Dubai Overview
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Dubai Moving Skyscrapers
David Fisher's company 'Dynamic Architecture' have developed a moving skyscraper! The building will be made up of 80 floors, with an apartment on each floor.The rotating building is made possible by 79 giant power-generating wind turbines.As well as the rotation, the wind turbines will also provide enough energy to power the entire building and feed extra energy back into the grid.There are two buildings planned at the moment. One in Dubai and one in Moscow. The Dubai building is planned to be up and running by 2010.
Dubai International Financial Center
The Gate Building is the heart of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). This is a huge building that houses the Dubai Stock Exchange and offices for all of the major financial firms. These firms include PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs, Merril Lynch, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), UBS, Deutche Bank, the DIFX (Dubai International Financial Center) and many large international investment banks.
Just like the rest of Dubai, the area around the DIFC is undergoing continuous construction. As it is prime real estate the land in this area has long since sold out, along with the space in the buildings that are under construction.
There is little doubt that the Dubai International Financial Center is here to stay and that it is going to be a major financial center for this region and likely the world.
Burj Al Arab Zimmer Room Tour
One of the best hotel rooms I have ever seen and you get to view a free tour of it.
The Dubai Mall
The Dubai Mall, the world's largest mall with the worlds biggest walk through aquarium.