Burj Al Arab
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- MACAS0
Construction budget: $85M
Architect fees: $3.5M
Landscaping: $2.2M
Employee training: $2M
Dog trim staff: $1M
Shoe polish budget: $500K
Webdesign budget:$ 200.00Link on NTB!
- rabattski&rabattski0
looks more like a DIY site with an illegal copy of golive, so i would think it's more a budget of $1. for the coffee.
- jevad0
"Webdesign budget:$ 200.00"
ain't that the truth - such a shame...it's a fantastic building and quite unbelievable when you see it up close in person....
- jox0
Looks amazing. Just spent an hour going through the whole site :)
But yeah, looks like NephewDesignz™
- jox0
on a different note - biggy ups to jk for posting that, me likey variety!
- jevad0
innit!
- jevad0
oh by the way - congrats on your win last night jox!
(see the 'bow down' thread)
^_^
- jox0
hahah wtf!?
i look like some overweight pig with Madonna-teeth and a suit two sizes too big. No, I mean HE looks like that! Dammit - why, oh why would you sink that low and compare "that" to Don Jox? >:(
- slag_you_off0
Ive been for a meal in there...
It is absolutley stunning. Not a massive fan of Dubai though
- jevad0
what was it about dubai you didn't like? what's not to like about slogging around in 45 degree heat?
- slag_you_off0
Dont,like the fact everything revolves around hotels and money...
bit like barbados
- jevad0
and gold - don't forget the gold...beautiful country but I know what you mean
- JamesEngage0
barbados was alright... just don't like the idea that you're advised not to go out at night.
Also you feel a bit of a c**t driving around desolate places, made me feel like a c**t anyway
- lowimpakt0
i wonder what the budget is for dealing with rising sea levels due to global warming....
- unfittoprint0
I saw a year ago a documentary about that hotel.
They would need people from Nepal to clean the upper Restaurant windows because of the height [!?]...
The two main suites were huge. I mean HUGE in a '3 storeys high' kinda way!!!
Architecturally speaking it's interesting, not amazing. But sincerely, in relation to the economical, social and historic aspects presented, I think it's quite obscene.
- sexypixel0
hotel ratings go from no star to 5 star, and that hotel is 6 star. how'd they do that? saw the documntary too, amazing, gold plated everything.
- ahmedsubhani0
ummm... dubai is pretty successful in its economic and social aspects...
- sexypixel0
social aspects? i hear its very 'us and them' if that makes sense.
- lowimpakt0
all 'exclusive' developments are socially divisive. not only in Dubai.
- sexypixel0
i meant that the locals and the ex pats dont mix very well. but i've never lived there so i suppose i shouldnt comment.
- jevad0
Being a weterner there I felt quite uncomfortable and that I was always being looked at...which I was..wether that was out of interest or something else I can't comment on...dubai is a beautfilu place with beautiful people and some amazing architecture though.....