The Death Star comes to Dubai

[Blue Velvet]

Maybe.

Architect Rem Koolhaas plans to build a a gargantuan 44-storey replica of the Death Star as a corner-piece for his planned city in Dubai.

According to his office, the enormous sphere will be part of a masterplan for his concept of "the generic city", which has been described by the New York Times as a "sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties".

The building will act as a symbol for a 1.5bn-square-foot "global city" - as dense as Manhattan - built on an artificial island off the coast of Dubai. Waterfront City, which will shield the existing Palm Island, promises to be home to 1.5 million inhabitants - effectively doubling Dubai's population - and create one million jobs.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/03/rem_koolhaas_does_death_star_a.html


I'm sorry, but although striking, that looks pretty ugly to me. Anyone got any proton torpedos?

 

[Abstract]

It's a Logitech webcam.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I'd rather see a Star Destroyer instead of the Death Star.

 

[iMpathetic]

It's a Logitech webcam.

We're not allowed one word posts on here, so...
ROFL! +1