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1 mile tower?
By Kiwi011 on 31/03/2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811
I dunno, I read it and know its going to be tried but seriously. I think its an idiotic project. Its expensive as hell and, seriously, the wind at 1mile high are huge....something that tall is already pretty unstable and wind is a hell too.......I know they take calculations and im not a professional but I don't think this could be done. I would Never own a building near that tower, because if it falls, every building near it is going down too.....not to mention working in it, who the hell would be crazy enough to work on the top floors.......i Mean you need oxygen at 10k ft in the air.....its going to be cold and freezing temperatures at 5k ft and having to work with that, and wind is crazy....but yea....i think its kind of reakless and will cuase way to many deaths creating it. That big and a small bomb on one side/corner would destroy it and kill how many 40k+ people if its full? Bleh, but yea comments?
comments?
I dunno, I read it and know its going to be tried but seriously. I think its an idiotic project. Its expensive as hell and, seriously, the wind at 1mile high are huge....something that tall is already pretty unstable and wind is a hell too.......I know they take calculations and im not a professional but I don't think this could be done. I would Never own a building near that tower, because if it falls, every building near it is going down too.....not to mention working in it, who the hell would be crazy enough to work on the top floors.......i Mean you need oxygen at 10k ft in the air.....its going to be cold and freezing temperatures at 5k ft and having to work with that, and wind is crazy....but yea....i think its kind of reakless and will cuase way to many deaths creating it. That big and a small bomb on one side/corner would destroy it and kill how many 40k+ people if its full? Bleh, but yea comments?
comments?
By Terrablazer on 31/03/2008
Modern day Tower of Babel? XD
Gl, but in the end, I will say "Gf, epic phail"
Gl, but in the end, I will say "Gf, epic phail"
By bobler2 on 31/03/2008
Waste of money fuel and resources that could actually be put to some fricking good use...Prats.
By Karlfischer on 31/03/2008
If they can pull it off, and I hope they do, it truly would be amazing.
By Kiwi011 on 31/03/2008
| QUOTE (Karlfischer @ March 31, 2008 10:27 pm) |
| If they can pull it off, and I hope they do, it truly would be amazing. |
that would be what you call a modern day wonder of the world...
By Indivi2you on 31/03/2008
lol... it will be crazy to visit. also like 500000 years to make.
also, waste of money, but hey... he has it lol.
also, waste of money, but hey... he has it lol.
By DZ on 31/03/2008
Would be damn impressive if they can actually get it built.
By Job is God on 31/03/2008
Amazing, but pointless.
By ArSeNaLfAn32 on 31/03/2008
Someone woke up and decided "I want to make a lot of people die." I would never work in that, ever.
By Abmanju on 01/04/2008
London likes to stay on the ground too much XD
But seriously lol, England is nothing special, we are crap and tend to spend more money on Medical Care, Security and Immigrants =D
Anyway, this tower looks great, if they actually build it, it would be a great accomplishment by the human race# Hell, I might go visit one day and go to the top floor..or not lol, Depends what I'm like when I'm older.
There must be MASSIVE security and protection on that thing. Lol, it's funny, CN tower used to be the tallest, then Dubai, then this just 2x Dubai lolol.
Poor London 7 times smaller....
~Abs
By Parth23 Jani on 01/04/2008
I'm sure they'll manage to make it.
Also , I'm sure they will take wind etc into consideration.
Dubai is well cool
[COPIED OFF DI FORUMS INIT]
Dubai in 1990
The same street in 2003
Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.
The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world
The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.
Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.
The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.
The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea
Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006.
The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily the be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Taipei 101.
This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. Fifty stories (around 190 meters) of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.
The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Upon completion it will rival The Burj Dubai for the title of tallest building in the world.
The exact height of the building is being kept strictly confidential for reasons of competition. Since the Al Burj and Burj Dubai are both striving to become the world's tallest building, it is rumored that the Al Burj will be built a little higher since the Burj Dubai will be completed first.
The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower. Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009.
At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.
Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size.
Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.
Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.
Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.
The Princess Tower, huge luxury condominium and apartment tower to be built on the Dubai Marina. At over 100 stories tall, The Princess Tower will become the largest residential building in the world after construction is done.
The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008.
Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world.
Some of the tallest buildings in the world will line the Dubai Marina.
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. All right this is getting a bit ridiculous.
Some other other crazy facts...
*The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world.
*The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
*There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens (although Dubai does has a 80% expatriate population).
Also , I'm sure they will take wind etc into consideration.
Dubai is well cool
[COPIED OFF DI FORUMS INIT]
Dubai in 1990
The same street in 2003
Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.
The Dubai Waterfront. When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world
The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.
Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.
The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world. Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.
The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai. The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea
Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2006.
The Burj Dubai. Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008. At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily the be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Taipei 101.
This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. Fifty stories (around 190 meters) of the Burj Dubai have already been completed.
The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Upon completion it will rival The Burj Dubai for the title of tallest building in the world.
The exact height of the building is being kept strictly confidential for reasons of competition. Since the Al Burj and Burj Dubai are both striving to become the world's tallest building, it is rumored that the Al Burj will be built a little higher since the Burj Dubai will be completed first.
The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower. Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009.
At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.
Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size.
Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.
Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.
Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the
1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed, Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.The Princess Tower, huge luxury condominium and apartment tower to be built on the Dubai Marina. At over 100 stories tall, The Princess Tower will become the largest residential building in the world after construction is done.
The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008.
Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world.
Some of the tallest buildings in the world will line the Dubai Marina.
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. All right this is getting a bit ridiculous.
Some other other crazy facts...
*The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world.
*The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
*There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens (although Dubai does has a 80% expatriate population).
By Colinwarrior on 01/04/2008
Dubai is such a waste of time and money. Who the **** decided to build a bunch of **** in the middle of the desert?
It looks like the Arabs finally decided to start spending all of their money.
Oh and the 1 mile tower thing is utterly pointless as well. But if they want to spend their money like that, then who's to stop them?
It looks like the Arabs finally decided to start spending all of their money.
Oh and the 1 mile tower thing is utterly pointless as well. But if they want to spend their money like that, then who's to stop them?
By Indivi2you on 01/04/2008
Parth for Copy and paster!
Nice info though, i've seen Dubai. I've lived there for a couple month at my Uncle's house.
It's really so beautiful. Very humid though, it issssss the middle east.
Nice info though, i've seen Dubai. I've lived there for a couple month at my Uncle's house.
It's really so beautiful. Very humid though, it issssss the middle east.
By Gibble00 on 01/04/2008
Parth blew my mind. Dubai is crazy.
By Bambaleo on 01/04/2008
Crazy arabs lol...amazing tho.
By Parth23 Jani on 01/04/2008
@Colin
Las Vegas is in a desert as well.
Whats wrong with making cities in a desert anyway?
You arent cutting down lots of trees to make a city and
you're building it on land thats pretty useless.
@Indi
I said in my post that i copied it all@
Las Vegas is in a desert as well.
Whats wrong with making cities in a desert anyway?
You arent cutting down lots of trees to make a city and
you're building it on land thats pretty useless.
@Indi
I said in my post that i copied it all@
By Samurai-JM on 01/04/2008
im growin a beard and movin there
By Mickey on 01/04/2008
If they were to do that, they would need to limit the amount of floors used, I mean after 9/11 you have to be cautious.
By Snowzak on 01/04/2008
Parth, Disneyworld isn't the Number One tourist destination in the World...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_Rankings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_Rankings
By Pazenon on 01/04/2008
Lol, old news for me I think it's a total waste to build something that large and expensive for nothing. There's nothing cool or worth going to in Jeddah, then comes that tower 
And yeah I just came back from Dubai last Friday, it's amazing, but the people there are just... too many. And like, 10% of them are Arabs, the rest are all foreigners
I think it's a total waste to build something that large and expensive for nothing. There's nothing cool or worth going to in Jeddah, then comes that tower And yeah I just came back from Dubai last Friday, it's amazing, but the people there are just... too many. And like, 10% of them are Arabs, the rest are all foreigners
By Georgio9 on 01/04/2008
Dubai is a very "westernized" business centre in the middle east. Not to mention the amount of oil that the city is sitting on.
By Tnuac on 01/04/2008
Dubai are either crazily rich, or wayyy too optimistic.
By Parth23 Jani on 01/04/2008
| QUOTE (Snowzak @ April 01, 2008 03:28 pm) |
| Parth, Disneyworld isn't the Number One tourist destination in the World... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_Rankings |
F U NOOB
I copied and pasted
By Kiwi011 on 01/04/2008
| QUOTE (Georgio9 @ April 01, 2008 04:51 pm) |
| Dubai is a very "westernized" business centre in the middle east. Not to mention the amount of oil that the city is sitting on. |
its in the UAE, of coarse its modernized and westernized.
By Troll84 on 08/04/2008
| QUOTE (Abmanju @ March 31, 2008 07:00 pm) |
| London likes to stay on the ground too much XD |
/me puts on his patriotic hat...
That's because London is mostly built on clay, which is too weak to support very high buildings. Were London on Hard rocks like Granite, we'd likely be bigger than New York
It's not our fault 
As for this 1-mile high tower, i think that when they manage to get it done, it will certainly be something to visit, however i don't think i'd be comfortable visiting the top, especially as it will be one of the biggest Terror Targets. Also, Up at one mile high, like i think many have already mentioned, the winds are ferocious, and the exposure to the sun during the day is also very strong. The top of the tower will reach burning temperatures during the day and freezing temperatures during the night. All that heating and cooling would likely be enough to negatively effect any building.
I predict seeing a tragedy on the news in the future
~Mugger84
By pur3laugh on 08/04/2008
Very nice. I'd feel bad for the people who has to walk down the stairs if the elevator breaks.
By Firelion08 on 08/04/2008
| QUOTE (pur3laugh @ April 08, 2008 09:53 pm) |
| Very nice. I'd feel bad for the people who has to walk down the stairs if the elevator breaks. |
... Or clean the outside of the windows...
By David on 08/04/2008
I hear Dubai is awesome. Some of that stuff is crazy, but I'd be way to freaked to stay at a hotel underwater, just imagine...one small crack.
Seriously though, it's like Dubai has some sort of complex where they must be the best at everything or they die. Who cares though, that's some amazing stuff.
I'd be way to freaked to go up to the top floor of that tower...it'd be faster to jump out the window and use a parachute than to use an elevator. Maybe a pulley system?
Seriously though, it's like Dubai has some sort of complex where they must be the best at everything or they die. Who cares though, that's some amazing stuff.
I'd be way to freaked to go up to the top floor of that tower...it'd be faster to jump out the window and use a parachute than to use an elevator. Maybe a pulley system?
By Kiwi011 on 08/04/2008
| QUOTE (Firelion08 @ April 08, 2008 11:07 pm) | ||
... Or clean the outside of the windows... |
both of those made me laugh my ass off irl.
By Yougunn1 on 09/04/2008
Dubai looks beautiful, expensive though. Hope I go there once.
By Snowzak on 09/04/2008
Why are so many people saying conditions at 1 mile of height are atrocious?
Many cities are located above a mile in height and people aren't burnt, deformed, sun isn't of that high exposure etc... 1 mile is high for a single building, but in terms of altitude, it isn't extravagant for humans at all.
Many cities are located above a mile in height and people aren't burnt, deformed, sun isn't of that high exposure etc... 1 mile is high for a single building, but in terms of altitude, it isn't extravagant for humans at all.
By Squelchyfish on 09/04/2008
Its a good idea, terrorists wont blow up stuff if its there landz.
Also a cheap and easy way to join the mile high club.
Also a cheap and easy way to join the mile high club.
By Firelion08 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Squelchyfish @ April 09, 2008 03:17 pm) |
| Its a good idea, terrorists wont blow up stuff if its there landz. Also a cheap and easy way to join the mile high club. |
lol
By Kiwi011 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Squelchyfish @ April 09, 2008 03:17 pm) |
| Its a good idea, terrorists wont blow up stuff if its there landz. Also a cheap and easy way to join the mile high club. |
they will bow it up if its western influenced.....i mean they blow up other Muslims in the middle east....security better be tight and the blueprints locked up tight.
By Firelion08 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Kiwi011 @ April 09, 2008 09:53 pm) | ||
they will bow it up if its western influenced.....i mean they blow up other Muslims in the middle east....security better be tight and the blueprints locked up tight. |
Imagine... Natural Disasters. Ouch! to whoever's stuck on the top floor when one of those hits. Seriously.
By Kiwi011 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Firelion08 @ April 09, 2008 10:07 pm) | ||||
Imagine... Natural Disasters. Ouch! to whoever's stuck on the top floor when one of those hits. Seriously. |
EARTHQUAKE+TSUNAMI= TSUNAQUAKE!!!!
By Firelion08 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Kiwi011 @ April 09, 2008 10:15 pm) | ||||||
EARTHQUAKE+TSUNAMI= TSUNAQUAKE!!!! |
Something as extreme as a 1 mile-tall building must come with equally extreme problems/disasters! You're quite right!
... I wonder how many bathrooms this thing's gonna have. Wow, think about the plumbing.
By Kiwi011 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Firelion08 @ April 09, 2008 10:22 pm) | ||||||||
Something as extreme as a 1 mile-tall building must come with equally extreme problems/disasters! You're quite right! ... I wonder how many bathrooms this thing's gonna have. Wow, think about the plumbing. |
seriously, i think something this big would need like 10 floors dedicated for housing of guards and maintaince(sp)......
By Firelion08 on 09/04/2008
| QUOTE (Colinwarrior @ April 01, 2008 12:32 am) |
| Dubai is such a waste of time and money. Who the **** decided to build a bunch of **** in the middle of the desert? It looks like the Arabs finally decided to start spending all of their money. Oh and the 1 mile tower thing is utterly pointless as well. But if they want to spend their money like that, then who's to stop them? |
I was just scim-reading the past posts... and I couldn't help but respond.
2 words: Las Vegas.
... But you're right... those Saudis are really rich... You can easily tell they're behind all this, lol.
By Gusmighster on 13/04/2008
Wow. Imagine absailing off it Might take a while
Lmao @ Lacy + Fire
Might take a whileLmao @ Lacy + Fire
By Kiwi011 on 13/04/2008
| QUOTE (Snowzak @ April 09, 2008 02:26 pm) |
| Why are so many people saying conditions at 1 mile of height are atrocious? Many cities are located above a mile in height and people aren't burnt, deformed, sun isn't of that high exposure etc... 1 mile is high for a single building, but in terms of altitude, it isn't extravagant for humans at all. |
ok look at it this way. 1 mile high in a sea level area. In a desert. Winds are going to be hell when there are no wind breaks. The sand itself will be blowing in that wind at that high it will be painful. The sand hitting the building will erode it maybe. Thats what it seems like to me.
By Pyro Blade26 on 13/04/2008
lmfao at all of parth's pics. why have i not seen any of that on the news? Why are they all paintings and not pictures? and "Dubailand" LoL.
By Pazenon on 14/04/2008
| QUOTE (Pyro Blade26 @ April 13, 2008 10:05 pm) |
| lmfao at all of parth's pics. why have i not seen any of that on the news? Why are they all paintings and not pictures? and "Dubailand" LoL. |
Heh since when does the US media show you stuff about the Middle East that don't contain terrorism and brutality?
Not seeing them on the news doesn't mean they don't exist.
By Kiwi011 on 14/04/2008
| QUOTE (Pyro Blade26 @ April 13, 2008 10:05 pm) |
| lmfao at all of parth's pics. why have i not seen any of that on the news? Why are they all paintings and not pictures? and "Dubailand" LoL. |
its the Middle east, Its the UAE, Its not about us killing terrorists or someone blowing up another 10 people. The News doesn't show **** to you. If you want to find something out, you gotta do it yourself.
All the news shows you is Hillary lieing, Bill trying to cover it up with more lies, Obama in the lead, Mcain being Like pmg im old and need a young VP, or how the media thinks we should no the war on Terror is going. O and lets not forget bush going on how our economy is fine and Cheney uttering the largest word he knows "Soooooooooooo?"
By Pazenon on 14/04/2008
| QUOTE (Kiwi011 @ April 14, 2008 01:14 am) | ||
its the Middle east, Its the UAE, Its not about us killing terrorists or someone blowing up another 10 people. The News doesn't show **** to you. If you want to find something out, you gotta do it yourself. All the news shows you is Hillary lieing, Bill trying to cover it up with more lies, Obama in the lead, Mcain being Like pmg im old and need a young VP, or how the media thinks we should no the war on Terror is going. O and lets not forget bush going on how our economy is fine and Cheney going Soooooooooooo? |
Yeah pretty much what I meant
By Kero2 on 14/04/2008
Parth pics are all true and that is the media todai.
I wish i could go visit those islands 1 day heard about them so much
I wish i could go visit those islands 1 day heard about them so much
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