I was skimming through a few architechural updates when I came across this link for the top 9 unique structures that are soon to be built.
I then went to read an article about the Burj Dubai, which is to be the tallest man-made structure ever at a towering 818m which positively dwarfs the next existing runner-up, the Tapei 101 at 509m in Tapei Taiwan.
This is the unfinished building surrounded by other skyscrapers. Yes, other SKYSCRAPERS.
All this is old news of course, but the crazy part of the Burj Dubai isn't necessarily the building (which is still mind boggling), but it's of Dubai in general. Anyone who knows me is familiar with my burning urge to take a sabbatical to Dubai, because (from what I've studied) it's unlike anywhere else in the world, socially, economically, or (un)realistically.
I couldn't find the article about Dubai that I referred to, but the fundamental idea of it was that structurally and idealistically, Dubai is not demand driven, but supply driven. The concept of giving before getting is just not a facet of capitalism, and is counterintuitive to all the laws and metrics of good sound business. This land of extravagance, Dubai, is built on the idea that Ray Kinsella exercised to much scrutiny in the 1989 flick "Field of Dreams." That idea was simply this. "If you build it, they will come."
As I was riding the train yesterday I started to think about some of the housing ads that I had seen recently on Craigslist. They were for these brand new condo complexes for the nouveau riche in the strangest areas of Brooklyn. This is similar to Dubai, but a little more of a gamble for the prospective landlords. They are hedging their bets that they can purchase and cultivate land in these dilapidated areas of Brooklyn and that they will explode with prosperity and new blood will come spilling in tsunami-style. If the housing history of New York is any indication, they are correct, the only question is not if, but when. As for the Burj Dubai, well, that will probably be filled by rabid oil barons by the time the ink on the final architectural revision has dried.
In closing, be sure to get your plane tickets and dramamine, because even the elevators in the world's tallest structure are sure to be a trip.
I was skimming through a few architechural updates when I came across this link for the top 9 unique structures that are soon to be built.
I then went to read an article about the Burj Dubai, which is to be the tallest man-made structure ever at a towering 818m which positively dwarfs the next existing runner-up, the Tapei 101 at 509m in Tapei Taiwan.
This is the unfinished building surrounded by other skyscrapers. Yes, other SKYSCRAPERS.
All this is old news of course, but the crazy part of the Burj Dubai isn't necessarily the building (which is still mind boggling), but it's of Dubai in general. Anyone who knows me is familiar with my burning urge to take a sabbatical to Dubai, because (from what I've studied) it's unlike anywhere else in the world, socially, economically, or (un)realistically.
I couldn't find the article about Dubai that I referred to, but the fundamental idea of it was that structurally and idealistically, Dubai is not demand driven, but supply driven. The concept of giving before getting is just not a facet of capitalism, and is counterintuitive to all the laws and metrics of good sound business. This land of extravagance, Dubai, is built on the idea that Ray Kinsella exercised to much scrutiny in the 1989 flick "Field of Dreams." That idea was simply this. "If you build it, they will come."
As I was riding the train yesterday I started to think about some of the housing ads that I had seen recently on Craigslist. They were for these brand new condo complexes for the nouveau riche in the strangest areas of Brooklyn. This is similar to Dubai, but a little more of a gamble for the prospective landlords. They are hedging their bets that they can purchase and cultivate land in these dilapidated areas of Brooklyn and that they will explode with prosperity and new blood will come spilling in tsunami-style. If the housing history of New York is any indication, they are correct, the only question is not if, but when. As for the Burj Dubai, well, that will probably be filled by rabid oil barons by the time the ink on the final architectural revision has dried.
In closing, be sure to get your plane tickets and dramamine, because even the elevators in the world's tallest structure are sure to be a trip.