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The 7 Wonders of The Futuristic City in The Sand

Posted On: 12 November 2007 By: Jay Oatway Filed Under: Future-Stuff-That-Goes-Ping

Dubai is fast becoming the city of the future. Oddee has a round-up of some of the mind-blowing projects the city is building, or has already built. My favourite of the seven has to be The Burg Dubai, which will soon become the world’s tallest / largest building when it opens in 2009:

The building is part of a 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) development called ‘Downtown Dubai’. The building was designed by Adrian Smith. The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about $4 billion US dollars and for the entire new ‘Downtown Dubai’, $20 billion US Dollars.

My second favorite, check out The Hydropolis, the world’s first underwater luxury resort:

Hydropolis, the world’s first underwater luxury resort, brings new meaning to the "ocean-view room." Situated 66 feet below the surface of the Persian Gulf, Hydropolis will feature 220 guest suites. Reinforced by concrete and steel, its Plexiglas walls and bubble-shaped dome ceilings offer sights of fish and other sea creatures. It’s also scheduled to open in 2009.

The future is lost in the desert.

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