DUBAI | The Pentominium | 1,693 FT / 516 M | 120 FLOORS | ON HOLD - Page 6

SkyscraperArchitect · #**101** Posted **Jan 1, 2008, 8:27 PM**

a)How much are they selling for?
b)What is the budget for the development?

FrancoRey · #**102** Posted **Jan 1, 2008, 8:36 PM**

More than you can fathom/understand.

Basically, not viable numbers by any stretch. But hey, I'd build a super/megatall if I had money up to my ears too.

After developing survivable infrastructure for starving African countries, that is.

AltinD · #**103** Posted **Jan 3, 2008, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrancoRey

More than you can fathom/understand.

Basically, not viable numbers by any stretch. But hey, I'd build a super/megatall if I had money up to my ears too.

After developing survivable infrastructure for starving African countries, that is.

Yes I agree, all the money unnecessarily spent on wars, supporting despotic regimes and bombing places to the stone age, could have been enough to easily develop some kind of infrastructure on those starving African countries, you seams so "worried" about.

BTW this building is under construction. The piling has already started.

LucasS6 · #**104** Posted **Jan 4, 2008, 3:17 AM**

This is a really nice building, it's just too bad it's in Dubai.

Spocket · #**105** Posted **Jan 4, 2008, 1:12 PM**

I like the building.
But that's it, I'm going to say it no matter how often I know it's been said before : where is this demand coming from ? In twenty years, is Dubai going to be the see-through city ?

malec · #**106** Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 9:57 PM**

Updates from today

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Originally Posted by Imre

11/January/2008

The Pentominium

Northwest · #**107** Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 6:00 AM**

Cool shots of the load cells, thats one huge strain gauge! Could there be two or even three of these inside that one single cassion? Looks like its wired to remote data loggers with CAT-5 ethernet.
And that is some impressively HUGE rebar.

Aleks · #**108** Posted **May 29, 2008, 2:40 AM**

Some renders I found. Sorry if they're been shown before but they're new to me. For some reason they won't post here.

Render 1

Why would you need a Sushi Bar + Lounge in your condo?
Render 2

Is it a pool in every floor, every 2 floors, in each condo?
Render 3

Look good. I like that they didn't try to over decorate the buildings with 18 hundreds wanna be sculptures.

scalziand · #**109** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 4:52 AM**

from helghast @SSC:

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its going to beat the chicago spire for worlds tallest residential tower
new height 618m
http://www.arplus.com/MIPIM/entries0...bitor_117.html

The Chicago guys are gonna be pissed about this if it's true.

Austin55 · #**110** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 7:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by scalziand

from helghast @SSC:

The Chicago guys are gonna be pissed about this if it's true.

Chicago doesnt care,they just want a world class skyline. you dont need to break all the records to be the best.

Fabb · #**111** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 10:27 AM**

It's only a spire that will make it taller :

kazpmk · #**112** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 1:39 PM**

Wow. That really is dissapointing to hear about the spire.

LoverOfDubai · #**113** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 10:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Austin55

you dont need to break all the records to be the best.

Definitely something that many people in Dubai, and of course all around the world, do not understand.

LoverOfDubai · #**114** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by kazpmk

Wow. That really is dissapointing to hear about the spire.

I agree. It makes it look worse, at least to me.

malec · #**115** Posted **Jul 8, 2008, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Austin55

Chicago doesnt care,they just want a world class skyline. you dont need to break all the records to be the best.

It's a marketing thing. They want to sell it as the world's tallest res and this spire probably doesn't cost too much extra.
Agree it looks shite though.

Dequal · #**116** Posted **Jul 10, 2008, 1:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by malec

It's a marketing thing. They want to sell it as the world's tallest res and this spire probably doesn't cost too much extra.
Agree it looks shite though.

It's sure that they will build that spire?

koops65 · #**117** Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 6:01 AM**

I find it PATHETIC that they would increase the height of the building by putting a thin little spire on it. Anybody can nail a stick onto the roof of their house and then claim it's 'higher' than their neighbours house...

SNT1 · #**118** Posted **Jul 12, 2008, 6:50 AM**

Dubai must definitely remind everyone that they have the biggest 'skyscrapers', even if they have to put a lame stick on top of an already good building.

Patrick · #**119** Posted **Jul 13, 2008, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

I find it PATHETIC that they would increase the height of the building by putting a thin little spire on it. Anybody can nail a stick onto the roof of their house and then claim it's 'higher' than their neighbours house...

Reminds me of that damn New York Times Building's lame spire.

I really dont like this building, mainly for the "choppy" parts, the spire only makes it worse.

aaron38 · #**120** Posted **Jul 13, 2008, 6:59 PM**

Nobody in Chicago will agree the building on the right is taller than the building on the left.