BinLaden group to build world's tallest skyscraper

It may seem tragically ironic that the name most closely associated with the destruction of New York's World Trade Center may soon be associated with the construction of the world's tallest building.

But, nevertheless, according to officials in Dubai – the site of the Burj Dubai, scheduled for completion in 2008 – that is more than a distinct possibility.

The Saudi Binladen Group, the biggest developer in the kingdom, begun by Osama bin Laden's father, is in the running for the project.

The skyscraper will be nearly half a mile and about one-third taller than the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. It will include a hotel wing, apartments, offices, entertainment centers and restaurants.

more: http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=64445

Ussama, our "dark son" destroyed the symbol of power in the West, and now we build one for us.

This is all about symbol and this is huge... never mind, will be missed... nothing to see here

I swear you are missign the point here... the UAE is very peaceful and all that but look at a frigging map and find where it is....

The Twin Towers WERE the tallest buildings (until the Patrones Towers) They were at Wall Street, Great Satan Central...

How much more plain can I make this to you

and healthcare for years...

We already have the Burj Al Arab... the world's tallest and only 7 star hotel...

It's about the same heigth as the Empire State...

that's the picture on my avatar...

They are also building the world's largest man made islands here as well...

there are pictures on my website... usa2uae.com

Oh, and the bin Laden group built my University... they do phenomenal work.

In fact my villa where I am typing this right now... built by the same company.

they are the Halliburton of construction here.

quickly passed wtc for tallest designation.

We tend to forget the symbolism....it really can tell the story. I was listening to David Icke the other night on Coast-to Coast AM.... He explained the symbolism of world power..... it makes a lot of sense.

Are you serious? He also thinks the British royals are shape-shifting reptiles from another dimension.

It's one of the most peaceful and safest places in the world...




Dubai has unveiled plans for the world's tallest building, the latest in the rush to aim for the altitude title. EMAAR Properties, the leading real-estate development company in the region, has released an artist's impressions of the tower which is to be built at a location close to the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Road.

The tower, to be known as Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower in English) will create a whole new urban space in Dubai; a city that has become the region's most dynamic cities and home to over a 100 nationalities. Dubai is currently investing billions of dollars in infrastructure in an attempt to secure its future as the commercial centre of the Gulf region. Burj Dubai will be a prestige project, designed to add lustre to the amazing pace of development in the state.

The company announced the appointment of Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as the architectural design consultants for this landmark development. Combining residential, commercial, hotel, entertainment and leisure outlets with open green spaces, water features, pedestrian boulevards, an old town and one of the world's largest shopping malls, this project will create a new architectural landmark - a city within a city.

The tower's base and geometry was influenced by the six petal desert flower of the region with the base of the Burj Dubai 'blossoming' out to allows the tower a graceful transition from the ground.

The ‘Burj Dubai’ may have to reach 550 metres in height if it is to achieve its goal of being the world’s tallest building. Petronas Towers in Malaysia (452 meters) and the Chicago's Sears Tower (442 meters) are currently the world's highest man made towers. China too has joined in the race with its announcement of plans to build the Shanghai World Financial Center. This skyscraper is to stand some 492 meters and expected to be completed by 2007. ... http://usa2uae.com/archives/00000011.htm

....and SOM, huh? They did the Hancock and the Sears Tower in Chicago, back in the day when they where called the "Three Blind Mies".

we shall see...

Dubai is one of the fastest growing... and coolest cities in the world.

....its that new hotel on the gulf. Designed to look like a dhow sail.

Then blow up all the taller ones?

That story has to be the most ironic one I've read in a while.

Peace shmeese. If I can't have a beer on a Saturday afternoon, I'm shot to shit.

No, seriously, I'm curious.

not a problem...

and if you smoke

SHISHA...

i didn't know anything about the UAE.

a fragile thing to have in this part of the world, I agree.

Get paid to build it; get paid to blow it up.

Double your profits.

Dubai has been successfully democratized.

Who's next?

OMG...Maybe they'll contract Jeff Dahmer for the food services.

good one.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Ever since Bush stole the election, the world has been the most BIZARRE and weird and fucked up place that I've ever seen!

And I'm 42 years old.

Things happen every day now that four years ago would have seemed so outrageously bizarre that they could have only happened in a dream.

This is one of them.

we have. America and the West as a whole is a target.

Why do you think towers are built in the first placed with the billing of tallest tower in the world?

I guess I don't entirely buy the 'black sheep' story.

Bin Laden destroys our towers and then his ilk build one themselves. Maybe * will make two fighter jets crash into it a la 9/11.

I just started cracking up reading this. oh, the irony.