New iPad Luxury Tower for Dubai Announced

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed)
Dec 22nd 2006 at 3:01PM

If you ever find yourself wondering where on earth the next luxury residential tower is going to be built, just take a moment or two to check out the architectural scene in Dubai because the odds are good that they're planning something there. Omniyat Properties has just announced a new project inspired by the Apple iPod. The "iPad residential tower" will be built in Business Bay and will feature 200+ units in a building that is actually shaped like an iPod attache to a docking station. The designer firm handling the project is James Law Cybertecture International, based in Hong Kong. Engadget said that no sketches have yet been released, but the building should be done by 2009.

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riverboy3475@aol.com - Phillip D. Dec 28th 2006 11:48PM

Are you kidding me? Do these people truly think that because sales of ipods made such a huge impact on the market that a hotel shaped like an ipod will have the same results? Don't these people know that 85% of the purchases of ipods were people under the age of 18 which means that these people are not even old enough to buy a hotel room. What's next... a tickle-me elmo hotel to attract the infants? Oops, I better get a patent for this one quickly before I begin a new trend here!!! :-)

lee Dec 29th 2006 12:23AM

the ipod hotel sounds great in theory,but real silly in real life,what next?the motorazor reastaurant?

ryan logan Dec 29th 2006 1:03AM

this idea would be pretty cool but i wonder what typs of ipod they will do!!!!!

anonymus Dec 29th 2006 3:17AM

does a complementary ipod come with the stay?

k Dec 29th 2006 3:21AM

you've got to be kidding me...GET OVER THE IPOD CRAZE!!!

Moe Q Dec 29th 2006 4:11AM

I agree with riverboy. A hotel shaped like an IPOD seems a bit silly. What kind of IPOD, a Nano? And what if Apple and it will come up with a new IPOD with a totally different shape? I think they would have to reinnovate the hotel lol
Peace Out

J.Z Dec 29th 2006 4:17AM

How sterile. Further proof that even if you have money you cannot buy good taste. No matter what country you are from!

Alyssa Dec 29th 2006 5:39AM

Actually I think it's kind of cool, artist try different kinds of buildings all the time, just you don't read about it on AOL news. The Case Westeren Building in OHIO (yeah BUCKS!) was build by an artist who wanted no squares or lines, so it has like round walls.

But when i was in highschool we had a teacher from a local state college come in and say that teachers are starting to do away with books, and using IPODS instead, and that they are using a software for the IPOD that actually imports all the books, and calenders of homework and assignments, class rescheduling all into the IPOD. So maybe they will be longer than you think!

Jena Dec 29th 2006 6:16AM

I assume If I stay any longer in Iraq here, I will personally get to see this thing built in Dubai . .all I can say is this is inovation . .what happened to such ideas as cure for cancer or saving energy . .all in fun!

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