“Real estate developer Omniyat Properties is planning to launch projects worth more than Dh3 billion in 2007, starting with a tower inspired by Apple’s iPod MP3 player,” Robert Ditcham reports for Gulfnews.
MacDailyNews Note: No image of the planned structure is provided.
“The company will announce at least two residential projects and one commercial development and will open its account in February with the innovative iPad residential tower in Business Bay,” Ditcham reports.
“The 23-storey building, which is scheduled to bring more than 200 units onto the market in 2009, was designed by Hong Kong-based architects James Law Cybertecture International,” Ditcham reports. “The tower will sit atop a docking station angled at six degrees to give the exact look.”
Full article here.
What’s next, a toilet paper dispenser with a built-in iPod dock? Not to be outdone, rumor has it that Microsoft plans to payoff NASA to build a Zune-inspired outhouse on Uranus.
Apparently there’s a picture http://www.emiratesmac.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1816.