Incredible project. More than 146 stories high.

Taller even than the fictional "glass tower" depicted in the film The Towering Inferno.

 

its over 1/4 of a mile high!

 

Wow... and it looks stunning as well!
Everything built in Dubai is stunning

 

Yeah they have some amazing construction porojects...they have that incredible Hotel..looks like a HUGE sail and the palm islands they are building

 

Ever since i've moved to Dubai back in 1999.. it's been pure madness down here

from the Burj Al Arab, to the Dubai Internet City, Ski Dubai, Dubai mall (largest mall outside the united states), the Palm Island, and Burj Dubai.

the list is endless.. and in a way kinda makes up for the CRAP weather we have here (we had 4 months of 60-75F.. and now in a month's time temperatures will glide upwards of 110-120F till mid October )

 

geeze no even kiel on the weather there
Louie I assume you are all for the construction going on?

 

well.. they're trying HARD to put their name up on the map.. and they're doing rather good IMO.

i work in the IT/Telecommunication sector so the real estate boom is of no use to me ( i only get to pay higher rents every year! )

Dubai certainly doesn't fit in this part of the world

 

WOW!! That's AWESOME!!

 

Doing a MIGHTY fine job, I should say.

How are they towards westerners over there? Is it a "safe" country to travel to?

I would imagine that if oil was no longer a viable commodity for them, they'd be SOL. Do they have other resources or economic growth sectors planned for the future that they can fall back on?

 

I thought I heard recently that one of those island communities has begun sinking due to some engineering frak up.

 

Dubai is 20% local citizens and 80% expatriates from all over the world
with the majority of the workforce in the construction and development being from the indian sub-continent.
Large corporations chose Dubai as their regional HQ such as Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, IBM, etc..

there are tens of thousands of american and european residents living in Dubai for years.
it's quite a metropolitan place, and pretty neutral politically so knock on wood.. it's been pretty calm here despite the madness around

 

Impressive, most impressive

 

And 'The World' Islands . .

http://www.theworld.ae/

Here some more photos . .

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=107871&page=5

As someone mentions on skyscraperpage.com, I have read reports on the Japan airport (Kensei) that was/is sinking but I haven't heard anything substantial on the Dubai island projects.

 

WOW simply amazing...alas that site is about as close as I'll ever cme to seeing somehing like that or living on something like that

 

You're not alone, Doug