NP - Hydropolis

[David Morris]

http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/

Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world's first
luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land
station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which
will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the
220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of the
largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an
area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park.

"Hydropolis is not a project; it's a passion," enthuses Joachim
Hauser, the developer and designer of the hotel. His futuristic vision
is about to take shape 20m below the surface of the Arabian Gulf, just
off the Jumeirah Beach coastline in Dubai. The £300 million, 220-suite
hotel is due to open at the end of 2007 and will incorporate a host of
innovations that will take it far beyond the original blueprint for an
underwater complex worthy of Jules Verne