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Hydropolis Underwater Hotel - Dubai UAE
16 February 2006 | Category: Architecture Matters


Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world’s first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex.
It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares.”Hydropolis is not a project; it’s a passion,” enthuses Joachim Hauser, the developer and designer of the hotel. His futuristic vision is about to take shape 20m below the surface of the Arabian Gulf, just off the Jumeirah Beach coastline in Dubai. The £300 million, 220-suite hotel is due to open at the end of 2007 and will incorporate a host of innovations that will take it far beyond the original blueprint for an underwater complex worthy of Jules Verne.

I have to admit that Dubai is the future, and if only all the arab nation could simply invest their money in science and technology instead of weapons, I believe in no time they’ll be as advance as Taiwan or maybe Malaysia or India. Japan, Aussie and others are way off pitch, well, you may have the money to buy foreign technology and expertise but you can’t buy your own countryman mentality and change it in a day or two.
Tags: Dubai, Dubai Architecture, Underwater Architecture, Underwater Hotel
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Neel
on February 19th, 2008I’d love to see an independent report (i.e. funded and compiled by a neutral scientific organization unconnected with any UAE office) about the environmental impact of this construction. How ironic that the megalomania of the UAE–it’s passion to create the biggest of everything in the world–is precipitating the destruction of the globe itself.
mahesh joshi
on May 16th, 2008I’d love to see an independent report (i.e. funded and compiled by a neutral scientific organization unconnected with any UAE office) about the environmental impact of this construction. How ironic that the megalomania of the UAE–it’s passion to create the biggest of everything in the world–is precipitating the destruction of the globe itself
aj
on July 19th, 2008we don’t spend our money on weapons !!
i live in saudi arabia and i haven’t seen a weapon in my life !! are u brain washed ?
Calvin
on July 19th, 2008dear aj, Saudi Arabia ranked number 9 in the world for weapons expenditure - source.
That is 10% of their GDP. It is non of my business but just like my country Malaysia with her wasteful spending, the question is, are we going to war or likely to be involved in a war anytime soon? If the answer is NO, then why spend so much when the money can be best spend improving the country.
“I lived in planet earth and I haven’t seen air in my life!”