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Hydropolis - The World's First Underwater Hotel
Posted on Friday, January 20 @ 22:50:47 CST

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. Great photos.

http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/images/1-exterior.jpg
It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park.
"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.

There are only a few locations in the world where such a grandiose dream could be realised. A high proportion of today's architectural marvels are materialising like fanciful mirages from the desert sands. We have come to expect extravagant enterprises to be mounted in the Middle East, and especially in Dubai. "This venture could only be born here in Dubai," says Hauser. "It [has] a very open-minded, international community - and that's what makes it so special."

The land on which Hydropolis is being built belongs to His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. It was his last free beach property on this stretch of coast. The project is a fantastic one, yet Sheikh Mohammed's success record with comparable schemes instils confidence that science fiction can become fact. With his support, several companies have been formed to kick-start this phenomenal project, and around 150 firms are currently involved.


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I bet it'll be easy to clean the rooms when people check out.

Hydropolis - The World's First Underwater Hotel
Posted on Friday, January 20 @ 22:50:47 CST

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. Great photos.

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Man, talk about constructing under alot of Pressure. :D

http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/images/1-exterior.jpg

Looks a bit phallic. :p

Looks a bit phallic. :p
Do think he's trying to compensate for something?

Looks a bit phallic. :p

Just the place for vacationing seamen.

Awesome. First step to reclaiming the seas.

I predict an underwater cruise, er, sub next if we continue to be driven by capitalism, perhaps underwater missile bases and nuclear plants otherwise. Then underwater cities, rail networks, farms, and we can say goodbye to the boring surface world forever and live happily ever after.. under the sea.

And we could forget worrying about global warming and go and kick old fridges to death. Nice one.

Looks a bit phallic. :p
I was thinking something a little more strapped on myself...:D

I wouldn't get your hopes up. By the size and design of it it probably won't open for another 30 years and will only be open to multimillionares for another 20 until business starts to drop.

Do think he's trying to compensate for something?

What, like a tiny penis?

An underwater hotel that slightly resembles my package?
Sí, señor.

I wouldn't get your hopes up. By the size and design of it it probably won't open for another 30 years and will only be open to multimillionares for another 20 until business starts to drop.

I bet it's actually already built, leftover from some 1970's supervillain that James Bond defeated, and up until now unclaimed real estate.

Awesome. First step to reclaiming the seas.

I predict an underwater cruise, er, sub next if we continue to be driven by capitalism, perhaps underwater missile bases and nuclear plants otherwise. Then underwater cities, rail networks, farms, and we can say goodbye to the boring surface world forever and live happily ever after.. under the sea.

And we could forget worrying about global warming and go and kick old fridges to death. Nice one.
It'll be just like Sealab!!

What, like a tiny penis?
Nah, the airborne hotel he's got down the road. You didn't think I'd imply that His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai had a minature wang did you? With a name like that, he's already amply 'compensated':p

I bet it's actually already built, leftover from some 1970's supervillain that James Bond defeated, and up until now unclaimed real estate.
NO James Bond always destroys the base somehow remember?

NO James Bond always destroys the base somehow remember?
So not Bond... but wait, where did Scott Evil get those Sharkes he outfitted with Laser beams that he gave to his father??? :eek:

So not Bond... but wait, where did Scott Evil get those Sharkes he outfitted with Laser beams that he gave to his father??? :eek:

So you're saying this is some offshoot of the Alan Parsons Project?

I have a tradition of jumping out the window of any hotel I stay in(I try to avoid high-rises. :p). I think that idea is out at this one. :(

Is there anything they CAN"T do in Dubai?
They've got some very rich, very sheek sheiks.:)

Is there anything they CAN"T do in Dubai?
They've got some very rich, very sheek sheiks.:)

World's tallest hotel towers...
World's tallest building...
World's largest mall...
World's largest entertainment complex...
World's largest canal...
Yea.... not shabby for a small country most people west of the Prime Meridian haven't heard of.

I'm just waiting to hear about a major accident happening with this project.

World's tallest hotel towers...
World's tallest building...
World's largest mall...
World's largest entertainment complex...
World's largest canal...
Yea.... not shabby for a small country most people west of the Prime Meridian haven't heard of.
Havent heard about the canal. The mall is, I think, 3rd largest, but not the largest.

Could we enquire as to the constructors digressing into aquatic death lairs?:)

World's tallest hotel towers...
World's tallest building...
World's largest mall...
World's largest entertainment complex...
World's largest canal...
Yea.... not shabby for a small country most people west of the Prime Meridian haven't heard of.

I have a friend from there. Tells me nothing but good things about Dubai. Except for the spitting camels.

I have a friend from there. Tells me nothing but good things about Dubai. Except for the spitting camels.
And westernized. As a jew and a westerner, Dubai is one of the only places in the ME I'd feel safe in/

suppose allot of businessmen will end up sleeping with the fishes after this is built

Imagine paying the water bill

Would I stay there? Hell no. I'd be scared shitless. I can't believe they're building this. So, what, a window breaks and everybody's dead?
Also, I hate hate hate being away from daylight for longer periods of time with artificial light sources only.
The mere thought of this thing makes me shudder.

ETA: I don't think I've ever been the lone dissenting vote in a NS poll. Huh.

suppose allot of businessmen will end up sleeping with the fishes after this is built

Imagine paying the water bill


wouldn't the place have it's own water supply?

So this is what you do when you habe oodles of cash and time.

So this is what you do when you habe oodles of cash and time.

Make an underwater hotel that looks like a penis?

Exactly.

Make an underwater hotel that looks like a penis?.

Hey, that's the first thing that came to my mind, except mine would have blackjack and hookers.

I would have built an airplane shaped like a penis.

O_o

I would have built a penis shaped like a hotel

I would have built a penis shaped like a hotel



Is that possible?

Sweden has had an underwater hotel for years ("Hotel Utter Inn"). Also one up in a tree.

Hey, that's the first thing that came to my mind, except mine would have blackjack and hookers.

in fact, forget the blackjack and the hotel.

Sweden has had an underwater hotel for years ("Hotel Utter Inn"). Also one up in a tree.

Do you have a reference?

I would have built an airplane shaped like a penis.
O_o
I can only imagine the innuendo that might occur:
Oh yes! Yes! Park your ariplane in my hangar!
Phew! It was tight trying to park in there. Now just try and stay calm while my "passengers" disembark into your hangar!

I can only imagine the innuendo that might occur:
Oh yes! Yes! Park your ariplane in my hangar!
Phew! It was tight trying to park in there. Now just try and stay calm while my "passengers" disembark into your hangar!
*implodes*
Seriously though, aren't all large buildings just phallic symbols?

*implodes*
Seriously though, aren't all large buildings just phallic symbols?

No.

The Pentagon is not a phallic symbol.

No.

The Pentagon is not a phallic symbol.
Touche.

Touché.
Unless you have a geometry fedish...