No Muggy Bear Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 skyscrapercity Full of info on whats being thrown up in your area. Has anyone seen it? Good way to glean info on all those high rise urban living apart blocks. Leeds is going an awsome trade as I'm sure some of you will be aware. Worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Here's a picture of that Palm island mentioned the other day: http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p...eirah0va8vu.jpg - totally crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Baron Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) Tsunami City? I know the Middle East very well, having worked extensively in the region. Dubai, like the other states, is a fiefdom and no one who buys there will ever have absolute title to property. I wouldn't touch the ME at any price, and Dubai shows all the trappings of another daft property bubble. Edited February 13, 2006 by Red Baron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) Here's a picture of that Palm island mentioned the other day: http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p...eirah0va8vu.jpg - totally crazy. Saw a tv doc the other week on that palm development, may have been Open Uni, apparently there's big problems like stagnant water & subsidence due to sinking houses. As Red Baron says there were horrible massive bubble signs & a lot of disgruntled buyers and bad building generally in Dubai. Edited February 14, 2006 by Saving For a Space Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyingBear Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 The mother of art is architecture, unavoidable and lasting, and when you get it wrong people notice (like designing a man made islands as a giant cannabis leaf). It's interesting to see what the cityscape will look like in just a few short years, it's nice to see what's being built. Lets hope they finish them before things turn sour and inevitably do a Canary Wharf or Center Point "Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music" - Friedrich von Schelling I know the Middle East very well, having worked extensively in the region. Dubai, like the other states, is a fiefdom and no one who buys there will ever have absolute title to property. That's technically the same in the UK too, even if you own the freehold or "fee simple" this simply means you need only pay for the privilege of owning once. Mind you, we have the rule of law and the Queen already has enough land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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