[quote]TermInNate wrote:
Any of you guys hear about this project?[/quote]
If I was to ever jump off of a building, that one on the left would be it.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
I love that ‘Burj’ or ‘Borj’ really means ‘tower,’ so ‘Burj Tower’ is ‘Tower Tower.’
Like Chai Tea - ‘chai’ meaning tea. Hah.[/quote]
I’ve never heard anyone refer to Burj Dubai as “Burj Tower”.
[quote]rsg wrote:
TermInNate wrote:
Any of you guys hear about this project?
If I was to ever jump off of a building, that one on the left would be it.[/quote]
Haha.
I hope it’s real. I’m sick of all these fancy building designs. It’s about time we just built a mile-high square one.
Hell I saw a conceptual design for a three-mile high building.
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
Yeah, they are going to run out of oil someday!
Isn’t that the mantra of of the day.
What a waste it is, then, to develop buildings that are entirely self-powered. What they should do is build endless sprawling suburbs that are entirely dependent on cheap and plentiful oil. That’s the sensible investment!
The rotation is driven by wind turbines. That does not mean the whole building is self powered.
It is. Not only will all the building’s electricity come from the turbines, but excess power will be generated, and sold back to the grid. In terms of energy, this building is to be entirely self-sufficient, and then some.
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Where did you read that?
If only people would do what they are told and stop misallocating resources. Shade trees and property ownership should only be for the rich.
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And as for the price, there is a building going up across the street from my condo, and the units are going for about the same price as that building in Dubai. Not only is that sumbitch not self-powered, but it doesn’t even move! What kind of a luxury suite doesn’t move? Bollocks to that, I say!
You have $ 40 million dollar apartments?
No sir. My building is older (2004), and doesn’t have the amenities to justify that sort of price tag. It doesn’t even change shape, which I hear is a basic feature these days.
However, under construction now are the Shangri-La, 1 Bloor East, and Trump Tower, all of which have units in the tens of millions. This are non-transforming, externally powered units in Canada.[/quote]
I googled property values in Canada and I find up to $ 1,000 to $ 1,500 /sq ft as the most expensive. This place is $ 3,000/sq ft.
[quote]dg401 wrote:
Dubai is a really cool city. It’s the Las Vegas of the Middle East.
A lot of people are talking about how “they have more money than they know what to do with” and etc.
They’re not idiots, they’re geniuses. The whole idea is that since oil is going to run out soon, they’ll have a new way of making money: TOURISM.
And it’s working pretty damn well if you ask me.[/quote]
Geniuses to be born on top of a pile of oil.