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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Dubai world islands

The low density islands are located on the master planned development's circumference, offering privacy and access for large vessels. Ideal residential, mixed use communities, commercial and retail developments for family living are the focus of the mid to high density islands. The resort islands are dedicated for the best hotel and resort developments, based around the marinas for a variety of holidaying options. A group of retail outlets, dining options and leisure facilities are offered at the commercial islands. All of the islands are accessible through a series of canals and ships up to 200 feet in height can navigate these canals.

dubai world islands

dubai world island

dubai island
The first developed island, located in the mini Arctic, was gifted by Sheikh Mohammed to seven-time Formula One winner Micheal Schumacher in October 2006. Many world sports icons and Hollywood stars are rumored to be owners of several other islands, although most of it's speculation and not yet confirmed by the main developers. In October 2007, the Shanghai Island was bought by Chinese businessman, Bin Hu, for $28 million and he is expected to place a bid for the remaining five representations of China, including Macao, Huainan, Beijing, Nanjing and Hong Kong.

dubai world island pic

Friday, January 7, 2011

Dubai world map

The Burj Al Arab, the world’s most expensive and only 7 Star luxury hotel built on an artificial island in the shape of a sail.

With even more coming including the world’s tallest tower in the Burj Dubai, you would have to wonder what else could be expected from these guys.

Well the answer is the world’s first moving tower/skyscraper that will never look the same way twice since it will keep changing shape constantly and always and give its residents/occupants a new view every day, “The Dynamic Tower will be made of 80 pre fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another” as per the press release. "It’s the first building that rotates, moves, and changes shape," said architect David Fisher, who is Italian, at a news conference in New York. "This building never looks the same, not once in a lifetime," he added.”

Dubai hotel

Location
Dusit Dubai Hotel is a comfortable 5-star hotel, opened in May 2001. It is situated 5 or so minutes from the trade centre and 20 minutes from Dubai International Airport. The hotel combines the latest in luxury amenities with traditional Thai hospitality.

Accommodation
Dusit Dubai Hotel offers 174 rooms and suite of 4 different categories: Deluxe, Executive (similar to Deluxe only on the Executive floor), Corner Suites and Landmark Suites. All the rooms and suites are superb appointed for superior comfort and fully equipped with modern amenities.
The Deluxe rooms offer guests one telephone by the bed, one on the desk, and another in the toilet, plus a dedicated internet line that allows guests to connect to the internet and use the telephone at the same time. The bathrooms offer guests a separate shower (hand held), separate toilet, large fluffy towels and even a window from the bathroom into the bedroom.
The Deluxe rooms on the Executive floor are of similar design but have slightly better in room amenities.
The Landmark Suite rooms are large with a separate living area that offers guests an enormous flat panel plasma TV, a small dining table for 4, and the separate bedroom is also cozy and spacious.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Dubai buildings

Dubai has been grabbing headlines lately -- for more reasons than one. First on everyone's minds is the current controversy over Dubai Ports World's acquisition of Britain's Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., making the Middle Eastern company the possible operator of shipping terminals at major U.S. ports.

Another reason this United Arab Emirate is gaining widespread global attention: Dubai is experiencing a construction boom, with new buildings going up at a pace that rivals China's development -- albeit on the scale of an emirate roughly the size of Yosemite National Park, and with a population of only 1.4 million.

Dubai's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has set a national goal of attracting 15 million tourists in 2010. Interestingly, that's the same year that Dubai's known oil reserves will most likely be tapped out, according to The Economist. Here's a look at 10 wonders of the quickly changing cityscape. Many promise to be the world's largest, tallest, or first-of-their-kind projects.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Dubai burj al arab pic

The Burj-Al-Arab is the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel anywhere in the world, and the only seven star hotel in existence. It stands in the sea, in the Persian Gulf, on an artificial island, over 900 feet away from the beach.

The Burj-Al-Arab is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 metres (1,053 feet) tall, and one of the most distinctive structures for a hotel building in the world. It is connected to the mainland only by an extremely curved path, with most corners of the path being almost 90 degrees.

Construction of the hotel began in 1994, and its doors were opened to guests on 1st December, 1999. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow (a type of Arabian vessel) and intentionally placed in such a way that its shadow does not cover the beach. On top of the hotel is a large helipad, extending from the side of the hotel over the ocean and supported by a cantilever. A remarkable element of its architecture is the outer beachward wall of the atrium, which is made of a woven, Teflon-coated fiberglass cloth.

dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab
The Burj-Al-Arab does not have ordinary rooms. Instead, it is divided into 202 duplex suites. The smallest suite occupies an area of 169 square metres (1,819 square feet), and the largest one covers 780 square metres (8,396 square feet). It is one of the most expensive hotels in the world to stay in.

The prices for the least expensive suites are in the range of $1,000 to over $6,000 a night. The most expensive suites can cost over $15,000 a night. However, the hotel will likely never be profitable; it was built to become a major landmark in Dubai, not to be a source of income. The full amount it cost to build the hotel and furnish it has not been publicly released.

The Burj-Al-Arab features the tallest atrium lobby in the world (180 metres, or 590 feet), and the volume of the atrium can accommodate the Dubai World Trade Center building, which, at 38 stories, was the tallest building in Dubai from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.

Dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab

Dubai burj al arab

Monday, January 3, 2011

Dubai pic

Dubai Bubble

No one can say that Dubai is not forward thinking in their plans for the emirate. There seems to be a never ending supply of new developments and staggering construction projects. An interesting statistic I came across recently –

25 percent of the world’s operating construction cranes are currently in Dubai - working. That's 30,000 cranes at the moment.

Some are beginning to question the sustainability of all this, especially when you consider all the construction is in the desert - with limited water supply and every single project putting more and more pressure on a limited infrastructure. Money week made an interesting comment recently – “When a property developer starts handing out free BMWs and Bentleys with every apartment sale, you can be sure that a property bubble isn’t far off popping.”