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Excellent thread
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810 METERS! 2657 FEET!
crazy Arabs!
(it's interesting that this thead says "Who cares about terrorism" when apparently the most prolific skyscraper builders these days are in Islamic countries)
that one that Gepap showed will be across the street from the Kabaa, in fact, and will have a tower with a hotel to accomodate wealthier pilgrims. the whole building in fact is expected to accomodate 65,000 people!Last edited by Al B. Sure!; June 25, 2006, 09:50."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
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and also have a shopping mall at the base... it seems that the pilgrimage is becoming in some ways a resort destination.Visit First Cultural Industries
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Looking at Gepap's links you can really tell that oil prices are up judging by the number of skyscrappers being built in oil producing countries with low population density. The US and China are the only nonoil exporters who seem to still be in the skyscrapper business and both of those countries are only building skyscrappers in extremely dense urban centers where the economics justify the cost of the buildings.
I'm afraid the oil producing world is having a flash back to the 1970's where a sudden rush of petrol dollars were squandered on economicly dubious white elephant projects by autocratic leaders instead of being used to really diversify the economy or develop their nations.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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The Kuwaiti one has a lot of wasted space. Hollow center plus no windows in the center. It does look interesting but without windows in the center they're wasting valuable realestate; the thing people love about tall buildings is the view but the Kuwaitis have 1/3 to 1/2 of the buildings surface area without windows?Originally posted by OzzyKP
I think the Fordham Spire looks excellent.
So does this one, in Kuwait:
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You're going to be sorry for this thread once molly bloom arrives. He gets very irate and goes Google Image Search crazy...Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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...and just to give him a jump start (I hope he doesn't take that phrase the wrong way )
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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I was completely unaware that skyscraper construction in the US was being halted because of fears of terrorism
. Of course, the only major city I've been in recently in the US was Chicago, so... umm... maybe that's why. Lots of new condo buildings comming up.
Oh and the obligatory statement: If we stop building skyscrapers than the terrorists have already won
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Only when they have run out of jumbo jets to fly into skyscrapers have the terrorists won
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Wouldn't they also win if they run out of skyscrapers to run jumbo jets into?Comment
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I think that would be an acceptable victory condition
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Dubai isn't an oil-based economy. Their economy is very diverse. Most of the Arab world construction is in Dubai, so that seems to be pretty steady. And the Mecca hotel... well people are gonna keep making the Hajj, so that seems like a good investment too.Originally posted by Oerdin
Looking at Gepap's links you can really tell that oil prices are up judging by the number of skyscrappers being built in oil producing countries with low population density. The US and China are the only nonoil exporters who seem to still be in the skyscrapper business and both of those countries are only building skyscrappers in extremely dense urban centers where the economics justify the cost of the buildings.
I'm afraid the oil producing world is having a flash back to the 1970's where a sudden rush of petrol dollars were squandered on economicly dubious white elephant projects by autocratic leaders instead of being used to really diversify the economy or develop their nations.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
You're going to be sorry for this thread once molly bloom arrives. He gets very irate and goes Google Image Search crazy...
I've no idea what you're talking about.
Neither do you apparently....Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
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