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The same view in 2003

In 2007

Dubai is said to currently have
15-25% of all the world's cranes.

The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become
the largest waterfront development in the world.

All of this was built in the last 5 years,
including the island that looks like a palm tree.

The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology
was used to create these massive man made islands.
They are the largest artificial islands in the world and
can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made
with the last one being the largest of them all.

Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas,
40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters,
and many other facilities. It is expected to support a
population of approximately 500,000 people.
It is advertised as being visible from the moon

The World Islands.
300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world.
Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel.
Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the
most luxurious hotel in the world.
It stands on an artificial island in the sea.

Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel.
Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai,
it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.

The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005
and is expected to be complete by 2008.
At an estimated height of over 800 meters,
it will easily be world's tallest building when finished.
It will be almost 40% taller than the the
current tallest building, the Yaipei 101.

This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009.
More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.
It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still
not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.

The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront.
Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure
in the world from the Burj Dubai.

Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower
will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller
than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the
Empire State Building

The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower.
Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel.
It is expected to be finished by 2009. At 480 meters it will
only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.

The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the
centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.

Dubailand.
Currently, the largest amusement park collection
in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando,
which is also the largest single-site employer in the
United states with 58,000 employees.
Dubailand will be twice the size.

Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 square miles)
at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a
purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.

Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.

Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title
since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.

The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will
contain over 200 highrise buildings when finished. It will be home to
some of the tallest residential structures in the world.
The completed first phase of the project is shown.
Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010.
The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over
9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores.
It will be completed in 2008.

Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world.
(This will appear further on down)
This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned.

Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights
and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in
the world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai Marina.

The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world
if construction ever gets under way.

The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully
automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World Central
International Airport will become the largest airport in size
when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest
airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.

This next set of pictures were captured from a Power Point presentation.

This is the Burj Al Arab, the only 7 stars hotel in the world,
it was built in only 18 months And opened its doors in 2003.

Just to go in and "see it" costs 60 € .
Can you imagine what it would cost to spend the night?



You can enjoy one night in a luxury suite from
$7,500 to $15,000 the most expensive.

This is the panoramic suite
for $8,250 the night.

You need to add what it will cost
you to dine in this restaurant

Once you are there you can swim in one
of the numerous pools.

Or perhaps take a bath in something
more "simple" and intimate.

You can have a drink in
one the numerous bars.

.... and be always in a "meeting" ...

... or play a tennis match with Nadal...
And who will worry if you lost a ball?
For the price of one hour on court you can buy hundreds of balls.

"Ski Dubai".  Take a look at the “Indoor Winter Season”
You can ski down the slope while everyone else is outside in 85º F.


It was like this during construction.

And now, finished, How do you like it?  Colossal, isn’t it?
(compare it to the size of the palm trees...)

15% of the largest towers being built in the world are in Dubai.
Can you imagine the problem in operating these cranes?

This is a “virtual model” of the Burj Tower.

In 2008, it will be the tallest is the world.

This is the beginning....

From another angle

"Dubailand" is the biggest theme park in the world.
It will be finished in 2009

This is the Residential Jumeirah Beach,
40 blocks of buildings.


Work continues day and night

This is a drawing with the development of the "Marina Dubai" zone

The "Jumeirah Palm" is the "smallest" palm in the drawing.

These are the homes in the leaf of the palm

This is an aerial view from a plane.
Look at the Hotel Burj Al Arab at the bottom.


Aerial view of the Jumeirah zone.

This is the trunk of the palm.

This is "The World": Imitating a world map,
the group of islands only costs USA $7 million.
Note: To go to your private island you need a helicopter or a boat.

Take a look at this rotating skyscraper.

This tower has a height of 250 meters and 59 floors
mounted in a concrete core which will serve as a rotating shaft.
The floors will be pre-assembled and then attached to the core of the building.
Each floor will rotate separate from the others.
The velocity will be slow and not noticed by the residents.

The tower will have solar and aeolian electric system generators
to be self-sufficient. The project is Italian and has not begun yet.
It is predicted that its construction, will last two and a half years.
The projected cost will be around 500 million dollars.