Amazing Architecture

One of the biggest developers in Dubai – Nakheel is planning huge investment that will become soon on of the biggest building-site in the world. The plan schedules area of over 270 hectares to be covered. This project will be finished in ten years from the start. The will be about 40 towers in height from twenty to ninety floors (250-350 meters) and the highest building in the world – the Nakheel Tower (more than 1000 meters high which is also more than 3280 feet). The main building will contain about 200 floors and 150 lifts. The building will be huge construction made of four separate elements leaving free spaces between them to let the wind pass freely.

Nakheel Tower. Image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

Nakheel Tower. Image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

The Nakheel Tower will allow more than 55 thousand people to live there and another 45 thousand will get job while building the complex. The tower will contain 10.000 parking spaces, and the whole complex more than 950.000 sq meters of commerce space and retail, more than 19.000 residential apartments, more than 3500 hotel rooms (with exclusive 100 room hotel inside Nakheel Tower).

Nakheel Tower. Image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

Nakheel Tower. Image taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

The investment is currently on hold and predicted start is set to early 2010.

Burj al-Arab is one of the few unique class seven stars hotels around the world. This Dubai hotel is a part of  “The Jumeirah Beach Resort”. The building stands on an artifical island approximatelly 280 meters from the shore. It has a shape of a sail under strong wind. It is 321 meters high and has 60 floors which makes it the highest bulding on the world not containing any office space and the highest hotel. But what is curious it is not highest based hotel – because Jin Mao Tower contains a hotel on 53-87 floor space.

Burj al-Arab. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

Burj al-Arab was built in 5 years time between 1994 and 1999. It contains only high-class 202 penthouses, the smallest one covers the area of 159 quadratmeters and the biggest about 780 quadratmeters. The building contains also many restaurants, view platform, two big swimming pools, two deep diving pools, eighteen health rooms, hydrotherapy and massage rooms, solarium, jacuzzi, sauna, fitness studio, museum, library, chopter landing pad and few stocks-high aquarium with the whole living coral reef.

Burj al-Arab's hall. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

All items, equipment and furnishing was especially designed or chosen for this hotel. The most luxurious penthouses have golden elements of furhishing. Every guest has an indyvidual butler for his disposal 24/7. If demanded personal cook, additional security and a car with driver can be given to guest.

Burj al-Arab one of many restaurants. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

There are six hotel emplyees falls on one guest. Prices for one place to sleep starts with 1300 USD for twendy four hours. But the two floor-penthouses prices are up to 35.000 USD per night.

Burj al-Arab corridor. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

Burj al-Arab penthouse. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

The Penang Bridge is one of the longest bridges in the world. Settled in Malaysia the construction connects the mailand of Malaysia with the Penang Island. Bridge is connected to two expressways (North-South Expressway and Jelutong Expressway) that makes it very congested. The official opening was in September 1985. Earlier the connection between island and mainland was provided by ferry transportation. The total length of bridge is about 13,5 kilometers (8,4 miles). The height of main spam is 225 meters, end span 107 meters and other span about 40 meters. The whole bridge is coated with 80 km/h speed limit.

Penang Bridge. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

From few years the bridge is being expanded from four lines to six – because of the increasing traffic. Neverthless construction of the second bridge has started in 2008.Works to make bridge wider started in january 2008 and are still in progress (final cut of the expancion is expected late 2009).

Penang Bridge. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

This bridge is one of the most interesting road construction in South-East Asia. It is one of the most excellent examples of modern ingeeneiring. Soon the ending of widening will make it even more impressive.

Penang Bridge. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.