this is getting old

for $14,000 Emirates airline is allowing their most affluent passengers to take showers above the clouds.

Anara skyscraper

What fun the skyscraper architects must be having with the oil money in Dubai. It seems that if it can be imagined, it will be funded and built. The latest wild skyscraper is Anara, which will be 125 floors high and have multiple uses, including offices, hotel, apartments, galleries, and shopping. The building will only have one apartment that was built for the sole purpose of being dubbed the most expensive in Dubai.

British firm Atkins, who are erecting many structures in Dubai, are responsible for the Great Exhaust Fan of Dubai.

so not necessary

nov 4, 2008

DUBAI — The highly anticipated Dubai Mall opens today, unveiling the first phase of a new retail, fashion and entertainment mecca.

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At 5.6 million square feet of retail space, the mall is considered the largest in the world. There are 1,200 stores plus 160 food and beverage outlets, and the mall is expected to attract 30 million visitors in its first year. And while Dubai, like the rest of the world’s economies, is experiencing a slowdown, the mall is poised to do business in this major shopping and leisure destination.

Capital Gate Tower is Four Times as Crooked as the Leaning Tower of Pisa

If you thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was messed up, get a load of the Capital Gate tower currently being constructed in Abu Dhabi. Actually, saying it is "messed up" is incorrect given that the 18 degree westward incline was completely intentional. In fact, the project's architects have submitted a joint application to the Guinness Book of Records to recognize the tower as the 'most inclined in the world.' In order to support the awkward angle of the 35-story structure, the design called for a foundation of extremely dense reinforced steel mesh and 490 piles sunk nearly 100 feet into the ground. We can only wonder how many slaves will die or get injured building that.