Anara Tower by Atkins Design Studio
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Nov 2008
Well, here we have another skyscrapper in Dubai, this time in the shape of a giant wind turbine. When I saw this, i thought it had this turbine to generate eolic energy, but actually it’s a structure that holds a panoramic restaurant in the glass capsule at the top of the building, as you can see on the further images.
The 2,15 feet (655m) tall tower includes a mixed use developement with retail, offices, 300 luxury apartments and a 250-room luxury hotel. As you can see on the vertical renderings, it has a tremendus atrium and vertical gardens every 27 floors.
The Anara tower was designed by Atkins Design Studio for Tameer Holding Investment
Construction is set to be started during next year. More images after the break.
Seen on Inhabitat.
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The more outlandish Dubai gets, the less I am impressed with anything built there. Though I am curious if they will ever build “the cloud.” That might actually peak my interests.
Shit.
please collapse!
It totally looks like a tower fan you could buy for your home.
IS THIS THING AN ARCHITECTURE……..?
It’ll be made in China? And assembled in India? It seems to me a kitsh plastic toy…
Antonio, you got any problem with China & India?
Oh, come on…this is an over-sized toy, not architecture. You know, the oval could be seen as the perfect target for an airplane ;))
muhaha….its a fan but its not – post modernism makes its return
All the renderings are the same image. Where is the story?
hcha
Nothing against both civilizations. On the contrary.
Although, today, these countries suplly the world with the most uglly, bad, kitsh and “nouveau riche” industrial goods.
Et pour cause….
It’s not a fan, it’s a giant thermometer! lol
LOL! THERMOMETER! ahahah , i dont think this is ironic, the capsule on top seemed to have converge the peoples attention rather than looking at the silhouette of the building itself.
I just don’t understand. Go to any 2nd year design studio and pick a project, any project…9 times out of 10, it’s better than this. Just…awful.
Very much it is not pleasant.
Ah!!! My eyes!!!…
just, disgusting.
just going through the blogs on design and have gotten feed up with all of the design student/architect! I am not an architect, but I as a layman love great design, unique processes, and great imagination. As I have observed most all of the formally trained folks cannot reach far enough to understand imagination in design! What I have seen in common is the mass thought that makes me think of seeing all people in blue suits……, a total heard mentality. You all disgust me!
would you like to own an apartment in the belly of this monster or a small house with a small private refreshing garden?
you would have to beat me with a lead pipe to get me up there.
I wonder how atkins would design something this bad, i thought the british could do better
I think architects are getting more confused by the building shape ans aethetic approach to what is architecture. Good design, but where is taking architecture?
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