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Developers Emaar Properties and Dubai Holdings plan on building the world's tallest twin towers within the newly announced 6 million-square-meter Dubai Creek Harbour.

Earth Day has come and gone, and it seems that the majority if people either did not know it had come, or they simply did not care.

Standing at a looming 2,684 ft, eclipsing the old record holder, Taipei 101, by over 1,000 feet, the Burj Dubai, the newest tallest building in the world (for now), officially opened for business today to the tune of an extravagant fireworks presentation. Officially titled the Burj Khalifa, the 160-story record-setter became the center of a real estate explosion, one apartment ...

Imagine that Star Wars didn’t happen such a long, long time ago, and happened to occur in a galaxy that was much closer than far, far away. Say it happened right here on Earth, in our very own Dubai. These photos capture some key moments from the Dark Side’s invasion on Dubai, as well as the Rebellion’s attempt at defense.

Captured by the GeoEye-1 satellite at about half-meter resolution, this photo shows a stunning view of the Dubai Airshow in progress. Link

We thought everything was bigger in Dubai. Santa Monica building designer Tommy Landau created a model for a 224-story supertower which could one day stand in Abu Dhabi. Hell, the model itself is almost as tall as a man. The structure, aside from far eclipsing the 2,600 ft. Burj Dubai, would be coated in solar cells which would allow the ...

Oh, Dubai. You built worlds in the ocean, but it wasn’t enough. You scraped the sky and laughed at the clouds, but it wasn’t enough. And you also built the Palazzo Versace, but it isn’t enough. So what’s another $817 million, right? That’s how much it’s going to cost to build the world’s tallest arch bridge. The goal is to ...

Richer than Richie Rich? Only one vacation locale comes to mind this year and it’s the refrigerated sands of the Palazzo Versace fashion hotel in Dubai. When walking on hot sand is too much for you and you’re more spoiled than Paris Hilton, why shouldn’t you spend money on the luxury of cool sand? How does one even cool sand? ...

Dubai is a cool city and all, but have you ever gotten the feeling that it’s just flaunting its endless wealth? That’s because it is. Dubai is rich, filthy rich and they aren’t afraid of letting the world know it by dropping billions of dollars on over-elaborate fountains and animated skyscrapers. Now, Dubai is “WOWing” the world once again by ...

What’s filled with sand, has tons of oil and a shitload of cash? If you answered the playground on Christopher St. where those heroin dealers hangout, you’re probably correct but I was thinking more along the lines of Dubai. Seems Dubai is one-upping the world again, this time with the biggest water fountain. The deets? Costing a whopping $281 million, ...