Conceptual hotel takes a note from the Death Star
By Darren Murph 
posted March 6th 2008 10:44AM
posted March 6th 2008 10:44AM
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Oh crap C'thun is here
That's the biggest web cam I've ever seen.
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What I'm wondering is what, exactly, does the sunlight highlight when it beams through the hole at a certain hour of the day? Anyone thinking giant map room from Indy?
That's no hotel...That's a space station!
Yes! I can see the commercial now:
Ben: That's no motel. It's...(turns towards the camera) the best value in all of Azerbaijan!
etc.
Wow, sorry. You said "hotel," I thought you said moon.
Er. completely disregard my posts.
I can see the managers yelling at the employees...
"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?!"
Dude that totally looks like the Death Star. A blending iPhone knockoff Death Star that plays doom.
Hmm... Death Star... evil empire... looks like the AT&T logo... Hmmm.... these dots all connect, I know they must!
I get it, 'cause they're both round
AT&T = Azerbaijan Telephone and Telegraph?
Total iPhone knockoff.
iPhones come in deathPod form now? Sweet!
It's not central Asia it's Western Asia, arguably Eastern Europe. For example they are members of UEFA (Union Européenne de Football Association)
Sorry John, it doesn't have huge wiggling touch icons. Next time, do your research! :P
Looks like the spherical Surface knockoff to me personally though
My friend the military attaché to the US Embarry in Tajikistan is going to be jealous. The coolest thing there so far has been an old man walking his full-gown pet bear down the town's main street.
My friend uh... Bill Gates... uh... will be jealous too?
As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL hotel!
"It's a Trap!!!!"
tourist trap
Impressive....Most Impressive.
Totally Awesome. I love the architecture of both of the proposed hotels and I hope they both become a reality.
In before someone asks if it will blend.
Do the suites come with their own bottomless shafts?
I never get excited about conceptual renderings anymore. They only prove that some people can draw really cool things. Just like a lot of "concept" cars that show up on the blogs, they never actually see the light of day or they're so watered down by financial constraints that they end up looking nothing like the original concept.
They need to have the green lasers fire off every once in a while at night.
The international community should be made aware of where the new construct will face and the technical information behind it. If I hear "Yerevan! No..we have no weapons..." , there's any mention that Nagorno-Karabakh will serve as an example, or that there has been special effort to ensue that all external exhaust vents will be properly secured, I may literally crap myself.
wah?
That exhaust vent was left exposed for aesthetic reasons....
Expect a call from the darth vaders lawyers.
In there before Borat joke about an attack from this unruly neighbour country on Kasachstan.
hotel I am your father! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
If only it was in a place I wasn't afraid to visit. Why did stupid Dubai have to go and be the world's first future city?
complimentary droid at every room???
book me now if there is
Needs more flare!
Chewbaca rugs?
Where are the typical, snarky 'KIRF' knockoff comments, Engadget?
all they need is a greeter girl in a princess leia outfit and it's a wrap.
TK-421, why aren't you at the front desk? TK-421, do you copy?
Yuck. The Baku waterfront is great how it is. I hope it doesn't get ruined by this monstrosity.
EPCOT? Is that you?
George Lucas is rounding up his Lawyers.
i must ask how they propose to clean the outside of the windows. traditional window washing techniques do not apply to a sphere.
NO!, Hilton is a peacful Hotel!
I guess they didn't want to get sued so they just squished the whole shape.
"George Lucas is rounding up his Lawyers"
I heard RIM is going to patent a spherical hotel/weapon of mass destruction in 2021.
I wonder... would a place like this have a trash compactor?
Space station? It looks like a snail to me...
make sure this thing isn't within view of alderan
Hello, but Azerbaijan is NOT an Asian country. It's part of the old USSR located near Turkey and Iran. Someone needs to study up on their geography.
Actually it is still disputed whether Azerbijan, Armenia and all those countries are Asian or European