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Originally Posted by Zerton
wow! it's like a vertical cruise ship.
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Exactly. At first I was skeptical about whether that design could work, but as the tower took shape it came out much better than I expected. The design is very art nouveau, a short-lived style that really should've been used on more buildings. It establishes itself as a landmark in its own right, which is very hard to do when you're sharing space with a building like the Burj Dubai, and has a distinctive, soaring presence among the low-rise, brick-and-mortar-feel Old Town.