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Great article in the New York Times March 3,2008
Architecture Review
City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai:
"It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties. His argument was that in its profound sameness, the generic city was a more accurate reflection of contemporary urban reality than nostalgic visions of New York or Paris.
Now he may get a chance to create his own version.
Designed for one of the biggest developers in the United Arab Emirates, Nakheel, Mr. Koolhaas’s master plan for the proposed 1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City in Dubai would simulate the density of Manhattan....read the whole article
Architecture Review
City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai:
"It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties. His argument was that in its profound sameness, the generic city was a more accurate reflection of contemporary urban reality than nostalgic visions of New York or Paris.
Now he may get a chance to create his own version.
Designed for one of the biggest developers in the United Arab Emirates, Nakheel, Mr. Koolhaas’s master plan for the proposed 1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City in Dubai would simulate the density of Manhattan....read the whole article
Ferny and the Palm Islands
Mar. 21st, 2008 12:26 am
Do you think she was trying to tell me something?
Palm Islands Dubai
Follow the signs.They're all around you.
Dubai World Islands
Mar. 14th, 2008 01:35 amthis seems just like an ad for private islands in the virtual world of SecondLife, but in fact it's very real...another development in the rapid expansion of Dubai. Very surreal Hybrid happenings...
now in First Life.;)
??!!??
Island for Us
ok, now what is the Best thing that can be done as this game board is layed out? There is obviously no lack of funding in the world, just a really bizarre inequity. Are funnels integrated to support/achieve the Millenium Goals? If not, how can they be?
Wikipedia on Dubailand
my Dream of Pier 10
