Dubai – the glory of the Middle East
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For those waiting for a revived glorified Babylon, and its riches, they will have to look outside of Iraq. This city surpasses the elegance, richness and majesty of ancient Babylon, as well as anything in modern Iraq as well.
Dubai is a world center of culture, banking and trade. The genius and creativity behind these structures is truly amazing. This post is just to enjoy the architecture, and the view.
The current Burj Dubai project is building the tallest building in the world. In one picture, you can actually see the curvature of the earth from the its top. This makes me dizzy just to look at it.
It reminds me a little of how the original purpose of the tower of Babel was to reach heaven, and touch God. It looks like this tower is almost there.
A few are also underwater hotels.
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Dubai – the glory of the Middle East « Heaven Awaits said this on February 9, 2009 at 5:18 am |
This will be a loud bang, when the Burj Dubai will come down during the big earthquake. When they will continue to build this luxurious they will bring the average worth of a property down!
Already the financial crisis has its impact.
fuck off ! burj will stand, I’m here !!!
HI GYOD,
I think I heard that the economic situation slowed, or temporarily stopped the construction. They have already gotten a lot done. I am curious how much higher they were planning to go. But true, if the Burj Dubai fell down, it would ruin the entire city.
blessings
marianne
I had no idea they had buildings like this in the ME. The architecture is creative!! My youngest would love looking at these designs. I wonder if that circular figure with a design that looks like a tree in the ocean, is a shipping port or boat dock. Great pics Marianne
Hi Diane,
Most of what you see is resort and residence oriented. But here is more information on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands
Enjoy!
marianne
Not one stone will remain on another!
Where have I heard that before?
All of man’s attempts to touch heaven, will be brought low!
I don’t think we have long to wait.
Herod’s temple was not completed until 64AD.Six years later,Jeruselum and the Temple were decimated by the Romans!
there’s something reminding Babylon, but it’s another times… wich times? God only knows ! Hope it’s better times !
Hi Glenn,
There is an amazing similarity between ancient Babylon and Dubai, in terms of its earthly glory. We will see how Dubai does in the future years.
blessings
marianne
My best friend’s husband came “this close” to a 3-yr job in Dubai about a year back. They were actually looking forward to it, as Dubai is the only truly progressive nation in the ME. It’s very modern, cosmopolitan, full of Westerners and quite a resort area.
“Dubai is the only truly progressive nation in the ME”
—what about Israel?!?!?
hi Yael
That is just one person’s opinion. Dubai just has a lot of beautiful architecture. Israel may not have the elaborate architecture, but it has the class, natural beauty, and the brains that exceeds its rivals.
there’s something reminding Babylon, but it’s another times… wich times? God only knows ! Hope it’s better times !
Israel, I’ll be not surprised if this city is bulit under their plans !
GOD ONLY KNOWS !
May God bless you all !!!
Hi Cindy,
It is a beautiful place, for sure.
Dubai is owned by zionsists
I hate dubai, and would never go there
oh my goodness…these are the most beautiful man made structures that i’ve ever seen.
These monuments are all owned by sultans.
these are so beautiful i wish i can go there….
The palm looking shape in the ocean is a group of houses. They start at 250 million dollars eachs.
Brian
Amazing. I know I will not be retiring there. What I do not understand is the outer circle. The only way on or off must be by boat. I wonder where the outer circle people park their cars.
God is the first Architect, Who design the universe,then the earth a “perfect dwelling environment” for Human Race. Architecture today is 1 evidence of God given talents.
I can say anything.. it’s amazing
Is this really what it looks like there? or are they planning on making these tbulidings here?
hi emily,
It looks like a couple are in the plans, but most are already built.
vive dubai c’est veraiment manifique
je suis ingenieur en electromécanéque de algerie j’aime bien visité ou travailler chez vous c’est ma grand réve
hamada23annaba@yahoo.fr
its very wonderful building….. hope we can go there…. that is one of the heaven in this earth
tallest building opened.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_dubai_tallest_building
i love burj khalifa
Burj Dubai is now the highest of the world and the taipei scyscaper is trying to get the highest green structure in the world by next year,Dubai is an amazing place to visit and live there if you have the chance to do so!
Dear Sandy….
Check your mail…..
Here is a short documentary on the glory of the middle east.
for those who might have plans to visit …
Here’ a new comedian to me. He’s good. The embedding might be disabled on the vidoe. Go to You Tube.
[...] O homem ainda quer tocar os ceus, chamando atencao para si, fazendo um nome exatamente como a milhares de anos atras. Por Deus, quem precisa disso? Pra que construir algo tao alto? Para ser alvo de ataques, para que colocar vidas em riscos dessa forma estupida?http://veja.abril.com.br/130110/predio-quase-1km-altura-p-094.shtmlSe homem tem capacidade para construir tao alto algo tao fantastico desafiando a fisica, driblando o vento e usando a engenharia como aliada, como nao pode descobrir a cura do cancer, retardar o envelhecimento, resolver o problema de saneamento basico, da falta de comida, da decadencia na educacao entre tantos outros?Porque nao usam os recursos e as habilidades que possuem para gerar qualidade de vida e felicidade? Porque essa insistencia em construir o predio mais alto do mundo? Os Emirados Arabes sao um mundo a parte, especialmente em Dubai, a mania de grandeza e as construcoes mirabolantes sao tao extravagantes que algumas fotos parecem miragem ou pinturas de Dali, eu chego a duvidar do que vejo.Eles construiram ilhas com o formato dos continentes, construiram ilhas com formato de um coqueiro quando visto do alto, predios contorcidos e bizarros, lindos e desnecessarios, monumentos que parecem ter saido de filmes futuristas. Me pergunto se eles sao mais felizes do que nos ou se eles se sentem miseraveis e sob pressao, sera que conseguem dormir ou ficam sonhando com a proxima construcao? Tenho que confessar, eu quero ir a Dubai, eu quero ver tudo isso, eu quero ir la e tocar aquelas construcoes e ver se aquilo tudo e real, eu quero ver aquelas pessoas nos olhos e entender o que os motiva a tudo isso. Se o que eles queriam era notoridade e atencao, com certeza eles ja conseguiram isso, mas nem por todo o dinheiro do mundo eu subiria no Burj Khalifa. Eu quero meus pes tocando o chao. http://dubaidailyphoto.blogspot.com/http://www.emiratespalace.com/en/home/index.htmhttp://images.google.com/imgres?http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/country/dubaicentral.phphttp://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/mark-wallington/6738/show/http://www.menainfra.com/news/dubai-debt-crisis/http://heavenawaits.wordpress.com/dubai-%E2%80%93-the-glory-of-the-middle-east/Veja outras construcoes diferenciadas pelo mundo incluindo Brasilhttp://www.instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings-architecture/http://www.instantshift.com/2009/02/26/50-more-unusual-buildings-architecture/ [...]
Mania de Grandeza na Asia: Veja | Fashion Spill said this on October 22, 2010 at 12:10 am |
Eu concordo. Eu quero meus pés tocando o chão também.
É um desperdício de dinheiro, mas eles são ricos.
Translation for above comment by Mania: (Portuguese)
[...] The man still wants to touch the skies, calling attention to himself, making a name just like thousands of years ago. By God, Who needs it? Why would build something so high? To be attacked, so that put lives at risk so stupid? Http://veja.abril.com.br/130110/predio-quase-1km-altura-p-094.shtmlSe man is able to build so high something so fantastic defying physics, dodging the wind and using engineering as an ally, and can not find a cure for cancer, slow aging, solving the problems of basic sanitation, lack of food, the decline in education and many others? Why not use the resources and skills they have to generate quality of life and happiness? Why this insistence on building the world’s tallest building? The United Arab Emirates are a world apart, especially in Dubai, the delusions of grandeur and the constructions are so outlandish that some pictures seem extravagant mirage
or paintings of Dali, I come to doubt what vejo.Eles islands built in the shape of continents, islands built in the shape of a palm tree when seen from above, building twisted and bizarre, beautiful and useless monuments that seem to have left the movies Futurists. I wonder if they are happier than us or if they feel miserable and under pressure, they will be able to sleep or are dreaming of the next building? I must confess, I want to go to Dubai, I want to see it all I want to go there and play those constructions and see if it all real and I want to see those people in the eye and understand what motivates them all. If they wanted was attention and notoriety, surely they’ve managed it, but not for all the money in the world I would come up at the Burj Khalifa. I want my feet touching the ground.