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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA pyramid in Dubai will house one million. f
Dubai is building another masterpiece structure shaped like a pyramid. The structure called Ziggurat will house nearly one million people and will be self-sustainable with all natural-energy sources.
Like the pyramids of the Mayans and Egyptians, this new structure in Dubai is a giant; it will cover 2.3 square kilometers (0.88 square miles) and will be able to sustain a community of up to one million people.
The Ziggurat is named after the temple towers of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, a terraced pyramid structure with successively receding stories. It will be a carbon-neutral structure.
http://inhabitat.com/ziggurat-dubai-carbon-neutral-pyramid-will-house-1-million/
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A pyramid in Dubai will house one million. f (Original Post)
Richard D
Jul 2013
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Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)1. One hitch... everyone goes to Carrousel when they're 30.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)2. LOL
sarisataka
(18,674 posts)4. Hillarious
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)6. 21 in the book.
JHB
(37,161 posts)3. Another attempt at building an arcology
Exactly who in Dubai is going to pay for it, and what do they project those million people will be doing?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. The government
And it's oil money. Dubai has been sound some pretty amazing stuff...get scared some with MIT. They are funding research for MIT, we are not.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)7. Arcosanti is alive and well and still growing. n/t
msongs
(67,420 posts)8. dubai expects obama to kill thousands of americans in a war with iran. dubai buys its protection nt
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)9. Corporate owned cities? No thanks.