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Hydropolis: The World's First Luxury Underwater Hotel in Dubai.

By Alex in Architecture, Pictures, Travel & Places on Jan 2, 2007 at 3:28 pm


Dubai is building the world’s first luxury underwater hotel called Hydropolis:

"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.

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  1. sandra
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    The design of the hotel is rather, um...phallic if I do say so. It even has emissions from the correct spot.

  2. Rence
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a dildo? Seriously, squint your eyes and, well...

  3. Denita TwoDragons
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    If it's happening in Dubai, it doesn't surprise me. They're resculpting the shoreline to look like date palms and maps of the world, and planting weird skyscrapers everywhere. In less than ten years the city has literally been transformed from a sunburnt desert oasis into a sort of global superVegas!

    Here, take a look:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al-Arab
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Zayed_Road
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai

    --TwoDragons

  4. Ian
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    I can't see it, the only thing it looks like to me is a robotic foot.

  5. aware
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    is it me, or is dubai trying waaaaaayyy to hard (oops, um much?) to be a fantastic tourist destination.... in the middle east!!!

  6. tom
    Jan 2nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    We are about to enter a new golden age of disaster movies.

  7. Alex
    Jan 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 am

    See also this link - via Fimoculous

  8. Dubai Boy
    Jan 3rd, 2007 at 5:05 am

    Wowwww that is a beauty!

  9. Peter
    Jan 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 am

    This is old news, and out of date.

    This project was put on hold mid 2006.

    Will not be opening in 2007. No new date has been given.

  10. Adam Michela
    Jan 3rd, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    More up-to-date information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropolis

  11. Bindi
    Apr 8th, 2007 at 4:47 am

    Wel...dis luks sumfin gr8!A place to be!

  12. Bindi Patel
    Apr 8th, 2007 at 4:48 am

    WoW!da next tym i cum Dubai,i surely gota visit dis place!...Kul!!

  13. Brad
    Jun 16th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    Ahh you're all just pissed they got it first and not us.

  14. maheshwor
    Jun 30th, 2007 at 1:01 am

    i wonder why its shape is like a sea horse with its head upside down. any reasons from anyone.

  15. Emily
    Jul 10th, 2007 at 4:52 am

    How would you get in?

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