Dubai tower to soar 1km


World | 206628 hits | Oct 06 9:40 am | Posted by: Hyack
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — With its world’s tallest building nearing completion, Dubai said Sunday it is embarking on an even more ambitious skyscraper: one that will soar the length of more than 10 American football fields

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  1. by avatar llama66
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:26 am
    well, 1 KM is not really that much higher than the Burj Dubai which is going to be in the 800-850m (rumored) range once its complete.

  2. by avatar mixedfarmer
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:50 pm
    i wouldn't work there , if a fire breaks out your dead man. With all the desert around there to build on its just for showing off and not for safety

  3. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:16 pm
    once the oil is gone, they'll be back living in their tents.

  4. by avatar Blue_Nose
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:49 pm
    "This is unbelievably groundbreaking design," Chief Executive Chris O’Donnell said during a briefing at the company’s sales centre

  5. by avatar Toro
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:18 pm
    When countries build the tallest whatever in the world, it is usually a sign of hubris and the country is likely peaking.

    Sell Dubai.

  6. by avatar Tricks
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:22 pm
    "Blue_Nose" said
    "This is unbelievably groundbreaking design," Chief Executive Chris O’Donnell said during a briefing at the company’s sales centre

    ROTFL

  7. by avatar llama66
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:25 pm
    "ShepherdsDog" said
    once the oil is gone, they'll be back living in their tents.

    thats why Dubai is building, the UAE will run out of oil in the next decade, they want a draw to the region, so this is why they are building the tallest tower and such, they want to create a tourism industry. 25 years ago Dubai was a backwater fishing village, today Dubai is spectacular.

  8. by avatar Toro
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:35 pm
    More so than tourism, Dubai also wants to create a hub of commerce in the Gulf region, a Switzerland of the Middle East.

  9. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:58 pm
    "mixedfarmer" said
    i wouldn't work there , if a fire breaks out your dead man. With all the desert around there to build on its just for showing off and not for safety


    That's what parachutes are for. Myself, I'd consider a fire as a valid excuse for a BASE jump.

  10. by Richard
    Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:24 am
    "BartSimpson" said
    i wouldn't work there , if a fire breaks out your dead man. With all the desert around there to build on its just for showing off and not for safety


    That's what parachutes are for. Myself, I'd consider a fire as a valid excuse for a BASE jump.

    When they mentioned atrium in the middle I was thinking of hang gliding but getting it up the elevator would suck.

  11. by Thanos
    Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:42 am
    Seems to be a lot of money to spend just so Tiger Woods can shoot golf balls off the roof helipad into the harbour. Let him build his own fucking tower dammit!

  12. by avatar Pseudonym
    Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:57 am
    IT IS THE TOWER OF BABEL COME AGAIN! GOD WILL SMITE MAN FOR HIS HUBRIS!






    Dang that's tall. I'm getting a tingly feeling in my toes just thinking about that tower.

  13. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:16 am
    "llama66" said
    once the oil is gone, they'll be back living in their tents.

    thats why Dubai is building, the UAE will run out of oil in the next decade, they want a draw to the region, so this is why they are building the tallest tower and such, they want to create a tourism industry. 25 years ago Dubai was a backwater fishing village, today Dubai is spectacular.


    I've been to Dubai and Abu Dhabi both. It's all window dressing. As to becoming a big tourist draw, who the hell wants to go somewhere that arrests foreigners for drinking fruit juice? Conservative elements are the ones running the show there now.



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