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World’s Largest Bridge To Stretch 40km Long

4:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Construction on what would become the world’s longest marine causeway, connecting Qatar and Bahrain, is due to begin next year, and what a project it is: We’re talking about a bridge more than 40km long, costing around $US3 billion. More »
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Doha’s ‘Wall’: The World’s First Underground Stadium

2:00AM Sean Fallon | When the new “Wall” Stadium set to be built in Doha, Qatar is completed in 2010, it will be the first underground stadium ever constructed. Nicknamed “The Laptop” for obvious reasons, the stadium will have no traditional floodlights. Instead, the lights will be embedded into the architecture, which adds to the clean futuristic look. Apparently, the unique underground design will serve as a natural air conditioning system of sorts, which saves money that could have been spent on a traditional domed, temperature controlled facility. galleryPost('wallstadium2', 3, ''); More »
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Enormous Artificial Sand Dune To House Musum of Modern Arab Art

10:00AM Wilson Rothman | If you happen to be driving through the desert near Doha, Qatar and notice an unusual number of Bentleys and Ferraris parked in front of a sand dune, you may find you’re actually looking at the Museum of Modern Arab Art, a two-level, air-conditioned 350,000-square-foot facility celebrating over 10,000 works of art. galleryPost('ArabMOMA', 4, ''); More »