Abu Dhabi and Dubai Blog

The vast Dubai Mall shopping centre is finally set to open for business on Tuesday but the success of the 20-billion-dollar project is far from certain amid the global economic crisis.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h13uD6QhGd8q3ifV4Zmn6pCRGhEw

A selection of proposed, and under construction buildings to grace the horizons of Dubai’s increasingly crowded skyline.

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It is the second time in recent months that Emaar Malls Group has pushed back the opening of its most high-profile project, which will rank among the world’s biggest shopping centers and is a key component of the booming city’s development plans.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/29/news/ML-Dubai-Late-Mall.php

A newly announced highrise for Jumeirah City in Dubai will dwarf the tiny Nakheel Tower and render the current title holder Burj Dubai woefully inadequate. Among the numerous features of its design which will stand out for their audacity and scale, its main elevator is to be a vertical “200km/h bullet train.”

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/10/the_plans_for_the_155milehigh_skyscraper_in_you_guessed_it_dubai-2.html

Dubai developer Nakheel – the company that created man-made islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world – said the structure will be the centre-piece of an inner-city harbour set to become the emirate’s new, unofficial capital.

Towering over the Burj Dubai, the Nakheel Tower is planned to be the tallest building on the planet.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1069030/Revealed-Plans-build-worlds-tallest-building-1km-high.html

Dubai, home to the world’s tallest tower and other extravagant landmarks, boasts a new resort billed as unique in the Middle East: the ocean-themed Atlantis, where a night will cost up to US$25,000 (S$36,196).

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_285462.html

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In a tribute to the spirit of womanhood, a leading real estate developer in Dubai will soon build arguably the world’s first tower where only
women can own office space. United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate firm Hydra properties has announced that excavation work for the 20-storey tall ‘Eve’s Tower’ in Dubai’s Business Bay area has been completed and the project is scheduled for completion in 2010.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Gulf/A_tower_in_Dubai_where_only_women_may_own_office_space/articleshow/3543212.cms

For a 60-minute set Kylie is being paid $4.4 million to keep 2000 guests spinning around at the opening of the Atlantis Hotel on the man-made island of Palm Jumeirah, The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK reported.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24331037-5015795,00.html

The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located 4 kilometres off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)

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