Dubai杜拜

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness
The same street in 2003
Last year
The madness. Dubai is said to

currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.

The Dubai Waterfront.

When completed it will become t

he largest waterfront development in the world.

All of this was built in the last 5 years,

including that island that looks like a palm tree.

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 inDubai,
it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.
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 be world's tallest building when finished.
It will be almost 40% taller than the current tallest building,

the Yaipei 101.

This is what downtown Dubai

will look like around 2008-2009.
More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai

have already been completed.
It is already the worlds tallest

man made structure and it is

still not scheduled to be completed for at
least another year.

The Al Burj. This will be

the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront.
Once completed it will take over

the title of the tallest structure in the world
from the Burj Dubai.

Recently it was announced that

the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters.
That would make it more than

30% taller than the Burj Dubai

and three times as tall as the
Empire State Building.
This is a city on crack.

The Burjal 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.

The Trump International Hotel & Tower,

which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands,
The Palm Jumeirah.

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 Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development t

hat will contain over 200
highrise buildings when finished.

It will be home to some of the tallest residential
structures in the world.

The completed first phase of the project is shown.
Most of the other high rise buildings

will be finished by 2009-2010.
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.
This is a rendered image of another future indoor

skiing facility that is being planned.


Some of the tallest buildings in the world,

such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower,

which will be the largest residential building in the world

at over a 100 stories, will line the DubaiMarina.
The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport

in the world if construction ever gets under way.

I'm not joking...
Some other crazy ..

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.