Pruned: Atlantis Rising

Atlantis Rising

Geologic archipelago-making rendered in months rather than the usual billion or so eons.

The Palms, Dubai

Future Tense:
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers

(Spotted at del.icio.us/tag/architecture.)

8 COMMENTS —

moon
January 23, 2006 at 12:09:00 AM CST
my God
i was just dreaming and thinking about Atlantis..and posted something about it...now your amazing finding!
wowwww

adam
January 23, 2006 at 9:58:00 AM CST
Oil-sheiks have a crazy take on architecture. These pictures are interesting to see... this strange, obviously man-made, shape, that some how doesn't make sense at all in the context. And somehow make all to much sense.

Creative
January 23, 2006 at 3:43:00 PM CST
Not just a man-made shape, but kind of a "man shape". Or am I just being Freudian? It is a fertile development.

adam
January 25, 2006 at 9:18:00 AM CST
No no, creative - it's a palm tree, the symbol of Dubai, and has nothing to do with ancient symbols of fertility. A good old-fashioned palm tree.
But now you've mentioned it It'll be quite difficult to ignore in the future. Oh. I love it when architecture get's re-branded by the public wit.

lewism
March 15, 2006 at 5:33:00 AM CST
znoz. has a google earth plug in of palm island among other things
I remeber at school being told that the Great wall of China was the only man made thing you could see from space with the naked eye....I wonder if that list has changed with Dubai's terraforming?

Mariyam
December 27, 2007 at 5:48:00 AM CST
What can I say about Palm Jumeirah?
It is a masterpiece of our generation. Engineer technologies or whatever is it has developed to such levels, so people are able to create artificial islands!! I still cannot realize it!!!
Now only Dubai property have in its collection such islands, but before we could say Jack Robinson such projects will be build on different parts of the world.

Alexander Trevi
December 27, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CST
Hey Mariyam: you're absolutely right that similar projects have been "planned" in other parts of the world. They include an artificial island shaped like a maple leaf for the Toronto's waterfront; the Federation Island project in Russia (Cf. The World, Dubai); and a tulip-shaped island in the Netherlands.

Perhaps there are others, in which case, let me know.

And by the way, the links above take you to Eikongraphia, an unfortunately much ignored great blog.

Charles
July 24, 2008 at 8:37:00 AM CDT
Of course, the terraforming is amazing in Dubai, but it is not new. Recall that the entire city of Venice is an ancient city completely composed of man made islands.

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=venice&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=45.436767,12.351723&spn=0.126718,0.299377&z=12

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	Atlantis Rising Friday, January 20, 2006 #Dubai #islands #littoral Geologic archipelago-making rendered in months rather than the usual billion or so eons. Future Tense: Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (Spotted at del.icio.us/tag/architecture.) 8 COMMENTS — moon January 23, 2006 at 12:09:00 AM CST my God i was just dreaming and thinking about Atlantis..and posted something about it...now your amazing finding! wowwww adam January 23, 2006 at 9:58:00 AM CST Oil-sheiks have a crazy take on architecture. These pictures are interesting to see... this strange, obviously man-made, shape, that some how doesn't make sense at all in the context. And somehow make all to much sense. Creative January 23, 2006 at 3:43:00 PM CST Not just a man-made shape, but kind of a "man shape". Or am I just being Freudian? It is a fertile development. adam January 25, 2006 at 9:18:00 AM CST No no, creative - it's a palm tree, the symbol of Dubai, and has nothing to do with ancient symbols of fertility. A good old-fashioned palm tree. But now you've mentioned it It'll be quite difficult to ignore in the future. Oh. I love it when architecture get's re-branded by the public wit. lewism March 15, 2006 at 5:33:00 AM CST znoz. has a google earth plug in of palm island among other things I remeber at school being told that the Great wall of China was the only man made thing you could see from space with the naked eye....I wonder if that list has changed with Dubai's terraforming? Mariyam December 27, 2007 at 5:48:00 AM CST What can I say about Palm Jumeirah? It is a masterpiece of our generation. Engineer technologies or whatever is it has developed to such levels, so people are able to create artificial islands!! I still cannot realize it!!! Now only Dubai property have in its collection such islands, but before we could say Jack Robinson such projects will be build on different parts of the world. Alexander Trevi December 27, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CST Hey Mariyam: you're absolutely right that similar projects have been "planned" in other parts of the world. They include an artificial island shaped like a maple leaf for the Toronto's waterfront; the Federation Island project in Russia (Cf. The World, Dubai); and a tulip-shaped island in the Netherlands. Perhaps there are others, in which case, let me know. And by the way, the links above take you to Eikongraphia, an unfortunately much ignored great blog. Charles July 24, 2008 at 8:37:00 AM CDT Of course, the terraforming is amazing in Dubai, but it is not new. Recall that the entire city of Venice is an ancient city completely composed of man made islands. http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=venice&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=45.436767,12.351723&spn=0.126718,0.299377&z=12 Post a Comment — Comments on posts older than a week are moderated — —— Newer Post Older Post —— Home	1