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Trump Int'l Hotel and Tower... in Dubai

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Stumbled on this while doing personal research on Dubai...

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The Trump Organization and Nakheel reveal new design for landmark centerpiece of The Palm Jumeirah

Nakheel, developer of more than US$30 billion in real estate in Dubai, and The Trump Organization have unveiled a new design for the Trump International Hotel & Tower, the centerpiece of The Palm Jumeirah.

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Donald J. Trump, Jr., son of Donald J. Trump, and Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization, is in Dubai this week to reveal details about the new design and discuss The Trump Organization's increased involvement in the UAE. Speaking at the Arabian Hotel and Investment Conference (29th April to 1st May), he will discuss mixed use developments & condo hotels and feature in a round table discussion on private equity in the Middle East. On the 2nd May, he will be present on the Nakheel stand at the Arabian Travel Market.

Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah is the initial development in Nakheel and The Trump Organization's joint-venture in the Middle East, which includes exclusive rights for 19 countries in the Middle East region and 17 major brands. It is also the first UAE property in the portfolio of Nakheel Hotels & Resorts, Nakheel's hotel and resort investment company, which was launched in February this year.

On announcing the partnership in October 2005, Donald J. Trump, Chairman and President of The Trump Organization, who is known throughout the world for his luxurious real estate developments, stated that the organization's architects and designers would engage closely with Nakheel Hotels & Resorts on the design. The results of the partnership have now been released.

The US$600 million Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah is a stunning 48 storey mixed-use hotel and residential building, anchoring the trunk of the 5 by 5km man made palm tree shaped island which lies off the coast of Dubai. The first of three such islands to be built in Dubai, The Palm Jumeirah will be one of the world's premier resorts, offering a wealth of beachfront hotels, residences, retail and leisure.

The new ultra-modern design, features a split linked tower - an innovative open core design that minimizes shadows - constructed with stainless steel, glass and stone.

Regarding the new design, Donald J. Trump, Jr. said:

'In redesigning the property, we focused on creating a magnet for tourists and residents and a landmark icon on the Dubai skyline. Trump International Hotel & Tower, The Palm Jumeirah will soar into the sky, its twin sets of glazed diamond shaped structures at the top of each tower creating a sense of infinity as the glazed elements blur building and sky'.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Nakheel stated: 'The new design ensures that the property will be a striking landmark - a bold monument at the heart of the island. The property's taller, more slender design allows for a linear view through the building to the top of the island and provides spectacular panoramas of the island, Dubai and the Arabian Gulf, with all rooms benefiting from a sea view.'

'In building the vision of Dubai, Nakheel is committed to creating genuinely unique projects which are at the forefront of innovation", Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem continued. "The new design of the Trump International Hotel and Tower lives up to this commitment and will provide a fitting landmark centerpiece for The Palm Jumeirah, our flagship development.

'As the world's fastest growing city, it is important that Dubai forms progressive partnerships with prominent international organizations. Our alliance with The Trump Organization is a fantastic example of how such partnerships can operate successfully. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is the first example of this success'
 
Did anyone notice the train going under the tower ;)
It looks okay, strange, but it'll fit with the skyline.
 
It does look strange, but it fits in with the rest of the skyline. Dubai is becoming the Wacko Jacko of the skyline world;) Here's another interesting project they're working on, an airport city.

From: today.reuters.com/news/ar...IRPORT.xml
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Dubai unveils $33 bln airport city

DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf tourism and trade hub Dubai said on Tuesday it plans to invest $33 billion in building what it said would be the world's largest airport and city in Jebel Ali, home to the region's biggest free-trade zone.

A statement by organizers of the state-run project, Dubai World Central, said the multi-phase 140 sq km (54 square mile) development around the planned international airport will include a cargo city, residential and commercial quarters and a Golf course.

Dubai is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into infrastructure and real estate developments, making it home to an estimated 17 percent of the world's cranes.

"Dubai World Central International Airport (JXB) ... when complete will be the world's largest with a capacity equal to that currently of Chicago's O'Hare and London's Heathrow (combined)," it said.


"Dubai World Central will be a new city where eventually some 750,000 people will live and work," it said, adding the project was designed to support Dubai's aviation, tourism, commercial and logistics requirements until 2050.

The airport will have a capacity of 120 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of cargo per year. It will have six 4.5 kilometer runways capable of receiving all aircraft, including the double-decker Airbus 380.

The three-terminal airport will dedicate one of its hubs to low-cost airlines, it said. It will be linked to the Dubai International Airport via an express rail system.

Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport increased 14 percent in 2005 to 24 million people compared with 2004.

The airport expects 28 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of freight in 2006.

On Monday, Dubai announced plans to build the world's largest hotel as part of a $27 billion resort project to spearhead its drive to become a global tourism hub.
 
Dubai is becoming the Wacko Jacko of the skyline world
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How appropriate since Wacko Jacko now lives in the neighbourhood. Here he is in Bahrain, his new home, dressed like an Arab woman. :eek

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I think those old-school sci-fi writers better upgrade their visions of the future. This rendering looks like about a dozen book-jacket space colonies I saw as a teenager.
 
"I think those old-school sci-fi writers better upgrade their visions of the future. This rendering looks like about a dozen book-jacket space colonies I saw as a teenager."

Hey, whaddya know, you're right! The red sky certianly helps add to it.
 
I think Dubai will be really interesting in about 80 years. I picture it as a dusty, windswept, post-oil, out of the way place that people have largely forgotten about. It will be filled with an international mix of misfits and criminals, some trying to preserve elements of Dubai's rich, turn-of-the-century architectural heritage, and some just trying to hide out and not be found. Sort of Casablanca meets Blade Runner meets Lawrence of Arabia meets Jetsons.
 
You know you're in trouble when the architects aren't named in the first paragraph ... or the second ... or the third ... or the fourth ... or the fifth ... or the sixth ...

Though maybe they prefer it that way.
 
Sort of Casablanca meets Blade Runner meets Lawrence of Arabia meets Jetsons.
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I was thinking of something along the lines of Star Wars.
 
I know questioning the rationality of development in Dubai has become cliche but somehow at the mention of their "airport city" the name Mirabel comes to mind.
 
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