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Santiago Calatrava Architects

The world's tallest tower has broken ground

It will have balconies capable of rotating out of the building.

THE TALLEST TOWER in the world began construction this week.

Work began on The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour on Monday, starting a process that will see the structure climb above the Burj Khalifa.

The structure “will be the world’s tallest tower when completed in 2020,” said a statement issued at the ceremony.

Dubai’s developer giant Emaar Properties announced plans to build the viewing tower in April, saying it will be “a notch” higher than Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 metres high. However, the company hasn’t revealed the height of the tower.

The entire building will cost around €900 million and is designed by Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava, best known here for being the man behind the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. He also known for the transport hub at the new World Trade Centre, the Caja Obelisk in Madrid and Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro.

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In April, Emaar said the tower will be slender, evoking the image of a minaret, and will be anchored to the ground with sturdy cables.

It will contain three public observation decks, a cafe, events spaces and The Pinnacle Room, an events space and 360 viewing platform. It will have balconies capable of rotating out of the building.

Dubai has established a reputation for building dozens of futuristic skyscrapers, which have transformed its skyline.

Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding is building a tower in Jeddah that is planned to surpass the Burj Khalifa, rising more than a kilometre.

With AFP reporting.

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    Mute Eoin Ó Cuinneagáin
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 8:36 AM

    But house prices still rising & interest rates higher then European counterparts…..

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    Mute Full Circle
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 8:44 AM

    Not much shock they are making a loss, there’s constant ads for them about mortgages but when apply for one the staff at the branch can’t even understand a credit union statement!

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    Mute Alan Fitzgerald
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 9:43 AM

    @Full Circle: yes I agree, i went in to them enquiring about a mortgage and there was questions no other bank asked me and it seemed they are looking for ways to not give it to you. I went to EBS and had the opposite they were upbeat and positive and actively working to help you and had a can do attitude. I’ve learned from my experience sometimes it depends on the person you are lucky enough to meet on the day and how well they are prepared to put the work in and present your information in the best light to the underwriters who ultimately makes the calls. Some will just bang your details in to a computer and that’s it others will work with you and help you.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 8:45 AM

    Top men on 500000 each, get a college graduate to take their golfing jobs ,there a few mil saved already ha.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 8:46 AM

    Central Statistics Office has provided estimates of the value of savings within Irish economy that have reached “between 28-30% of the value of all of the income within economy” . According to CSO and central bank people saved a lot of money during the lockdown.

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    Mute Gerard Heery
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 9:30 AM

    @artur fil: there’s nothing to spend on other than the house at the moment, a car is becoming a milestone, tax and insurance to do 5km a day, I reckon that the government is working on ways to relieve you of your saving like higher home tax, tax on savings thru negative interest tax, and the banks stealing Your Own money by charging you for using it ,would not worry about there loads of wouldn’t walk on the same side of the road as the sun so they wouldn’t have to carry their shadow after the benefits your hard earned money will bring them.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 6:13 PM

    @Gerard Heery: “Millstone” not “Milestone”. As in “Millstone around your neck” – originally meant as a way to weigh someone down so they died by drowning as a capital punishment.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 10:37 AM

    They can blame covid all they like, but the fact is they’re an incompetent bank that treats their customers like dirt.

    I left (with some difficulty I might add, they did not make it easy to close my account, and continued charging me after I submitted a more than one form to close the account) after years of banking with them when I realised that some banks actually *wanted* customers.

    They seem to hire the most disinterested employees they can find, and only open for 2-3 hours on a full moon. Useless bank, hope it collapses.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 9:37 AM

    I am quite sure all of our hearts will be bleeding for those poor misfortune thieves

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 10:12 AM

    Defi is going to cause real problems for them very soon

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    Mute Contrary Mary
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 9:59 AM

    Wonder how much was made from those charged per transaction requiring a card. Had to be a pretty penny or two.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 1:53 PM

    I went to them years ago for a small loan, I had been with them for years it was very big deal and got turned down , went down road to credit union no prob at all… So it was good bye to tsb then.

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 12:33 PM

    There is only one bank that’s the best at anything and that’s the BOM Bank Of Matress

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    Mar 3rd 2021, 1:48 PM

    @: I hope it is fireproof and thief proof.

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    Mute eoin o fainin
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 12:14 PM

    Those poor bankers

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    Mute Stiofán De Priondárgas
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 7:03 PM

    And is this the bank the Ulster Bank customers are supposed to move to?

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    Mute Padraig O'Shea
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    Mar 3rd 2021, 1:32 PM

    That’s because there is no one to answer the phones anymore… which I can’t understand… only company I have come across that u can’t contact to give money to… but the advisers that have everything streamlined know best…efficiency with the cost of customer service will not work in the banks best interest longterm..

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    Mar 4th 2021, 4:29 AM

    They have sold some of their loan book to the vultures and they are buying some of Ulsters loan book ,one couldn’t make this up, would be better off to go like AIB who are going gambling with Goodbodys and maybe buy a couple of bookie shops

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