Dubai Sci-Fi

[alanajoli]

The more and more I read about Dubai, the more it strikes me as a city straight out of science fiction. The most recent article was this 60 Minutes segment hosted by Yahoo news. The Sheik decided that they should double the coastline of the city, and so they built an island that looks kinda like a spider, so that each of the arms could have beach-front condos on it.














I don't know if the look they're going for over there is the futuristic, or whether that's just what's happening, but Dubai looks like where it's at for science-fiction styled architecture and man-made islands.

Edited to add a photo that appeared in the NYTimes a few weeks ago, but that I couldn't find online. Luckily, I'd saved it. :)

Comments

[stargatedragon.livejournal.com]

I saw this show - it's mindboggling when you think about the amount of time and money that went into it...

mind you, he didn't have to worry about enviromentalists making a fuss, obviously... but it'd be a cool place to visit!

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's the only part that keeps it from being really futuristic--because we *like* to think that in the future, we'll all be concerned about the environment, and creating biospheres that are just as good for us as for Mother Earth... ;)

But despite that lack... I'm just impressed. And continually amused.