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/7472722.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