New Zealand Sold for $150M
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Apparently the island of New Zeanland has been sold for $150 million dollars and will soon be turned into a giant resort. Before the hate mail starts rolling in, its not the real New Zealand that has been sold. No one could ever put a price tag on the beauty of the real New […]
Introducing Isola Dana
Friday, November 30th, 2007Yes its another mega project in Dubai. Part of the pearl project in Duabi is the construction of a string of nine private islands called Isola Dana. Identified as one of the worlds most spectacular addresses, the string of individual private islands offer the largest residential plots within the project. These private islands have […]
Worlds Most Expensive Golf Tournament to be Held on Artificial Island
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Golf is growing in popularity at an exponential rate. Therefore it comes as no surprise that artificial islands are being constructed to function as world class golf courses.
Keeping with the tradition of “the best of the best” in 2009 Dubai will host the world’s richest gold tournament with a prize fund valued at US $10 […]
Seven Island Wonders of the World
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007A great little blog called WebUrbanist recently came out with their list of the seven island wonders of the world. A great idea, and one that I am a little jealous that I didn’t think of. In any case, their list is an exploration of the worlds most amazing, mysterious and remote islands in the […]
Russia Shaped Island to be Built in Black Sea
Friday, September 28th, 2007In a development that is reminiscent of the World project in Dubai, developers from Russia have recently released plans to develop a 350 hectare island in the Black Sea shaped like Russia. Presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the project is part of a redevelopment plan for future Olympics held in Sochi in 2014. […]
Historic 600 Year Old Island in Shambles
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007India’s Lake Wullar, is Asia’s largest freshwater lake and is home to the historic Zainalank Island. This beautiful and mysterious island is dedicated to communal harmony and is a place where a temple and mosque were built by Sultan Zainulabidin in the 14th century. However, after many years of neglect the islands structures […]
World’s Tallest Hotel Located on Private Island
Friday, August 17th, 2007The Burj al-Arab in Dubai is a luxurious hotel located in Dubai and built on top of a private man-made island. The hotel stands a massive 1,053 (321) feet high making it the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel.
The artificial island on which the hotel rests is 919 feet from Jumeriah […]
Futuristic Private Island Hotel
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007A new island hotel has been designed called The ‘Apeiron.’ The Apeiron is a $500million, 185 meter island hotel with a total floor area of 200,000m². This 7 star hotel will contain over 350 luxury apartment suites. Access to this exclusive 7 Star resort is restricted to water (yacht) and air (helicopter) only. For […]
Islands in the 21st Century
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007The world is changing at a remarkable pace, and the ways in which we define the world are also changing. Islands, one of our most beautiful and treasured resources are not exempt from these changes. The way in which an island is defined is being re-shaped and I believe that the private island of […]
Man Made Island For Sale
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007No it’s not the much talked about Sealand which was recently listed for sale. No Man’s Land Fort a man made island and fort is a historical and magnificent island that was built between 1861 and 1880 of the coast of Portsmouth, England. The fort was originally designed to house up to 80 soldiers […]
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