As one of the seven emirates that make up the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, Dubai has attracted worldwide attention through some mind-boggling, innovative real estate projects. Sit back and peruse our photo gallery of some of the most amazing construction being done in the world today.
In the shape of palm trees, these are the three largest man-made islands in the world. The islands are: The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. The islands were commissioned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in order to increase Dubai's tourism.
The latest Dubai marvel-to-be is a proposed 68-story combination hotel, apartment and office tower where the floors would rotate 360 degrees. Each story of the tower would be shaped like a doughnut and be attached to a center core housing elevators. Each floor would rotate independently and one single rotation would take around 90 minutes.
These 300 islands, positioned to form the shape of a world map, are currently being constructed 4 kilometers offshore from Dubai in Gulf waters. 'The World' is being built primarily using sand dredged from the sea. Prices for the islands will range from $15 million to $45 million.
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