Except for that "Big Ben" skyscraper, i'm impressed with the quality of the architecture of many of the skyscrapers in Dubai versus, oh say, Shanghai. I like Infinity (yes it's a turning torso rip-off but tastefully ripped off).
I'm going to take that Dos Architects alien type tower out of the list since it's definitely a proposal but not one that'll seriously get built, more of a concept type thingy. I think the same applies to those liquid metal type towers. It's a pity though because the one for the marina especially looks great.
Still no render for the 4 seasons hotel which is supposed to be 320m and apparently the building will have no spire. No other news though.
Here's another relatively new building for SZR that doesn't quite make the list. It's about 250m to roof and 290m to spire. Right now there are 4 unknown towers on SZR under construction so this could very well be one of them.
Quite an interesting design I'd say. A change from all the usual glassy stuff. I like the sort of exposed structure in its design:
I don't know if you've seen this already but here's Vision Tower that'll be built in business bay. We don't know what the height is but from the model seems to be about 60F but there's news of this being 65F aswell. It won't break 300m but will still be around 270m. The only reason I'm posting it here is because it's such a fantastic design. Simple yet so beautiful:
I like it! In a city that tends to get more over the top designs, this one is gracefully subdued, without being just another boring box. I too wouldn't be surprised if SOM is the architect.
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New supertall in the marina. By the looks of the render the spire is probably not completely designed yet but this tower is at least 85 floors and definitely over 300m high. It could even be a candidate for the world's tallest res IMO
Also a 71F tower on SZR is under construction but no render or height yet. Will post it as a possibility of 300m.
Aswell there's news that the Sheikh Hasher could actually reach 300m due to developer's ego
Dubai is going crazy. What is driving all this construction, the population of the UAE is not that large and the cities are not hurting for land. Is it the Sheik's that are driving this boom? I absolutely find Dubai amazing, they are trying to build a HK/CHI/NYC combo in the next decade or so.
What part of the Marina will that Damac tower be located?
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Here's my question: What type of earth lies beneath Dubai? I mean, obviously sand is the surface substance but what's beneath? How far down is it? How deep must these foundations go to adequately support such large structures?
Some serious shit!!
The burj al alam (another name to remember) will be 101F and be built in business bay. A fantastic tower I must say. It's very Dubaish but at the same time still graceful and elegant.
It's in business bay.
It's a development next to the burj dubai complex that'll consist of loads of towers, mostly around 30 stories but still a good few will be higher, ie: between 40 and 60 floors high or so. Then there were a few plots sold with unlimited height so expect a few tallies (this is one of them of course )
Some or the more interesting towers released so far:
Finally a render for the 4 seasons hotel. It's very small and shitty but will do . Not even sure if this is the tower. It's on their website. We should have a better one soon though:
There are also some renders released today of Maritime city. Don't know why they need so much office space though, a few towers seems enough to me. Anyway there will be a signature tower there, don't know how tall it is though but looks pretty tall.
Aswell a few days ago there was another proposal found floating around the place. It's of another rediculously tall resi tower for the marina that apparently Damac will build. There was that other tall Damac tower found a few weeks ago and I'd say they will be the same. I doubt this company can build 2 of these. It'll be either / or. This one's 106F high btw
That reminded me of what recently happened. The other damac tower (the one in post 129) was found because it was on some signboard and someone took photos. Naturally since there was no info given the guys over at SSC emailed Damac asking about it. They kept on denying it saying "you're confusing it with ocean heights". After pestering them enough they gave in and said they have another tower planned for the marina but that's it! 2 days later all the pictures of this tower had been replaced by ones of ocean heights. It seems they don't want anyone to know
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