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[Shiggy]

Time to steal more sand and destroy the lives of the poor on small islands, sounds great.

 

[Concept17]

Just looking at that thing I feel tired for anyone working on it, architects, laborers, or otherwise.

 

[RdN]

Seems stupid to build something this large (AND EXPENSIVE!!) that will barely have interior space.

 

[GK86]

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 love tall buildings.

But, I'm also from NYC.

 

[nelsonroyale]

It doesn't have funding. It is just a proposal...

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

They're keeping at it because that's the only thing they have as a city. There is no history, culture or monuments.

Absolutely this. I visited, and honestly, there's nothing to do besides shop and spend time at resorts, etc.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Whenever Dubai shows up in the news about making some skyscraper, I just have this image of Spec Ops The Line in my head

There's also this longform article that is a worthy read about how it's all a big con job.

The dark side of Dubai

goddamn didn't know this

 

[Falcs]

Are those holograms??

 

[MogCakes]

Designed by Calatrava

*vomits*

Oh. Now it all makes sense.

 

[Aselith]

Came in here prepared to make peepee jokes but that is a beautiful tower. They should absolutely make that!

 

[Aselith]

They use immigrant slave labor to build these buildings with zero regards to safety for them. Here is a video about it - http://www.vice.com/video/the-slaves-of-dubai

Ok no they shouldn't

 

[TheRealTalker]

If you are going to make such a tall building, at least don't make it look ugly as fuck. Kingdom Tower has a much better design imo.

same...

it is taller and doesn't have any of those cables eating it alive...

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

The game of oneupmanship continues.

 

[Plywood]

How long you could live in the gardens or balconies before getting caught in such a building

would anyone even care

 

[Mr. Giggles]

It's gonna be empty, just like half the buildings there.

Mark my words.

 

[Dennis]

Serious question, lets say you have an apartment on one of the top floors, how long does the elevator ride down to ground level take?

"Ahh shit, I forgot to lock the car, have to go back down...........fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

I guess there's a style of architecture that just reaches for the sky. Tall, slender bldgs.

Baby needs curves though. Some design styles.

 

[G_Berry]

Humans love dat oil money.

 

[Vorheez]

I dunno, I think it looks pretty cool

 

[Magwik]

It's like they are actively trying to get Tom Cruise killed

 

[Battersea Power Station]

They should name it as a sister tower to the Burj Khalifa. The two siblings: Burj and Mia.

 

[nicoga3000]

As a structural engineer, I'm intrigued.

 

[Dennis]

As a structural engineer, I'm intrigued.

 

[Mohonky]

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

Thats what this is about. Once the oil is gone they need something else to prop up the economy; tourism and foreign investment is their best bet, that's why they are investing in these super structures. Massive office spaces for international business and super malls, theme parks etc for tourism.

 

[bionic77]

I dunno, I think it looks pretty cool

Looks like a building from a Square RPG in the 90s.

I also think it looks cool.

 

[womfalcs3]

It's a city built on the bones of foreign slave laborers treated so badly they die

Like the US reconstruction after the civil war? The reconstruction that allowed it to perform economically in the 20th century? No, it was worse for the Chinese laborers in the US.


Anyway, the tallest building in the world is being built in Saudi Arabia at 1,000 meters. All these nomads that were once, by definition, homeless are now competing for tallest buildings.

 

[demon]

they're just trying to escape the shittiness of Dubai vertically.

 

[sephi22]

Next time you go be sure to take a dip in the shit infested ocean. Hope the slave built hotel you stay in doesn't crumble while you're in it.

I won't live in a hotel. My folks own a house there which we've given up for rent. They currently live in Capricorn Tower. Its pretty nice.

Speaking of the ocean, my friend and I went to Jumeirah beach to soak, but wussed out because of body image issues. The only time I've been there besides then was for a marathon and Middle East Comic Con. Lost a bit of weight so I'll feel comfortable if I go this time, but if there's shit in the ocean I'll probably just stay on the sand

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Gotta say, I really like that design. Looks like something you would see in the largest city in a JRPG world or something.

The question of which building is taller will eventually become redundant when the Jeddah Tower – a skyscraper in Dubai expected to reach 3,280ft – is completed, and then again in 2045, when the Sky Mile Tower – measuring at twice the height of the Burj Khalifa – in Tokyo is due to be finished.

How is the Sky Mile Tower due to be finished in 2045 when there aren't even plans to fund the damn thing? Or did I miss the news that they are actually gonna build that monstrosity?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

who will have the first Space Elevator?

Jeddah or Dubai?

 

[triplestation]

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

What the fuck

 

[unknownstranger]

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

I'm just imagining how long of an elevator ride it'd take to reach the top of that.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

I'm just imagining how long of an elevator ride it'd take to reach the top of that.

Elevators can be incredibly fast nowadays. The one in Taipei 101 is insane. Like I literally couldn't wrap my head around how fast it was traveling.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

it's an amazing use of space. it's a horrific use of labor

How is this a good use of space?

It has a huge footprint but is skinny.

 

[show me your skeleton]

wonder if this will be connected to any sewage infrastructure.

 

[Novoitus]

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.

kinda like in Dredd?

 

[hateradio]

So many trees . . .

 

[Mohonky]

What the fuck

Even more amazing they want to build that in the country known for being earthquake free.......

 

[Des0lar]

People, the Sky Mile Tower has neither any real plans nor any funding. It's not going to happen. (At least until Japan gets their shit together)

 

[Meciu]

That's so stupid. Just STAHP Dubai.

 

[Einchy]

People, the Sky Mile Tower has neither any real plans nor any funding. It's not going to happen. (At least until Japan gets their shit together)

Some would say that the tower has a better chance of happening the longer Japan doesn't have their shit together.

 

[Icyflamez96]

Well that's certainly ambitious.

 

[Coreda]

There's also this longform article that is a worthy read about how it's all a big con job.

The dark side of Dubai

Utterly sick and disgraceful.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Even more amazing they want to build that in the country known for being earthquake free.......

If I remember right there was more of a danger from high-force winds than earthquakes with that proposal.

Japan has had their shit together when it comes to buildings resilient to earthquakes for decades.

Hell, did a single building collapse in the Touhoku earthquake as a result of the tremors? I would be surprised if even a single tall building collapsed.
And that was an earthquake that was powerful enough to affect the rotation of our planet itself (albeit in a minuscule way if I remember right)

 

[peaceiscloser]

Looks great.
I wonder how spacious it is?

 

[MogCakes]

Thats what this is about. Once the oil is gone they need something else to prop up the economy; tourism and foreign investment is their best bet, that's why they are investing in these super structures. Massive office spaces for international business and super malls, theme parks etc for tourism.

They waste a ton of money trying to combat the desert climate by artificially bringing in water. Water is the most expensive resource they have! It isn't a sustainable state at all.

 

[darkinstinct]

When you are building these things do you have to prepare for when they will be taken down some day or is it like I don't care, not our problem?

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

how about they try a proper sewage infrastructure first

ya know, instead of lines of shit trucks

 

[Log4Girlz]

Serious question, lets say you have an apartment on one of the top floors, how long does the elevator ride down to ground level take?

"Ahh shit, I forgot to lock the car, have to go back down...........fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

That's why you have servants

 

[Johndoey]

How many slaves are going to die for this one?

That is what i'm wondering.