Wild, zany Dubai . . . . .

[Cowperson]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When Salem Moosa looks out over the skyscrapers spreading like a metallic rash over the sand, this is what he sees: The Eiffel Tower. The Pyramids. The Taj Mahal.

He's angling to build all of them — but bigger than the originals. And, if you ask Moosa, perhaps even better.

Moosa's constellation of head-scratching oddities would join the marvels already cropping up like mushrooms across Dubai. The man-made islands in the shape of palm trees. The indoor ski resort. The underwater hotel. The lost city of Atlantis. One of the world's largest aquariums, set inside the world's biggest shopping mall, sprawling in the shadow of what will be the world's tallest skyscraper.

At first blush, there's an existential question at the heart of it all: Why? And in the case of Moosa's creations, what kind of tenants would clamor to nest in a swollen pyramid?

In Dubai, a zany boomtown afloat in plastic fantasy, unbridled ambition and rivers of cold cash, such questions are dismissed as the calling cards of the unimaginative. Moosa waves them away like sand flies.

"Who wants to live in a pyramid? Everybody wants to live in a pyramid," he says with evident astonishment. "It's the only address in the world. Imagine your card: 'The Grand Pyramid of Dubai'! "

Damned straight!!!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wo...-home-headlines

Cowperson

[Cheese]

I love it when Architects and Constructors do something different. Dubai and China are probably the only two Countries doing things differently. Rectangular glass buildings take zero imagination...but are also built on the cheap. Good to see dollars spent on dreams. Canada sorely lacks this imagination.

[nfotiu]

Yep, building replicas of buildings is full of imagination and creativity.

[Frank the Tank]

I would SO build a pyramid if I were a skrillionaire! Except I'd make it look like a giant boob.

[Reaper]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank@Oct 13 2005, 11:35 AM
I would SO build a pyramid if I were a skrillionaire! Except I'd make it look like a giant boob.

Make sure it has a big nipple ring that people can walk out on like an observation deck!

[Patek23]

Dubai seems like a pretty good place to live if your uber rich, I mean look at this hotel Trump built

[Wookie]

Anyone know what it's like to Vacation there?

18 - 20 something girls a plenty?

[flamingchina]

Muslims and desperate foreigners who are working in one of the other middle eastern countries. (please note, most of these are men)

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally posted by Cowperson@Oct 13 2005, 10:24 AM
"Who wants to live in a pyramid? Everybody wants to live in a pyramid," he says with evident astonishment. "It's the only address in the world. Imagine your card: 'The Grand Pyramid of Dubai'!

Given the historical uses of pyramids for pretty much everyone that has built them in the past, it wouldn't be my personal first choice for a home.

Plus imagine living next door to the Eiffel Tower anyways, there would always be some lonely French woman coming over to borrow some sugar, and if those documentaries tell the truth, that can only lead to sex combined with rythmic music. Damn dirty French

[Hack&Lube]

Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@Oct 13 2005, 11:28 PM
Given the historical uses of pyramids for pretty much everyone that has built them in the past, it wouldn't be my personal first choice for a home.

Plus imagine living next door to the Eiffel Tower anyways, there would always be some lonely French woman coming over to borrow some sugar, and if those documentaries tell the truth, that can only lead to sex combined with rythmic music. Damn dirty French

"I dreamed of Paris again"

*queue spooky music*

[Looger]

nice to know my money is going to a good cause everytime i fill up.

i'm buying a new bicycle.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally posted by Looger@Oct 14 2005, 01:11 PM
nice to know my money is going to a good cause everytime i fill up.

i'm buying a new bicycle.

Canada is a net exporter of oil. Don't worry, none of your cash is going toward this.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally posted by Wookie@Oct 13 2005, 04:34 PM
Anyone know what it's like to Vacation there?

18 - 20 something girls a plenty?

If you've got the money to vacation in Dubai and you are looking for young chicks, I'd suggest you spend that money on several vacations to Mexico, spring break, that kind of thing. I can't imagine middle eastern countries are a destination for the GGW crew.

[Abstract]

Flaming Homer i dont wanna know what u were searching for when u arrived at big-boys.com.

Dubai looks like what the result of Michael Jackson having his own country would be.