Architectural wonder as great as Burj Khalifa and Eiffel Tower: Mohammed

[Sally]

When you have tons of money, you can build something like this. It would have been nice, though, to put the building on hold and use the money instead to help the enormous amount of refugees.


Architectural wonder as great as Burj Khalifa and Eiffel Tower: Mohammed
Selects design for new tower in Dubai Creek area
By

• Parag Deulgaonkar & Wam

Published Sunday, February 07, 2016

Sheikh Mohammed visited a show held at Burj Khalifa, displaying designs by six consultancy companies bidding for the designing package of the tower contract. (Supplied)

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday reviewed the designs proposed by international consultancy houses for a new tower to be built by Emaar in the Dubai Creek area.

This came during Sheikh Mohammed's visit to a show held at Burj Khalifa, displaying designs by six consultancy companies bidding for the designing package of the tower contract.

He was accompanied by Mohammed Ali Al Abbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, Khalifa Saeed Sulaiman, Director-General of Dubai Protocol and Hospitality Department and Fadil Al Ali, CEO of Dubai Holding.

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[aris2chat]

Japan is building a tower a mile high

 

[Dot Com]

Reported for whole cloth plagiarism including title

Stop being so lazy/acting like a bot

 

[waltky]

Would hope falling oil prices would put a damper...

... on such obscene extravagance...

... so the money can help better the lives of the people...

... so they won't feel compelled to join outfits susch as ISIS.

 

[Sally]

Japan is building a tower a mile high

I would hate to be in such a building during an earthquake.