10. The Apeiron Island Hotel
Status: Concept
Estimated Project Cost: $500 million
Area: 200,000m2
Others: 7 star resort, over 350 luxury apartment suites
9. Foldable Hotel Pods
Estimated Project Cost: $72 to $104 million
Others: The pods can be moved to any exotic locations around the world and the amazing concept abodes will come with ‘Active’ walls and floors where guests can focus images of their choice and a disposable unit to care of all waste.
8. The Hotel Burj al-Arab 
Designer: Tom Wright (WS Atkins PLC), Khuan Chew
Status: Complete
Estimated project cost: $650 million
Cost per person: $1,000 to over $28,000 per night, $75 to have a glimpse from inside
Area: 321-metres (1,053 ft) height and 280-metres (919 ft) on Jumeirah Beach
Others: 7 star hotel, 28 double-story floors, 202 luxury suites
7. Waterworld
Others: 400-bed resort hotel features underwater public areas, guest rooms, cafes and restaurants. The major attraction is the extreme sporting facilities including a luxurious swimming pool, rock climbing and bungee jumping
6. The Poseidon Undersea Resort
Designer: Bruce Jones
Status: Under construction, will be completed by September 2008
Estimated project cost: $105 million
Cost per person: $15,000 per week
Area: 1,200-square feet under the sea
5. The Hydropolis 
Designer: Joachim Hauser, Crescent Hydropolis Resorts
Estimated project cost: $500-million
Others: 220 theme suites
4. The Lunatic Hotel
Status: Blueprint ready, will take real shape by 2050
Others: The ’sensation engine’, as the designer calls it, will allow tourists to indulge in low-gravity games with the help of two 160-meters high slanting towers. The towers will be equipped with teardrop-shaped ‘habitation capsules’ which will serve as spaceship like suits for tourists.
3. Aeroscraft
Status: Prototype under development
Others: Flying 8,000 feet above in the air, the 165×244x647 feet airship will provide tourists hi-tech amenities including casino, restaurants and staterooms.
2. Galactic Suite
Designer: Xavier Claramunt of ADD+ARQUITECTURA
Status: On hold, prototype is ready
Others: 22 rooms, measuring 7x4meters, free of straight lines or angles and huge windows.
1. Commercial Space Station Skywalker
Location: 515-kms above Earth
Status: The human space complex will be accessible by 2015
Estimated project cost: $500 million
Cost per person: $1 million a night
Areas: With a volume of 1,500.00 m3 and mass of 100,000 kg, the CSS Skywalker will have a maximum diameter of 30.00 m (98.00 ft).
Friday, September 5, 2008
10 Futuristic Luxury Hotels
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