Brad Pitt to design landmark Dubai hotel – Travel & Hospitality – ArabianBusiness.com — Cripes.Who knew?
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt is to design a landmark environmentally friendly hotel and leisure project in Dubai, developer Zabeel Properties announced on Monday.
Zabeel said Pitt, along with the rest of the team at LA-based architecture firm Graft, have been appointed design consultants for the project, which will include an 800-room five-star hotel.
Pitt said the project would underpin his values for environmentally-friendly architecture and embrace his career in entertainment. The hotel will eventually play host to the “most glamorous events and award ceremonies”, according to Zabeel.
“Whilst acting is my career, architecture is my passion. Selecting this development as my first major construction project has been a simple decision,” Pitt said in a statement.
There is the other side of the coin… Just because he is famous and a good actor doesn’t mean that he’s a bumbling idiot. He might have an untapped talent that shouldn’t be criticized until we have the product to which we are talking about.
Whatever floats your boat.
Like #11 said, it’s in Dubai, who cares.
On a scale of 1 to 10, hot, Dubai is a 20. Temperature wise. It’s like having Las Vegas cubed in Death Valley.
I am not a Doctor but I play one on TV.
Why the “WTF?” This makes total sense.
Maybe Dubai first since it is so trendy, but not just there.
Brad Pitt is a band, not just a human. Putting that on a hotel makes as much sense as Paul Newman putting his name on salad dressing and popcorn.
About 24% of the world’s construction cranes are in Dubai. They are building buildings.
Interesting choice of photo: Gary Cooper in “The Fountainhead”. Pitt and his Angelina are currently planning to bring another Ayn Rand work to the screen: “Atlas Shrugged”. We’re not dealing with two bleeding-heart Hollywood Liberals here, y’know…
As for Pitt actually designing a hotel: doesn’t bother me. “Starchitects” don’t concern themselves with the integrity of the structure, the foundations, or anything else that could threaten the safety of the final building. Such questions are dealt with by engineers, structural and otherwise i.e. people who know about maths and materials.
e.g. OMA (home of Rem Koolhaas) works with the engineering firm Ove Arup, who would never let him build an unsafe building. They are the ones who have legal responsibility for the technical aspects of constructing a safe building.
I’d LOVE to stay in a hotel designed by Britney Spears: hot pink fuzzy sofas; booby nude sculpture everywhere; blacklight posters; a mermaid in a gigantic tank over bar; hot chambermaids in neon blue french maid uniforms; etc.
C’mon. You have to admit, it’d be cool.
# 15 Alex said, on July 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
“…there’s a whole team of people behind him.”
I suspect that should read: ” … a whole team of people in front of him.”
“# 9 Eideard said, on July 29th, 2008 at 8:39 am
#7 – I guess you’re stuck in the trick bag of only speaking American.”
Eidard, That’s RED, WHITE, AND BLUE AMERICAN to you, cowboy !!! And it’s no trick !!!