008, 10:14 PM**

Can't go wrong with BBQ Delights.

TANGELD_SLC · #8 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 6:54 AM**

Even though they all look exactly the same, and are the same bland yellow, with the same fake Vegas look, I like 'em.
ALOT.

It just BLOWS MY EFFING MIND AWAY.
Ten years ago, it was all just OCEAN.
Now there are massive skyscrapers and acres and acres of prime real estate.
TRULY amazing.