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[AAK]

All in a city with no sewage system or postal system.

 

[The Elite]

Tom Cruise will mount that shit in MI:20.

 

[shoreu]

To be fair that tower is a vertical city. It's hopefully going to help with over crowding and population in Japan.

Man they cut the development down by 60 years on the tower! I'll be hopefully alive to see it.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Is Dubai going through a midlife crisis. Always seem to be need of doing something as if they're compensating.

 

[MogCakes]

Pencil towers suck. If you're going to do a tall thing, at least give it enough mass to hold a decent amount of space inside.

 

[Goro Majima]

Well it's probably easy to keep costs down when you're using effectively modern day slavery.

Yeah the "Sky Mile Tower" in Tokyo will never even be started because there's no way you could build such a massive structure in Japan for a reasonable amount.

I mean just look at this:

It'd cost billions upon billions of dollars in any country where you'd have to pay good wages to your construction workers.

edit: One World Trade Center in NYC cost $4 billion (which isn't nearly as large as some of the other stuff being built) whereas all these other buildings that are being built in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere are about ~$1.5 billion.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

A modern day Babylon...

 

[chocoedd]

I prefer if they start thinking, "hey instead of building tall things, why not we invest in terraforming technology to change our miserable desert environment?"

 

[Ray Wonder]

Well it looks fucking cool

 

[NeoRausch]

A modern day Babylon...

And we know how great that ended.
Makes me think though.... What will happen to Dubai when the oil is all gone? It's going to be 50-80 years but it will happen in the not so far future.

Can I buy one of those crazy towers for cheapo then?

 

[The Albatross]

A modern day Babylon...

That line stuck out to me in the description as well ... And, sadly, I thought, wouldn't calling some place a "modern day babylon" in the Middle East kind of make it a fairly large target for crazies?

And we know how great that ended.
Makes me think though.... What will happen to Dubai when the oil is all gone? It's going to be 50-80 years but it will happen in the not so far future.

Can I buy one of those crazy towers for cheapo then?

The expansion in Dubai was largely because the rulers of Dubai knew that the oil economy wouldn't last forever, so they wanted to build a thriving metropolis. While they have the buildings for it, there's ample evidence that there isn't really a thriving city there.

 

[mollipen]

Tokyo's Sky Mile Tower:

There are no current plans to fund or construct the mile-high tower.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I prefer if they start thinking, "hey instead of building tall things, why not we invest in terraforming technology to change our miserable desert environment?"

But where's the penis metaphor in that?

 

[Sectorseven]

That's a sweet looking model.

 

[Extollere]

can't wait for selfie stick photos from the top

 

[Alebrije]

Resistance 2 precited it

 

[Saganator]

Good to see people coming around on the shit hole that is Dubai. Couple years ago I brought up slave labor in a similar Dubai related thread and it fell on deaf ears.

I don't care how much money I have, I'll never give a dollar to that place (knowingly).

 

[Chuckl3s]

Is the current tallest building in that model? Someone can point out to compare?

 

[Ray Wonder]

I wish I had Bill Gates money. I'd build some shit like that. 4-5 billion or so to have a big ass tower? Make it shoot rainbows

 

[GAFmeansLIFE]

Is that a real toy model? I want it.

The real one has to be at least......three times this size!

 

[chocoedd]

But where's the penis metaphor in that?

maybe they can build Simcity's Acropolis? best of both worlds (tall building and good environment)

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Good to see people coming around on the shit hole that is Dubai. Couple years ago I brought up slave labor in a similar Dubai related thread and it fell on deaf ears.

I don't care how much money I have, I'll never give a dollar to that place (knowingly).

Usually depends on the time of day when certain people are awake. Because there was about a dozen posters who will defend Dubai to their death though many have since been banned.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

From the same architect as the Burj Khalifa, it is a cable supported tower with lots of gardens and observation decks, along with rotating balconies and a boutique hotel. It will cost $1 billion. Th

$1 billion for the highest tower in the world? That seems cheap.

In the Texas Medical Center we build hospitals that cost a billion.

Baylor McNair campus is one..

Fake edit: Guess it's two buildings given "campus" in the name.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

That line stuck out to me in the description as well ... And, sadly, I thought, wouldn't calling some place a "modern day babylon" in the Middle East kind of make it a fairly large target for crazies?

Oh shit, I actually didn't read the article till you replied! That was just my first thought when I read about this!

But where's the penis metaphor in that?

Manscaping

 

[Verendus]

I saw this in a cartoon a long time ago.

The building just keeps getting bigger, and bigger.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Am I the only one around here who actually kind of likes the tallest building competition stuff? I mean, granted, this one is kind of superfluous considering how little of it is actually usable, but the days when people really pushed for the biggest, the best... I dunno, there's an appeal there to me, even if it is ultimately kind of useless.

 

[industrian]

So what's going to happen to the Gulf nations when the world finally moved away from oil?

The UAE is diversifying their economy, and Dubai seems to be doubling down on high-luxury tourism and financial services. The fact they're in shitloads of debt and are being kept afloat by Abu Dhabi doesn't help much.

The Burj Khalifa was only completed because Dubai got a bailout from Abu Dhabi - hence the reason why it's named after the leader of Abu Dhabi instead of being called the "Burj Dubai" like originally planned.

Yeah the "Sky Mile Tower" in Tokyo will never even be started because there's no way you could build such a massive structure in Japan for a reasonable amount.

The Taipei 101 is already a massive affront to the earthquake gods. Something like this is literally asking for it.

That and by this point you might as well go hog wild and attempt to build a space elevator.

 

[Suite Pee]

Dubai is also a haven for money laundering despite their claims that they attempt to fight it.

 

[Dennis]

$1 billion for the highest tower in the world? That seems cheap.

Maybe Dubai has figured out a way to keep labor costs down.

 

[sangreal]

looks awesome at least

$1 billion for the highest tower in the world? That seems cheap.

slave labor will do that

 

[massoluk]

A modern day Babylon...

The comparison is just too damn apt.

 

[Reversed]

Were it Trump's building, it would get taller with each complain it gets.

Sad to see the rich getting richer and the poor, poorer.

 

[BAW]

All in a city with no sewage system or postal system.

Where does the poop go?

 

[cameron]

Where does the poop go?

 

[Poodlestrike]

I'm from there. Was watching some VR vids of the city last night and my only thought was "why?" and "how many deaths per building?". I don't see the end game here.



i laughed. hard.

Eventually you build something so tall that literally nobody can compete with it without inventing new materials or methods, and then somebody does.

That's actually kind of worthwhile, tbh.

I mean, if they weren't using what amounts to slave labor it'd be worthwhile >_>

 

[UnemployedVillain]

I wonder what their "divine retribution" type cataclysm will be? My guess is some alternative energy source, or nucleur fission breakthrough, that finally lets us completely get off of oil

 

[QuantumZebra]

So what's going to happen to the Gulf nations when the world finally moved away from oil?

Ever played Spec Ops: The Line?

 

[UrbanRats]

Waiting for crazy Russian teen jumping around the top without security.

Over a certain height, if you fall, you reach terminal velocity anyway, no?

 

[Plum]

If life is anything like my superhero movies then Dubai building a giant blue beam going into the sky seems like a really bad idea to me.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

Maybe Dubai has figured out a way to keep labor costs down.

Where is my mind.

Good point.

 

[CaviarMeths]

That it is only 50% usable is a disappointment and probably waste of resources. I've been wondering if a one-building citadel could be feasible where you can live, work, and do all your activities without having to step outside, and if it would save more resources than having streets.

Seriously though, the idea has been floated for entirely livable communities within self-sustaining buildings. In sci-fi, it's called arcology.

 

[NekoFever]

Jesus at that Tokyo tower. I hope I live to see that.

 

[Akuun]

They should just build a giant penis statue and be done with it.

 

[sephi22]

Love Dubai. Haven't visited in 3 years and would love to go again. I like this building's design over the Burj Khalifa. Once you've been at the top it really loses its glamour. Its just an oversized beacon towards the downtown Dubai/Dubai Mall now.

 

[N.Domixis]

Jesus at that Tokyo tower. I hope I live to see that.

How the hell? In Japan!? Wouldn't earthquakes be a problem? Eventually most cities around the world will be miles high. It's the future.

 

[zeemumu]

Seriously though, the idea has been floated for entirely livable communities within self-sustaining buildings. In sci-fi, it's called arcology.

But that place is a shithole where people pay for slow motion.

 

[industrian]

Am I the only one around here who actually kind of likes the tallest building competition stuff? I mean, granted, this one is kind of superfluous considering how little of it is actually usable, but the days when people really pushed for the biggest, the best... I dunno, there's an appeal there to me, even if it is ultimately kind of useless.

I'm interested in it as well, quite simply because the new design/construction methods they have to come up with and other innovations. That and, like I already mentioned with the Taipei 101, the idea you could build something like on an area that has earthquakes on a daily basis is an incredibly feat of technology and engineering.

 

[SpecX]

Jesus at that Tokyo tower. I hope I live to see that.

What in the hell! No way I would ever step foot in that thing if ever built. I know the day I decided to, a massive quake would hit trapping or killing me inside this beast.

 

[CaviarMeths]

But that place is a shithole where people pay for slow motion.

The Dredd reference was a (bad?) joke, hence "seriously though."

 

[DopeyFish]

Jesus at that Tokyo tower. I hope I live to see that.

Isn't it 5700 ft

Meaning about 1000m


Someone screwed up that pic