The world's tallest twin towers planned for Dubai

As reported by the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National, the firm is to build a vast leisure and residential area that will be three times bigger than Dubai’s Downtown district (where the Burj Khalifa is found) and include the towers as its centrepiece. Named Dubai Creek Harbour, the new landmark development and tourist attraction will include 39,000 homes alongside 22 hotels, multiple retail outlets, fountains and various other tourist attractions.Further details about the project remain vague, with Emaar Properties and its construction partner Dubai Holdings yet to provide confirmation of when the development will be complete or the total height of the torpedo-shaped towers. Currently the world’s tallest twin towers are Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers, which measure 452 metres (1,483ft). London-based designers Chetwoods Architects released proposals this summer for the development of the one-kilometre-tall Phoenix Towers in Wuhan, China. Among the latter’s more unconventional features would be hovering restaurants suspended in vast globes and the world’s tallest kaleidoscope.Visitors to Dubai, meanwhile, can already admire, or question, a number of unusual structures and attractions. Opened last year, the Dubai Miracle Garden is a vibrantly coloured oasis in the middle of the desert, which features over 45 million flowerbeds and the world’s tallest twisted tower is found at Dubai Marina. Billed as a “city within a city”, Dubai’s forthcoming Mall of the World will feature a theatre district modelled on Broadway and the West End alongside scores of hotels. In 2020, Dubai will host the World Expo on a 1,082-acre site by Al Maktoum International Airport.(telegraph.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az