The World Islands, are a collection of
man-made islands shaped into the continents
of the world, located off the coast of Dubai
in the United Arab Emirates. It will consist
of 300 small private artificial islands
divided into four categories - private homes,
estate homes, dream resorts, and community
islands.
http://www.theworld.ae/ Tags :worlddubaiemiratesnakheelUAEpersiangulfpalmtheartificialislandsea
NOTE: I did not make this video. It is the
video produced by the architectural firm
behind this building.
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David Fisher's company 'Dynamic Architecture'
have developed a moving skyscraper! The
building will be made up of 80 floors, with
an apartment on each floor.
The rotating building is made possible by 79
giant power-generating wind turbines.
As well as the rotation, the wind turbines
will also provide enough energy to power the
entire building and feed extra energy back
into the grid.
There are two buildings planned at the
moment. One in Dubai and one in Moscow. The
Dubai building is planned to be up and
running by 2010.
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/747272
2.stm Tags :dubaimoscowitalymovingskyscraperdynamicarchitecturedavidfisher
The Burj Dubai has now overtaken Taipei 101
to become the world's tallest building. This
feature was filmed, written and produced by
Lisa Creffield on Middle East business
information site AME Info -
http://www.ameinfo.com Tags :burjdubaideathspireskyscraperemaartaipei101tallesthighestameinfoameinfo
This is a short compilation clip of some of
the accidents that take place in Dubai on a
daily basis. Some of these are pretty
shocking and you can only help but think,
"What the hell were these idiots
thinking??!!!"
Hope the local government can do something to
stop morons from trying to squeeze between
two cars at breakneck speed on a highway!
(You'll see what I mean when you watch the
video!) Tags :Accidentsdumbdubaihighwaycars