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Dubai’s Technosphere Would Fit Right Into A Disney Park

4:40PM Rosa Golijan | I think they ran out of weird building designs, because the centrepiece of Dubai’s Technopark looks like it was copied from Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. Whatever happened to architecture proposals for Dubai being completely nuts? More »
Design

Tarzan’s Making His Reservations At This Frame Hotel

1:20PM Rosa Golijan | Finding a room service guy who doesn’t even blink if you’re running around in a loin cloth (or less) shouldn’t be tough in this Dubai hotel. The place already almost looks like a jungle on the inside. More »
Design

Dubai’s Vertical Village Might Suck Up All Of The Sun’s Rays

4:40AM Sean Fallon | Despite grumbling about economic woes taking a toll on Dubai construction projects, it seems that their Vertical Village is going full steam ahead. The question is, after it’s built, will there be any sun for the rest of us? More »
Design

This Is What The Burj Dubai Would Look Like In Manhattan

7:40AM Adam Frucci | What would the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, look like if it was in NYC? It would look something like this. Holy shit, this thing is huge. And here’s some more perspective for you. More »
Random Stuff

How Do You Clean The Tallest Building In The World?

2:20AM Jesus Diaz
Things in Dubai get dirty pretty fast with the sand from the desert. But how the heck do you clean the 818-metre Burj Dubai? What about a SWAT team rappelling down its surface with high pressure water guns. More »
Vehicles

Travel Through Dubai At 1316km/h

8:00AM Jesus Diaz | After the futuristic Dubai, here is the real Dubai as seen in high-speed from its new metro, inaugurated on September 9. Impressive, in a New York and Miami get drunk and have a bastard child kind of way. [Thanks Gerald]
Design

How Would Dubai Look In The Future?

3:50AM Jesus Diaz | Ah Dubai, you and your glittery airports and your insane skyscrapers and your Death Star islands. If you don’t fall into the desert first, this is how you may look in the future. More »
Design

What Lies In The Shadow Of The Statue? Dubai, Of Course!

8:30AM Jack Loftus | OK. Sorry for the geeked out LOST reference. Couldn’t help it. But seriously, Dubai is planning to build this huge, talking statue for the Zaabeel Park. And I think there’s a discotheque in the head. More »
Vehicles

British Airways’ Last Concorde May Become Dubai Novelty

9:00AM Wilson Rothman | It’s like those sci-fi rich guys who collect everything including somebody’s frozen head, only it’s real: Dubai collectors—possibly the same ones turning the QE2 ocean liner into a hotel—are trying to buy BA’s last Concorde. More »
Vehicles

The World’s Largest Luxury Yacht Sails Out Of…You Guessed It…Dubai

12:10AM John Mahoney | Even though poor Dubai has been far from immune from Depression 2.0, someone who’s still doing just fine is Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai. This is his new $US350 million yacht. More »