Tourism boom brings big rewards for Emaar

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Emaar owns and manages a portfolio of assets such as the Address hotel brands, serviced residences, golf resorts and the Dubai Marina and yacht club. It also has an agreement with Armani to own and run its branded hotels.

Dubai’s Emaar apartment sales income slump 85 pc in Q2

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Emaar Properties, Dubai's largest developer by market value, saw an 85 per cent fall in its income from apartment sales during the second quarter, as demand for real estate continues to fall in the emirate.

2 KM Tower Is No More Impossible, Say Skyscraper Experts

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Man is never satisfied with his progress and achievements. There is always a struggle to achieve more. Only recently the architectural plans and designs of the1 km tall Kingdom Tower were released. This tower would make the Burj Khalifa (828 m tall) look like a dwarf.

Iftar of the day: Mediterraneo, Armani Hotel

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The iftar at Armani Hotel Dubai's Mediterraneo is unique not least because it is in the iconic Burj Khalifa, but because of the experience. Few restaurants in the city offer such expansive views of the Dubai Fountain.

ESD Designing Building Systems for Kingdom Tower

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ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.), an international leader in the design of high performance building systems, has been awarded a contract to design the building systems for the new Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower to claim world’s tallest building title

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Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (AS+GG) has officially been announced as the design architects for the Kingdom Tower that is to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Initially planned to stand one mile (1.6 km) high and be called the Mile-High Tower, the building was scaled down after soil testing in the area in 2008 cast doubt over whether the location could support a building of that height.

Представлен дизайн нового самого высокого небоскрёба

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Новую мегавысотку спроектировали те же люди, что сделали нынешнего рекордсмена среди небоскрёбов – дубайскую башню Burj Khalifa, вымахавшую на 828 метров. «Штык», который возведут в Саудовской Аравии, будет на 173 м выше «Халифы». Его запланированный рост – 1001 метр.

World’s tallest building coming to Saudi Arabia

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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal signed a $1.23 billion contract with Bin Laden Group for the proposed tower, which will take just over five years to complete. The building is the centerpiece of the planned Kingdom City development being built outside Jeddah by Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding.

The First Image Of The World’s New Tallest Building

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This is the first image of what’s going to become the tallest building in the world by the end of the decade: The one kilometre! Kingdom Tower. It will dwarf the 828m Burj Khalifa. Take a look.

Prince Alwaleed Signs SR4.6Billion Contract for Worlds Tallest 1,000 meters Tower

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Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, who initiated and has been the driving force behind the decision to build the world’s tallest building in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce on 2nd August 2011, that the contract for construction has been signed and Kingdom Tower, with a height of over 1,000 meters, will begin construction imminently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.