Window to the World – Shenzhen, China

A park made in Shenzhen, China to show the world's greatest places/monuments.

 

Source: A Friend from China.

The Palm Islands of Dubai

The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired the Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, one of the world's specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah, the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira. Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree, topped with a crescent, and will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. The Palm Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 kilometres of beaches to the city of Dubai.

The first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. Palm Deira will be composed of approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in the UAE. Between the three islands there will be over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas. The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. The Palm Deira, which is planned to have a surface area of 46.35 square kilometre. Construction was originally planned to take 10–15 years, but that was before the impact of the global credit crunch hit Dubai.

Helix Hotel – Abu Dhabi

The Helix Hotel in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Bay doesn’t have a design like we’re used to - instead its got spiral floors. From top to bottom with no clear breaks, flowing from retail to residential, and hotel suites to saunas. It has a hollow center that keeps foot traffic flowing while infusing interior spaces with coastal air and natural light, while on the outside are fast at work harnessing solar and wind energy. Because of its unique design, every room has a slightly different view. Source: Here

Largest and Tallest Arch Bridge

We are back with another   megaproject concept at Dubai. Next in line is the largest, tallest arch bridge ever which is supposed to be completed by 2012.

Here's some info on the bridge as envisioned by New York architecture firm Fxfowle:

- It's one mile long and 670 feet tall.
- It will have 12 lanes for traffic.
- It will cost 817 million dollars.
- The design has Sheikh Mohammed's official stamp of approval.
- The bridge will carry more than 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction.
- A metro line will run across the middle.
- Construction begins in March, with a slated completion date of 2012.

Source: Here

Dubai World Islands

Another megaproject in the making is the Dubai World Islands. In this project world map shaped group of islands are designed. Check out the video for more details:

Burj Dubai

Currently it is under construction - Burj Dubai is going to be the most prestigious square mile of real estate on the planet! At its centrepiece stands the Burj Dubai Tower which is set to be the worlds tallest building upon completion in September 2009. This structure will be mostly residential; but will also be home to the worlds highest observation deck inducing 517m high, as well as the worlds first 6 star rated Hotel Armani. Shadowed by the tower itself, across a massive man made lake will be home to the 'Supertall' Lake Hotel, the worlds largest ever shopping mall, over 70 highrise buildings and a beautiful 'old town' style village. All of the following will be finished by the end of 2009. Some of the demo videos:

Latest from Dubai – Floating City

The Latest in Dubai is about the Island Cities being built in Dubai, it would be a self-sufficient floating city that will never have to face a problem about finding land to build on. The "Lilypad" would take advantage of all of today's green technologies, including generating power from the sun, wind and water, and would produce zero emissions from its residents. As such there is no project started as yet for the same. but you never know.