skiing anyone?

These strange structures are actually the "encasement" for a middle-east ski resort in the Dubai. It's only a couple of years old, but has enjoyed great popularity with it's residents who are usually exposed to "desert like" weather 365 days a year.


It is an indoor complex, and only one of the bizarre architectural structures that Dubai has to offer.


Perhaps with global warming and the ski resorts having difficulty staying afloat, they can learn from this technology !

I learned about this strange building when a friend sent me a wonderful powerpoint presentation on Dubai, which highlighted many of its architectural feats. Perhaps I'll stay there sometime, some of the hotels highlighted in the presentation only cost about $8,000 a night!

I nabbed these items off google images. There are a lot more of them to see.

Another strange structure. A building with rotating floors. Every floor rotates at a different time. They also have a hotel in the shape of a sailboat and a man-made residential development in the ocean with artificial penninsulas that looks like a palm tree from above. (Yes, I know that sounds peculiar - and yes - difficult to describe..... but it's true!)