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Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

October 15, 2011

After the fall




In the final episode of Meltdown, we hear about the sheikh who says the crash never happened; a Wall Street king charged with fraud; a congresswoman who wants to jail the bankers; and the world leaders who want a re-think of capitalism.

The financial crash of September 2008 brought the largest bankruptcies in world history, pushing over 30 million people into unemployment and bringing many countries to the brink of insolvency.







August 12, 2011

1km-high Skyscraper coming to Saudi Arabia

Inhabitat bring us a first look at the coming world's largest skyscraper designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill.
Kingdom Tower at over 1,000 meters high, will dwarf the current world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai with its 828 meters.
Architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill will design the supertall tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will cost $1.23 billion dollars and It will be funded in part by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.