Dubai's new luxury tower to resemble an iPod

As if the Burj Al-Arab (and Time Residences) in Dubai wasn't unique enough, Omniyat Properties is getting set to construct a 23-story luxury tower inspired by none other than Apple's iPod. Slated to be built in Business Bay, the "iPad residential tower" is scheduled to house more than 200 units, and was "designed by Hong Kong-based architects James Law Cybertecture International." The high-rise will sit atop a "docking station angled at six degrees," which should have iPod fanboys flying over in droves just to snap pictures. While no preliminary sketches have surfaced quite yet, we'll be sure to keep an eye out for future development (ahem) of the world's largest iPod, and you can go ahead and pencil in "sometime in 2009" as your "must-take" vacation.

[Nando @ Dec 22nd 2006 10:24AM]

An "iPod" building...I hope it won't have elevator music in there.

[jalapeno @ Dec 22nd 2006 10:43AM]

What happens if they get sued by Apple..will they have to tear down the building? :)

[Brian @ Dec 24th 2006 11:07PM]

No, they'll just put an Apple Store in the lobby.

[thequinox @ Dec 22nd 2006 10:50AM]

This is the stupidest thing I have ever read...

[orijinal @ Dec 22nd 2006 10:53AM]

i think i'll wait for rev. B

[Dennis @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:18AM]

i see a lawsuit from apple coming out of this...

[Dave95 @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:19AM]

You're going to tell me Steven P. Jobs, the marketing genius is not behind this in some way? ;-)

[CharlieX @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:28AM]

Those crazy Dubainers. Maybe they'll get a Zune Tower or a Sansa Stadium too?

[PJK @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:29AM]

Dubai is filled with some of the most hideous work practices I've ever seen. They construct buildings like this with virtual slave labour from India and then populate it with indentured Chinese workers. Its like a new Egyptian empire building monuments on the backs of slavery.

[skerpijoen @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:57AM]

Heh - there's always someone that brings up slave labor and Dubai in the same comment.

[Liqwid @ Dec 22nd 2006 12:37PM]

Wow.... I wonder if it will have the world's largest window?

[peter @ Dec 22nd 2006 1:26PM]

i think i'm going to puke.

[stitifier @ Dec 22nd 2006 2:09PM]

But will it play Doom?

[CTG @ Dec 22nd 2006 2:37PM]

"i think i'm going to puke."

Zune user?

[spil @ Dec 22nd 2006 6:07PM]

What happens once it's a year old?

[3rdsun @ Dec 22nd 2006 6:38PM]

I bet it wont have fm radio, video, recording, wifi, no backup power and be really expensive and need to be remodelled every year

[cloud811 @ Dec 23rd 2006 9:47PM]

will the bbuilding feature a big large LCD screen on the side of it that looks like a ipod screen? i better buy the apple care warrenty if i decide to live here

[Nick Hawkins @ Dec 24th 2006 2:03PM]

I was just over in Dubai a few weeks ago. Holy shit, it's a place with architecture you wouldn't believe. This doesn't surprise me, although I think that this building will still look like crap. Dubai is a nice vacation spot if you don't mind thinking out of the box.

[yas @ Dec 28th 2006 5:20PM]

i saw the model at the cityscape show in Dubai nov 2006 and i have to say it did look funky

[jigs @ Jan 1st 2007 9:37PM]

no offense but thats really dorky.

[Amelia @ Mar 25th 2007 8:57AM]

I think the worry is that in 10 years time this building could be as relevant as a set of flats shaped like a Sony Discman. Shortsighted I reckon..