http://localhost/taxonomy/term/250/all en http://localhost/2008/08/29/a-demonstration-of-complexity-in-dubai <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Dubai's suburban development is often criticized for its poor taste and gigantism. While the products of Dubai megadevelopment are often crude, the engineering feats achieved in producing them are astonishing.</p> <p>Recent pictures of the progress of the Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper ever built, demonstrate this contradiction in a single frame. The tower itself, while monstrously tall, is nothing very interesting. It consists of speculatively-stacked concrete floors waiting for someone to do something on them. But take a look at what is happening on the ground.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:29 +0000 Mathieu Helie 106 at http://localhost