saudi arabia

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Design

City Gateway Looks Like Stranded Alien Mothership

8:07PM Jesus Diaz | The United Arab Emirates keep building their Blade Runner-ish cities in the middle of the desert, with buildings like the Ras Al-Khaimah Gateway, a 2.9 million square feet hotel, conference and exhibition complex that looks like some kind of alien mothership from outer space. Construction will start later this year and Norwegian architects Snøhetta say they found their inspiration in the desert itself: More »
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Vehicles

Jet Explodes in Midair, Leaves Us Scratching Our Heads

3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Even while I knew what was going to happen when I saw this video, it shocked me when I saw it exploding the way it did, with no warning whatsoever. To be honest, I don’t know if this Saudi fighter jet is a real fighter jet or not. It sounds like one, it looks like one, and it explodes like one, so it must be an aeroplane or a duck. But somehow, some people think it may be an RC model. Still, the idea of the plane just exploding like that reminds you how fragile our technological world is–says the guy taking a plane on Monday. What do you people think? Real or model? More »
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Design

1,600-Metre Tower Will Make Burj Dubai Look Like Pencil

9:52PM Gizmodo US Edition | Sure, the Burj Dubai tower looks amazingly tall, but it’s final height— currently projected to be 700 metres— is less than half that of a new building planned for Saudi Arabia. It’s going to be 1,600 metres high. Yup, that’s 1.6 kilometres tall: taller than anything under construction anywhere, and making it easily the world’s tallest building. Think they should stick a TV antenna on the top and go for that little bit extra? I sure do.
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