A mention of Dubai in the in the present day media is unmistakeably accompanied by references to the rebuilding of the seven wonders of the world. Salim AlMoosa enterprises, with apparently 30 years of experience making castles in the sand has taken up this ambitious (Now, isn't that an understatement) project. If Dubai's architectural vision and capabilities are to be evaluated in 10 years time with a 'landmark' like this, the city has some serious issues to tackle.
Besides the ingenuity of making the project in the shape of the favourite bird of the UAE, the developers have done what no other company or architect has managed to do - make the Eiffel Tower stick out of the Falcon's crotch. Buildings as phallic symbols (unintentionally, I assume) are not very new in the world of architecture, but this one is really going to take the cake. But the real entertainment is on their website - a poetic essay on the vision behind the project and design rationale. Someone please tell me what the following means.
"The objective of Dubai Eiffel Tower [sic] is to provide prestigious units for the elits that are architecuraly sensitive and responsive to the context through using the original Eiffel tower historical statues and worldwide fame, while maximizing the net revenues associated with net development of the project."
"envisioning privacy and intigration in the same time seperation in both horizontal and vertical movement..."
Full text is available here and here.
13 June, 2006
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that would really attract wacko tourists!
AlMoosa can't afford to hire someone who can write English?
the crotch. the burj dubai. the dubai waterfront thingy (that will be slightly smaller than the burj dxb). is it fairly safe to say that Someone might have a penis issue?
Brilliant.
At least the burj dubai will actually look good though.
I hope Emaar doesn't screw up this one too because. The international media will most probably hold this as the benchmark for the Dubai real-estate and construction sector.
I'm actually glad to see all this.
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